Surviving 2020
The world has come to the unbearable realization that the way we’ve been making purchasing decisions (largest selection, lowest prices, let’s import rather than produce our own) for all things from bread to meat, to clothing, has created a real threat to our lifestyles. The gap in our traditional skills and our current ones has gotten so wide many of us are feeling lost.
Brave New World
Are you stir-crazy yet? Have you spent the morning asking yourself if the danger is still as real and dangerous as it was 3 weeks ago? If you’re anything like me and the rest of the world I’ll venture to say “yes”. But don’t do it. #1 - You’ll be endangering yourself,...
Now I’m Mad …
If it was the right decision, why would I feel a bit afraid? Well, more than a bit.
The damage done by doing good.
Are we creating damaged people because of the surge in self-help interest? The field is a “wild west” of the helping practices and the “big” names in the field are copying the MLM business model. That is – they get a following and get paid to teach the following how to be just like them.
I’m not the boss of you
Not addressing the reasons you keep failing is one of the biggest reasons people relapse into old and negative behaviour and continue to fail. They haven’t cut out the root of the problem.
Self-Examination…
Self examination, belly-button gazing, whatever the term you choose for it, it’s hard, and often painful. If you do this with sincerity, and intent to truly get to the heart of what matters to you, it’s going to reveal many dimensions of self-imposed bullshit....
Welcome to the slippery slope …
So, now we have no spectrum of common sense and human decency. We have dark and light, demonic and angelic, soiled and dirty or pristine and clean. If it has a smudge, it’s off to the soiled and dirty pile you go. A hug to comfort is immediately construed as gratuitous and groping
Cognitive Dissonance – when we go to war with ourselves
Have you ever left a conversation with a friend or colleague and had been amazed at the clarity and certainty you had when answering a question? A question that you’ve been asked countless times before, and one you’ve often stumbled, mumbled, slurred over hoping that...
To share, or not to share … that is the question!
I haven't blogged for quite a while, I’ve been busy creating so many other ways of reaching folks. I hope some of them are working. The empty blog page has been enticing me to snuggle up to it again. It's a bit more personal. Less "all work, no play" than other...
Stop spinning Plates
2 Simple ways to create more time and less stress in your workday - Buzz, buzz, buzz … the sound in my head is driving me nuts! Part of the problem is my tinnitus. The other part is being the only plate-spinner in my business. How do I get everything that needs to get...