A Few Things I’ve Written…
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Ever Wondered What It’s Like To Be a Dog?
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a dog? Obviously, you wouldn’t be thinking in English. You would probably have a different experience of smell, time, direction. You would view humans in a way that I would assume is fundamentally different from how we view one another. But there would still be an…
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Courage and Fearlessness
I was walking today through the woods when I started to think about fear and courage. I was wondering why some people are more courageous than others, why something that seems totally neutral to one person might raise enormous anxiety in someone else, why we rise above our fear and take action in one circumstance,…
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Unlimited Creativity
In ancient Greece, there was a belief in the Muse, the idea that creative inspiration came from a god, one of the muses. We don’t really think in those terms nowadays, and many people don’t believe in a personified God, who literally inspires us. But taking personal credit for our creations is a trap. Our…
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Creating
Have you ever dreamed of creating something, going somewhere, meeting someone, and immediately felt that it was impossible? One of the challenges my clients often face is wanting something that seems outside of their reality, out of reach. They might want to start a new business, but can’t see quitting their current job, or exiting…
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Fear, decisions, and the truth about our experience
There was an article I read the other day, about feelings. This article told the story of a man who had a type of brain injury that resulted in his being disconnected from emotion. He was like a Vulcan, totally reasonable and objective. The trouble was, he couldn’t make any decisions. Not even what to…
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Change Your Assumptions to Get Better Results
In working with my coaching clients, one of the biggest areas of opportunity is that around assumptions. Most of us operate in our businesses and daily lives as though many assumptions were true, when in fact they are not, or are at least unproven. We can’t be constantly questioning our reality, but there are often…
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