How You Can Overcome Unexpected Adversity and Challenges
Several years ago I faced a health scare that forced me to take a different look at how to get through challenges and setbacks. I was on a treadmill for my annual physical and the attending physician suddenly shouted for me to stop—immediately. He said the test was...
Willpower Is The Secret To Getting What You Want In Life
A few years back I entered a 6-mile race called the Jingle Bell Run with some of my fellow FBI agents. Fueled by willpower, I tried desperately to keep up with them, but within the first few yards, they pulled away and left me behind. And then, as we entered the last...
How To Love Your Life Is The Most Important Question You Can Ask
Before. Hi-tech companies flew recent hires to Silicon Valley, the promised land of in-house gourmet cafeterias, gyms, Zumba classes, hair salons, and on-site laundry. Now. Employees look for a balance between a cool job with the conveniences or living according to...
Why Finding Your Passion Is Terrible Advice
Some of the first words on the pages of a typical self-help book are, “Follow your passion.” Once you start going down that hopeless rabbit hole, you’re likely to find yourself surrounded by lots of lost people who mumble to themselves as they sleepwalk through life....
Why You Need Hope During This Difficult Time
This is not a time for us to panic. That’s what the media is for. Nor is it a time for blind optimism, either. That’s what Instagram is for. Somewhere in between is where normal people live. For folks like you and me, it’s a time for tough-love because it does no good...
5 Effective Ways To Overcome Setbacks in Life
We’ve all started over in a different environment, lost a job, or had a relationship fail. We grapple for a lifeline as we struggle to overcome these setbacks. We feel the tug of war between a cerebral brain that thinks its way through problems and an emotional limbic...
This Is Why You Need To Be Authentic In A Fake World
I’m convinced of two things. First, we all desire to be more authentic in our lives. Second, we give up because this whole getting-to-know ourselves thing is damn hard work. It’s also the most important work we’ll ever do. Authenticity is the ability to share the...
How To Overcome The Power Of Fear-Based Media
The media knows what sells—negativity. Newspapers, social media, and TV broadcasts can smell it in the air like a wild animal, nose upturned to pinpoint the threat. The coronavirus pandemic and other recent events have sharpened the media’s instincts to a whip-thin...
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