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 [...]
The Only Real Use for Your Critical Voice
Self-awareness is often the first step towards growth. But is there any drawback to being a person who’s keenly aware of his environment, his actions and the people around him? You betcha. It’s a tendency to kick himself in the ass for all the mistakes he’s seen himself make throughout the day. You see, the [...]
Who Owns You?
Who owns you really? Is it email? TV? Fame? Money? Is it what you drive? What you have or don’t have? That new toy you just can’t live without? Is it your past? Someone you haven’t seen in years? Is it what people say you are? Is it what others think of you? Is it [...]
Why Stop Bitching When it is Therapeutic?
I was facilitating a team-building session when an interestingly hostile participant threw this spanner: “My leader is obliged to hear me bitch about things at work! It is therapeutic and allows me to work better!†Being the hard-headed fool that I am, I nodded my head in acknowledgement of her comment. Effectively attracting the spanner [...]
Who Leads Your Reality?
What’s the difference between someone who’s led around by the nose and someone who does the leading? In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), we learn about the Law of Prerequisite Variety: the element in any system that has the most flexibility will end up leading the system. Think of little children, they have incredible flexibility. To get [...]
What Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, Said On Courage & Death
In 2004, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, was diagnosed with pancreas cancer. The doctor told him it was almost certainly incurable, and told him he no more than 3 to 6 months to live. What would you do if you were told today you had less than 3 to 6 months to live? The [...]
Why Go On When Life Is Meaningless?
I was re-watching The Matrix Revolutions the other day during a nice little party with my friends. We were just finishing the chicken wings when we got to this scene near the end of the movie (spoiler alert if you haven’t already seen it!). I loved it because it highlights the key to the question; [...]