Life’s challenges will come. After you have been dealt a few blows, you will go one of two ways. You will either orient towards safety, security, and survival or you will orient towards adventure, growth and purpose.
What is the biggest leadership challenge today?
Consciousness evolution Being clear on your intentions are absolutely critical if you want to progress in life. Intentions provide a gravitational pull towards our desired outcomes. They provide the energy currency that keeps us focused and moving forward when times are challenging. Your higher intentions also…
Abraham Maslow helped us understand that we are motivated by our needs. He also pointed out that in order to actualize our potential, we need to satisfy our lower needs, and then move on our higher needs. You won’t develop if you remain focused on satisfying your hedonistic, material, selfish, instinctive, animal, and survival needs.…
From the Gospel of Thomas:
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.
If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you don’t bring forth will destroy you.”
With the above passage, and the rest of this article, I want to highlight the importance of being who you…
How do you handle failure and setback?
Exactly a year ago I published a book. Among other things, this book is a guide on how to effectively deal with adversity and setback. A core message is that challenges, setbacks, and stressors can be viewed as mountains you need to climb and overcome. And in how…
The world is experiencing a meaning crisis. Therefore more people are looking to find meaning from their work. We are witnessing a shift from a means-based economy to a meaning-based economy. If you can help fulfill this need, you will help your company become a better place to work and tap the enormous business potential…
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There are stark correlations between biology and politics. They are both systems with components and layers that effect and influence one another. I understand that the wellness of a system depends on the health of the individual cells.…
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Abraham Maslow wrote, what is still to this day, one of the most recognized theories on human motivation. Maslow proposed we have a hierarchy of needs. He described this as the pattern/sequence that human motivations generally move through. The most fundamental and basic three layers…
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“He who has a strong enough why can bare almost any how” Viktor Frankl
Why am I doing this again? Why am I putting myself through this? I was asking myself this question recently while painstakingly going through notes and files for a project that I…