Traveling When You’re Not In Control
Once I check in at the airport, I put myself into the loving arms of the airline. And whatever happens after that, it’s their job to get me to the place I’m going.
Do Less – Get More Done. Really.
I have to get my next book written. So I made a big sign to post on the wall in front of my workstation. It just says, “Do Less!” I know that doesn’t make sense to some people . . . until you think about it.
Is Too Much Enough?
Spring is a great time for the re-emergence of this. After all, Spring Cleaning is often just tackling one more pile (or set of piles) that we didn’t tackle last Spring.
Meditating . . . on Your Last Vacation
A great way to enjoy meditation is to spend time reliving the best parts of your last vacation. For me, that’s a sunset on the beach.
Kind Goal-Setting for the New Year
Make this a year for recognizing the accomplishments and forgiving the shortfalls. After all, you’re guaranteed to have both of them.
Embrace the Traditions of Change
Change happens whether you push against it, welcome it wholeheartedly, or attempt to mold it as comes.
You Put Yourself Where You Are
Whether it’s creating a new future or maintaining a status quo, we get what we work toward. My motto for life and business is, “Nothing Happens by Itself.” So, if I don’t like some aspect of my life, I need to accept that I did whatever it took to create my current reality.
Your Mind Doesn’t Do You A Lot of Favors
When we recall memories, we also apply filtering. As we pull them out of storage, we re-write them just a bit to fit within our world view and to provide consistency with other memories.
Inertia – Good and Bad
We all know what intertia is. Whether or not your mind immediately brings up an image of Sir Isaac Newton, you have certainly heard of Newton’s first law of motion: “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless […]
Know What You Know
There’s a “classic” model for looking at knowledge that’s known as the “Conscious Competence” model. It describes the evolution of knowledge about any subject. There are four stages: Unconscious Incompetence. Here, you don’t know what you don’t know. You might not even know that the subject of knowledge is a “thing” that other people know. […]
