Balance Category Archive
Friday, October 19th, 2007
A forum member recently shared the Carl Sagan quote, “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Sagan is credited with popularizing that slight rephrasing of an older quote by Marcello Truzzi: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.”
These quotes assume an objective universe, which is a rather biased way of looking at reality — and not particularly accurate. In […]
Posted in Balance, Consciousness & Awareness, Courage & Fear, Lucid Dreaming, Metaphysics, Psychic Development, Spirituality | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Our feelings are a natural response to our thoughts and intentions. We don’t really choose our feelings directly. Our feelings are a feedback mechanism. They indicate whether we’re moving into alignment with our true desires (positive feelings) or out of alignment (negative feelings).
Simply put… we feel good when we’re moving towards what we want, and we feel bad […]
Posted in Balance, Consciousness & Awareness, Courage & Fear, Intention & Manifestation, Motivation, Passion, Personal Development, Problem Solving, Relationships | 3 Comments »
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
John Assaraf is an international best-selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur. You may have seen him as one of the experts in the popular movie The Secret (as well as in The Secret book), talking about how he manifested his dream house. What’s most amazing is that he lived in that house for quite a while before discovering it was the exact same house he originally posted on his […]
Posted in Balance, Business, Career & Work, Courage & Fear, Entrepreneurship, Getting Things Done, Goals & Goal Setting, Intention & Manifestation, Motivation, Passion, Personal Development, Planning, Problem Solving, Purpose, Self-Discipline, Spirituality, Success, Wealth & Money | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
The Sensei in my martial arts studio often reminds us during sparring to respond but not to react.
When you react you’re not being authentic. You’re sparring on your opponent’s terms. You’re thinking too hard about what your opponent will do next. You’re thinking, “If he does A, I’ll do B. But if he does C, then […]
Posted in Balance, Consciousness & Awareness, Personal Development, Self-Discipline, Success | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Authenticity has become the modern currency of blogging.
Unlike traditional media sources, most bloggers aren’t beholden to any puppeteers. To some people this is a whole different kind of problem, but it’s also clearly a key strength of the new media. With 175,000 new blogs launching every day, blogging is becoming a popular alternative to the filtered, agenda-driven drivel that passes as news […]
Posted in Balance, Courage & Fear, Passion, People Skills, Personal Development, Public Speaking, Relationships | 4 Comments »
Friday, September 14th, 2007
I recently read a book called Life on Purpose: Six Passages to an Inspired Life by Dr. Brad Swift. This is a truly excellent book on how to discover your life purpose. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain clarity with respect to their core reason for being here.
On Amazon.com this book currently has a […]
Posted in Balance, Career & Work, Consciousness & Awareness, Courage & Fear, Goals & Goal Setting, Motivation, Passion, Personal Development, Purpose, Spirituality | No Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Last night a thunderstorm passed through Las Vegas. The thunder was so loud and the lightning so bright that I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to get up for a while. Around 3am I went downstairs and enjoyed a banana and a cup of herbal tea. Then I went outside and sat in the backyard […]
Posted in Balance, Consciousness & Awareness, Courage & Fear, Motivation, Passion | 7 Comments »
Monday, August 13th, 2007
Several people have asked me about the origins of the polarity concept I began exploring last year. Where did it come from? How does it relate to personal growth?
These ideas actually stemmed from some journal entries I wrote in 2002. At the time I was asking myself questions like these: What is the deepest source of ongoing motivation, such that if we tapped […]
Posted in Balance, Consciousness & Awareness, Courage & Fear, Goals & Goal Setting, Metaphysics, Motivation, Passion, Personal Development, Purpose, Spirituality, Success | No Comments »
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s Quality and Contribution post.
Just to quickly review: The “outrage script” is the mindset that balks at seeing someone spend $10,000 for a hotel room stay. It’s the mindset that would label this an extravagant or wasteful purchase. I believe this mindset is a huge mistake.
If the $10K hotel room seems like an […]
Posted in Balance, Career & Work, Consciousness & Awareness, Success, Wealth & Money | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
I remember reading in one of Donald Trump’s books that he’d buy cheap clothes and shoes because he didn’t think the more expensive ones were worth the money, even though the cost difference was negligible relative to his income. Then he finally splurged (I think it was on a $2000 pair of shoes), and he was impressed by the difference in […]
Posted in Balance, Career & Work, Consciousness & Awareness, Purpose, Success | 4 Comments »
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