The Big Rock Candy Mountains flow human dynamics psychology Feb 08, 2022
I love offbeat, quirky, sometimes dark movies; Dr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Rear Window, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Brazil, Brother, Where art Thou? Those last two connected to my internal pattern recognition system as I was thinking about this post. I’ll make the connection to the title i...
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The Influencer Video Series Launch connection motivation Feb 08, 2022

Well, this past week I finally did it. I gave all my block time and creative effort to launch my new Influencer Series of Youtube interviews.

My colleague and friend, Dr. John Sottery, was gracious enough to be my guinea pig for this exciting endeavor. The title is “Connecting Health to Science.” I...

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The New Normal clarity mindset Feb 02, 2022

Please, God, or whatever superior life force you believe in, purge that phrase from my purview. “The New Normal.” I use that as my title today because I want to vanquish its use. It is so damn, defeatist. This note is nothing about that.

For every dystopian, apocalyptic bit of media we have allowed...

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Striving for Negentropy chaos flow mindset Feb 02, 2022
Chaos. It's everywhere around us. Our best days are when we can keep the chaos at bay. Sometimes, this seems to be an absolute impossibility. What do you do when chaos has sunk its teeth in and refuses to let go? What's left when you've lost your job, a loved one, your health? What happens when ever...
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Pushing the Boundaries Past the Point of Pain clarity fear pain psychology Jan 26, 2022
Three years ago, we were lucky to visit Florence, Italy. We stayed in a convenient little AirBNB touted as being a former residence of Galileo. I was reminded of the story of Galileo today in two seemingly disparate instances.
 
In 1609, Galileo Galilei aimed a self-made spyglass to the heavens ab...
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How to use Thought to Save Your World human dynamics mindful intention positive psychology Jan 25, 2022

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Thought. As a society, we do precious little of it. We are distracted by so many different things. Without grounding, it's no wonder that mental illness and suicide are on the rise. What can we do? More importantly, what can you do? You can devote yourself to thinking, consistently, about the...

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Life in Two Dimensions - Human and Being connection influence mindset Jan 18, 2022
We are funny creatures. We tie deep significance to symbols and signs that others might see as silly. We all have belief systems that are the source of these connections. Some of us are raised in various mainstream faith traditions, others in alternative traditions, perhaps some of us, no fa
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Burgers and Bait courage growth mindset Jan 10, 2022

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How do you get the massive things done? Whether they be professional or personal. How do you write that book? How do you propose to that boy? How do you quit smoking? One way is to tell someone. Put it out there.

What does the title of this email have to do with this? Find out by clicking H...

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Exploiting Flow flow growth mindset Jan 04, 2022
In a few recent posts, I've been talking about Flow, but what good is Flow anyway?
 
As a reminder:
 
A Flow State, also known as being in "the zone," is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, an...
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The Present is The Gift growth mastery mindset spirituality Dec 29, 2021
I've always been fascinated with the concept of time. It is an eternal source of wonder. There is this infinitesimally small point in the continuum of time where to one side you have the past and the other side you have the future. One side is open to interpretation, and one side is open to speculat...
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