The first step in any change is releasing the idea that no change is necessary. Put another way, change can only take place when our beliefs in our old limitations end. Our ingrained beliefs are very powerful things. They can actually set up protective barriers to prevent them being released. They are self-protecting and […]
When we are “shifting responsibility” it means trying to place blame on someone else through carefully crafted wordsmithing. Call it what you wish, placing the blame on someone else to get us off the hook is bad ju-ju. Look around you, you know someone in your circle who is very skilled at shirking responsibility for
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It is one of the most basic of all communication truths; Information is Power. One of the challenges we have in today’s world is that we are bombarded with information, some of this information is true, some questionable, and some of that information is outright false. In this bombardment of information it is quite easy
It’s OK to feel sad, it’s OK to feel happy. It’s OK to doubt ourselves, It’s OK to walk in absolute confidence. Way too often in the world of positive thinking we get the idea that when we inevitably find ourselves feeling out of sorts that we are doing something wrong. This is simply not
Well, just like about a billion of my closest friends I just finished watching the Super Bowl. Team favorites aside, the lesson on display during the last half of the game was one to remember. Down by over 20 points, history against them, odds against them, statistics against them, the Patriots never the less tied the
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Those very words; Child Abuse, are an assault on the senses. Personally I see no redeeming qualities associated with Child Abuse. When it comes to the specific definitions of Child Abuse things get a little fuzzy, but there are some things I might consider universally recognized as abuse; berating a child, throwing things at a
When we have a problem we might go to our confidant, our priest, minister or parent for advice. If the advice or suggestion we get is uncomfortable or asks of us something we do not want to do or is counter to what we have already decided the answer is, we turn away, we decide that the advice
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We depend upon consistency in our lives. We crave being able to be confident that people around us will be consistent in what they are telling us, how they will react to situations as well as their viewpoints. We build our world around these “Knowns.” Problem is; people change their minds, people change their views,
I have written many times in these blogs that thoughts create things, thoughts create our reality, and this is still true. This time lets take it a little deeper. Thoughts create US. The way we think out pictures on our bodies too. Think of someone you know who always seems to have a smile for
There you are, moving along toward your goal, everything is coming up roses, you feel great about life. Suddenly it all comes to a halt, you have hit a roadblock. I am experiencing just such a roadblock at this moment getting my next book (Bear and Butterfly) ready for print. Until now things have been going
