How many times have you heard the story of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon? Maybe fifteen hundred billion times? Don’t get me wrong, I love a good butterfly story. It’s a great metaphor for growth and transformation. I especially like hearing about...
Have you ever given your power away? There are so many ways it can happen: You let someone else take the lead on a project because you think they’re smarter than you. You defer to your partner’s ideas about where you should go for dinner because you...
How do you get your inspiration? By reading your favorite books or listening to your favorite music? By spending time in nature? Or does your inspiration come randomly, out of the blue? Or maybe you think you’re the kind of person who doesn’t get inspired,...
What’s the best way to get something done? Visualize it? Or forge ahead and make it happen? Just to be clear, this post is not for people who are only interested in the latter. Yes, you can accomplish a lot by focusing solely on physical reality, but things get...
What’s your favorite thing about the Dalai Lama? His cute little smile? His snappy outfits? His unrelenting efforts in the areas of human rights and world peace? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for world peace. But I just discovered something about the...
What’s your favorite affirmation? Even if you don’t do affirmations, I’ll bet you still have one. Like when you’re having a great day and you say to yourself, My life is amazing. Or when you accomplish something significant and you think, I am...
