James Kawski

Separation of Personal Powers personal growth psychology Mar 24, 2022

History never did it for me. My early interests coalesced around science. I was one of those geeky kids who built Estes model rockets that you could launch. I was fascinated with energy conversion from solid rocket fuel to propulsion. Also, it was like sanctioned fireworks, and what sixth grader doe...

Connecting the Dots flow frameworks growth psychology Mar 15, 2022

I've been covering the psychology of optimal experience; Flow. Historically, a life lived while primarily engaged in pleasurable experiences that create some form of personal growth, otherwise known as "Enjoyment," is an optimized life. Arguably individuals who pursue the "Renaissance Lifestyle" hav...

Escaping the Hedonistic Treadmill flow growth psychology Feb 15, 2022

World-renowned intuitive guide and spiritual teacher Sonia Choquette has written about your three best superpowers:

Meditation
Imagination
Intuition

These can be cultivated and developed with focus and attention. But therein lies the greatest superpower of all. It's the thing you ha...

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...

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...

Your Mind's Greatest Tool challenge mindset psychology Oct 19, 2021

If you were thrust onto a deserted desert isle with nothing but your physical self, how could you expect to survive against the instincts, strength, and weapons of the island's predators? Indeed, what can each of us rely on for our survival? We are at once both the weakest of animals and the most fe...

It’s All in Your Mind control habit formation mindset psychology Oct 12, 2021

Failure and success are self-filling in every way you can imagine. Because, it is through imagining that we fail or we succeed.

Mindset is the result of many external factors. Our family, mentors, friends, environment, experiences, and education all combine creating a set of core beliefs. The va...

You cannot Pivot on Pain growth mindset psychology Sep 29, 2021

I was reminded last week of this saying from my high school salad days. I had sustained a pivot injury to my right knee tearing my Meniscus cartilage. Pivoting in basketball, spinning with one foot planted, is vital when trying to deke (fake an opponent out of position). When you have a bad wheel, y...

Be Impeccable with your WORD - The First Agreement psychology Nov 11, 2019

“The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz is the most profoundly practical book I have found to guide one to a high-value, high-joy, high-performance life. To practice its tenets is to move toward spiritual enlightenment. Pretty darn impressive, right? For me, it is a way to identify agreements I’ve ...

The Golden Road to Unlimited JOY - The Four Agreements personal growth psychology spirituality Nov 04, 2019

There have been some profound tomes I have enjoyed throughout my life. If I were to pick a comedic work, it might be “Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole*. If I were to pick a novel that transported me to another time and place, it might be “Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck. If I were to pick...

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