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REACTIVE or PROACTIVE? That is the question.
The title suggests two alternative paths to responding to an emotion. In this blog we shall assume a painful and disempowering emotion. Let’s use the fact that our emotions are messengers, analogous to the warning lights on the dashboard of a car. You can go back in time to former posts of mine which will […]
Independence Day
Almost 243 years ago, on August 2, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. Most people will not know that piece of American History. But this blog is about your independence… what will it take for you to really feel free? We all have things that are holding us back, either mentally, emotionally, physically or […]
Happy Father’s Day
Didn’t want this one to get lost in the clutter, so a day late. Very simple – treasure your kids today and everyday, especially when they challenge you. How else could you change and grow? I give me kids a tremendous amount of credit. The pandemic and schooling was no easy thug. It impacted them […]
Emotions and Feelings- are they Real?
Yesterday I had to walk a dear, loyal and loving companion and family member to the Rainbow Bridge. Dallas was a Bernese Mountain dog rescue from Texas. When we first got him he was so traumatized that he could barely leave the house and would freeze at the end of the driveway and shake. He […]
The Magic Number is 70,000
A Magic Number? Not really. It is more like an average number. The average person has 70,000 thoughts a day, most of which are in direct response to what we see, what we hear, what we feel, what we smell and what we taste in the present moment. We also like to do the “Back […]
The Power of Questions ?
For many, many years, every month on the same day of the month, I write 12 questions in 2 sets of 6. They are numbered 1-6 in each set. The questions are intended to bring focus to areas 0f my life that I want to improve – Business, Finance, Relationships, Parenting, Physical Health, Mental or […]
What’s the Meaning of This?
”What’s the meaning of this” exclaimed the 4-year old girl. You could see the pained expression and anger in her face as she plucked the one burnt french fry from her McDonald’s Happy Meal (trademarks of that corporation) and held it up in front of her face with disdain before throwing it to the ground […]
Worry or Gratitude?
Today would have been my Mother’s 91st Birthday. In her last few years there were many hospital visits and stays, several of which involved surgeries, but she never seemed to worry about them much – she always wanted to leave the hospital, and in fact one time did still wearing some of the things the […]
The Power of Beliefs to Destroy
I recently went back to my training coach and another mentor and expert coach to discuss a feeling that there was something holding me back from the next level in my company, a key concern for any CEO. It felt like a combination of fear and excitement, but had an underlying dark tone I could […]
Law of Conditioning
Many coaches, athletes, martial artists, military leaders, law enforcement officers, religious leaders, business leaders and people in general know that any pattern which is continually reinforced will result in an automatic, conditioned response, a response that requires little or no conscious thought, almost like a reflex response. Conversely, it is also true that any pattern […]
