Our physical and emotional pain, ability to withstand pain, and processing of pain has more to do with the quality of our lives than any other parameter. This is part of the fundamental nature espoused by Mark Manson in his new book, Everything is Fucked Up, A Book About Hope. Where his previous book, The… Read More
Fundamentalist To The Core
I suppose the important thing is what we do with our judgements. Do they help us expand our experience through learning or tend to keep us stuck in our particular mode in life? Read More
Book Recommendations
Here be books aligning with the Biz of You ideas. Read More
No Matter What You Do, Do It Well
My dad used to tell me, “If you do something, do it right.” If we spend our time and energy on something, we might as well get the most return out of it as possible. To get the greatest return requires directing our attention on the task at hand and making doing as well as… Read More
Practice to Evolve
Know your center, love it and live through is so you can evolve your life and improve your capacity for independent action. Read More
Why Aren’t We Learning?
Either we learn, grow and adapt or we deteriorate and die. It’s everyone’s individual choice. Read More
Good Idea Me
Whether you tell yourself you can or can’t, you are correct. So why tell yourself one way or another? When we tell ourselves we can’t do something, our brains see the ways that prevent us from doing it. When we tell ourselves we can, our brains see opportunities but when things don’t go as we… Read More
Make a Damn Decision
If you can’t decide for yourself, someone else will. Indecision is surrendering one’s inalienable freedom to choose. Indecision facilitates purposelessness and if practiced long enough may lead to a feeling of dread for the meaningless of our actions. I’ve been working with my kids on making decisions and following them through. A couple of years… Read More
Trust & Respect
My wife and I have been working with our five year old boy on trust and respect. Recently, we punished him for some negative behavior at school. As it was something the school had to call us about, we choose to take away his Legos until he can earn our trust back. I also let… Read More
Biz of You Inspirations
I’ve had people inquiry about what inspired me to write about the Biz of You. As the end of the year is a good time to reflect on past connections, here some of the ideas and paradigms forming the basis of the biz of you. Aside from relating my recent experience as a quality… Read More
