Beliefs Part 2: This I Believe.
The thoughts and reactions that pop into my consciousness in any given situation are often decades-old behavioral responses from the mental “ruts” I’ve worn into my brain through habitual actions.
This awareness that my repetitive thinking and responses are “preprogramed” from long ago is unsettling.
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Beliefs Part 1: Whose Thought is it, Anyway?
80% of everything I believe is wrong, misleading, and harmful. That leaves about 20% of what I believe as being correct, truthful, and beneficial.
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Blame it on Bismarck
The purpose that I “immersively imagine” is replacing the obsolete idea of retirement with a new exponential mindset — by seeing our aging population not as a burden but as a wonderful asset to benefit society.
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Carlos in the Background
Leadership transitions aren’t easy for anyone involved, and there can be some awkward moments during the evolution from leader to collaborator. Here’s what we can learn from one of the world’s foremost guitarists, Carlos Santana.
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Two Commitments
To replace retirement with intentional living, I encourage people to make two basic commitments: be inspired and manage your energy.
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Starting a Movement
We’ve all asked it. That soul-searching question that perfectly combines our daydreams and our passions into the ultimate “what if?” scenario: “What would I do if money wasn’t an issue?”
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How Process Can Change Beliefs
“Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.” Now, take a moment to read that again.
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A Parent’s Job is Never Finished
Someone once said that parenting a young child is like having a tiny wrecking ball who follows you around all day, undoing everything you just did.
But then, nobody ever said raising kids would be easy, right?
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Clinging to the Past
Fun Fact: One American president read an entire book before breakfast. Every. Single. Day.
While in the White House, Teddy Roosevelt always read at least one book before eating breakfast. When the chief executive didn’t have official business in the evening, he’d read another two or three books before bed.
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