Solid, Secure and Smart
2nd post in series – see Big, Bold and Messy For a very long time, I thought that the BBM folks were the smartest folks on the planet. They always had an idea and were always ready to share it. But I...
View ArticleMired, Mediocre and Miserable
As promised part 3 in series – See Big, Bold and Messy and Solid, Secure, and Smart. I love being with BBM’s and like working with SSS’s but MMM’s are tiring, trying to be around. There are a lot of...
View ArticleFirst Step
The first step in any change, any adventure, any relationship is often the hardest to take (not the hardest to do). The second step isn’t much easier but by the time you get to 3,4,5 you will have...
View ArticleAppreciation
As you continue to spend time in breathing practice, it is time to begin appreciation practice. Appreciation has a couple of meanings, both of which are important; a fully and deep understanding of...
View ArticleThe F Word
I trust you have been practicing breathing and maybe even lengthened the practice time to 3 or 4 minutes. Did you create your understanding and recognition (appreciation) list yesterday and did you use...
View ArticleDream and Then Do
Breathe, Appreciate, Forgive – Dream and do. Disclaimer: There are no silver bullets, magic elixirs, quick fixes. Wanting doesn’t make it so but knowing what you want will, with work, reap rewards....
View ArticleSelf Care
With all your breathing and appreciating and forgiving and dreaming/doing you should be ready for some ‘you’ time. Today; Thursday February 11, I want you to do declare as ” Me Day (Insert Your Name)...
View ArticleRecap and Reset
If you have been following along and engaging in the process of getting unmired, unmediocre and unmiserable you will have experience some amazing ups and some less than spectacular downs. Today it is...
View ArticleRemember I Warned You
On the road to recovery from muck, mire, mediocrity and misery there is no secret sauce. The work can get hard and the results may come slowly but don’t complain. In fact that is today’s action....
View ArticleIntentions
A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour. ~ Jonathon Swift When a man says he approves of...
View ArticleHave You Failed Yet, Today?
On your journey to a preferred future the dips and rises can cause you to stumble and maybe fall. The measure of your commitment is in how you stand and move forward. The safety of the sidelines only...
View ArticlePersistence
We don’t live a solely self determined life. If we live, work and [lay with others, they impact us positively and negatively. With the exception of a despot we can’t make people bend to our will and we...
View ArticleUnexpected
Today’s instructions are simple and following them will be impactful. Do something unexpected today; something totally unexpectedly nice for someone else. Who came to mind when you read the last...
View ArticleHow Sure Are You?
When I am 100%, completely sure about anything, I realize I have just closed my mind to other possibilities. I probably require some degree of surety and a modicum of certainty but not at the expense...
View ArticleStop the Insanity
For the past 17 days I have been asking you to do something. Breathe, appreciate, be kind, take care … Today I am suggesting you stop something. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and...
View ArticleTrust
It doesn’t get any easier. When you have been mired in the muck of mediocrity and misery for a season or two it erodes the ability and willingness to trust ourselves, others and the goodness around us....
View ArticlePast, Present, Future
The past might suck and the future is unknown but we can modify the present simply by being present. We have today and can make the best of each moment. Henrik Edberg wrote in the Positivity Blog...
View ArticleBe Useful
The mire and muck of mediocrity and misery has depressive and draining side effects. One of the consequences of being stuck in the mud too long is that you become less useful than yesterday and...
View ArticleHappiness
Three weeks ago you weren’t ready to hear the secret about happiness but as you have worked through breathe, appreciate, kindness, to useful you are now ready to hear it. ” Happiness, like almost...
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