When are you most vulnerable to quitting?

#325 – When are you most vulnerable to quitting?I've seen it (and done it) countless times: you say you're going to write every day, or work out four times a week, or do yoga every Wednesday. And soon, poof!, the determination evaporates and you...

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May 28, 2025
How does judging diminish your joy?

#324 – How does judging diminish your joy?It's easy to think that judging others harms them. It doesn't. It only harms us.This morning, riding my bike back from the gym in my calm South Beach neighborhood, I saw an orange Ford Edge approaching the st...

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May 27, 2025
What's guarding the door to your wildest success?

#322 – What's guarding the door to realizing your wildest dream?A big leap in success can cause all sorts of disruptive behaviors. It may look like an accident, an unexplainable illness, or an irreparable mistake.The reason these seemingly rando...

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May 25, 2025
How can you keep going when all you want is quit?

#321 – How can you keep going when all you want to do is quit?Keeping a promise you made to yourself can be daunting, especially if you're relying on something as fleeting as motivation.Relying on a habit, experts say, is how you ensure you'll c...

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May 24, 2025
How do you limit yourself by refusing to see?

#320 – How do you limit yourself by refusing to see?When you don't face what you know is there, it haunts you.That's what happened to me this morning. While getting on my bike to go the gym, I saw a large dead possum on the road. At the gym, I forgot...

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May 23, 2025
What blocks you from permanent bottomless joy?

#319 – What blocks you from permanent bottomless joy?If I said to you, "you have the power to be happy," you might blink, raise your eyebrows, and respond "Er... Have you seen the news?"Ok, true––the world doesn't seem the "happiest" place these days...

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May 22, 2025
What's the only way you can reach your potential?

#318 – What's the only way you can reach your potential?Like many self-help believers, I was convinced the only way to reach my potential was through accumulation: degrees, certifications, books read, courses attended, names in my contact list.But it...

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May 22, 2025
Whose standards are you measuring your life by?

#317 – Whose standards are you measuring your life by?Comparison is the Ego's main expression. It decides whether you're safe or not depending on where you stand in regard to others. It measures your "resources" (re: beauty, money, thinness, youth, y...

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May 21, 2025
How does "should" destroy your peace?

#316 – How does "should" destroy your peace?I first learned about the destructive power of "should" during my coach training, back in 2019. The students' chairs formed a circle in a windowless conference room in the Times Square Marriott Marquis, gra...

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May 19, 2025