Confidence and Specificity
Tuesday morning, I was driving my 4 year old daughter to preschool for the day. We got talking about music. I asked her, “Would you like to learn to play instrument?” She said, “Sure.” I said, “What instrument do you think you’d like to learn?” Just after asking the question, I thought I’d try […]
Review: Patience
As The Beatles sang, memorably, many years ago, "we all want to change the world." Patience would be a terrific place to start — not to mention an excellent New Year’s resolution!
The Gin and Tonic Perspective on Time Management
My friends and clients know the importance I put upon the PERSPECTIVE we operate from. How do you see a thing, what is the metaphor, what is the story you make up? This is always much more important that the actual situation itself. Some of the common metaphors in time management include working on the […]
Four Steps to Surviving the Heart-Ache
by Steve Harper As the Rolling Stones said: “You can’t always get what you want.” That’s what I’ve been negotiating in my creative life these days. After months of continuing my search for TV writing work, I’ve not yet gotten a job. I’m still in the game, no question, but it’s been frustrating and difficult. And it’s gotten me thinking about the challenge (familiar for all creative folks) of being far from the opportunities we covet....
To bless or not to bless – that is the question!
Last night, I facilitated an evening workshop on the King Archetype with my friend and Brother, Pål Christian Buntz. En route to the workshop, I felt somewhat flat and hollow. I am familiar with that feeling. What I yearn for then is being filled in some way, to “feel seen and embraced for exactly who […]
What Is Commitment, Really?
We live in a disposable culture, addicted to constant stimulation, new thrills, and instant gratification. In that kind of model, with all the blends of media encouragement to keep it up, and the pressures of trying to keep up with life, where is your relationship fitting in? Is it falling prey at all to “Hamster-itis” […]
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