Since the cognitive revolution 70,000 years ago, we have been changing our behavior and social patterns faster than our DNA is able to change. The cognitive revolution, according to Yuval Noah Harari, enabled humankind to imagine realities other than the perceived reality of the ground we walk on, the sky we look up to, or… Read More
Resisting Change is Spiritual Suicide
Resisting change cuts us off from the world. Instead Observe, Reorient, Decide & Act appropriately to the unfolding moment. Read More
Working with our Ego-Bound Delusions
Sometimes it seems like everyone is so ready to point out mistakes and put us in our place. Leaders tell us how we are not looking at this or that perspective or dabble in our work and undermine our own efforts. Co-workers tell us our questions are not useful or mask our inquiry with their… Read More
Make Your Own Music
As we stated last time in not so certain terms, listening with all of our senses is key to connecting with our environment and ourselves. When we listen, we enable ourselves to understand the vital few things in our lives. It allows us to recognize what’s important. It allows us to let the noise of… Read More
Do You Answer?
We all look for answers outside of ourselves at times. We look in books, follow spiritual gurus, seek truth in relationships, religions and elsewhere. Sometimes we go back, reread, review and rehash things over and over agin. Why? Did we actually learn? Were the answers we found not good enough? Did they not fill our… Read More
Avoid Head Trash
I came across a quote on Pinterest I related to. I even made a few copies and gave it out to people at my work. Most could relate, but there was a friend of mine who disagreed with a part of it. For this I am thankful. I appreciate it when people speak their minds… Read More
What’s your Mental Model?
Per Wikipedia: A mental model is an explanation of someone’s thought process about how something works in the real world. It is a representation of the surrounding world, the relationships between its various parts and a person’s intuitive perception about his or her own acts and their consequences. Mental models can help shape behavior and… Read More
The Power of Listening
The other evening, I watched my four-year-old son start crying because his sister was too busy doing her own thing and not listening. My son adores his sister. He mimics her in all kinds of ways. He has also taken on her trait of talking up a storm. So, like his sister when he talks… Read More
Our Butts have Power
My goal is to publish my manuscript. This blog’s intent is to present the ideas of A Valued Life, Managing the Business of You. However, I want bring the ideas to life on this blog by interspersing excerpts from the manuscript with daily experiences and reflections. In doing so, perhaps readers can relate to the… Read More
Finding the Connections
There is a sense of relationship, connectedness and nurturing within ourselves. Do you know it? It occurs within us in how we move and exist moment to moment. It arises out of our interactions with others both consciously and unconsciously. It emerges out of our reflection upon the world around and within us. Although our… Read More
Business of You 