Tweet This post is a result of an email from a reader. Nigel Burns mentioned in his email that he struggled to get his inner censor to shut up. I promised to write a post about it because this is an important topic. Nigel is not the only one, nor is he in the minority [...]
Do You Aspire To Mediocrity?
Tweet One of the most common, and in my opinion, a major failing in our society is a tendency to measure everyone by the same standards. School measure kids against standard results. Companies measure employee against standard processes and standard performance. Even some parents measure their children against the society standards for good behaviour and [...]
Are You Honest In Your Journal?
Tweet Journals are private. Everyone knows – even if they put conscience aside – that no one should read someone else’s private journal without permission. We have this social courtesy embedded in us because we believe that a private journal includes someone’s innermost thoughts. The question is, how much of a person’s true self is [...]
Discover Your Why. Discover What Drives You.
Tweet Start with Why, that is the premise of Simon Sinek’s book of the same name. Start with your motivation, your purpose, and they will not lead you astray. When you first think about why you want to do something, the actions you take as a result of that, and how you do them, will [...]
5 Signs That You Might Be Settling For A Hand-Me-Down Personality
Tweet The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. – Jim Hightower We are trained, from the very beginning of our lives, to fit in. Your parents teach you how you should speak, eat, dress in a socially acceptable manner. Your school teaches you [...]
