Empowering people to make strengthening choices
Hal glanced around the table, hoping that one of his long-time colleagues would speak up on his behalf. No one, except Charlie White, met his eyes. Not Keith, his golfing buddy who had lauded his every move – until Charlie’s arrival. Not Patricia, a single parent who had asked Hal to be godfather to her […]
Back when, if someone refused to look at the world realistically, they were said to “look at the world through rose-colored glasses.” If you read my last blog, then you know how important your perception of reality is to your personal development. Let me give you an example of how this works.
“ I’ll tell you what I want,” she shouted back. “I want a partner. A friend. A husband who cares about his family as much as he cares about himself.” The above excerpt is from The Hero’s Choice, but I want you to look at this passage out of context. What is your perception of […]
I went to a cook-out at a friend’s house. As we sat watching the sun set, I noticed a contraption hanging from the corner of his house. “It’s a mosquito trap,” he explained. I’m not going to try to explain how it worked, but it was clever – and effective. The little rascals flew into […]
There are many ways people go about becoming better human beings and achieving personal improvement: Religious practice: attending church, reading scriptures, praying.
We’ve been talking about the distinction between your life and your life situation. To give you a quick metaphor, your life situation is the pond you swim in – your relationships, your environment, your job, your health, etc. But your life is how you choose to swim through it. Even if there are storms or […]
Yesterday I described the steps you need to go through to make intentional choices and gain control of your reality – the before, during and after. Now I want to give you specific tools you can use to change your approach to challenges:
In my last blog, I talked about the difference between your life and your situation. It’s very easy – human, you might even say – to define yourself by where you are and what you’re dealing with. You’re the one-legged runner. You’re the single mom of three. The guy in line in unemployment. The blind […]
