Mar 02
Why to Become Your Art…and Not
Oxymorons are tricky business, but I promise you they are a substantial part of any success paradigm. And right up front, for the sake of clarity, when I speak of your “art,” I’m referring to that unique set of talents and skills that you and only you have to offer, whatever that may be.
I’ve been researching this “oxymoron phenomenon” that seems to invade our thoughts more times than not for a while now in preparation for my upcoming book, and I’m nothing less than blown away by Read more [...]
Jan 20
Capitalizing on the Yin-Yang of Reason and Emotion
Don’t ever underestimate the relevance of the yin-yang factor. We are predisposed to consistently look for the right (that would be singular) answer. What’s the right answer to my dilemma? What’s the right action to take? As logical and almost irrefutable as that approach sounds, I promise you it’s short-sited at best, and here’s a sterling example of how to see, and then capitalize on this premise.
The Problem
You’ve dedicated yourself to trying to think more critically Read more [...]
Jan 08
A Million Dollar Story
There are some things you just can’t see coming. Just recently I was intellectually blind sided by a movie I picked up for pure entertainment value. Quite to the contrary, it was a metaphorical haven of invaluable insights applicable to anyone with a bit of an imagination that had me spinning hard on human potential, critical (and very personal) questions, and a few copious philosophies.
The movie was Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, the story of a female
boxer going from trash Read more [...]
May 10
Introversion to Ambiversion
Introversion is a subject that has most certainly been addressed in the past. But, I’m a bit amazed at the amount of people I encounter that have not come to terms with this (as they see it) abnormality. Under the presumption that most people probably haven’t looked into the intricacies of what being an introvert entails in any kind of depth, it would seem that those feeling they fit this proposed archetype of an introvert could easily “assume” they are misfits at best in today’s social Read more [...]
May 05
Getting Beyond Imagination
It goes without saying that we all have no problem being able to imagine a different life and work structure for ourselves. If memory serves me, they made a TV show out of this concept a while back called Fantasy Island. Oddly enough, the title for this show represents the point I look to exemplify. Most of what we tend to imagine for ourselves, which we’re more than capable of, all too quickly starts to look like nothing more than a fantasy. Nice thought, but not very realistic. How easily we Read more [...]
May 01
Challenging the Disconnect From Desire
It has been said by philosophers that human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action, and all of my experience so far tells me this premise is right on the money. I have absolutely no doubt that if you’re on the path looking to merge who you are and what you do into a symbiotic relationship, where passion, purpose, and your career meet, the depth of your desire is the key element that will either initiate a call to action, or put it on the preverbal back-burner. There is no in-between Read more [...]
Apr 28
Capability vs. Choice
We are actually playing with two dynamics here. One involves the relationship between these two words in terms of pursuing the “next step” in your journey. Where do they meet? Do they meet? Beyond that, one can make the simple statement, what choice do I have (which will absolutely be influenced by your capabilities), and without seeing both the positive “and” negative slant to that question might be at a loss with how to proceed in today’s seriously changing work environment.
The value Read more [...]
Apr 19
How to Beat the Addiction to Sameness
It just doesn’t seem logical that we can actually become addicted to the same life, the same circumstances, the same business structure we’ve built around ourselves, but it’s true more times than not. Line’s like creatures of habit and better safe safe than sorry are all too familiar in this state of stagnation, and Einstein’s definition of insanity (doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results) seems to fair well.
We hear time and time again how we’re living Read more [...]
Apr 16
How to Put an End to Counterproductive Thinking
How many times (almost daily for some) do you get caught up mentally spinning on something that you clearly know is a complete waste of your time? I’m not referring to acts of mentally testing something out and constructing a new idea that ended up not working or not representing what you would consider to be a viable alternative. Failing is never a counterproductive proposition – it’s a learning experience. I’m talking about a useless mental rehash of what you’ve deemed as a negative experience Read more [...]
Apr 14
Dispelling Imperfection Illusions
I could never become a…
What a horrendous self-infliction, and more times than not, a mere illusion.
Let me cut right to the chase. This is not yet another “you too can live your dreams” exposé as much as it is a heightening of your awareness to the fact that we are masters at cognitive illusion, a false belief that we more or less intuitively accept as true. In that light, it’s easy to fall to the “I’ll never become” scenario seeing yourself as no more than an imperfect being Read more [...]
