“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.” – Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth What does it mean for you to be alive?  Alive with descriptors like vibrant, aware, connected, relevant, valuable? Many seek meaning, wanting to be fully alive, but few will do the work to make it happen.  Many would rather attempt an intellectual exercise and then default to just safely sleepwalk through life. Life lived well means feet on the grid, mind engaged.  It means making good…

“Your outer conditions reflect your inner beliefs.” Do you treat yourself the way you want others to treat you?   How much love and respect do you give yourself? Your thoughts send a signal to those around you.  How people treat you is an outcome of what you think about you.  You have to think of yourself as worthy and important.  You have to think – to be convinced –  that you deserve to be treated well.  You have to fill yourself with love for you. Until you fill yourself with that love, you cannot fully share love with your world.  The love for yourself that you have within is the attractor for the love and respect you want from others. – We’ve been working on a…

Insist If you won’t, who else will?   Insist that you take the actions that push you past the boundaries that confine you today.  Why let those walls define and limit you? Make it your intention to embrace difficulty, confront pain, and risk failure.  Step far beyond your comfort zone.  Insist on it.  And then do it. For you. – We’ve been working on a new website! Whenever we read these posts, we’re inspired to write our own private thoughts. Now you can write your own private thoughts at 130words.com. It’s easy. It’s private. It’s free. Try it! Let us know what you think!The post Insist on it

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.” – Robert J. Sawyer There are things, and there are things that matter.  And even the things that matter won’t matter a hundred years from now.   Discern the difference between mere things and what matters today.  Turn off the distracting noise of the trivial.  Get centered and let go of the stuff hanging around the edges of your …

Can you help me? Four words.  Used with the right intent and without ego.  Used with humility.  Used as a request and not a directive.  Four words that will make a positive impact on your work, your life and the lives of those who surround you. Asking for help is a force multiplier.  Asking for help is a way to connect as a real person.  Asking for help is a way of telling others you trust them.  It’s also a powerful way to share that you too have weaknesses, to share you are willing to listen and learn. Who will refuse…