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How the ‘fake it till you make it’ really works

It was June. I didn’t have a car… so I asked a colleague of mine to take the Forum with me. She wasn’t into it, but I didn’t have a car and I needed her, so she did it.

The Forum was a two weekend course. It started early in the morning, so I spent the night sleeping on the floor in her bedroom.

That first Saturday, around 4 pm the Leader… He said his name was Roger, screamed at a dude who was sitting next to me. ‘You are dead! You are dead inside!‘ Continue reading “How the ‘fake it till you make it’ really works”

So you want to be a winner? Let’s see how to go about it

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Let’s say you would like to be a winner… Create yourself as a winner…

What do you need to chuck, discard, leave behind, toss if you really want to create yourself? Continue reading “So you want to be a winner? Let’s see how to go about it”

Inner peace… aka completion. Is it possible for you?

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Inner Peace is elusive. It’s elusive like health.

What do you call peace? The lack of war? What do you call health? Lack of illness?

Imagine that you are walking in a forest, on a footpath on a beautiful summer day. The birds are chirping. There is a slight breeze. There is peace. And you may know that animals are hunting, eating another, and yet there is peace. Continue reading “Inner peace… aka completion. Is it possible for you?”

Being open is the hardest but most profitable ways to be

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About a year ago I bought into a business coaching program where there are several calls a week with different coaches, and, for the most part, I think it is not a good program. Why?

I have been seeing that the coaches look at the program where their job is to say what they have to say… So when you really look there is a them and us, them and me separation… they are up there, and I am down here… and I have a few jobs: 1. admire them 2. participate if asked so they can sound even more awesome 3. if possible, talk only when what I have to say is ‘I bought this thing from this coach and it is awesome’ like a ‘witnessing’.

And the participants, about a hundred people, only want to hear what ‘the coaches’ have to say, like in a church. The coaches are the deity… and you are the whatever they call the true believers… I’ve never really been one. Maybe a little bit in Landmark Education? Continue reading “Being open is the hardest but most profitable ways to be”

Who are you? Are you The Dude, or are you your name?

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I just read an article in the Monday Morning Memo and I cringed. It hit me what b.s. is being propagated as wisdom.

As you have seen, if you have been with me for more than a week, you would know that I knock the idea of beliefs being important to your success in life. And after reading Roy Williams article, I am also going to start knocking the notion that the why is what’s important. Continue reading “Who are you? Are you The Dude, or are you your name?”

What makes you who you are today? Do you know?

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Is it the past? Is it the future? What gives your actions in the present? What makes you you? What creates who you are right now?

I just watched a few short films that were winners or nominated to the Academy Awards in recent years. Continue reading “What makes you who you are today? Do you know?”

Fear keeps you alive, panic gets you killed…

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60% of people opt to think of the best, the best outcome, that it will, somehow, work out. Whatever ‘it’ is. they tend to panic.

10% of people opt to think of the worst… and they do whatever they can to prevent it. They use fear to be prepared.

30% of people sleepwalk. They never look to the outcome or the future or the consequences of their actions. They are not present. For the most part they are in their heads, that are, the heads, either in the clouds or in the sewer, but not in the present moment.

I don’t like panic. It paralyzes me, so instead I look and see what’s coming down the pike, and do what is in my power to make it the best possible outcome. I am a 10%-er Continue reading “Fear keeps you alive, panic gets you killed…”

Why some cultures honor the soaring eagle as their symbol?

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Are you in harmony with Life? If you aren’t, you likely cannot soar… And soaring is the key to living a life worth living. This article shows what’s in the way and suggests how to remove what prevents you from soaring.

This article is a meandering journal entry: just walk with me… it will be worth your while. I promise.

The more in tune you are with the Universe, inner or outer, the more what I am going to share here applies to you.

My core group students are going through the grief of what it was like to be a child with a violent father, or a father who didn’t like the way you were, or having been an unplanned unwanted pregnancy…

The deeper you can go into the despair of it, the easier it is going to be to create a new name for you… and to create a new reality around that new person. Continue reading “Why some cultures honor the soaring eagle as their symbol?”

The evil C-word, or is it C-words?

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I’ll talk about 4 words in this article that make you dead man walking…

That original incident…

Little Harriet is going to be 2 years old on the 8th.

I can see her, I can hear her. I am pondering how a little girl with two loving parents will experience something traumatic at age 3 that will, for life, determine her seed level… Looks very unlikely. Continue reading “The evil C-word, or is it C-words?”

The unfair advantage: your birthdate and birthplace

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Some have it better than others. You knew that, right? But you didn’t know is why.

And no, it is not all in the genes. And no, it doesn’t all boil down to money or means. Or education, or opportunities.

No, the biggest unfair advantage is… whether you were allowed to play or not.

The difference between play and playful?

One of my students writes: Continue reading “The unfair advantage: your birthdate and birthplace”