“Intention” is a powerful word. When you intend something, you determine where you focus your attention. Become an intentional person, and your actions align with your intention. That’s when you create the results you desire. Your intention is the direction in which you aim. Consider an archer who sets up a target with a bull’s …
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It’s human nature to worry about and plan for how something will happen. In effect, you are trying to control the process so you get a desired outcome. You want a specific result and the plan that will help you achieve that result. And you believe you are the only one who can figure out …
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“Don’t be unreasonable.” Has anyone ever said that to you? If so, I hope you didn’t listen because being unreasonable is a very, very good trait to possess. In fact, I can think of at least four reasons to be unreasonable. Before I tell you what they are, though, consider the definitions of reasonable and …
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Imagination is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? In seconds, we’re transported to another place, another time, another situation. Too often, though, we don’t control what we imagine. Left to its own devices, the imagination floods our minds with anxiety-causing images. Without your permission, your mind re-imagines past unpleasant events or future scenarios you hope never …
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Have you ever walked across a bed of hot coals? I’ve done a firewalk three times. And every time I learned something new. No, I didn’t learn that fire walks burn your feet. I learned about myself. A firewalk is a symbol of anything in your life that feels challenging and scary or a situation …
There are few things as frustrating in the world as feeling stuck. If you’ve ever gone through a day just floating along…you know what I’m talking about. You’re not making real progress. You’re not growing, developing, blossoming. You aren’t living fully or becoming your best self. You’re just…existing. Put an end to those feelings of …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how hard it can feel to begin something new, like the exercise program I keep saying I will take on or the daily schedule I will keep to. Here’s the thing: Complaining about it only makes it worse. And getting started is the hard part. After you start, …
I live a lot of my days with a nagging feeling that there’s something I should be doing that I’m not doing. I don’t mean “should” in that negative sense, like my mother told me to do something and I feel like I should to please her but I don’t want to or society thinks …
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Every day I wake up, come upstairs to my office, sit down in front of my computer, and begin working. Sometimes I manage only to accomplish a few minutes of time spent on my own projects. Other days, I spend many hours working towards my personal goals. Each day, however, my mind turns periodically from …
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I’ve often thought about how we, as Jews, pray…or how anyone, for that matter, prays. Most religions have prescribed prayers, those written out for us, that we recite on certain occasions, such as when someone dies, during a wedding, or during morning or evening prayers. We may also have specific prayers we say or read …
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