Start with your values and build from there. Without values, you are moving blindly through life. If you do not know what is important to you and why, you have no way to define success or failure, you cannot measure progress or setbacks, and you have no real basis for decision-making. If you do not … Continue reading Intentional Values
We can pour our heart into something, but if the results we produce do not show it, no one will ever know. This leaves us with a choice to make. We can continue to put our heart on the line for the sake of the act itself, regardless of outcome. Alternatively, leaving our feelings aside, … Continue reading Choosing Heart Or Result
Sometimes the thing we try but fail at is only one adjustment away from working. If we quit before we discover what the necessary adjustment is, we may never know how close we were to succeeding. As it turns out, resistance is a normal and necessary part of the growth process. When we meet resistance, … Continue reading Committing To Resistance
Some of us are not capable of pretending. We do not know how to show interest when we are uninterested. We do not know how to pay attention when we are distracted. We do not know how to appear enthralled when we are bored. We do not know how to seem pleased when we are … Continue reading Intention And Attention
There comes a point in our lives wherein we must take responsibility for our own learning. Learning is different from education. Education is often given to us or even imposed upon us. Learning, on the other hand, requires our participation. No matter what types of lessons are being offered to us, we cannot and we … Continue reading Choosing To Learn
