It’s time to grow up and accept we don’t know everything, start asking questions and learning how to be better. Read More
Zombie Adherence to Expectations
Your zombie attachment to your expectations is killing you and affecting the people around you. Read More
Prune the Drama
Our thinking and feeling is not the problem. Our thoughts and feelings about our thinking and feeling is the problem. Feelings and thoughts arise without our direction but often related to our current focus. Our judgement of our thoughts, feelings and experiences is what generates the stress and problems in our lives. Many of the… Read More
Learning to Manage Ourselves
My son had one of those evenings parents just want to let die and fade into the forgetton past. He was tired, unfocused and generally difficult at the end of the day. We tried being stern as well as soft-spoken and understanding. Nothing seemed to work. He was upset, five years old and determined to… Read More
Emergent Happiness
There’s an excellent post at The Good Vader by Julio Lara about the “Anatomy of a Happy Life.” He indicates freedom, variety and change are essential. He talks of his personal experience and observations which I find correlate well with my own. A few key points popped out at me including: not allowing our physical… Read More
Being More Human
A friend of mine shared a Fortune Magazine article with me. In Humans are Underrated (http://fortune.com/2015/07/23/humans-are-underrated/) by Geoff Colvin, there are some excellent observations and feedback we can learn from and continue adapting to our modern age. Technology is replacing jobs around the world. Think of robot surgeons, cars and truck drivers. Software can research legal… Read More
Focusing on the Important Things
Determining what’s important in the moment is a key to the unlocking the door to an enjoyable life. As we mentioned in the last post, importance and urgency can be arranged to form a matrix. This matrix can be used to understand how we need to focus our attention, attitude and actions to create the… Read More
The Fire of Focus
Time may be the fire in which we burn, but our focus is what catches us on fire. Our focus determines our reality. It has the ability to stress us out, feel tranquil or simply be happy. Time is a limited renewable resource provided we wake up every day. How we use our time and… Read More
Focus: Tips from a Top Gun
It doesn’t matter what field, industry or sport you operate in, your performance relies on your ability to focus. Focus control enables performance success. And as mentioned in previous posts our ability to pay attention is a key and critical resource we have available to us every day. How we use this resources enables focus.… Read More
It’s up to You
“Things aren’t gonna change unless you do.” These was said to me in a conversation with Ron, the gentleman who checks people in at the doctor’s office. We were discussing having fun with what we do. Both of observed that more than half the people we interact with complain about things and most especially work.… Read More
Business of You 