To experience moving forward, takes work. Like diet and exercising, what you put in will determine what you get out. Today, focus on your perspective patterns blocking you. Start with these: Okay, now that you have the time and the inclination, what are the perspective patterns in your life that need a hard review. Don’t…
What kind of expectations do you have? How often are they met? What is the impact of unmet expectations? Critically examining your expectations will highlight where joy and happiness seem to be just outside your grasp. Today’s insight: You can’t expect much from an improper expectation. Whether with yourself or others, the following four…
There’s a lot of discussion in our culture around safe spaces. Today, let’s apply that concept to you. Do you have a safe space for self-awareness? Time is one commodity you have the same amount of as everyone else, and you spend all your time inside your head. Do you reserve space for personal growth…
Belief is a powerful thing. It can propel you forward (empowering). It can hold you back (limiting). It can prop you up (encouraging). It can hold you down (belittling). Today’s encouragement: Start identifying and rooting out beliefs you hold that are limiting or belittling. A simple way to approach this: Nothing is too small or insignificant,…
For those of us lucky enough to have kids in 2013, the words “let it go” immediately sparked a reaction. Heck, it probably sparked a reaction whether you had kids or not. Love it or hate it, when you read those three words, the melody of the title track for Frozen played in your head. Where in…
Framing is an important skill. How you look at something will determine how it affects you. Change is one of those things where your perspective on it will affect its effect on you. Change is life. There is no avoiding it. Ignore it at your own peril. You either manage change or change will manage you. …
Fudge is one of those foods that can quickly becomes less than appealing. You’ve seen what happens to that plate of fudge at Christmas. It dries out, cracking and breaking down into little, unappetizing, chalky pieces. Fear, uncertainty, doubt, guilt, and expectation can lead you down a path toward a dried out, chalky existence. Robbing…
“Have confidence that there is a very special and valuable somebody inside you, and that no one else could ever duplicate that person. Just like you could never duplicate whoever it is that you highly admire.” ~ Thomas J. Leonard Someone needs to read this today. You are special. There has been no one like you on…
Intention starts with “I”, as in “I will”. You’ve probably had many good intentions that haven’t produced the desired result, and as such, you may have learned to devalue intentions. There are two things wrong with that conditioning. Attaching an outcome to an intention ignores reality. You don’t control the outcome. It also pre-defines a “winning…
We are never guaranteed tomorrow. So why spend so much time thinking about it? By definition a goal is “an aim or desired result” for a future outcome. New Year’s resolutions are goals. What’s your success rate with them? You set a goal for six months only to get there, and rationalize your performance toward…