Avoidance is easy. And painful. Especially when I avoid doing the very thing I’ve longed to do for a long time. That’s persistent resistance. In the latest episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host Armin Assadi and I discuss How ...
It’s not even Christmas yet, but you’ve already been given a gift. It’s that dream God has put within you—waiting to be birthed. Too often though we never get around to opening it up. There are a lot of ...
Albert Einstein said, “Nothing happens until something moves.” When you and I get moving on our venture project, the sure thing that happens is that we’ll get resistance. Resistance is that thing which seemingly conspires to keep us from ...
Let’s face it. Most of us have more ideas than we could ever hope to accomplish in one lifetime. I even created a tee-shirt to express that creative angst. Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote: “Many people die with their music ...
Especially when I’m tired or overwhelmed, I get fluid and, like water, follow the path of least resistance. This quote is a good reminder to stay vigilant on pursuing my greater goal. When are you most tempted to ...
Dreams are hard enough to pursue. You’re always fighting something. Procrastination. Fear. Distraction. A million internal battles wage war to slow you down. But what do you do when the battle is also external—when the greatest resistance you face ...
“Most of us have two lives,” writes Stephen Pressfield. “The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” In his classic book, The War of Art, Pressfield animizes the internal battle that ...
Today on my YouTube channel: Any worthwhile pursuit is going to face resistance. I’ve been hit so many times by it that I’ve personified mine. I call him Dino. He’s a pretty clever fellow, always nipping at my heals. ...
Let’s suppose you’re working on the next chapter of your life. Perhaps you’re switching careers, striking out on your own, or spending more time on a new area of interest. Or maybe you’re wondering if it’s time to make ...
Thoreau once observed, “It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount.” The pursuit of any worthwhile venture hits obstacles. There are obstacles of our own ...