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I was in a popular Asian restaurant the other night. It serves excellent food and the (female) proprietor’s beautiful young face appears on every menu.

As I was heading to the restroom, I happened to notice someone cleaning dirty dishes from a table. It was the proprietor…or was it? This woman looked older and tired, not at all like the youthful, glamorous pictures. I caught myself thinking, “That’s not right. She shouldn’t look like that and she shouldn’t be bussing tables.” Seeing her that wa… Continue

Do you enjoy “people watching”? Today as you bustle down a busy street or grab a quick lunch in a restaurant, take a good look at your fellow humans. Include yourself, too!

Notice all the effort we expend in our clothing, our bodily postures, our hair and makeup, our cell-phone calls. How hard we all try to “get it right,” to “make it happen” or simply to survive with some measure of dignity.

It’s no wonder so many of us feel tired and old beyond our years! All the pressure we put on ourselves… Continue

As I took a look around my office I was shocked at what I saw. My desk was spilling over with clutter - unpaid bills, phone messages to be returned, pens and Post-Its everywhere, and my newest emergency project spilling out of its folder. How had things gotten so out of control, and why was I tolerating it?

It was at that moment that I realized why my life was not as harmonious and focused as it should be.

The truth is, once you learn how to clear your internal clutter, your skills and potenti… Continue

It’s no secret that we live in an era of “Quick Fixes”. Technology and science have made instant gratification the mantra of the 21st Century.

In past generations the average citizen simply did not have the means to satisfy all of their “urges” or correct every imagined problem with the push of a button or the drop of a credit card. The fulfillment of needs and desires took longer and occurred more organically if at all. We didn’t feel we had any choice in the matter.

But now technology is so… Continue

Have you ever found yourself working hard, doing all the “right” things, and getting a big fat nothing in return? I know I have. Many years ago this was a pattern with me. Part of me would seem to be totally on board with my goals and actions, yet “something” always seemed to pull me down.

“What is this something that keeps messing me up?” I would yell in my mind! Well, the truth of the matter was that I wasn’t playing full out. I wasn’t giving it my “A” game. And it showed in the results I was… Continue