Psychological Immunity
"According to a growing body of research, the brain has a remarkable capacity to make the best of bad events: when we encounter negative situations we subconsciously activate what is…
MY LIFE
Starring YOU Directed by YOU with Screenplay by YOU We use many different metaphors for the living our lives: Weaving a tapestry (it has a larger pattern that emerges over…
Rewiring Circuits in My Super Secret Laboratory
When we feel like someone is trolling us, pushing our buttons, or getting under our skin, we generally stop responding and start reacting. When that happens, we have let go…
I Need a Hand…and Your Eyes
A professor friend used to explain the idea of chi to his Oriental philosophy students in this way: There is the path and there is the ditch.If you’re not on…
Self-Growth Tip: When in a funk, focus on a life role
Life has its ups and downs and most of us don’t have too many down (or up) days in a row. But when the bad days just keep coming, there are a few techniques that can help turn things around.
Self-Growth Tip: Open Yourself to Meeting New People
When we meet another, we are presented with a choice of whether or not to risk ourselves. To take the time and risk of opening ourselves to another means being willing to lose a measure of control over our interaction and the direction it takes. To take this risk is to embrace living a richer life than we could possibly script ourselves.
Self-Growth Tip: Listening to Wake-up Calls
A good friend who I'd known since college died recently. He had only told a very few people that he had been diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer and that nothing could be done to treat it.
Self-Growth Tip: Owning Decisions
Darling, you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I'll be here 'till the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
(The Clash)
Self-Growth Tip: Going from Reacting to Responding
When we experience unexpected change, whether in our personal or professional lives, we tend to either resist or react...
Creating Your Own Growth Environment
Life inside our comfort zone is comfortable. Easy. Relaxing. Sort of like living in a warm and fuzzy cocoon. But as long as we stay there, we won't grow.