I originally wrote the majority of this post in 2017 when I was going through a period of intense activity both at work and at home. When I came across it again this week, it brought me comfort and I thought now would be a great time to share it…

For much of my life, gratitude has been problematic for me. Not that I’ve never felt it. On my wedding day and then again when each one of my children were born, I felt so filled up with appreciation, amazement, and awe that my whole system sputtered and gushed like…

How we innocently misuse a ‘magic bullet’ to shoot ourselves in the foot — For more than a decade, I have been sharing a spiritual understanding of life that is more commonly known as either “the 3 Principles” or “the inside-out understanding”. When I talk about it in terms of the inside-out understanding, I’m pointing to the fact that the human experience only unfolds…

Three keys to “bending time” in your favor — Nearly all time management systems are based on the idea that time is a fixed quantity and we all get access to roughly the same amount of it. There are sixty seconds in an hour, twenty four hours in a day, seven days in a week, etc. But you can’t…

How a simple shift in understanding can be a game changer — As there is so much fear around money in our culture, particularly evident over the past 9 months or so of economic uncertainty, I thought it might be helpful to explore where that fear comes from and what we can do about it. Here’s…

Since I read my first self-help book back in 1986 (Shakti Gawain’s Creative Visualization), I’ve noticed that broadly speaking they fall into three distinct if occasionally overlapping categories. The first is what I call “image management”, as exemplified by Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. These books…

How learning the difference between meditating and living from a state of meditation can change your life — When I first heard about the benefits of meditation in my 20’s, it sounded like the solution to many of my problems. According to the Mayo Clinic, “meditation can give you a sense of calm, peace, and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health.” Other…

The true source of originality, and how to find it for yourself — This weekend, I was one of the speakers at a virtual conference in Spain. The title of my talk, “How to Be Original”, started off a bit tongue in cheek, as perhaps my favorite thing to complain about is people copying my work without credit. Although I know it’s intended…

Three key steps to help you become a more effective salesperson — There’s a story about the comedian Jerry Lewis that when he was touring the country doing gigs, he kept a diary. On any night where the show went well, he would write some variation on “I killed it tonight!” On a night where the…