“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker It seems that the more we try to control, the more out of control we feel. When we try to control things we can’t, we shift our locus of control outside of us and give away […]
“Don’t regret anything you do, because in the end it makes you who you are.” – Unknown Author Sounds oxymoronic doesn’t it? How can you not regret the worst decisions you’ve made? If you really give yourself the benefit of forgiveness, it is actually pretty easy to see how your mistakes make you into something
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“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” – Ram Dass Listening to the Tony Robbins podcast with Tim Ferriss, Tony made reference to this quote and it literally made me LOL (and I don’t use lol). It is so true. I’m not saying that hanging with family is bad. That
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“Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.”- Naguib Mahfouz. How often do we make decisions (or refrain from making a decision) out of fear? Life coach or not, I do it too. But at this point in my journey, I am trying something different. Is it possible for me to accept fear for what
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Where is the breakdown between knowing what we know and turning that gift of knowledge into application? What is it that will turn our willingness to take action into the act that moves us forward? I am trying to become more aware of those moments that I say, “I know”, but have not done anything
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Everyone gets down from time to time. What do you do when disappointment gets the best of you? We all deal with it in some way. Sometime we wallow, push through, drown it out, often all of the above. I will share one strategy that probably isn’t at the top of your mind when you’re
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“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader You have heard the saying, “lead, follow, or get out of the way.” It think we usually see each element of that statement as mutually exclusive, but I have been thinking about that a lot lately. In fact, it recently
“To become a master at any skill, it takes the total effort of your heart, mind and soul working together in tandem.” – Maurice Young I think when we work at things only from the mental aspect, our interest quickly wanes and we just start going through the motions. When we put our heart and
All of the Labels You’ve Been Given Don’t Have to Stick Any labels you deal with that seem excessively “sticky” and hard to detach from who you really are? I often hear people say, “I’m so ADD”. Remember that labels are human constructs. They are a part of language to describe characteristics and they carry
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Imagine with me that you are out on the land with your clan for a hunting expedition. Spear in hand, you enter a clearing, slowly, cautiously, stepping along a line of thickets holding amongst its prickled strands, plump crimson berries. You halt your weary tribe-mates for some much needed nourishment. In short time, you sense a
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