Rewiring the brain: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

mortal-immortalMost of you live life as if you lived forever. You are patient when it comes to doing what you set out to do, have long term goals and aspirations for your life, that you do nothing about. You are … Continue reading

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5 Characteristics Of Grit — How Many Do You Have?

14b6951Reprinted from Forbes… Recently some close friends visited, both of whom have worked in education with adolescents for over 40 years. We were talking about students in general and when I asked what has changed with regards to the character … Continue reading

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5 Characteristics Of Grit — How Many Do You Have?

Abilities that are not available until your health number is above 50%

Survival-ModeWhen you are not well, you are in survival mode. Everything is an is, and the questions you ask are from that “is”. When you are well, you can start to ask different questions, that widen your cone of vision, … Continue reading

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Arrogance.

arrogance-ignoranceI have been dealing with arrogance in my students. Arrogance is unearned boastful superiority. Most people don’t know, don’t care because they themselves are not achievers… but you can have confidence that is justified by your accomplishments, your superior knowledge. … Continue reading

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Your health number… thoughts from the starting point tests I’ve done

hippocratesHippocrates said: food will be your medicine. Let’s look at that statement from my experience with myself, and with my clients. Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – attributed to Hippocrates Lay people (you) jump into … Continue reading

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Get well first. I can’t take people to spiritual growth unless they are well

health-spiritualitySource says: You can’t take people to spiritual growth, people who are not well… This is the signal I have been waiting for. To be able to do Source’s work, I have surrendered to giving you what you want. You … Continue reading

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What determines how you and your life turn out?

what you see and what you do are like the front and the back or the hand: inseparableWhat is the mechanism of the machine that you are, that is used to define your actions, your moods, your attitude? As I said in a few previous articles, your actions, your thoughts, your moods, your attitudes will be correlated … Continue reading

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How could you become ready to grow?

27335465bedidI am using Rob Brezsny’s words here… maybe his English communicates better than mine: ANTI-INSTRUCTIONS Exaggerate your flaws till they turn into virtues Pretend your wounds are exotic tattoos Refuse the gifts that infringe on your freedom Shun sacred places … Continue reading

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What if you have something blocking you from growing? The Seven Boulders principle

overcomingSome ten years ago I learned a valuable way of looking at making life meaningful, or living a meaningful life. The teacher suggested that we pick a horizon, a direction, and then look what’s blocking the way of getting there. … Continue reading

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What if you have something blocking you from growing? The Seven Boulders principle

The capacity of seeing patterns…the threshold capacity

alberteinstein118979I am reading a book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. I am reading it because I want to be able to teach my students better, so they can leave behind the level of ordinary school learning, the … Continue reading

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