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You are more free than you think. The constraints you feel are more a product of conditioning than actual limitations. You can create your world to an extent much greater than you can probably imagine. First, Wake Up Do you love your life?Are you happy and satisfied and content? Does your work ...
The rock was here, mixed in with thousands of other rocks in the gravel driveway, when the house was built in ’59. It was here when my dad bought the house in 1968, a big house with a big pool in the nicest part of town. Our neighbors were all doctors and bankers; quite an improvement from the ti...
It’s like learning to drive a car or land an airplane: you look well ahead of the car or down the runway because you are going to end up where you are looking. Don’t believe me? Try to drive down the freeway while you stare at the ground right in front of your hood. (No, don’t try that! I’m makin...
I have written hundreds of thousands of words about mindset, and how it can provide you with hardcore happiness - a long-lasting sense of well-being and satisfaction. If you follow my work, you have noticed that many “happiness concepts” come up repeatedly. I have developed these concepts over ti...
Be a good person even when you don’t feel like it. Especially when you don’t feel like it.You have a choice in how you react to your life situations - choose to do the right thing. What Is Good? Unless you are a raving sociopath or are suffering from some serious “dark triad” psychopathology (o...
Here’s something that took me a long time to realize. There is a technique, a practice that can bring and sustain happiness. It’s easy to be happy when everything is going well, not so easy when life goes sideways. To gain and maintain a sense of happiness in any circumstance, there is a natural ...
It’s why you’re here. The work, that is. We probably should call it The Work; it’s that important. And it is just as important that you do the work, once you are clear on what that means. What’s The Work? I’m not going to get all preachy about why you are here, because you are the only person w...
What do you want?More money? The answer is mindset.A nicer house, a better car, a better job? The answer is mindset.Want to move to a different town, different country? Want to be your own boss? Mindset.How about more energy, getting in better shape, feeling better - yep; mindset.You want a bette...
I am sitting here in my favorite coffee shop, thinking and writing as I do every morning, but today is different. I am experiencing a slightly altered state of consciousness; a quiet and serene detachment from the busy scene all around me. I am in the environment but not of the environment (no, I...
True psychospiritual growth entails periods of pain and isolation. Focused introspection will allow you to learn from the situation and move forward. You will need to be self-disciplined, self-reliant, and self-contained. You must learn to be enough, by yourself. The Path This is a journey of b...
