When you interview for a job, the first question is usually about your experience. The interviewer wants to know about what you’ve set out to do, what you’ve failed at, and what you’ve accomplished; she’s less interested in the books, magazines, and blogs you’ve read. It’s getting clearer each day that corporate execs are unlikely …
Category Archives: Editorial
The 80/20 Rule
Recently I decided that I would look at what was working in my life and that I would do more of it. It felt like overnight my life started moving rapidly forward in a positive direction. By now most of us are familiar with the concept that what we put our attention on is magnified …
Can You Multitask Your Way to Happiness?
Are you doing other things while you read these words? Are you sipping coffee? Riding an exercise machine? Listening to music? Most people find it easy to multitask when the tasks require different brain processes. We sometimes get into trouble when we try to text a friend and talk on the phone at the same …
The Most Benevolent Outcome
A few months ago I was reading an article about the importance of asking for the most benevolent outcome. I was familiar with this concept and vowed to do a better job of asking for this. Almost immediately I began to see positive results and my life began to unfold in more joyful and fulfilling …
Believing Impossible Things
While watching Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland movie, I marvelled at the creative genius behind the original story by Charles Dodgson (pen name, Lewis Carroll). A mathematician, Dodgson toys with logical and illogical notions in his timeless tale of imagination and fantasy. He forces the reader to abandon assumptions about what makes sense in the …
The Secret of Gratitude
What pops into your mind when you think of Thanksgiving? If you’re like me, you really can’t get that turkey out of your head. My son told me that on the east coast, they just call it “turkey day”. What happened to the “thanks” in Thanksgiving? It’s easy to blame the media for the secularization …
Opportunities
How we respond to our circumstances makes all of the difference in our lives. Whether we choose to be like the ostrich— burying our head in the sand—or to face things head on, will determine our future. Ignoring our challenges will rarely improve our lives. However, when we courageously meet our difficulties and seek creative …
Remembering Andre
Around 7:00 PM (Central Time), on Monday, June 22, dear Andre Williams, at the age of 50, left this earthly plane. Andre had spent over 2 months in the hospital due to a faulty heart valve and a stroke. His leaky aortic valve allowed fluid to flow backwards into his heart and lungs. It was …
It’s For the Best
Recently my son and I were driving to an event together. We had allowed extra time for traffic. Surprisingly, every light we approached was green and although it was still rush hour, we did not experience any traffic. When we were less than 10 minutes from our destination, I told my son that I had …
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
On a hot summer day in August, I started doing yoga again.