Category: The Knowing (Self Awareness)

A quote by Steven Covey: "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."

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The Fruit Bares No Resemblance to the Seed

Actions have consequences. You can choose your actions; your control over the consequences is limited at best. The challenge is that we

Three sticky notes next to each other on a board. One says "Plan A", the next says "Plan B", the last says "Plan C". Plan A and Plan B each have a red X on them.

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The Price of Security is…

The price of security is, ironically, a deep awareness of insecurity. Or at least an ongoing appreciation of the fragility of any

2 women walking on a hiking path with mountains in the background

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Buen Camino

Buen is Spanish for ‘good’ and camino can mean road, path, journey or way. The phrase ‘buen camino’ is a greeting most

Drawing of a women sitting cross-legged in a yoga pose. A messy squiggly line enters her head on the left side and a straight line with a heard comes out on the right side

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Going Unconscious is Not a Solution

By ‘going unconscious’ I’m referring to indulging in various forms of denial including refusing to recognize any possible contribution we might have

A group of friends standing in a circle with their heads together, looking down and smiling at the camera

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What Fires Together Wires Together

‘What Fires Together Wires Together’ is from Hebb’s Rule, a neuropsychological theory explaining the increase in synaptic efficacy arising from one cell’s

6 green apples in a line; 1 has a sticky note on it that says "bad"

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The Bad Apple Effect

I’m going to combine several of my favorite sayings: 1) ‘You tend to become the sum total of the 5 people you

The view of a city through a pair of glasses with the background in gray and the view through the lenses of the glasses is in color

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What Do You See?

There is the story of two folks looking out a window; one sees a muddy field, another sees the sun breaking through

"Words have power" written on a chalkboard. The "O" in "words" is a red heart

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Speaking Gently: Three Gates Plus a 4th

The great Sufi poet, Rumi, believed that before we speak, our words should pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it

A green bamboo background with the words "To grow yourself, start from knowing yourself" in black print

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A Lie That Helped Me

How can a lie be helpful? Well, try this one on for size: ‘Personality’ is an illusion we invent. As I say/read

A small circle drawn on a chalkboard labeled as "your comfort zone" and a large circle next to it labeled as "where the magic happens"

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It Takes Courage but it Works!: Become a ‘Top-Level Asker’

All too often we ‘pre-reject’ ourselves by being fearful to approach others or ask for what we want. Often it involves those

4 red arrows going downward (one says "negativity", one says "critics", one says "doubt", and one says "fear") and one green arrow going upward that says "confidence"

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Your Own Worst Enemy

All too many of us are not fully on our own side. Ralph Marston once said “There are plenty of difficult obstacles