John – For the longest time, all I ever wanted was a stable home. When I was growing up my house was filled with chaos; organized chaos would be a better characteristic. There was a lot of [...]
John: When I was younger, I used to think I had a lot of friends. But I really didn’t. I had a great group of friends when I as growing up, a bunch of neighborhood kids that I always ran with, [...]
John: As I recently explained to Sandy in an earlier post, I am working very hard on being mindful. Eliminating multitasking and doing one thing at a time, the most important thing that can be [...]
John: I don’t want to struggle for the sake of struggle. I think that’s dumb. Some of what we see as struggle is really just paralysis and bad decisions by choice. Back in the day, you could go [...]
John: Goke tells the story of two monks – Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a [...]
John: Kelly tells me more times than I would care to admit, “John, shut the refrigerator door; John, please take the bowl out of the sink and put it in the dishwasher like I asked you; John, I [...]
John: According to Hyght (2019), we as human are hardwired to avoid pain and seek pleasure. But to be super-extraordinary and perform extraordinarily well, you must take the hard road and do [...]
John: I can just tell you what works for me. When I get faced with a challenge, I put my head down and I go to work. It worked for me 10 years ago and it works now. My foundation is rooted in [...]
John: I told this story recently, but it bears repeating again. Goke says there are three types of people. He calls them Fred, Thomas and Clark. Think of Fred, like you would Fred Flintstone, the [...]
John: I’ve talked about the Four Burners theory before, but I read another piece on it so let’s talk about it again. Imagine there’s an old stove in your house. It’s square and has four burners. [...]
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