By which my friend Eleutherios assures me is the Kabbalistic (and poetic) equivalent of Steve Pavlina’s three principles of personal growth; truth (wisdom), love (beauty) and power (strength). This post has been a long time in coming, and in it I’ll explain why in order for me to move towards truth, love and power, I’ve [...]
Are You Fighting Yourself?
Are you fighting yourself? After talking to him for a few minutes, I knew that he’d be difficult to coach. While he didn’t realize it consciously, at some level he didn’t really want to change. Maybe he felt it would be too much work, maybe he was afraid of the unknown…maybe he was afraid of [...]
Empowering Links: Week of 28th January
Best personal development resources for the week: Life, we only get one, and there’s no going back. Do you want to look back from the end with regret or joy? The must read of the week, Liz reveals the top 10 ways to start living your life. Pure gold. Gretchen asks, are you making every [...]
Reunion with Paiboon The Monk
Last night, Yezhong, the girl with the largest eyes I’ve ever seen (yes, you Tim ) and I went to the Thai Buddhist Temple along Jalan Bukit Merah for a long-awaited reunion with our dear friend and fellow Life Coach, Paiboon. In June of last year, Paiboon started on a 3 month journey into monkhood [...]
Lessons Learned From 15 Days of the Lucid Dreaming trial
So what’s happened half-way through my 30 days lucid dreaming trial? Have I managed to lucid dream? Not yet, but I very nearly managed to twice. The first time I was dreaming, then consciously remembered I needed to wake up for work and then woke up. The second time I dreamed someone was holding a [...]
Wisdom From The Ninja Village: The Warrior’s Creed
As a student of the Bujinkan for the last 8 years or so, I’ve benefited much from the training. The word Bujinkan means the Training Hall of the Warrior Spirit, and is a Japanese martial arts organization composed of 9 schools of traditional Japanese martial arts, 3 of which were ninjutsu schools. The Warrior Creed [...]
Empowering Links: Week of 21st January
Best personal development resources for the week: Still not getting things done? Read 43 Folders’ most popular, most visited, most-commented-on, and favorite posts about David Allen’s Getting Things Done method to boost your productivity in GTD: Recap for ’07. Are you using your feelings as an excuse to stay stuck? Find out if you are [...]