07/21/2020
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06/26/2020
… to the format I have been using for a shade under 11 years. On August 2, 2009 I posted my first blog with the enticing title of “Life sinks or soars to the beat of our thoughts.” My goal back then was a simple. I had a lifelong fear (darn near a phobia) of writing. The thought of writing anything, even a business proposal, [ 543 more words ]
The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye …
One of my favourite quotes reminds me that “if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” It is time for me to heed that lesson and expand my own horizons by …
06/19/2020
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche I love quotes, and have written down, for years, every quote that has appealed to me. Today that collection numbers in the high hundreds of quotes and I gladly add to that list every chance I get. Some of those quotes stir up memories, others pick me up when I feel down… [ 500 more words ]
“Why” is Everything
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche I love quotes, and have written down, for years, every quote that has appealed to me. Today that collection numbers in th…
06/12/2020
Last week I took a break from the discussion we’ve been having over the four previous weeks regarding the Five Truths that I believe play a significant role in every decision we make and every subsequent action we take. These truths have brought us to where we are today and will forevermore directly influence where our lives go. Today I would like to discuss the last of these truths. [ 696 more words ]
The Truth is the Truth
In more than 25 years of working with hundreds of coaching clients, I have heard every imaginable reason for not doing the things they have acknowledged will lead them to achieving their goals and …
06/05/2020
The scenes projecting from our TV screens of peaceful protests turning violent across the United States and in parts of our country have taken me back to a time and place I have long struggled to forget. It was June 1976. I was living in Cape Town, South Africa and the country was in the grip of the deadliest race riots in its history. [ 1,043 more word ]
We Must Change This
It was June 1976. I was living in Cape Town, South Africa and the country was in the grip of the deadliest race riots in its history.
05/29/2020
Most of my coaching, business performance and leadership work centers around The Five Truths, These are irrefutable principles that profoundly influence and, ultimately determine, for better or worse, the direction of our lives. Over the past three weeks we have discussed three of these truths: Everything we believe to be true to… until it isn't We get what we tolerate… [ 488 more words ]
Every Behaviour Has A Consequence
Experts have long stated that the only known way of changing human behavior is to change the consequences that follow said behavior.
05/22/2020
As a non-drinker for many years I was surprised to learn a few years ago, when I accompanied a client to an AA meeting that there is a price of admission to be paid in order to become a member. The price of admission is, in fact, admission. To become a member of this worldwide organization a person must admit to having a problem with alcohol over… [ 479 more words ]
Healing Begins with Acknowledgement
It takes tremendous courage and inner strength to bring about lasting change. That courage and inner strength needs an ignition source and it is our willingness – often only after a lengthy and pai…
05/15/2020
How much more of this are you willing to put up with? Many people I have spoken with recently have answered that question even though the question itself was never posed to them. In several recent conversations people have made comments like "I've had enough of this," "I can't take this anymore," "I want my life back." There is no disputing that we are living in different and uncertain times. [ 483 more words ]
What We Put Up With Is What We End Up With
We will get through this and those who come out the strongest will be the folks who teach themselves how to make the intolerable tolerable and to focus, with laser precision on things within their …
05/08/2020
These last few weeks of us living in an alternate reality has brought many heartwarming stories of kind and generous deeds performed by people seeking only to do good in the world and, where possible, to make tough times a little less challenging for others. A TV news story a few weeks ago caught my attention - this story is one that… [ 467 more words ]
Food for Thought
A local restaurant inspires us all to help others despite our own struggles.