Tag Archives: Strengths

Life Management: Continual Progress Towards a Worthy Goal

        Are derailings, delays, and utter disasters part of life?   My heroes say they are not. The people I like most are able to respond, “First I’m going to experience this to the max, and then I’m going to see how this helps me move in the direction of my goal.” […]

If a Problem Has Your Attention, You’re In Trouble

We hope every journey begins with sunny skies, fair winds, and all needs met. But… …if you’re like me and on a journey to create a life of maximum contribution, the motivation to “leave port” only comes when encountering something I clearly don’t want as part of my life, or something I do.   The […]

When Life Knocks You Down

The good life includes a bunch of this: [youtube=http://youtu.be/iqKS-hkhhh4] What’s “good” about it, you ask? Here’s the big picture: 1. You walk into a door! With enough time and perspective we come to know this as a moment in which I learned a great lesson. In the moment, however, we’re all reaction. Shock, helplessness, anxiety […]

My Afternoon With Oriah Mountain Dreamer

For those of you familiar with the Christian Bible, Matthew, in Chapter 17, describes what it was like for the disciples to watch Jesus have a discussion with Moses and Elijah.     Yesterday for couple of hours I was in a deep discussion with Oriah Mountain Dreamer, who of course showed up as a […]

Jeopardy: Adolescents and Young Adults

    I’ve been blessed to have the kind of relationship with my Life Coaching and Life Management clients that allows us to create a sacred space for thinking what they’ve never thought, saying what that never said, feeling what they’ve never felt, and writing what they’ve never written; building a life better than they […]

Life Management: SS&H at Work – Tips #53 – 59

There have been key times when hearing or reading one idea has opened a path allowing me to advance in my quest for elegant life management overflowing with success,    satisfaction, and happiness. Here are six ideas that I’ve taken from the blog of Innovations America’s capture of the blog created by James “Bird” Guess: 1. […]