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An Unconventional Way of Thinking

What brought me here today is nothing more than an unconventional way of thinking. I have always been the type of person who thinks anything is possible—and why wouldn’t it be? It isn’t that most things are difficult; it is just that most people don’t take the time to figure out what they want, and work out the details, and get on with doing it. …

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Want to Change Your Life? Change Your Attitude About Work

Today I want to share something with you that might be the biggest breakthrough that I’ve ever had related to work.  If you want to change your life, change your attitude about work.  But first… a little history. Working as a Child For as long as I can remember, I worked. My parents would put us to work in the yard, I’d work on weekends, …

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There Is No Door

This story is based on a real experiment that took place in a laboratory.  I’ve told this story several times to my clients because I think it has a lot to say about choices, mindset, and human behavior.  I wanted to share it on my blog to facilitate a conversation and get your ideas and opinions.  So make way for… Lifestyle Transformation: There Is No …

Music and Life – Thoughts by Alan Watts

I really love this Alan Watts YouTube video is because it so quickly encapsulates all of the emotions I’ve struggled with throughout my life.  We go into life not knowing any better, so we do what we’re told.  We continue along this path and at some point wake up to the reality that a) our lives are relatively boring and mediocre b) all of the people we’ve …

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Neurological Research Links Coaching to Transformational Change

I love it when I pick up the business section of the newspaper and something jumps off and hits me in the face.  Today I came across this article written by Coach Kriengsak Nitpattanasai who has a column in the Bangkok Post. Coaching by question and brain research Nitpatanasai gives an overview of David Rock’s book Quiet Leadership:  Help People Think Better–Don’t Tell Them What …

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Changing Yourself, or Changing the World?

Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others?” I believe if we we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better. Arianna Huffington   Inner desire to Change   When …

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#1 Travel Tip: Throw Away Your Itinerary

I nourish active rebellion  -Walt Whitman Buy a One Way Ticket I can’t explain the exhilaration of buying a one way overseas ticket. It is similar to having a wonderful secret.  Or winning a lottery that only you know about.  These days, I only buy one way tickets. Even if I know I might come back, I don’t buy the return.  It is just more …

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Downsizing Your Stuff and Rightsizing Your Life

Most of us know How to Make Things Go; Not How to Let Things Go. The process of downsizing has more to do with refining our personal character than just giving away or selling our stuff. When you decide it is time to do an overhaul of your belongings and your life, there are various stages that you will go through.  Having gone through this …

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How to Reduce Your Responsibility (partI)

 I am notorious for not being able to leave things alone… or as they are. I ALWAYS want to Fix Everything or Figure Things Out. I want to touch things in museums. I want to push Emergency buttons to see what happens. I want to discuss and discover everything about a perfect stranger overnight. I want to find out how things work. I jump in …