Seems like an odd question to ask. The answer is, well … do your best; give it everything you’ve got. What does that mean, everything you’ve got? I hear people say they gave it 100%, and others say that they gave 200%. Hmmm. Makes me wonder if they have any idea what percentages mean. All…
Have you ever listened to the pharmaceutical adverts on TV? As the soothing voice says “Absolv, when taken immediately after upsetting your partner can bring on feelings of contriteness that a puppy would envy. Clinical studies have shown that 77% of users of Absolv are forgiven for extreme transgressions including not sharing with housework, coming…
Many years ago my girlfriend and I were walking through an open field at the Toronto zoo. It was late afternoon on a perfect day; blue sky, warm weather, sounds of birds and people in the distance. We had already been there for a few hours, and we were having a great time. As we…
My last post dealt with the very real consequences to you of the bad habit – and it is a bad habit – of taking things personally. If you tend to take things personally, others around you will notice and will take care to either avoid sensitive topics or avoid you all together. Either way…
Have you heard the joke where this guy walks into the doctors office and says, “Doc, it hurts everytime I do this,” as he demonstrates bending his arm at elbow; to which the doctor replies “Well stop doing that.” (Groucho Marx?) Taking things personally is just like that. It hurts when we do it and…
Living your life as a practice is not about telling you how to live your life so much as about helping you choose your game of life and providing structures to help you win at your game. The simplicity of that is beautiful yet articulating what this would look like in your life can be…
Many moons ago a senior director at my old company sat with me talking about my career and said, “Peter your problem is you have no ambition.” That felt like a slap across the face because at the time there was no one working harder than I was and prior to coming to the head…