My father was a policeman. Once he went to a house where the owner hadn’t been heard from for days. He had to break in to check on him. Sadly he found the man passed away on the bathroom floor. He had given himself a heart attack from pushing too hard on the toilet. Dad told meRead More
For me…the only thing worse than being disciplined by other people is being disciplined by myself. To achieve things in life, instead of using ‘self-discipline’, my focus is on removing the obstacles between myself and the things that I would love to create. These obstacles are sometimes things outside, but usually though they are my ownRead More
“Someone has to collect the rubbish.” This is a common challenge that comes up when I suggest people just do whatever they love to do and nothing else. The suggestion is that the world would fall apart if some people didn’t do the ‘dirty’ work. And even more so, that our world would cease toRead More
When in my mid twenties, I told my Mom that I was going to spend some time staying at a monastery in northern India to meditate and study Buddhist thought with monks, she said, “OK, have fun. Just don’t come back as anything weird this time.” I think she was referring to the six monthsRead More
The other day I was in conversation with an inspiring coach I know. We were discussing the importance of having no limiting thoughts about what your client can create. “What is zero times anything?” he asked me. “Zero,” I answered. He stared at me and nodded softly. It was a very zen-like moment. I mayRead More
You know that thing you want to be doing, but you are hesitating on really diving into because there is a lot of uncertainty as to whether or not you will succeed in it? Maybe a new project, starting a business or a entering a new relationship? Well, I’d like you to consider something forRead More
Earlier this year my coach Rich asked me a question: “Are your clients people who are searching for passion and purpose?” He was challenging my continuing to do talks and videos on the topic. My immediate response was about to be a ‘Yes’, but since he was asking me what seemed like an obvious question,Read More
The other day I was in conversation with a COO who was complaining about his sales team not performing. “They just don’t want it bad enough,” he told me. “I wanted it so much more when I was selling.” We talked and he could see that his sales people were coming from a ‘victim’ place.Read More
Too many organisational ‘mission statements’ I come across are empty words drafted only to sound intelligent on a website or the cover of an annual report. Is your organisation’s purpose and mission a part of the consciousness of everyone involved? Or is it something you have because you’re ‘supposed to’ have one? Organisations that excelRead More
The Victim believes she is at the mercy of circumstance. She is an unfortunate slave to the whims of the world. The world wins and she loses. The Controller believes she creates her own destiny. She rises up in defiance of the world’s whims and through force and effort, she exerts her will against the world,Read More
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