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Fear of an Ordinary Life, Part 2

I ran out of battery on my iphone this afternoon while sitting in starbucks.  I was waiting for 2 people.  I had to stay.  It was good that I ran out of battery, because I ended up looking at Tibidabo...

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Highly Effective People – Habit #7 “Sharpen the Saw”

This week’s video is about Steven Covey’s 7th Habit of Highly Effective People: Sharpen the Saw. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Burning yourself out is no service to anyone.  Running your car...

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The Simplest Definition of Success

I have worried for too much of my life about whether I am a success or not. This video shares the simplest and most empowering definition of success that I have found.  It comes from Pema Chodron.  It...

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Finding Balance between Ambition and Peace of Mind, External vs Internal Success

“If someone followed your life and took 24 hours of film of everything you do for a day and they edited that into a one-hour documentary… the editor could decide to make you look like the worst villain...

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What are your Strategic Recipes? (for meeting the 6 Human Emotional Needs)

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” Aristotle There are few things more important than understanding your own personal strategic recipes for enjoying a positive, fulfilling experience of...

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Self Awareness: The Big 5 Personality Traits

Great leaders have high levels of self awareness. One element of self awareness is a good understanding of how human beings differ in terms of personality. The big 5 personality traits can be...

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The 3 Excuses

“You can’t free anybody else and you can’t serve anybody else unless you free yourself” Nelson Mandela You are not an accident.  You are a singular piece in the giant jigsaw puzzle that is this world....

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Dealing with Coronavirus/COVID-19 Quarantine in Barcelona

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day We are living quarantine in Spain for the last 3 days. This is a strange Saint Patrick’s day… no rivers greeen… no parades. I am at home with family in quarantine. How are...

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On this Saint Patrick’s Day…

Happy Saint Patrick’s day. There is an old Irish toast that I find poetic and moving. I’m sharing it here today on the occasion of Saint Patrick’s day.  It is all the more touching given that we have...

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Redefining Failure

“Living Safely is Dangerous”Nietzsche What is your relationship to success and failure? I have been reflecting these recent weeks about how I respond to “failure” – when things do not turn out as I...

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