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
Zombie Adherence to Expectations
Your zombie attachment to your expectations is killing you and affecting the people around you. Read More
Soap Operas and Beer
The family went to Ridgway last weekend. We stayed at a hotel and met a most patient friendly hotel manager but the name of Patti. She put our 5-year-old to work helping set up evening drinks for the hotel guests. We got to talking and she mentioned how she came to her current position via… Read More
Approaching Major Decisions
It’s essential to know what’s important to us when approaching a major decision like switching careers, changing jobs, or heading into retirement. Do you know what’s key and critical in your life? Have you created a contract with yourself prior to negotiating a contract with a new company? How does your free time or time… Read More
Embracing the Dark Side
This post could come from different angles as the “dark side” can refer to many different things, some quite fun. To keep with the nature of this blog, the dark side I refer to is what was previously posted. The dark side of freedom is our choice and the fantasy of everything we could be or… Read More
The Dark Side of Freedom
Julio Lara has posted another good article at the Good Vader blog titled, Fear of Missing Out and the Fantasy of Everything. A key point that rings true relative to the business of yours the dark side of freedom. With freedom comes choices. With the many options open to us in today’s world, selecting an… Read More
Are you overwhelmed?
If you are overwhelmed, why? Have you accounted for the things pushing you into your overwhelmed state? Perhaps you should. We can get to the overwhelmed state easily when we don’t take control of our own lives. We become pray to external forces when we allow others to push us into doing things not aligned… Read More
Timing of Now
When we lose a loved one or friend, we often think of the time lost to the past when we could have spent more time with them. We think and feel we could have taken more time to enjoy our relationship or experience more with them. We do what we can. We make choices in… Read More
Without Passion, Why do it?
I’ve written about finding our passion through exploration recently. After writing the posts, I came across an article within a copy of the May 2015 Popular Science magazine a good friend gave me, Nothing but the Truth (http://www.popsci.com/nothing-truth) by Alan Lightman. The article talked about “science’s greatest weakness is also its greatest strength and talks… Read More
Marriage is Business
Marriage is tough. Two people coming together doesn’t automatically make a relationship. It may start with energy and passion, but the relationship evolves over time. Passion comes and goes. Connections wax and wane. Communication strengthens and weakens. Individuals grow and change. As statistics indicate, many marriages end in divorce. There are all kinds of articles… Read More
Business of You 