Resistance. The invisible force. The all too familiar companion on your Journey. Its presence is all but guaranteed when you make notable changes in your life. I wrote about 15 signs you may be in the Decline Stage in a recent post. When you feel the decline, you usually have an idea of what you can do to fix it. Resistance enters when you try to act on those ideas. It finds … [Read more...]
Forget Job Security – Get Yourself Fired!
"You're Fired!" Donald Trump made this expression famous on his TV show Celebrity Apprentice. It comes at the end of the show and serves as the climactic conclusion. We then follow the angry, bitter or forlorn person out the door and into a waiting towncar to leave the show forever. Such drama; such finality. Interestingly, being fired is generally considered such a bad … [Read more...]
6 Reasons You Aren’t Creating a Life you Love
“Same shit, different day.” I was standing in a hotel lobby, first thing in the morning, and I heard that response from a guy to his colleague who had asked, “How’s it going?” Really?! That’s how you greet a new day? I didn’t know whether to be sad for him or disgusted. Why do people greet the day with such a negative perspective? Can he really hope to have a great day if … [Read more...]
You Can’t Build Greatness on Burdens: How to forgive and forget
Have you ever been “wronged”? You know – screwed over, left hanging, victimized, taken advantage of, manipulated, deceived, lied to, let down and/or just gotten a raw deal. If so - you have held an injustice or burden in your head/heart. Injustices or burdens do not have to be momentous – just yesterday, someone cut in front of me while I was in line. Not a life-changing … [Read more...]
How to Fail Forward – a must have Life Skill
“I don’t make mistakes.” This was Ron’s matter-of-fact answer to why he thought he should get the job (I was interviewing him). “Interesting.” I replied. “You sound proud of that” I prompted. “Absolutely – I take great pains to anticipate, plan and prepare so nothing ever goes wrong and I’m never surprised.” I looked in his eyes – he was really pleased with himself I … [Read more...]