Author: Bob Riding

  • To learn from, but not repeat

    No one There’s one thing no one else in the world has. No one else but you. It’s your first-person life experiences – all the stuff embedded in the real you. Good, bad, or in-between, they are yours alone.   No one has the exact set that you have.  No one sees that collection of experiences…

  • but you’re doing it

    Move ahead.  No regrets. If you wait for perfect, you won’t start.  You won’t ship.  You won’t get where you want to go. Today, you might be doing it wrong, it may not be exactly what you want, but you’re doing it.  You’re not wasting time trying to get it perfect. By starting, and doing…

  • What they think about you is their problem

    What if? How differently would you live your life if you didn’t care what people thought of you? First, people don’t think about you like you think they do.  And if they do, for some strange reason, how does that change your life?  Does it really matter? Besides, what they think about you is their…

  • Ask yourself why?

    Don’t be a fixer-upper Create distance from the crazy-makers.  You know who they are in your life. They’re the creative and clever and engaging people who are also the category 5 storm centers.  They live for drama.  They’re the ones with plenty of problems, too few solutions and lots of people to blame – including…

  • Who wants to live as a victim?

    Reclaim it We don’t lose our personal power.  We give it away. We fall under the delusion that giving power to someone else can help us better deal with the problems and chaos that life brings.  We mistakenly think it helps us move forward. Too often we learn that delusion in our formative years; patterning…

  • The options are unlimited

    When was the last time you learned something? Expect to learn.  Make the effort to learn. Your world gets smaller and smaller when you fail to stimulate your brain.  Your brain begins to turn to mush. Possibilities start to show up when you take the time to learn, to engage your curiosity and expand your…