Posts tagged "personal freedom"
How To Create A New Identity
I witnessed one of the most fascinating miracles on earth this week. We found a caterpillar on a milkweed plant and recognized it as one that would soon transform into a Monarch butterfly. We kept it in a little bug catcher cage and fed it the milkweed leaves before he hung at the top of...
WAKE UP EARLY!
A woman consulted me this week about how to get herself to actually get out of bed when her alarm goes off in the mornings. She has some pretty compelling reasons to get out of bed and get working on her goals, but day after day she gets up, turns off the alarm and goes...
Cool People Don’t Try Hard
Have you ever noticed that it’s not really very “cool” to try hard? It starts sometime shortly before junior high, when the socially savvy kids start to realize that much of the control the adult authority figures insist on maintaining is an illusion dependent on their cooperation. They want to show that they have this...
Trying vs. Doing
People consult me about how to change things in their lives. I give them direct instructions on what to do next and they say, “I’ll try that.” That’s when I ask them to participate in a little experiment with me. I drop a pen on the floor in front of them and ask them to...
Eat My Dust!
Have you ever sprinted all out till you started feeling nauseated? If you’ve ever run in a track competition, you probably know what it feels like. It doesn’t feel good. It feels like your stomach is going to implode from the lack of oxygen. You can’t breathe fast enough to catch up for a few...
The Simple Equation For Getting What You Want
You may have heard it said that the key to a life of miracles is to invest your thoughts much less in your fears than in your hopes and plans for success. It’s a profoundly true and very powerful statement. But how the heck do you actually do it? Flowery thoughts are useless unless you...
Secrets of Positive Personal Brainwashing
What if you could enjoy the very things that other people find hard to endure? What if you could choose what things build you up and make you feel good? Can you imagine the implications of developing such a skill? Let’s take a couple of examples to explore the possibilities. An NFL superstar runs uphill...
Your “Fool” Potential
Unlike its highly regarded cousin, “full potential,” It doesn’t take much to live up to your fool potential. All you have to do is show up and whine about how your life is boring. You see, the key to living a truly foolfilling life is wishing things were different all the time and never doing...
Unlock Your Mind’s Potential
Your mind came with features preloaded, many of which you don’t even know about. For example, did you know you can read about as fast as normal when I scramble the letters in words you are familiar with? Aoccdrnig to rscheearch, it dseno’t raelly mtaetr iwihch oerdr I wirght ltteres. taht is bcuseae yuor azanmig...
Forgetting Is Worse Than Procrastination
Procrastination is not the worst enemy when it comes to personal development and building the life of your dreams. Rather, forgetting, in its simplest form is your worst enemy...
Only A Few Things Truly Matter In Life
There are only a few things that truly matter in life. Are you pursuing them with all your strength? If so, do you feel that you have been succeeding? If not, consider a couple of questions that may shift your perspective and help you to translate your efforts into a more fulfilling and power-filled life...
