Stop Tiptoeing Through Life

“We tiptoe through life hoping to safely make it to death.” – Unknown

Fear, worry and angst have been conditioned into you. You’ve been pumped full of it. By media. By marketing. Even the people who love you.

You’re wing-clipped by caution. You may even think fear is “good” for you.
That it keeps you safe and has all kinds of hidden, mysterious values.

Spiritual Weightlifting

“Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali

We all know fear is a core emotion designed to make us aware of real or imagined threats.

What is less known is that fear is an emotion consisting of specific components without which it cannot exist.

Just like water ceases to exist if you remove one of the atoms in the H2O-molecule, fear can’t exist without the following three components:

George of the Mountains

“It has to be a habit, you can’t call it an activity that you’ll get to.”
– George Jedenoff

It’s been 45 days and I haven’t missed a single morning exercise routine.

On the contrary, on most mornings I wake up excited to do it.

Better yet, I don’t see any end in sight.

How did it happen?

Good Things Are Still Happening

Good Things Are Still Happening

There is an old Zen story about a king who wanted to teach his people a lesson. He placed a large boulder in the middle of the main road, completely blocking entry into the city. Then he hid and observed their reactions. The king watched as person after person came to the impediment and turned away or tried halfheartedly before giving up.

How To Cure Your Intention Deficit Disorder

How To Cure Your Intention Deficit Disorder

Curing your intention deficit disorder is key to realizing your fullest potential.

It is possible for you to become a much more powerful creator. But it’s only obtainable through real inner work.

As an example, a CEO client of mine who was also acting as the head of sales complained that he hadn’t closed a new deal for several months. He believed this problem was due to their product and marketing departments.

Choose a New Self-Concept Now

Choose a New Self-Concept Now

Your self-concept is probably the most important aspect of your life.

Why? Because it includes everything you believe is true about you. Everything you believe about what you’re capable of and what is possible for you. Your self-concept is visible everywhere in your life; it generates your current results.

You Are Mindful Matter

You Are Mindful Matter

Ben is 30 years old and the CEO of a high-growth and venture-backed Canadian tech start-up.

As I studied him deeply when speaking to me in our first session together, I noticed that he was yawning frequently. He had dark bags under his eyes. During a pause in our conversation, I asked him about it:

How To Create a Powerful Life Vision

How To Create a Powerful Life Vision

“All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.” – Stephen R. Covey, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”

Thoughts create things.

The device you are using to read this first existed as a concept in someone’s mind. These words first existed in mine. Take a look around and literally everywhere you’ll see ideas that originated within a mind.

The Power of Life Vision

The Power of Life Vision

“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.”
– Wayne W. Dyer

There was once a man named Ali who owned a large farm with many orchards. Ali was perfectly content with his lot in life until one day, when a local priest told him how the Almighty had created diamonds, and how one stone the size of his thumb was worth enough to purchase an entire country. As the story goes, Ali went to bed a poor man. He sold his farm and set out to seek a fortune in diamonds.

When All Else Fails, Play the Zen Game

When All Else Fails, Play the Zen Game

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

There are no musts in life. Only choices and consequences. Everything you do (or don’t do) is a choice.

So, before taking action on something ask yourself – “Do I really want to do this?”