Would You Know a True Dream if it Bit You?
So what is a “true dream?” I think it is simply a thought, an idea, a mental representation of something we believe is not true for us now, but which we desire to make true.
Are You Putting Off Facing YOUR Brick Wall?
Procrastination, I explained, is not a brick wall. It’s a symptom of a brick wall. I mean, think about it – if you knew that moving forward was going to cause you to bang your head on a brick wall you’d put it off as long as possible, wouldn’t you?
Sometimes You’re the Dragon, Sometimes You’re the Bug
I have dragons in my life. I am blessed to have MANY dragons who have come along to rescue me from shredding my wings.
I’ve also had the opportunity to rescue a few dragonflies. Some flew thankfully on their way, some determinedly beat their wings against the screen.
Regardless of your role, dragon or dragonfly, just remember – you were BORN to fly!
That’s How the Light Gets In (and out)
Robert Merton, who is credited with coining the phrase “self-fulfilling prophecy” said “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves.” Isn’t that how we all wish to be loved? Not perfectly as someone we are trying to be, not perfectly as an ideal, but perfectly as what WE were designed [...]
Mister, Do You Pray?
I don’t know what the weather was like in your part of the world last night, but here in St. Louis it rained. That is an understatement – it blew water out of the sky so hard and fast that, looking out the big front window of Sub Zero Vodka Bar, you just saw sheets [...]
Roadblocks, Speed Bumps and Stepping Stones
So you’re barreling down the Career Super Highway and, oops, what is that you see on your horizon? A roadblock? A speed bump? A warning sign? A detour? Or maybe just a helpful stepping stone to bridge your way between where you are and where you want to go? We’ve all had those days, sometimes [...]
Overcoming Programmed Responses – Or How to Not Lead With Your Knee
Since when does our mental/emotional programming affect our knees? Well, think about what we often refer to as a “knee jerk reaction” – that “no-time-to-involve-the-reasoning-mind” response that we often fall back on when we are cornered, pressured, stressed, attacked or when we even think that we are any of those things. Knee jerk reactions are [...]
