Below is an e-mail message I received from a mentor of mine, Steve Chandler. I was inspired to add my take on his inspiring – and useful – message. * * * Rather than being fearless, which as Steve outlines below, is a bit of an impossibility, why not be love-ful? Sure, being “courageous” or “bold” or…
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. – Sir Edmund Hilary Extraordinary is not something you achieve, or arrive at, or can even purchase. It’s something that you become. You become extraordinary by what you do. Or is it? * * * As Sir Edmund says, you do extraordinary things…
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Most people don’t think they lie to themselves. Or, if they acknowledge that they don’t always tell themselves the truth, they certainly don’t call it lying. Yet, if you don’t keep promises, don’t do what you said you were going to…
One way to understand coaching is that it brings awareness, intelligence and wisdom to your life. Specifically, it does that to your goals, plans – and depending on the client’s willingness to experiment with new practices – actions. So many people go through life reacting to “what comes up” with whatever awareness, intelligence and wisdom is available…
On the heels of yesterday’s post, I thought this would be a good follow-on. * * * Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. – Guillaume Apollinaire Happiness is really just a feeling-state. We have different names for it: peace-of-mind, cheerful, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly,…
Make sure you take the time to regularly schedule nothing. If you’re in the habit of always scheduling something, of filling your schedule, make sure you take time for nothing. Not “nothing” in an absolute sense, but times where you just relax or practice being present, with no particular agenda, maybe with a certain (restorative/renewing)…