Category Archives: Inspiration
Focus on Practice Not Performance
As summer peaks it is time to review the goals we set for ourselves months ago. Did we start that exercise program? diet? Did we update our resume? Enhance our network? Complete that household project? Begin that class? Take more time for ourselves, our loved ones? Did our performance match our expectation? The answers to these questions can lead us to look at how we can successfully achieve our goals.
… Read the restOur goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route
To Be or Not To Be a Risk Taker
Would you be thrilled to drive a race car, sky dive, swim with sharks? Or do you prefer the excitement of trying a new ice cream flavor, a different route to work, or painting your living room a creamier shade of white? We are complex beings and our capacity for risk has wide variations.
Long History
Risk is an inherent part of human growth, from our birth to our final moment of life we are involved in the ongoing task of navigating risk. As humans we have a long history of facing risk and learning to triumph. Homo neanderthalensis had … Read the rest
How To Be A Gentleman
Chelsea Fagan has written a fun and informative post entitled 24 Rules For Being A Gentleman In 2014.
Some examples include:
… Read the rest4. Always text back promptly, even if it’s to let someone down gently. The worst thing you can possibly to do someone is leave them hanging so they can torture themselves with worst case scenarios.
9. Do not refer to things as “gay” that aren’t homosexual human beings. People who call things “gay” as a pejorative are truly the raisins in the trail mix of life.
20. Do not sleep with anyone who wants a relationship from you
Following Through
Isn’t Motivation Enough?
Motivation is defined as the general desire or willingness of someone to do something. How many of us have a stack of books or magazines in our home that we genuinely intend to read? We may have the best intentions, but why haven’t we actually made our way through that stack? The answer to that question lies in a process called follow through.
Writing for the Harvard Business Review, author Peter Bregman described follow through like this: “Motivation is in the mind; follow through is in the practice. Motivation is conceptual; follow-through is practical. … Read the rest
Inspiration
We all need inspiration to lift us towards our goals, to make our endeavors fruitful and to bring our creative energies into sharp focus. However, inspiration often feels in short supply when we are overwhelmed by the exigencies of life. Discovering how to access this vital energy is possible, regardless of the daily demands we each face.
Origins
The word inspiration comes from the Latin verb inspirare, which means to breathe or blow into: the original concept was of a divine power whispering to us. The Greek Muses, nine goddesses that inspired art, literature and science, were said to … Read the rest
