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Expect Less (Relationship Quick Tip #3)
Expectations, no matter how well-meaning, create pressure on others. Some, like Dr. David Hawkins, call expectations emotional blackmail. When most people are met with pressure, their natural response is to [...]
What’s the big deal? (Relationship Quick Tip #1)
In any relationship, personal or professional, whenever you hear yourself saying or thinking, "What's the big deal?" pause and take whatever you've just dismissed seriously. Something that's not a big [...]
When you’re finding it tough to get up in the mornings …
consider ... getting more sleep? But of course, your hesitancy to start your day is likely more involved than getting more sleep. I've been re-reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (free [...]
The Power of Acceptance
At the start of this year, I began reading Leo Tolstoy's daily devotional, A Calendar of Wisdom. I found today's entry particularly apt for these trying times: "We would think [...]
10 Ways to Be Happier When You’re Feeling Just Fine
Recently, I’ve been on a steady diet of books, podcasts, and documentaries related to happiness. This topic piqued my interest ever since I read about the field of positive psychology [...]
A Parent Talks to a Child Before the First Game (Poem)
As I'm reading about the famous UCLA basketball coach John Wooden in Wooden: A lifetime of observations and reflections on and off the court, I stumbled across the inspiring poem [...]
Conscious Business by Fred Kofman
(click on book cover for more details) Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values Published: October 2013 ISBN-10: 1622032020 EP Rating: 5 out of 5 [...]
3 Ways to be a Smarter Risk Taker
In conversations with Fortune 100 senior executives, a common theme that came up was the importance of taking risks. Each executive credited much of their success to a series of [...]
When you find it hard to forgive someone …
... know that you may actually benefit more than the person you are forgiving by doing so Whether it's intentional or not, other people will do things that hurt us. [...]