How Joy Works

The solution of the problem that you see in life is to live in a way that will make what is problematic disappear. – Ludvig Wittgenstein You can either solve problems, or you repress them. When you solve a problem you address, fully and completely, it’s cause. When you (merely) repress a problem, you will see it…

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson’s words describe what coaches believe about people — what I believe about people. That we are whole and capable, naturally. That, to achieve our goals we need only uncover and shed the…

I just listened to a great edition of the Good Life Project podcast. I highly recommend the conversation Jonathan has with Laura Vanderkam. My key takeaway was something that I’ve thought and kind of believed, but hadn’t yet really come to full realize: time is a choice. If that’s true though, that how we use…

As is our confidence, so is our capacity. – William Hazlitt Henry Ford said that if you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. But what is one of the keys to creating the mindset of “I can?” It’s confidence. How do you create confidence? Develop clarity – know your Why. Practice the…

Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. – Unknown Through our socialization, and because of our nature as humans, we become like those around us. We become like our families,…

I was recently thinking about the nature of “success.” Of course, it’s a process and a journey and not a “completion” or a destination, but how can we better understand the process, the journey of “success?” Well, I came up with three phases, each marked by three key ideas: Responsibility, Maturity and Wisdom. *  *…