October 18, 2013

Help for that low-grade fear you’ve been carrying

“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t feel fear,” a CEO of a highly successful firm once confided in me. The constant uncertainty of knowing whether he was doing enough to keep his business successful haunted ...

October 11, 2013

That which makes me stupid

Ever read something that left you feeling stupid? This did it for me: “…the only possible patterns for English foot, discounting riders and other syncopations, are iambic, trochaic, dactylic, anapestic, and amphibrachic.” —John Gardner, The Art of Fiction I ...

October 9, 2013

The secret I want to learn

Success stories don’t do it for me. There are far too many of them, and far too many people selling their secrets to it. The most pretentious pitch THE secret, as if to suggest an unchallengeable universal and primal ...

September 27, 2013

The game of ‘good.’ Who opens up first?

“How are things going with the business?” I asked a friend recently over lunch. “I guess the expected response should be ‘good,'” he replied. Then he quickly glanced at the other nearby diners and confessed, “I need to check ...

September 13, 2013

The tale of two boyhood homes

Last month I took a trip—back in time. I visited the hometown I grew up in, or at least grew to be in third grade in. Before my earliest memories, my family moved to Alva, a rather ordinary small ...

September 6, 2013

Have you disabled your learning?

In one significant way, we all have a learning disability. By design. And by our choice. Let me explain. By design, our brains are wired for speed. Over 100 billion neurons, connected by one quadrillion synapses, process approximately 100 ...

September 2, 2013

What’s nailing you? The power of denial.

Sometimes the thing that causes us the most pain is the very thing we don’t want to confront. While obvious to others, we’d rather complain about it than fix it. And we rebuff those who care enough to point ...

August 30, 2013

Five ways to gain more control in your life

This is a guest post by fellow writer Bob Ravener, author of the recently released book Up! The Difference Between Today and Tomorrow is You. There comes a point in time when most people feel like they are somehow ...

August 27, 2013

Three ways to get the most out of regret

Today on my YouTube channel: Got regrets? Sure you do. It’s impossible to live life without them. But you can get the most from them. Don’t bury them, embrace them instead. Here’s how: To read a bit more, ...

August 26, 2013

The dark side of journaling

The power of journaling is in the discovery. But what if you don’t like what you find? Like Luke Skywalker entering the Dark Side Cave, you may find yourself facing a Darth Vader version of yourself. Honest reflection through ...

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