The role of core values Several months ago, I wrote a post about the benefits of having core values in life. The key components that act as guiding lights for you in times of decision. They are not a list to tuck away or a static activity that you do once and feel temporary better. …
Monthly Archives: March 2012
The words you choose and your comfort zone
Our own limits make us smaller Staying within our limits is designed to make us feel safe. We can challenge ourselves up to the point where we think our limits lie, stay connected to the ideas that help support our own view of the world and believe that “this” is our zone that that is…
Inside our heads
Our image vs. our thoughts If you could attach a megaphone into the brains of everybody that broadcast all of their thoughts, then walking around would be a much different experience. The “well put together” and dressed people, would be telling a different tale as their true thoughts filled the space around them. And the…
3 guide posts for personal change (aka how to eat an elephant)
Eating an elephant The old question of “How do you eat an elephant?” has an obvious answer: one bite at a time. However taking this past the literal question and extrapolating it’s meaning into tackling a large task, we can apply this saying to personal change. 3 guide posts to direct your daily efforts Showing…
How do spot and deal with forks in the road
The ability to see a fork in the road When I was 23, I spent several months traveling around southern Africa. I traveled from South Africa up to Botswana by car, into Zimbabwe on the slowest train in history, and then the rest of the trip up to Zambia, Malawi, and eventually back down to…
