The Most Important Question You Can Ask Yourself: How Good Can I Stand it?

fullsizeoutput_586When something comes from our truest self, it feels good, it feels right, it lifts us up.  It gives us a sense of purpose. The flowers are gorgeous. Everyone is wonderful. Life couldn’t be better! We say to ourselves, “I can’t believe I’m this happy, but I am!” Big smile. Huge smile. Oh, I love life!

WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS NEXT IS A MYSTERY Continue reading

The Idea Page

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We have hundreds of life-changing ideas coming into our mind throughout the day.  How many do we actually take to heart and act upon?  Maybe one, but probably none.

The truth is anyone of those ideas can turn our life around, if only we would pay attention. Continue reading

Why You Must do This Daily Warm up Exercise:The Goog Part 1

Taking care of your instrument just got easier!  And the instrument I am talking about is YOU my friend!  While eating well, working out and all that jazz we know is something each of us needs to do simply to maintain our mind and bod, this SUPER SIMPLE exercise is a game changer. Continue reading

How to Tell if Your Best Life & Best Self are a Match: Ask This Question

 

Mid year is a great time to check in and ask yourself “How’s it going?” “Am I making progress? “Have I been moving toward my goals or am I stuck in limbo-land?”

While these questions are important to ask, they don’t come close to the one question that will significantly influence whether or not you are in the best position to achieve the life you want. Continue reading

Release Tension – Access Confidence: The Spine Roll Exercise

Imagine your spine is like the open road transmitting information easily to your brain.

When the road is free and clear, you feel good; your body operates efficiently.

But when there is bumper-to-bumper traffic and you’re pressed for time, that good feeling can quickly turn into a lot of mental, emotional and even physical discomfort.

All of which = stress.

WHERE DOES STRESS GO?  Continue reading

Self-Discipline: Three Ways to Get it

Self-discipline is a muscle.

When we don’t use it mediocrity sets in.

That can lead to a life of regret.

Yuck.

Don’t worry, because you’re not going to let that happen!

It’s time to move from complacency into the realm of possibility or better yet…  Continue reading

Creating Possibilities: The Power of Asking WHAT IF

Dustin Hoffman.

Tootsie.

Hoffman’s character in this 1982 Academy Award winning film, Michael Dorsey, would go to any lengths to get a part, even if it meant playing a tomato: “Nobody does vegetables like me!”

Most of us if asked to BE a tomato, or a horse or a tree … would ultimately give up (or break down in hysterics) because (aside from feeling ridiculous), we don’t believe we’re any of those things.

But WHAT IF you were asked to behave like one of them? Continue reading

What Marlon Brando Would Have Wanted You to Know

Brando.

Legendary.

Actor.

There was something about Marlon Brando that made us feel as if he understood the human experience better than we did.  It made him mysterious, it made him charismatic, it made him ultimately, iconic.

Brando said: “We couldn’t survive a second if we weren’t able to act.”

THIS IS IMPORTANT

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Top Five Steps to Acting As If

Let’s dive right in.

The ability to act as if you are already where you want to be in your life is the essence of The Act as if Technique.  But most people go no further with this novel approach to achieving goals than simply reminding themselves, “Right, if I want to be successful, I’ve got to act successful.”

That’s not enough. Continue reading