What crazy-ass notions are burning deep inside you? “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ~ Joseph Campbell Sometime during my son’s junior year in high school, I came across a book on the top innovative colleges in America (with apologies, I’ve forgotten the title of the book). I was drawn…
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Identify & Walk Your Wall
Are you ready to walk your wall? Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren’t there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.” ~ Randy Pausch I was feeling pretty smug as I sauntered into the gym with confidence before sunrise. I…
How to Change Your Life
Have you ever wanted to change your life? A ‘turtle step’ is the least I can do, divided in half. It’s also the only way I’ve ever achieved anything.” ~ Dr. Martha Beck I walked out onto the back deck and lay down in the lounge chair. I pulled the blanket over my chin and…
The Flywheel of Creativity
Then, at some pointโbreakthrough! The momentum of the thing kicks in in your favor, hurling the flywheel forward, turn after turn … whoosh! … its own heavy weight working for you. Youโre pushing no harder than during the first rotation, but the flywheel goes faster and faster. Each turn of the flywheel builds upon work…
Why We Love Patina over Perfection
Do you believe in patina over perfection? Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side… we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life. ~ Jeff Bridges With…
Your Fear & Anxiety Map
If you want a new outcome, you will have to break the habit of being yourself, and reinvent a new self.” ~ Dr. Joe Dispenza Let’s begin with going back and reading once more the quote from Dr. Joe above, as it is an alchemical key ring holding the skeleton key to creating anything, most…