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When Your Passions are Buried

We just completed one of our weekend seminars where we help people find their passions – what they care about most. When passions are buried, this can be a difficult process. We observe people who have buried their passions. What we see are people who pursue things like money, fame, prestige, lifestyle, or happiness. Or […]

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The Impact Hour: Other People’s Perspectives

On this week’s episode of The Impact Hour, Other People’s Perspectives. Click here to listen. Taking someone else’s perspective can be highly beneficial for us and for other people. It helps us to be more kind and to get better results in our relationships. You can listen to the show live Wednesdays at 2 PM: […]

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Information, Knowledge and Wisdom

Information, Knowledge and Wisdom

Google, for many of us is now a way of life. We don’t remember things, we look them up. In many ways this is a great, but in some ways it’s not. In many ways we treat information, knowledge and wisdom as the same, but these are different things. Information We are in the information […]

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How to Avoid Common Regrets

I recently read something online that listed the “top 37 regrets.” (I’m not sharing the link because there’s a bunch of weirdo ads and rude comments.) I’m guessing that the author didn’t actually do a poll or look at relevant research, but listed his or her own opinion. So, don’t take the list as fact. […]

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The Trouble with Goals Pt. 2

I am covering the things that I’ve run into and seen when setting and working toward goals. All kinds of things can come up when trying set and pursue goals. A part of me wants to avoid goals. And sometimes I freak out when I start working toward them. Part one of this series can be […]

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The Trouble with Goals Pt. 1

I’ve find that many people have trouble setting and accomplishing goals. And it’s not just other people. I’ve experienced this too. When setting goals a number of things can come up. Here are a few of the more common ones. Too easy Fear of failure and judgment can cause us to set goals that are […]

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The Impact Hour: What Lights You Up

On this week’s episode of The Impact Hour, what lights you up? Click here to listen. For some people the light has gone out of their eyes, like they’ve lost their joy for life. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you used to love your work or a relationship or volunteering or something else and now […]

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When Feelings Become Reality

Our experience of our own feelings can be so intense that it can feel like if we feel it, it must be true. I’ve found, though, that feelings often do not reflect reality. They can easily come from a thought that is an assumption or even a misunderstanding. Feelings come from thoughts. We’re not always […]

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Book Do-Over

We released our book, Splash! Increase Your Life’s Impact in July 2014. We did the best we could at the time and it’s really solid. Still, if we had it to do over again, the book would look pretty different. The thing with writing a book is that it can only be a snapshot of […]

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