Wisdom and Virtue

Rather than blather on about why mindfulness is so important and what you can do to increase your ability to act in the moment with awareness, compassion and intelligence, I am going to send you to an article: click here to read what a search engine company teaches more and more of its employees.

I’m not sure if it is a word, or even if it could be a word, but I want to offer you the option of “pre-ponding.” There’s responding and reacting (and there’s over-responding and over-reacting, but those options are for another post… ), and there is pro-acting. I want to create a distinction between pro-acting…

As a coach I love questions. In fact, questions are coaching. It’s the willingness for the coach to be open to asking and not knowing that allows for the client to create their own answers – and the actions that follow. Here are three of my favorites: What do I really want? When you take the time to…

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not…

It’s easier to forego temptation than it is to stop after only a bit. For example, it’s easier to not have any ice cream at all, than it is to eat just the “recommended portion.” In these situations inertia serves us. If we’re standing still in relation to something  (for example, the ice cream in…