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59-Seconds to Breakthrough Thinking

Monday, October 5th, 2009

In any situation, thinking involves two basic processes:

  • Escaping from your current view of the situation, and
  • Searching for a much better view of the situation.
  • ESCAPE + SEARCH = THINK

    –from The School of Thinking

    Enjoy the rest of this amazing free, 1-minute course at: (more…)

    Resolve the Top 10 Things Between You and a Great Life

    Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

    When I read Tracy A.’s newest piece, Top 10 Things Between You and a Great Life, it felt eerie.

    I thought, “This girl’s been reading my mail!”

    Because, at one time or another, I’ve fallen into every one of these traps. And I bet you have, too.

    Having them listed and explained eloquently, as Tracy does here (reprinted with permission), is a powerful resource for motivational behavior change… I expect to review the list often. Just to remind myself of the tempting and almost automatic habits, cop-outs and defensive behaviors to work around.
    – ken winston caine

    Top 10 Things Between You and a Great Life

    by Tracy A.

    If you’re not living the life you dream about (and if you’re like most people you’re not) then identifying what’s getting in your way could be the most valuable way you’ve ever spent your time. Here are the Top 10 Things that come Between You and a Great Life!

    1. Playing it safe.

    One of the hardest things for most people to do is to risk the level of success they’ve achieved in order to reach the next level, but playing it safe isn’t the way most people dream of living.

    2. Being comfortable.

    We all have a desire to coast at times but settling into your comfort zone is a death knell for an extraordinary life. Where in your life are you choosing comfortable over greatness?

    3. Avoiding rejection.

    If you’re like me you’re OK with taking risks as long as they’re not too risky! I’m not a big believer in jumping off cliffs and building wings on the way down; I just don’t believe that life has to be that frantic but I do know that my fear of rejection is one of the fears that I still struggle with and it’s been eye opening to take a look at how it really gets in my way.

    4. Procrastinating.

    We tell ourselves some fantastic stories to increase our level of comfort with not getting off our duff and going on there and really scuffling it up on the (more…)

    Learn to ask…

    Saturday, August 15th, 2009

    Learn to ask, “What’s not wrong here?”
    – Thich Nhat Hanh

    Miracle power of the ‘reframe’

    Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

    “Never say ‘OOPS.’ Say, ‘Ah. Interesting.’”

    (Grabbed from the tagline on a post by a writer screen-named The Cyberwolf.)
    –ken winston caine

    Sustainable Success: How to find freedom

    Saturday, October 11th, 2008

    Live from a place of possibility, not from a place of perceived limitations, past or projected.
    – ken winston caine

    What can you do?

    Sunday, September 28th, 2008

    by Ken Winston Caine

    Georgia Nichols asks, “What can you do to make life better for yourself and others?”

    That’s a great question to ask.

    A great focusing question.

    A great legacy-creation-inspiring question.

    Why does this always happen to ME?

    Saturday, March 15th, 2008

    Why me?

    Why again?

    Do you find yourself asking variations of those questions?

    Then you’ll appreciate that Shlomo Vaknin has the answer. Really. And you can see it here: (more…)

    Had any good dreams lately?

    Sunday, March 9th, 2008

    “The weird thing about dreams is that you have to stay awake to make them come true.”
    – Georgia Nichols

    So….

    What (more…)

    Powerful question #6 to help you get exactly what you want

    Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

    Will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?
    –Debbie Ford
    The Right Questions, HarperCollins, 2004


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