The Power of Inertia

We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree—deeply rooted to withstand all life’s upheavals. – Dodinsky When the winds of change and challenge blow, remember you are the tree. The strong, flexible tree, able to bend and not break, to both sway with…

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) You can never love anyone more than you love yourself. You can never be happier than you think you deserve. You can never earn more than you think you’re worth. Whatever…

As our coaching progresses, I have three specific questions I ask my clients about how things are going, for them: Do you have a comprehensive plan for your life that is both clear and exciting? Are you making progress on what’s most important now? On a scale of 1 – 10, 10 being absolutely confident,…

I have a theory about where much of our behavior comes from. I trot it out often, maybe too often . . . . But this theory does have value, even if seen again as an abstraction. What I mean is that if I distill this theory and its “implications” I can arrive at something useful,…

We are what we think. All that we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world. – Buddha There’s no greater truth than we are what we think. We become what we think. We never become what we don’t believe we can. What you think? About yourself? Your potential? Your ability?…

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. – W. Clement Stone Today is Thanksgiving here in the good ol’ USA and while some will be scrambling for some “Door Buster Sale” item or some other essentially unobtainable bargain, I suggest that we 1) don’t engage in any “shopping-like” activity and 2)…