Recently I received an E-mail from a woman who seemed to feel guilty. Several years had passed since she attended Personal Mastery, Advanced Leadership and Heart of the Samurai seminars, and she had just pinned her contract on the wall. It was as if she thought she was stupid for waiting so long to put [...]
Wherever I go, it seems as if people want balance in their lives. They’re working hard and find it difficult to juggle all the different areas of their lives. In my book If How-To’s Were Enough We Would All Be Skinny, Rich and Happy! (pages 76-84), I discuss the need to develop the mental, emotional, [...]
There are two very different facets of leadership: doing the right thing and doing things right. What is the right thing? A right thing is something that is in alignment with a person’s purpose. One of the things we focus on in the Heart of the Samurai Seminar is helping individuals determine their purpose. The [...]
In our last newsletter we talked about one of three ways of listening, “being with.” What are the other two ways of listening? One is to agree with whatever’s being said, and the other is to disagree. We often listen from a standpoint of whether we’re going to agree with what’s being said, or whether [...]
Would you like to be more efficient, more effective, more intimate? Then join us in learning the art of “being with.” Being with is a way of listening to people. It’s listening to others without any filters up. One filter compares whatever is said to your own personal experience. Another filter is listening with an [...]
There is a warning signal in our lives that can be a clue to tell us when we’re stuck in the 3 R’s — resentment, resistance, and revenge. That warning signal is anger. Let’s discuss why it is important to be aware of this emotion in our lives. On page 38 of If How-To’s Were [...]
If someone’s intention doesn’t match yours then you don’t want to be doing business with them. Why? Mismatched intentions result in conflict. When the smallest obstacle arises, problems will occur, hindering performance. You can either find someone whose intention matches yours, or you can support someone in clarifying their intention. Let me give you an [...]
Often, people who have been exposed to the concept of intention confuse it with will power. Intention is not will power. Will power comes from the conscious mind, or head. (See chapter 2 of If How To’s Were Enough We Would All Be Skinny Rich and Happy). Whenever there is a conflict between the subconscious, [...]
What is a goal you will be working on in the New Year? If you do not achieve that goal, how will you feel? Will you be sad, disappointed, or will you have that “Oh well, I tried” feeling? In terms of intention, you must set your intention for that goal so high, that not [...]
Living from probability takes place when you look at what you are capable of and what you have done in the past. From this perspective, you calculate whether you think you can do something and whether you can get incremental, or minute, increases for your life. Living from possibility, on the other hand, is the [...]