Each of us has habits we wanted to break. Smoking, eating, love life, driving; habits abound in our lives. Some habits support our well-being, like how we choose to eat, how we choose to exercise, or how we choose to deal with other people. Other habits simply drag us down, cost us money, and generally […]
In the book It’s All About Me I have an entire chapter about the pitfalls of Assumptions and Expectations I think you will enjoy, and Don Miguel Ruiz also wrote of Assumptions as his third agreement in the book The Four Agreements. How many times have assumptions become the bane of your experience? How many
“Disharmony, fighting, anger are all around me, I can’t work this way” Have you ever heard these thoughts in your mind? What can you do about this overwhelming feeling of discord? I would like to give you a magic wand to dispel all this gunk, I really would, but the magic wand shop closed last
As we walk our path to IN-powerment we do so much wonderful work; we release others from responsibility for our experiences, we forgive others and ourselves for “missing the mark”, we reduce or eliminate the need to gossip, and we see the world through new eyes as being unlimited possibility. Sometimes we fall short of
We say to ourselves no one likes to be bored. We have been reminded many times that “Idle hands are the devils playground.” We have come to believe we are slacking off when we want to take time to listen to ourselves, to relax, to enjoy our family or friends. For just a moment consider how we
We have clearly reached the time on this planet where it no longer is possible to put into submission those with whom we disagree. It does not work one-on-one, it does not work between management and staff, and how many of our young people do we have to send out to be harmed before we finally
You work hard. You come through in a pinch. Your co-workers and upper level management know you can be counted upon to do the right thing. So how come there is so little joy from your work? This is not an experience unique to you. And this feeling is not restricted to people in large firms: the same experience is
