Category: self-help

Make my mind adaptable to any circumstance. – Epictetus We need not await orders from others on what they think we should do.  We can think for ourselves.  We can figure out the right path to pursue. It comes down to being adaptable.  To think with a curious and creative mindset.   To become aware of what’s…

  The power of one Sixty-two years ago today, Rosa Parks, a 42 year-old African-American seamstress, was seated on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  She was in the row behind seats reserved for white people.  When her row was needed to accommodate an additional white passenger, she was asked to move to the back…

What to leave out? Be selective.  Banish the bloat.  Let go of what does not add value to what you do, what you create, and how you live.  Figure out what has use, what has potential, and what needs to stay, or go. Often the most important ingredient is the one you choose not to…

Everything about porn is fake. Everything about you (and me too) must be real. Porn shows up with many masks; not just the raw, sexual stuff.  Gossip, false news, deceptive online content – the list goes on, distinguished by mental and emotional sleight of hand. Fakery compromises our energy, and works feverishly to undermine our…

Learn by listening. What I say today teaches me nothing.  What I learn comes from listening to you.  With listening that takes on many forms. It’s up to me to pay attention.  To observe, to listen, and take it all in.   And only speak when I have value to share.

Ideas are common. Actions rare. Until you act, your genius is just formless, static energy.   Plenty of potential, but nothing delivered.  Until you act, your ideas share no purpose, give no results. Why not act on your ideas?  In some way you will change yourself, and in the process change your world.