The Peaceful Warrior Mentality
A great definition of enlightenment: having a mind that is open to everything while being attached to nothing.
Stress
Anxiety = LIE (always)
If you ever have anxiety about something, you have faulty beliefs about it.
Here’s one of the most fundamental and powerful Mental Toughness disciplines or exercises that you can use to upgrade your state when you’re feeling low…
The Shelf-Life of Commitment
I’ve established that we create all of our psychological or emotional STATES with our thinking, and that one of the most powerful states that we can create for performance is the ALL IN state – which is infinitely committed.
You Think You Have Time
In my coaching and speaking, I am always referring to the #1 mistake that people make in the pursuit of the lives of their dreams. That mistake is WAITING.
Failure Does Not Exist
What happens if you choose to no longer believe in the construct of “failure”?
Nothing Can Stress You Out!
You know what really stresses me out? Nothing. Know why? Because nothing can. There is no such thing as a stressful event. There are only events. And they aren’t “stressful” until I choose to interpret them in that manner. There’s a lot of…
The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself…
Why can’t you relax? Do you feel guilty if you sleep in? Do you have a hard time simply sitting still doing NOTHING?
The majority of adults do. At least in most Western cultures where things like “ambition” and “accomplishment” and the accumulation of wealth are prioritized above all else. These have become the measures of success – so often at the expense of joy and reward, and peace! The irony.
Waiting Is The Enemy!
By moving towards, we activate the mechanics that are inherent within our desires – the mechanics for their fulfillment.
The Right Side of The Bed
Become the person who doesn’t interpret the world problematically, but rather opportunistically. And then there no longer is a “wrong side of the bed”.
Don’t Believe Your Thoughts
I have a mind, but I am not my mind. I have a brain, but I am not my brain. I have thoughts, but I am not my thoughts. A favorite mantra of mine, and an amazing rule of thumb: Whenever you are feeling anything even remotely unpleasant, it is for one reason and one reason only. In that moment you are believing a thought that is simply not true. That’s amazing news because…
The Intelligence of Gratitude
Here in The US, we celebrate one of my favorite holidays this week, Thanksgiving. What a great name for