Empowering people to make strengthening choices
Most people don’t think of themselves as emotionally immature. And yet many of us find ourselves stuck in familiar patterns–reacting defensively, avoiding responsibility, or feelings overwhelmed by situations we don’t fully understand. Emotional maturity isn’t something you have or don’t have. It develops in stages. In this article, I’ll share a simple framework I’ve developed […]
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 […]
Why are you here? Is your existence a series of reactions and habitual behaviors, just moments strung together like beads until the string runs out? “The purpose of your life,” writes Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven Life: What On Earth Am I Here For, “ is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your […]
Remember the analogy you used when we started this quest for self actualization? We compared it to a journey. You’ve packed up your tools, assessed your strengths and weakness and gotten to know your traveling companions. Now take your map out and spread it out on the table in front of you. It’s time to […]
