The seminal events in our lives shape our spiritual growth. The big ones, well, they are opportunities to grow with many others simultaneously collectively. Joyous celebrations that mark turning points are events that bring the participants closer to the elemental One.
Whatever your beliefs are...
I love to fish. I love to play music. More precisely, I cathect (to invest with mental and emotional energy) deeply with piscatorial pursuits and musical meanderings. In fact, I often find that those who geek out on one, geek out on the other. That's a coincidence perhaps.
This past weekend fou...
From a spiritual perspective, overthinking is the devils' playground. Think about that.
How often do you dwell? Do you routinely ruminate? It happens to me all the time. It is a very selfish endeavor. When I emerge and realize my folly, it reminds me with striking CLARITY of the 2nd Toltec agreeme...
Technology breeds complacency. That’s right. I said it. Thinking about stuff, in the absence of social media is a dying activity. Having been deep within the industry that spawned the worlds tech growth for the last 35 years, I take no pleasure in that fact. However, in defense of my previous chosen...
In our roles as coaches to the many people in our lives, we desire to influence, by definition then; we strive to change the way people think. Looking at things from a different perspective offers us insight into new pathways for change and adaptation as we move through life. In this way, authors of...
Here is a fact: the worlds highest performers say no 90% of the time. Moreover, the world suffers from an abundance of “people pleasing” intention as the first, and often sole justifier in the decision to take something on.
What is it that the High Performers know that many of us don’t? They perfor...
When faced with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle, on the way towards a goal, what processes do you apply? This is the type of question High-Performers ask themselves to instill consistency when moving forward.
I was faced with one of these yesterday, and I was able to break down my approach ...
What we do when no one is watching is an important measure of character. Through self-reflection, it’s a measure only we can ascertain.
We all have our guilty pleasures, don’t we? Once we enjoy the dopamine hit that comes from satisfying our guilty pleasures, we run the risk of creating habits ...
To execute on a successful Slant Route in football, a receiver practices in ways that incrementally improve his success rate and consistency. As Anders Ericson, the psychologist behind the 10,000-hour rule explains “You don’t get benefits from mechanical repetition, but by adjusting your execution o...
Everyone has a person, a place or an event that has inspired them. In my youth, two men, in particular, inspired me. Both of them were priests; Father Ted Rog and Father Rupert Langenstein.
Father Rupert was my uncle. He was a missionary, an author and a physics teacher at a pre-seminary in my h...
