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What Motivates You to Take Action?
School taught us to answer a simple question, “will this be on the test?” If the answer is no, we’ve got no time for it. Work taught us to fear the boss and the review and our performance ranking. And...
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The Gift of Life
Did you know there are close to 100,000 people in the United States currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant? Or, that another name is added to the national transplant list every 10...
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This Is Comedy: Gary Gulman Breaks down the Best Joke in the World.
When Patton Oswalt, one of the top comedians over the past several decades, was going through the worst experiences of his life this past year, he wrote an entire post about one joke Gary Gulman made....
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Addicted to Productivity, and the Courageous Act Of…Stillness.
Our society is addicted to productivity. We think productivity increases our value as a human. And we want to be valued and loved. So…we become addicted to productivity. Which means… being still is an...
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All You Want From Life Starts in the Same Place
The most important lesson of my life has been that I can only experience as much good in life as I allow. Plain and simple. This isn’t how I’ve always operated. I used to be the one with the detailed...
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Transformation Begins with Incubation, Not Activity.
The trees in my backyard acknowledge the cooler temperatures in two ways. One likes to drop its leaves overnight, while the other holds on, slowly changing its colors, shedding a few leaves at a time....
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Live or Die: How “One Day at a Time” Became “Forever”
February 8th 1988 was a Monday. It was under the sign of Aquarius. The US president was Ronald Reagan. I was a student in my last year at San Francisco State University. And it was the beginning of my...
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Discover Your Boundary Style
If someone asks you to do something, do you say “yes” even if you don’t want to do it? This type of behavior relates to a particular boundary style. Are you so focused on having things be the way you...
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Tall Poppy Syndrome Anyone?
G’day mates and greetings from Australia, where I have been having heaps (that is Australian for “lots”) of fun over here speaking, coaching and having some time to explore this beautiful country. I...
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Self-knowledge Can Help You Strengthen Your Romantic Relationships
Valentine’s Day has just passed – and if you’ve been thinking about the relationships in your life, you may be thinking about some questions that I often get: “How do people’s Tendencies play out in...
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Life Lessons from “Happiness is a Choice You Make”
New York Times Reporter John Leland spent a year with six New Yorkers, most of them in their 90s, for a series of articles he wrote for the newspaper on aging. His new book, “Happiness is a Choice You...
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Destiny Calls
Air stood still, suffocating the room. An eerie silence lingered in the space. Our family was being split apart. My husband Keith and I were getting a divorce. Our sixteen year old son came to live...
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Can Who You Are Become Better? (The Best of New Age Hypocrisy.)
As a lover of the guitar, I’m always under improvement. It’s a never-ending journey of leveling up, cutting away things I don’t need and refining what I feel truly sounds like me. In the beginning of...
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What Do You Do? The Most Uncomfortable Question and How to Answer it Like a Pro.
Explaining my profession to strangers used to be easy. When they asked, “What do you do?”, I would reply with, “I am an English teacher.” And, if I wanted to add more pride to my answer, I’d say, “I...
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The Limits of Lifehacking: What Happens When You Approach Optimization?
I have a weird memory of my dad explaining math to me when I was a kid. I never actually learned real math, at least once it went beyond how to pocket extra lunch money, and still haven’t learned...
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A Bad Plan Is Better Than No Plan
Games are like a super power. Games got me into college, got me into graduate school, got me my first job, raised me money for businesses. Taught me strategy, taught me how to handle adversity, taught...
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Miracles Are Real
I think magic is real. More real than your table. The chair. Your coffee too. Miracles are real too. Science proves it. Religion talks about it. Sometimes loss takes away our belief in miracles. It...
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Your Esteem and Your Money
We live in a global economy of insecurity. Not because of vacillating markets, but unstable self worth. Our lack of esteem feeds the globalization machine. If you/we loved ourselves more deeply, a lot...
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Start Your Day Off Right With The Hour of Power
The morning is the most important time of the day. If you spend an hour a day to do these three things you will be happier in life, healthier, and more motivated than you’ve ever felt. @JackCanfield...
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How Ignoring What Bores You Leads to a Living a Mundane Life
Where are you bored in your life? That is the question. So how would you answer it? I just finished reading Cheryl Richardson’s new book called “Waking up in Winter” – a wonderful read that talks to...
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