Sometimes you just need the smallest foothold to get past that obstacle. And more often than not, you need someone who can point it out from a different perspective. Stories from rock-climbing and connection in this one. Enjoy! When you are ready to finally do that thing you always wanted to do and have real …
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There are a lot of skills and strategies and tactics for navigating our lives, and a lot of people and programs and groups who are itching to have you adopt their way of doing things. But the most important, but overlooked and neglected skill we can develop is the ability to think and judge for …
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This episode contains a lot of explanation of the process taken by yours truly over the last year for finding the key elements of fulfillment which is helpful in its own right, but feel free to skip ahead to about minute 23:00 if you just want the formula. Also below are the main takeaways. When …
This episode tells the story of the walking wounded in mind and spirit. Putting in a valiant effort, and never giving up. Getting results, and progress, but feeling unfulfilled and trapped with no understanding why. Trying to help others in worse condition, but ignoring their own, expecting it to resolve itself. Feeling like as long …
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I just had to share one more powerful principle from the book I recently read called “The Power of Truth” written in 1902 by the author, William George Jordan. The chapter I pulled the quotes from in this one is entitled “The Things That Come Too Late”. It has everything to do with how we …
This episode is a summary in reference to another well articulated lesson from the book “The Power of Truth” written by William George Jordan back in 1902. Its a very common trope in today’s self development conversation. In an effort to remind everyone that they can’t fully rely on others to get the things they …
Sarcasm, cynicism, minimizing significance or achievements or value, is a bad habit. Making something that is sacred or exciting or valuable and amazing or heroic or honorable to someone seem cheap or stupid or idiotic and misguided is cheapening it. Its a power that people think makes them funny or safe from the people and …
Special thanks to my older brother, “The Professor”, Bret Riggle, for breaking the complexity of so much of this down into understandable concepts for me. Time, is the variable that we can’t ignore if we care about connection and fulfillment. In this episode we get into broadening perspective on what it is beyond just being …
This challenge is almost too simple. Go put more fun into everything you do. Be more fun this week. Switch your daily fun percentage from 10% of the time, to 90% of the time. And consciously pay attention to the difference it makes in everything else. Let me know about your experience with this challenge …
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Sometimes we think the people who have given us great advice and guidance are always right. Its a weird shortcut we take once we have a little trust built up. Is any human ever always right? Well then that would make them not human wouldn’t it. On this episode I share lessons learned from taking …
