Seven Deadly Sins

In an interview with Tim Ferriss I heard Tony Robbins say something very interesting. He mentioned the difference between emotional intelligence and emotional fitness. It was such a powerful distinction for me . . . . *  *  * Yes, the latter requires the former, but the former is (really) meaningless without the latter. Meaningless…

Trade your expectation for appreciation and the world changes for you. – Tony Robbins When you expect you are needy and in opposition with how the World works. When you appreciate the World it (and everything and one in it) is available to you. When you are in appreciation, you are aligned with the energy of creation…

“Be careful how you interpret the world: It is like that.” – Erich Heller

You can’t make people change. You can’t make yourself change. People make choices based on the best information they have available, according the concerns most pressing at the time. What’s more, we biologically constructed to resist and avoid change. Change equals the unknown. And we have deep genetic programming to avoid the unknown and stick…

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. – Elbert Hubbard This sentiment really captures who doesn’t get coaching – both literally and figuratively. People who don’t get coaching, figuratively, wonder what the fuss is about. “Coaching? I don’t play a sport, why would I need a coach?…

“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.” – William James Achieving a goal, making a change or completing a transition is gradual. It’s not (anything) like flipping a light switch. Sometimes it may seem like all of a sudden things are different, but such is an illusion. There may be a decisive event…