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Blindspots…

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I’m sure you’ve had the experience where you are peacefully driving your car and decided to change lanes. After a couple of glances in the mirror, over you drift only to be met with obnoxious honking and a very heated driver. You can’t really match that bad energy because you know you were in the… 

Approval Seeking?

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As a card carrying member of the approval seekers club, I can tell you a few things about the pitfalls of the game. Us approval seekers generally got our start early on trying to persuade some meanie to like us. Once we learned the game we could wield powers over people by making sure everyone… 

Craft Your Life

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Sometimes I think we give too much credit to the work and not the belief behind the work. We’ve all been collectively schooled to appreciate the value of hard work and logically conclude that he who does the most work ultimately wins. Is that true? Is our expectation of life such that the only valuable… 

Going It Alone?

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I’m not sure if it has dawned on you at this juncture in your life, but this whole living thing is pretty complex. I mean it has lots of parts and pieces. It’s harder than golf. There’s about a million things you don’t know anything about. And finally, there’s this entire spiritual realm with a… 

Are You Winning the Fight?

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If I asked you if you were winning the fight? What would you say? When it comes to living the best life, there is really only one important fight you have to win. It’s not winning the financial lottery and having the security that money offers. It’s not the old adage, “He who has the… 

What is the Solution?

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When I was a youngster living in the state of Maine, the radio announcer would say, Potatoes, problems and people, that’s the name of the game here in Maine.” Not all people have potatoes, but all people have problems. The reason something is a problem for us is because we don’t know how to solve… 

The Great Paradox!

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You know, some folks spend their whole life looking for something that never arrives. “When I finally get that part done I can enjoy my life!” They seek happy circumstances and pleasantness but it never seems to show up. They wish for another place, another climate, another house, another job, meanwhile disliking what they already… 

What are You Thinking?

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Now you know as the world’s foremost purveyor of the importance of thought, albeit self disclosed, the topic of thought has always intrigued me. It is literally the difference between a good and a bad life. It is the only thing in this world that you can control. It is the gatekeeper to your heart… 

Look on the Bright Side.

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Do you remember when you were young and people told you to look on the bright side? No, not the Monty Python version. It was these deep pithy sayings that carried a lot of weight. So much depth. So much meaning, yet forever lost in a young person’s mind. Those older folks were trying to…