“People don’t like change.” “People resist change.” “People hate change.” I hear these statements all the time and I don’t buy into them. I want to get unstuck and create positive change in my life. Don’t you? I think every human in the planet does. When I think about where I am versus where I am headed, …
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Can you imagine a life without judgment and suffering? My curiosity about judgment has led me down many paths of discovery, and each journey has resulted in a happier life experience. And much of it involves being vulnerable and willing to admit we might wrong about what we believe to be true. This was ironic …
A 24-year-old young man seeing out from the train’s window shouted: – “Dad, look the trees are going behind us!” Dad smiled. A young couple sitting nearby, looked at the young man’s childish behavior with pity. Suddenly, he again exclaimed: – “Dad, look! The clouds are running with us!” His dad enthusiastically shared his excitement. The …
Everyone judges. Everyone. No exceptions. I judge and you judge, too. Maybe even more than we’d care to admit. It’s so easy to judge and so hard to stop being judgmental. We judge the food we eat, the books we read, shows we watch, places we go to, events we attend… We judge people – …
“Why did I have to open my mouth?!” I was already depressed enough and her words felt like a fierce stab to my open wound. I know better than to just blurt out my problems. I would have had better luck posting it on my Facebook page or sharing it with you. I hate to …
I used to be all about SMART goals, but I’ve officially abandoned my fandom and I suggest anyone who will listen to forget SMART goals. The SMART goal-setting framework is endorsed by many renowned business leaders as an infallible method to achieve any goal and increase productivity. What Are SMART Goals? S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym that …
I recently mentioned my belief that visualization is an important strategy to achieve your dreams and goals. Visualizing means to form a mental picture of something you want to achieve and hold that image with intention. Visualization activates your creativity to define what you want, wires your brain to identify your next steps, and builds …
It was a day of many emotions and I had just cried so much the night before at the screening of Alice Through The Looking Glass. Though I knew very little about him, I was excited to meet Director James Bobin, because he had directed The Muppets (2011) and The Muppets Most Wanted (2014), which are two films we …
I always say that success is a replicable process, and Walt Disney Animation Studios proves this theory over and over. But when you look at comedy-adventure “Zootopia” and its massive success, you start to wonder what goes into a film that breaks records around the world, with global earnings of almost a billion dollars. But fame …
I wanted to cry, but I held back because I had worked so hard on my makeup. This thought made me chuckle because I never fully understood why people didn’t just let the emotion sink in and let the tears out. The irony of my own subtle judgments actually calmed the whirlwind inside me. Hollywood …