Creating Your Own Reality - A Placebo For the Good Life

I get these random ideas all the time.  Some juxtaposition of facts, current events, old school learnings that I have from way back, lead to some kind of epiphany that lends itself to my current philosophy of life.

Much of which ends up in here.  This is today’s version of exactly that ….

It is most often the case that when someone is discussing or describing the test results for a new drug (or process or whatever … I’ll use a drug in my example), that they focus on the number of subjects that reacted positively or “recovered” from whatever the drug was designed to address.  This makes sense as the reason for having developed the drug in the first place was to cure the condition, disease, etc.

The number of people who reacted positively to the drug are quite often compared to a control group that was given a placebo or something to give them the impression that there was nothing different between what they were given and what those receiving the actual drug were given. Read more

Love the Adventure - The Power of Presence

You have probably heard an expression something along the lines of Life is a Journey - Enjoy the Ride.  I really do believe this and personally think it is important to move this out of the realm of bumper sticker wisdom and make it a part of your waking consciousness.

Every personal growth coach or self help guru on the planet will tell you it is important to set goals.  I tell my coaching clients and audiences the same thing,  encouraging them to set goals within the various dimensions of their lives in which they find value.  This is how I define wealth, a more holistic approach beyond the traditional financial perspective of wealth. This is important as it focuses our energies and intention on something we define as important to us.  There are several practical reasons for adopting this philosophy. Read more

The Quantum Edge

I talk a lot about cause and effect because the “real” world, the one typically known to our 5 senses, is governed by the mechanistic laws of Newtonian physics.  You know, the ‘every action having an equal and opposite reaction’ type of stuff. I stick to this principle in my speaking and training programs because way too many people are a) either unclear on just what they have to do (cause) to get what they want (effect) or (and much more concerning by the way) b) have got into the idea that they should get something for nothing, or at least for the least amount of effort possible.

I am also a firm believer that cause and effect extends into how you think as well. Read more