I was blasted with judgment this week – other people’s judgments of me. They don’t really know me. Their judgments were based on their own fears and prejudices, projected onto me. It’s bound to happen to any of us who become visible, who have a…
This is a spin-off from Seth Godin’s blog Living in surplus. He compares living in deficit to living in surplus. Another term for deficit is scarcity; and another term for surplus is abundance. I think in terms of scarcity and abundance. Lots of us live…
I really want to be happy! Don’t I? Then why do I find myself doing things that others want but that I don’t want? Why do I keep hurting myself doing things and reaching for goals that ceased to bring me pleasure long ago? Do…
“It isn’t the work that’s an issue for me. There’s a lot of it, but I can handle it. It’s the people!” I remember saying that any number of times when I became a manager, suddenly thrust into being responsible for mess-ups that weren’t of…
“Enlightenment” is a term I hear used a lot these days. It’s often in the context of gaining some kind of spiritual excellence. I do wonder about this: it comes close to smacking of superiority and so I’m suspicious of it. So, is this something…