More Than A Living, A Fortune

I just read an article about how a woman (after her children were grown) was questioning her choice to leave full-time work and be a Stay-at-Home-Mom. What I found interesting, was, not the social and cultural questions surrounding the topic specifically, but how it starkly illustrated something that shows up in many ways. Part of…

Whenever I think about the challenges of the World, and what the solutions might be, I sometimes get frustrated, or at least dismayed. I see the validity of parts of the claims of so many of the “reasonable” parties in the discussion, but give up in trying to reconcile the disparate positions. The answer is…

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori proverb Do you, typically, move away from what you don’t want, or towards what you do? The latter is always preferable. I know there are times when moving away is necessary. Just make sure as you’re backing away you turn around…

Picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already achieved your goal. See yourself doing the things you will be doing when you’ve reached your goal. – Earl Nightingale Funny thing about the mind: turns out it can’t really tell the difference between something that has actually happened and something vividly imagined. Studies have shown that…

Are you frustrated by something? (Love it. It will transform.) Wish your spouse or partner was different/better/nicer? (Love them. They will “change” before your eyes.) Hate your job or business? (Love it. It will become something all together different.) . . . [insert your version of the above] Can’t do it? Can’t love “it” or…

Before I let you go for the weekend, here’s something I found on Darren Hardy’s Facebook page: You get in life what you create. Expectation drives the creative process. What do you expect? You expect whatever it is you’re thinking about. Your thought process, the conversation in your head, is at the base of the…