I’ve decided that there are two kinds of people; those who solve real problems and those who create imaginary ones. ~ quote from the Monday Morning Memo. This quote arrested me… True or not if I look at yourself right now, are you solving real problems or are you creating imaginary ones? Your life, when … Continue reading "How beliefs, worldview give you your actions, your life"

I had been miserable for a few days now… So when this happens I pay attention. Of course my attention is splintered: some of it goes into feeling sorry for myself, some of it to ‘fix’ the misery… or its seeming cause. and some of it to see what is REALLY going on. I always … Continue reading "I had been miserable for a few days till…"

Imagine this scenario: You look up your bank balance, see the number. And suddenly dread grabs your chest and you are off to panic-land. You see that unless you start generating an income before the end of the month, you’ll be on the dole… at the mercy of others, at the mercy of social services… … Continue reading "Rebooting your brain, rebooting your life"

Maybe love is wanting even more for you than you want for yourself… but I am not sure about that. Because of great love one is courageous. And coaching you is a lot like training tigers to act like pussycats… And as dangerous. A coach wants for you what you say you want for yourself… … Continue reading "Love is wanting for you what you want for yourself…"

The book ‘The Art of Hunting Humans‘ calls them the Superiors. The 1000 are the producers of the world… and believe it or not, they got there and stay there by CONSISTENTLY PRACTICING certain ways of being and behaving that are very different from how others behave. According to muscletesting, they turned on the required … Continue reading "How did the 1000 manage to become the 1000?"

Humans’ tenacity to cling to life, even when it’s empty and meaningless is puzzling to me. Life itself is empty of meaning… and if your life has meaning it is because you put it there. Most people I meet have flimsy meaning, meaning that is temporary… or they have no meaning at all. The emptier … Continue reading "The secret to a meaningful life, a life you love"

Your prison has no walls… No fences. And yet you are not leaving. You know it well, and the devil you know is maybe better than the devil you don’t… But only maybe. A good teacher’s fate is that some of the students will ‘fly’ higher than the teacher ever would… Some of my students … Continue reading "Prison Break… what is the prison? What holds you back?"

Self-actualization is the process of becoming all you can become. Who is to argue that ultimately that is what we all need. Innately! There are two non-physical needs, according to Margoczi in the Feelings book. The need to fulfill others’ expectations of us, and the need to fulfill our own expectations of ourselves. Ultimately, optimally, … Continue reading "Life’s real purpose is self-actualization"

Why do I fight positive thinking, why am I trashing it? This morning I got to a realization: the students who are not making strides, not moving higher on the evolutionary scale are the students that are confusing ‘there is nothing wrong in reality’ with positive thinking. Positive thinking says: avoid negativity. Turn your back … Continue reading "Positive thinking and learned helplessness"

It was 1979. I was 32 years old. The ambulance was using its blue lights and the siren to rush me to the hospital. Of course it was Sunday… no doctors… X-ray… it wasn’t clear what was wrong. I was in and out of consciousness. Internal bleeding. From the person who was in the operating … Continue reading "What can make you, force you to come out of the cave?"