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.
And the Sensible Response is…
I’ve been quiet lately. There is precedent for that, but I’ll admit it isn’t a frequent occurrence. The last time must have been when I was about three. So I don’t remember much about it. But I’ve heard stories. Mostly from my mother. She was there. In her story, I was nattering on about something arcane [...]
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?
What’s YOUR “Watermelon?”
Most kids love July 4th for the fireworks. Believe me, fireworks are a BIG favorite with me too. (with a childhood nickname like “dynamite” you might expect that, huh?) But for me, Independence Day, a day we celebrate freedom, was a day I celebrated a different kind of freedom. There were picnics, with LOTS of watermelon and I was FREE to eat as much as I could get my hands on. So every July 4th, while the other kids were hogging the ice cream, cupcakes and chocolate, I got my hands on as much watermelon as I could and didn’t apologize to anyone for taking the last slice.
You see, I grew up with “watermelon deprivation.”
Bright, Shiny Excuse or Opportunity to Explore Wisdom?
Didn’t I just let a bright shiny thing derail my productivity for the day? After all, posting to the blog was on my list of “to-dos” and here it is nearly 9PM and I’m just now getting to it. Surely that isn’t responsible “life balance.”
Depends on how I tell the story, doesn’t it? Either I let myself get trapped into a tailspin of drama/trauma, free coaching and emotional drain. OR I was offered a completely no-risk opportunity to learn from someone else’s story.
I actually received TWO huge gifts from that bright, shiny thing.
What Does YOUR Practice Make Possible?
I had an amazing workout with my fitness coach this morning. Actually, Kimberly is more of a “transformation coach” than a fitness coach. (That’s her on the left, of course.) She has a very interactive mind/body/spirit approach so our time together is a fabulous combination of hard physical activity (she’s teaching me to HIT things so [...]
Coaching Yourself to Win – Daily Dose of Dynamite
(Today’s quote is a new one – not yet on any card deck.) “Words that are UPlifting always get better results than those that are DOWNputting” While reading about tennis legend, Martina Navratilova I came across a story about one of her first tennis coaches. It seems that this coach was egging the young Martina [...]
Who’s Got Your Happy?
Any time a theme presents itself through multiple converstaions on multiple occasions over a short period of time I figure it’s either a universal element in the human experience or I have become sensitive to it because there is a lesson there I need to learn. Yeah – you’re right. It’s probably both. So some [...]
Believing in Greatness
Last week I got to do something I had only dreamed of doing; I delivered a keynote for Build Your Own Brand, an event that showcased three of my greatest heroes, two as the featured speakers and one as the Master of Ceremonies. It was in my own city so I got to deliver [...]
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 [...]
