#435 – Who do you think controls the outcome?You can think you're in charge of the outcomes of your actions. And sure, to some degree, you do influence your results.But you're not in charge and you can't control what you get.Believing the outcome is...
#434 – Who wins when you hide from the world?Hiding is easy because it's what the Ego wants. Hiding makes it feel safe: no eyes prowling on its flaws and deficiencies. In hiding, it believes it's the ultimate authority––so, all good.But what hap...
#433 – What will AI teach you about your writing?Many writers now add a disclaimer: "AI didn't write this." As if we couldn't tell what's AI-generated from human-created!I recently asked ChatGPT to write the script for a video-course I'm creatin...
#432 – What drives your dissatisfaction with life?"I'm never upset for the reason I think," A Course In Miracles says. What this means is that your Ego is always looking for the culprit of its fear. Some one or some thing must be to blame, so, a quic...
#431 – What makes the 'Us vs. Them' illusion seem real?Positions on issues are easy to take. Problem is, when we don't move, our feet take root on the ground and soon, moving becomes impossible. It's called "attachment."We then become entrenched in o...
#430 – What's your Ego's self-punishment of choice?If, when things don't go as you wanted, you get upset or [fill in the blank], that might be your Ego punishing you.This morning, I wanted to work my six hours before 2:30 pm. By 11:45, I was doing gr...
#429 – What's your Ghost of Time Indifference protecting you from?The first tool of Underearners Anonymous is Time Tracking––and I resisted it.Today, in my morning pages (which I'd been skipping until today because my Ghost of Time Indifference...
#427 – What will push you to bolt?"Never underestimate our inclination to bolt when we hurt."Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart.On Saturday, I attended my first Underearners Anonymous meeting. And boy, did I want to bolt.The "serenity prayer" (whic...
#427 – How else are you killing your prosperity?When a puppy's trapped, she's afraid. If someone gets closer to help her leg out of the trap, she'll growl and show her teeth. She thinks she's protecting herself, but she's only prolonging her str...
#426 – Ego, Ego on the wall, who's the smartest of them all?The Ghost of Need to Prove is a foundational part of the underearner's mindset.When we obey this Ghost's orders, at least 78% of our mind power goes into "proving" our knowledge, qualif...