Waking Up is about helping you grow, proactively.
Everybody grows. But most people grow only when the pain of remaining the same becomes greater than the pain required to grow. That is reactive. That is the hard way. It's why so many people stay stuck in lives they really don't want. There are two reasons why people do not address their growth as human beings proactively. First, they don't know how to do it! Second, they're not willing to make the effort. Waking Up is going to help you take away the first reason. (The second reason… that's all on you.) Each issue will bring you ideas, thoughts, and challenges to help bring relevant things into your awareness. Expanding awareness and waking up are really the same thing.
What it isn’t: Waking Up is not intended to be a step-by-step guide. For that, you might check out an online membership in “What’s Next: Navigating Life’s Transitions” HERE.
You Are the Easiest Person to Fool
The late great scientist Richard Feynman authored a number of notable quotes in his life. The one we are going to focus on here today is this: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”
All of us are living with illusions about ourselves, our relationships, everything, all the time. An important step in our growth as a human being is to acknowledge it, accept them and then start to live and act with that understanding.
Do I Have A Midlife Crisis? (And What To Do About It!)
What is a midlife crisis, and how do you know if you have some of the symptoms or a full-blown affliction? Oh, and what do you do about it?
Let's be clear: I cannot hope to fully address this topic, especially the solution, in this short article. What I hope to bring to it, instead, is a perspective or way of looking at it that is different from what I have seen before. With that said…
How To Communicate Effectively with Right Brained People
At a recent peer group meeting, I did a presentation on the value of the members working to develop their right brain functions. They already have strong, effective left-brain functioning, but most lacked appropriate right-brain balance. This is true of most in our society today.
It’s Not a Magic Wand, But It Is A Secret Weapon
We all face them at all stages in our life and, what I am discovering with my peer group members is that many of these otherwise hugely successful business people are doing a lousy job of handling them.