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When I started the Sandpoint Men’s group in 2005, I remember sitting in my living room asking a man, “What is at risk?” That question came from asking myself to dive into my fear of acting. I would go into the freeze response (being hyped up but not acting). I would be that deer in…
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison I remember one business meeting where my fear was so active that I was shaking. My head knew I would survive, but my body and emotions were panicking. I asked myself in that moment, “What do you want: to succeed…
We recently had two men from our group participate in The Race Across America (RAAM). Wayne Pignolet, executive and entrepreneur, rode bicycles with three other men from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD. Believe it or not, they did it in six days, nine hours, 28 minutes! David Barth also a member of our men’s group was part…
How easy is it for you to fail? It’s not easy for me. I have always worked hard not to, certainly not in public. My Asperger’s Syndrome and dyslexia has taught me to make failure my friend. As a kid, I would try to look good – invariably I would screw up. For years it…
“Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there, rather than just what they are looking for.” This post on Lifehacker writes about research which shows it’s not luck that makes lucky people lucky. It is being relaxed… being unreasonable and not just playing by the rules. In my world it…
My list was just a mental one until I read an email from Daniel Pink about his “don’t do list” (he credits Tom Peter for his inspiration). A No List From my training in Ericksonian Hypnosis, I learned that our unconscious mind doesn’t hear negative commands–it doesn’t hear “don’t”. If you tell someone not to…
