Desire, and how you respond to it, determines the substance and quality of your life.

Desire is the juice of life. It courses through you like a river, carving its way through the soil of your psyche.

Desire is powerful. It moves and shapes you. But desire can also seduce you. (more…)

Young entrepreneurs have a huge potential advantage over older more seasoned business people.

“What?” you say? “We all know that experience is the best teacher, and experience comes with time and age.”

But experience can also teach us to fear; to play it safe by tried and proven methods. Experience can condition us to miss the moment. Instead of being consciously aware of our circumstance and its potential, we file our experience in the, “seen this, done that” category.

This lack of awareness can be fatal. If we take the moment for granted, we take ourselves for granted as well. We lose touch with the essence of our creativity and personal genius — our fuel for true success in business and in life. (more…)

Do you think in words and sentences, or in images and feelings?

Whichever it is, your mode of thought determines how deeply inspired your thoughts are, and how much you can creatively achieve in life by acting upon them.

Your life’s worth depends on how you think. Are your thoughts bringing you all you are worth? (more…)

Right away we should all dispense with the idea that we are not creative. Everyone is creative in some way, so do yourself a huge favor and let go of that thought right now. Poof… it’s gone.

There, now you can read on without wasting time disparaging yourself. There are enough people willing to do that for you without adding your own voice.

Humanity is an obsessively creative species. We can’t help ourselves. We create stuff; all kinds of stuff, everyday. And it’s not always pretty. Look around at what we have done to — or not done for — this sacred earth and our fellow human beings.

We clearly need a new and positive creative direction. And before you abdicate responsibility for the state of the world, think about this… (more…)

Happiness — that simple gift of quiet satisfaction. We long to be happy. We reach for it. We even cry for happiness.

But that is in our private moments. In public, we paste platitudes on the face of this sacred search. We are afraid to show our vulnerability — as if it were a weakness to crave a thing so beautiful, and as seemingly delicate, as happiness.

Our world requires “tough and smart,” so we pooh pooh the search to be happy. But where does that leave our inner longing? (more…)

Comfort zones feel good. They take the sharp edges off life. Comfort zones are a relaxing place to recharge, to heal, and to prepare us for our next adventure.

When my Son was small, my little family and I took many canoe trips into the wilderness. We would spend weeks exploring the middle of nowhere. Each day was an adventure of the body, mind, and spirit. And each day was a challenge to stay safe in sometimes violent weather, or on potentially dangerous alpine hikes. Nature wouldn’t bat an eye if we fell to our deaths or drowned in some river.

So at the end of each day, it was a quiet and profound pleasure to set up camp, cook dinner, and relax, swapping stories about our day on the water or in the mountains. Our evenings in camp were our comfort zones. We needed them and we enjoyed them. Our next day’s challenges were more rewarding because of our evening’s comfort.

But comfort zones can turn on you in an instant, and when they do… (more…)

Is anger stopping you from enjoying your relationship?

Does anger management just remind you that you need fixing? Do you feel guilty and defensive at the same time — knowing that you are hurting your spouse, and yet not wanting to own the identity that accompanies that judgment?

Do you feel torn between your anger and your desire to be more loving? If so, then you clearly want to change.

Are you willing to take one small but powerful step? (more…)