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You Know More Than You Know
It’s written in the Talmud that before we’re born, when we’re still in utero, an angel visits us and teaches us everything that we need... ...more
Coaching
May 12, 2025•1 min read
The Fable of the Tiny Genie
A landscaper finds a tiny genie who eagerly obeys his every command, performing impressive little chores. The story highlights how our expectations shape what our inner spirit will attempt. ...more
Coaching
April 23, 2025•2 min read
The 1000 to 1 Rule
Creation takes so much more work, so much more time, so much more effort than destruction. To build a house takes thousands of hours.... ...more
Coaching
April 01, 2025•2 min read
How to get more awe in your life
What’s better than awe? Maybe nothing. Awe is what we feel when we are open to the miracle around us. We are always surrounded by the... ...more
Coaching
March 26, 2025•2 min read
The Ultimate Leg Up
It’s really hard to do something when you don’t think it’s possible. It’s more than hard because when you don’t think it’s possible,... ...more
Coaching
March 13, 2025•2 min read
3 Keys To Make Hard Choices Easy
A pocketful of marbles There was an executive who had an uncanny ability to make tough decisions quickly. When confronted with an... ...more
Coaching
November 20, 2024•2 min read
Keep Your Head Up
And here's a heads up! The next Fundamentals of Coaching starts October 15th! If you don’t know about the program, please take a look... ...more
Coaching
September 25, 2024•2 min read
Want To vs. Feel Like - Life’s Most Important Distinctions #1
When what we “want to” do becomes what we “feel like” doing, we become more powerful and our lives flow better. That’s a little cryptic.... ...more
Coaching
August 16, 2024•2 min read
For coaches: 5 Ways to Help Clients
Help them move out of egocentrism into a sense of community. From a sense of community into a whole humanity or whole world sensibility.... ...more
Coaching
August 07, 2024•2 min read
Who You Are vs. What You Do
When I was eight and left a cup of milk too close to the edge of the counter, my mom would say, “Josh, that glass of milk is an accident... ...more
Coaching
August 02, 2024•1 min read
Kind ≠ Nice
Life becomes so much better when we clean up the confusion between being nice and being kind. It’s a choice that we make many times every... ...more
Coaching
July 25, 2024•1 min read
Life-Changing Spiritual Lessons From the Greatest Psychological Thriller Ever
If you haven’t seen The Sixth Sense, the 1999 epic, watch it first. If you’ve seen it or don’t mind spoilers, read on. Its two great... ...more
Coaching
July 17, 2024•2 min read
Parroting vs. Reflecting
Too many coaches get this wrong. What they do is repeat back like a tape recorder what their client says. And they sound like parrots,... ...more
Coaching
July 11, 2024•2 min read
Uncertainty Got You Down? This Will Help!
Most of us don’t like uncertainty. And, we whine when it comes around. I know that I do. I get all nervous. I feel uncomfortable. I feel... ...more
Coaching
July 03, 2024•2 min read
Being Afraid (bad) vs. Feeling the Fear (good)
Being afraid and feeling the fear are TOTALLY DIFFERENT. Understanding that changed my life. BEING AFRAID When I am afraid (as opposed to... ...more
Coaching
June 26, 2024•2 min read
Shake the Etch A Sketch!
My mind is a lot like an Etch A Sketch. I turn the knobs trying to get a good picture and sometimes it winds up a big mess. The same... ...more
Coaching
June 19, 2024•2 min read
I Suggest You Feel Sad
Let’s break this down. Tens of thousands of thoughts zip through my head each day. I latch on to many of those. After some of those... ...more
Coaching
June 13, 2024•2 min read
Don’t hold your Happiness Hostage
Don’t hold your happiness hostage to the absence of pain, uncertainty and work You can be happy while you are in pain. Ask anyone... ...more
Coaching
June 06, 2024•1 min read
Beyond reaction, Beyond response a more human alternative
When we move from “reacting” to “responding”, we become less mechanical and more human. But, there is a step beyond “responding” that is... ...more
Coaching
May 29, 2024•1 min read
My Favorite Joke also Happens to be a Gateway to Peace of Mind
My Favorite Joke Also Happens to be a Gateway to Peace of Mind ...more
Coaching
May 23, 2024•1 min read
Ending loneliness does not require other people.
To be brutally honest, loneliness has nothing to do with other people. Loneliness is one way to experience the absence of other people.... ...more
Coaching
May 01, 2024•1 min read
All the World's a What? Turning Around Shakespeare Makes It Truer.
The bard famously wrote All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. What happens when we turn that around? All the... ...more
Coaching
April 28, 2024•1 min read
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