Mar 30
There’s no doubt personal accountability matters, especially in this day and age. It’s the driving force behind who you are and what you do. Author Greg Bustin speaks in this same light with his statement that accountability trumps any financial, intellectual, structural, or technical abilities in these times. It’s more or less an attitude of …
Mar 26
Let’s face it. Communicating is what we do the most and consequently pay attention to the least. Beyond that curious enigma of sorts comes a rather enlightening stat. According to Compton’s Encyclopedia, the total number of words in the English language is around 750,000. Of that number, we typically, or better said “habitually” use around …
Mar 23
The process of emulation is a tried and true method for expanding anyone’s possibilities, without a doubt. It is at the heart of most educational endeavors, studying and learning from those we have deemed relevant to our pursuits. We are actually wired to respond in this fashion. As I mentioned in a previous post, your …
Mar 19
We’re all familiar with the placebo effect in medicine and the highly scrutinized but mystifying success that has been experienced using it. It is a procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than the physiological effect, and sometimes the results are quite amazing. In the best selling book Mind Over Medicine, author …
Mar 14
It’s been said that the opposite of comprehensible is thought-provoking, a clever insight if you will to potentially seeing the merits of making a move in your life that spews of going against the grain. But logic would seem to dictate that aspiring to any new way of doing something is usually a stressful endeavor, …
Mar 10
You’re frustrated with your present job, which 9 times out of 10 begs the response; I’m going to have to learn a new skill set so I can change my work environment. There’s no question this is a legitimate response, but I promise you it’s a limited perspective. We all understand that quote/unquote learning a …
Mar 10
What I’ve found to be “inescapable” through years of research is the enactment of any step toward self-transformation is always, I repeat, always preceded and therefore dependant upon the how and why of your thinking process. That point alone constitutes the essence of a real challenge. It’s also about the courage of risking everything for …
