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David was already in the marble

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“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” – Michelangelo Michelangelo took inspiration for David from the biblical shepherd who downed Goliath with brains over brawn. But David the statue took the form that Michelangelo discovered as he chipped away. Every human is her own work of art. You have everything in you already. The answers are not in books or programs or other people. They may help, but they won’t sculpt the most beautiful you. Everything you need is inside you. Your job as artist is to …

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Many shades of grey

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Very little in life is really all or nothing, black or white. Turns out there are many shades of grey. Success is never black or white. Success is always grey, many shades of grey. Health is never black or white. Health lives on a continuum. You are with me or you are against me. Not really. We are too complex for that. I can partially agree with you, turns out. Death, now that might be black and white. Except I could find those would argue that death is yet one stage of the journey. Onward.

Are you brave enough?

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When you were little, you followed your feelings. You fell in love with the frog you caught. Not the promise of the prince. You didn’t know that story yet. You fell in love with the frog. He was shiny green and had big beautiful eyes. You took him to your adult and told that adult how much you loved your new frog, kissing him on the head. “Eeewww! We don’t kiss frogs. They are dirty and have germs. We don’t love frogs. We love other people. You can only kiss a frog if he will turn into a prince. Put …

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The myth of multitasking

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You can’t multitask. Neither can I. You can continually interrupt yourself switching from one task to another quite quickly, but you cannot process two pieces of information at once or do two tasks simultaneously. The more related the tasks the harder it is to switch between the two tasks. If you are watching TV and drinking coffee, those tasks are quite different and so switching between the two is seamless. If the two tasks are related, such as talking on the phone and writing an unrelated report, the switch is more difficult. The same goes for the complexity of the …

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It’s not Personal

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Some guy cuts you off in traffic and can’t even be bothered to even give you the finger as he speeds off. What’s his story? He is a jerk who doesn’t care about anyone but himself. His youngest daughter is dying after being struck by a car. He at least wants to say ‘I love you’ one more time. He desperately needs those concert tickets because he suffers from the Fear of Missing Out. He is late for that job interview because he had to feed his mother, suffering dementia, before he left the house and the oatmeal spilled and …

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Productive vs. Busy

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We all seem so busy. Can’t hang out. I’m busy. Didn’t get the project done. Too busy. Productive comes from the verb produce. Busy has no equivalent. It is a noun, no action necessary. To produce means to generate, create, cause, show. All so much more interesting than being busy. No more getting busy.  Produce. Generate ideas that can make a difference in the world. Create something amazing. Cause a ruckus. Show the world. Repeat. We are waiting in anticipation.

Instead of guilt (and regret)

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When things go wrong. You say the wrong thing. You do the wrong thing. Guilt creeps in and it feels toxic. You hate yourself. Deride yourself for your failure. But… Emotions are not positive nor negative, even though some ‘feel’ better than others do. Emotions are gauges, thermometers taking the temperature of our lives. Guilt is telling us to that we have committed an act against our own sense of what is right. We have not lived up to our own values, even a value we may not have realized or defined yet. We can wallow in guilt, make excuses, …

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poor me or rags to riches

Poor me or rags to riches

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(AKA The Poor Me Story and Why You Should Avoid it.) Rags to riches is a great story and often goes something like this. The main character either starts with nothing or has it all and loses it. She may feel sorry for herself for a time during which she acts as if she is a victim. Then at some point, she realizes that although the problem appears to be on the outside, the answer is on the inside. She digs deep and learns to leave her rags behind and find her riches. She becomes the person she needs to …

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How to have it all

How to have it all

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The best way to get what you want in life is to become the person you need to be to get what you want in life. There are get rich schemes but they do not work. A 30-day diet puts you on 30 pounds lighter scheme. But you will gain the weight back because you have not become the lighter person, you have tried to cheat the system but then that never lasts. A manipulative sales pitch might win you short-term clients but eventually your cloak will fall off and the world will see the real you. Even lottery winners …

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What can I do? How can I?

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We dream big and that is good. Dreams tell us what incredible things we want to and can do. Once you create the dream, then what?  You might say, “That is not me. I cannot do that.” Ask yourself this… why not me? Someone has starred in a movie. Someone makes money writing songs. Someone runs an entire country. Why not me? Your dream is to scale a mountain but you have never been climbing and cannot even run 3 miles now. Does that mean you cannot learn to scale mountains? Someone scales mountains. Why not you? The next question …

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