Category Archives: Personal Vision, Values, and Purpose

THOUGHTS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMM…ON POSSIBILITY THINKING

“The future is simply infinite possibility waiting to happen. What it waits on is human imagination to crystallize its possibility.”
- Leland Kaiser, American author and futurist
“Even a thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.”
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, 19th Century German philosopher
“One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle [...]

Reflections on Personal Purpose and Living in the Moment

It’s been happening so regularly I shouldn’t be surprised when it happens again. I am talking about the “coincidence” of encounters or correspondence while I am working on something that is following along those very lines. Last week I was finishing the manuscript to my latest book. It’s an extension, and significant addition to, the [...]

Harnessing the Power of Visualization

“The “power of positive pictures” is a skill, habit, and technique often called visioning, imagery, and visualization. It has a power for change, improvement, and energy creation that we’re only beginning to understand.”
- from Jim Clemmer’s article, “Visioning Harnesses the Power of Our Pictures”
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The Emerging Science of Believing

A reader read one of my articles on how Claude Bristol’s work influenced me as I was starting my career 30 years ago. Here’s the e-mail he then sent me and my response:
“I also read The Magic of Believing by Claude Bristol. I didn’t know he had a second book, I’ll have to look for [...]

Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmmm…on Focus and Context

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ”
- Mark Twain, American humorist
“In the last three decades findings in experimental [...]

Tools, Tips, and Techniques for…Living True to You

Establish your three – five personal core values. These could be words or short phrases that represent what you care most about in life. Are these truly your own beliefs and values or are they what other people or institutions [...]

Thoughts that Make You Go Hmmm…on Imagery

“He who does not know where he is heading will take the longest time to get there.”
- Chinese Proverb
“No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.”
- Athenaeus (Circa 200 A.D.), Greek grammarian
“See yourself and what you see you will become.”
- Aristotle
“You merely [...]

What Lies Ahead?

Happy New Year! Twelve fresh, new months lay ahead of us like a newly paved road stretched out and inviting our travel. What is around the first corner or over the next hill? What will 2004 bring for each of us?
Around this time of year I am often asked to write articles or columns predicting [...]

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