Personal Development

Who Do We Want To Be?

It’s true, we reap what we sow. Time and effort we invest is returned to us, with interest – although rates vary. If we practice a difficult piano piece 5 minutes a day, we’ll get better. If we spend the same amount of time per day dramatizing our life, feeling unhappy, entangled in fear and anxiety, we’ll get better at doing so. The habits, activities and behaviors we cultivate define who we are. Something repeated and repeated grows –for better [...]

2017-04-26T19:34:19+00:00

Blame and Inertia

After a recent speaking engagement on the east coast, I was routed to fly home through Atlanta, eventually on to New Orleans. When arriving in Atlanta, the departure screen for my flight indicated a delay — which is not at all unusual, of course. When I arrived at the departure gate, “delay” turned to “cancelled” because of a mechanical failure. This happens.  […]

2015-12-01T02:54:11+00:00

Act on It or Set It Free

If you believe that you need to vent or react to a situation that has befallen you, by all means write that letter, place the phone call or confront the situation in-person, face-to-face.     But if you forego exercising any of these options, your only viable recourse is to shelve it and move on. Otherwise, you’ll feel like a human pin cushion – perpetually pricked with no interlude.    

2019-08-26T01:50:45+00:00

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