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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The perspective you need to keep to do your life’s work. So many people never take action because they are overly focused on things like whether someone is already doing that, or its old news, or there is too much competition in that saturated market to even try it now. There are books written about …
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Its natural to get frustrated when you have a well developed plan and a good cause and things seem to come from every angle to get in your way, slow you down, and throw you off. This episode is a real life lesson on what was standing in the way of getting this podcast to …
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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 …
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 …
Its easy to find reasons to not share our thoughts and lessons learned with the world. One of those being fear of judgement. Or in other words fear of being seen as a hypocrite. In this episode I offer my simple strategy for moving past that obstacle. Connect or share your thoughts: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wayofthebonfire/ …
Quick concept today. Before Dory ever said “just keep swimming” on Finding Nemo, I had learned the simple concept of how to navigate on an island. “Keep Going, Keep Going.” Its kinda silly, but it sure helps keep you in motion and tends to work to get your bearings when you feel lost in anything. …
Fear is a tricky emotion. Sometimes helpful. Sometimes its the very thing that causes the pain we were afraid of. How should we interpret it in ourselves. In this episode we have stories from fiction, from real life history, and from everyday life to show that its worth getting to know yourself a lot better …
