Have you ever had a decision to make and didn’t trust your gut and regretted it later? According to the book, “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the best decision-making part of the brain is in the old brain and it has no connection to the part of your brain that controls vocabulary! The decision making part of the brain is connected to your guts. IE: a gut decision is a real thing.
Read MoreDo you ever catch yourself worrying a bit too much about what others think of you. Remember what Dr. Daniel Amen: calls, “The 18, 40, 60 rule.”. Basically, it states: ‘At 18, you are worried about what everybody is thinking about you. At 40, you don’t give a darn about what anyone is thinking about you. At 60, you realize that nobody’s been thinking about you at all.’
Read MoreIn the book, “Game Changers” by Dave Asprey there is a suggested exercise: “Write down 3 words that describe your best self. Look at them frequently throughout the day.”
Read MoreAre you often late? Do you feel stressed trying to get places on time and find yourself feeling badly when you arrive tardy. In the book, “You Are Here”, Thich Nhat Hanh says, “If you are going to arrive late, arrive happy
Read MoreIn his book, “Meditations,” Marcus Aurelius states the following dose of realism: “At your death, at least one person will be happy no matter how amazing or saintly you lived so don’t sweat the opinions of others nor try to please everyone!” How might you use this perspective in your favor as you move forward?
Read MoreIn the book, “The Power of Your Super Mind”, author Vernon Howard suggests that we start to “learn to love situations that make you feel uncomfortable-that way you can be comfortable in all situations.”
Read MoreIn the book, “Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life” authors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans talk about reframing the concept of feeling lost. Instead, state, “I don’t always know where I’m going but I know if I’m going in the right direction.”
Read MoreRory Vaden (a Colorado Native) and author of “Procrastinate on Purpose” and “Take the Stairs” talks about how in Colorado, cows and buffaloes both make their home there. When the storms move in from the west, cows run away from the storm which actually maximizes their pain. Buffaloes run towards the storm which minimizes the pain. This is called THE PAIN PARADOX.
Read MoreIf you’re an athlete or have ever played sports, you know that playing tight usually leads to poor performance. Or as Bill Crystal said on the WTF podcast, “It’s funny how when you don’t give a shit anymore, the quality of your work often improves.”
Read MoreEver catch yourself caring a bit too much about the approval of somebody? Perhaps it helps to be reminded of what Marcus Aurelius said: “The approval of men who do not even stand well in their own eyes has no value for me.”
Read MoreHave you ever downplayed your own experiences, joy, or accomplishments because you didn’t want to make someone else feel bad? In ‘The Fountainhead’ by Ayn Rand, she states, "As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
Read MoreWhat if you could put away your worries about the future and know that things were going to turn out for the best for you? You can be the person people point to and say, ‘look how great things always turn out for him/her.’ Legendary UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden said, “Things Turn Out Best for Folks Who Make the Best of the Way Things Turn Out.”
Read MoreJerry Seinfeld had a hard time getting his show aired but he trusted his peers (not the general public). His fellow comedians thought the content was really great. “All magicians crave to wow other magicians, it’s the same thing with comedians.” Or as Einstein stated: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Read MoreWhat do you stand for? What actions, values, priorities are non-negotiable in your life? Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “What I must do is all that concerns me-not what others think.”
Read MoreLooking for something novel to do this upcoming weekend? Here’s an exercise outlined in the book, “The Success Principles.” It’s called ‘The Millionaire Cocktail Party’. Here is what you do: spend an evening where everyone at the party acts as if they have already accomplished all their big goals and have achieved millionaire status. Stay in character all night.”
Read MoreIn the book, “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Book” by Kieran Setiya, the author states, “Back when I was the youngest in the room, nothing had started yet. It was all ahead. It’s easy to miss that feeling). But at that time, I lacked wisdom. I had no or little experience and I didn’t have the confidence to know what to do.”
Read MoreIn his book, “The Success Principles”, Jack Canfield says you should be an “Ask-hole.” He means that we should ask for what we want and we should “ask as if you expect to get it (and that it’s already a done deal).”
Read MorePhilosopher and scholar Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Have the courage to stand up and say to the world, ‘Call me whatever you like, I am who I must be.’”
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