A lot of people feel that they are unable to cope with the reality of life. They pack up their troubles and hide it away.
I wonder if this constitutes self-deception. It’s like the show “The Matrix”. You have to ask yourself this question - did the human beings get themselves into their own pile of [...]
I was taking a cab to the Patterns of Excellence program (I was starting the morning session today) when I got the chance to speak to a retired teacher. He was around his early 70s, sharp mental faculties and he started a conversation with me about why I was working at 7am on a Sunday [...]
Some of you are playing the victim’s role in an environment that doesn’t support you. So the truth about it is that it exists, the trouble with it is that the environment isn’t what stops you - you are what stops you. We’ve heard so much about the “law of attraction”, and the power that [...]
I was pondering over the prospect of launching my Internet Money Secrets 2007 event and letting it totally fall flat. As I thought about it, I realized how dangerous it is to have such thoughts. Yet, I wouldn’t be upset (for long) if it were to happen. Failure, in my opinion, is my biggest ally. [...]
Well, you know life sucks when you’re drenched in the rain waiting for a cab to show up only to know that you are going to have to pay an extra $4 for calls, right? It seems that most cabs aren’t going to wait around for you to call them - they are also in [...]
Is motivation a drug?
I’ve heard many people talk about motivation as if they were hooked on it! In fact, I believe some people are! Now the real opportunity here is for us to explore what it means for motivation to be part of our lives. If you view it as a drug, then what will [...]
Coming out from schools where I used to train, I’m not surprised that we encounter the kinds of students we do. Most of them jaded, experiencing failure, low self-esteem… wait a second. Sounds almost like some the participants I have when I first encounter them even in an adult training.
But when parents look at their [...]
In most parts of psychotherapy, people believe that the attachment issue creates problems. For instance, if you were a child and you felt too much “attachement” to your mother, it would give rise to problems in school.
But attachment was a natural, God-given instinct.
Somewhere along the line, we got detached. Today, I meet seminar participants who [...]
In exploring the mind, I’ve also learnt that the most universal mechanism in our lives that determines whether or not we thrive or falter is our stress mechanism.
As part of the game of life, we experience stress in different measures. However, the stress build-up occurs based on the following:
#1 - A Lack of Security.
Whenever our [...]
I got to seek out this quote from the movice Coach Carter, that I watch over and over again. In that movie I keep listening to this quote that is both profound and enlightening. Perhaps it will enlighten you too.
After surfing the web, I chanced upon this quote in full, and realized it was written [...]
