Empowering people to make strengthening choices
We Want to Succeed! One of my core beliefs is that people want to succeed. Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, “Today I’m going to see how many ways I can fail… or make my life miserable.” The desire to succeed is innate in each of us. The question is, what is success? Society […]
“He who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.” Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet The Privilege of Giving I believe that to give is to receive. Arthur Brooks, an economist and professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Syracuse, works with successful entrepreneurs. In an […]
Yesterday I discussed Kate, Jeff and Paul, three people who, while very different from each other, shared the fact that they were living in harmony with their passions and as a result had self actualization. Now it’s time to talk about you. Are you in harmony with your passions?
What if you could be . . . exactly what you wanted to be? Exactly who you want to be? What if it were possible to shed every bad habit and self-limiting behavior and break free into the person you were born to be — the person you search anxiously as you look into your […]
“I feel small admitting this, Charlie, but the truth is, I resented you – your money, your power, your prominence.” Hal wondered if he should proceed so openly. But if I don’t, we’re still playing games. It’s risky, but it’s the only way we’ll get to bedrock. Charlie scoffed. “Your attitude put me off, to […]
Today we’ll finish up the self assessment quiz for self actualization. The goal right now is to determine which areas of your life you feel strongest in, and which need work. Remember, you can’t fail this test; this is just a snapshot of where you are. Today we’ll start with: CENTEREDNESS
In a small city in Ohio, police offers make a monthly visit to all members of the city council to deliver a package of information for the upcoming council meeting. One Tuesday morning, officers arrived at one council woman’s home to find the door ajar. The officers knocked and called but no one answered and […]
New Zealand writer, poet and educator Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner once said, “You must be true to yourself. Strong enough to be true to yourself. Brave enough to be strong enough to be true to yourself. Wise enough to be brave enough to be strong enough to shape yourself from what you actually are.”
