Ambition versus Desire… Why ambition has become a dirty word, and who does it serve?

I spent yesterday reading the novel the 1997 Dutch film (Character) was based upon. Of course they changed a few things, and the film left me in deep quandary. The title didn’t make sense. The whole dynamic didn’t make sense. So I read the book. Most movies’ ending is clear… this is probably only the …

Who do you like? Who do you love?

Or here is another question for you: Who are you? If you asked back: What do you mean? you did the smart thing. Because the question: who are you? can be asked from so many vantage points, we can spend … Continue reading “Who do you like? Who do you love?”

A piece of the vibration puzzle just fell into place

Today was one of those days where the plenty resulted in only confusion and nothing got finished. I started four articles, and ran out of steam, or focus, or attention after half a page or 120 words. I was a … Continue reading

Why your brain doesn’t make you a winner… Or is your brain to blame?

I just had one of the most productive Sunday Rant call ever… and I just finished the third book in the Freak series, Think Like a Freak. Because it is about thinking, and because it is about frames it is … Continue reading

Insights are a dime a dozen. Each insight is an opportunity mostly not acted upon

I have noticed that my health number has gone up 10 points, and my hydration went up another 3 points. I also noticed that maybe I am a little smarter. I see a little more than before. I have also … Continue reading

When the teacher needs to do the work for herself: climbing the Tree of Life

I listened to step two of the 67 steps, I think, the seventh time three days ago, and then again yesterday. The step is about evolution. Growth. What it takes to grow… personally. It’s also about being adaptable, it’s about … Continue reading

Clarity is power, but meaningless and powerless on the Tree of Knowledge.

clarity is powerBut on the Tree of Life clarity is the main component of having a winning life. Clarity, on the Tree of Life, is finding the cause of an effect… Once you know the cause, you can play with it like … Continue reading

Is happiness even possible? Is self-hate, self-punishing a good path to it?

It’s Tuesday, and my Rob Brezsny horoscope arrived this morning. It addressed something I wanted to address, because it is important: treating yourself well by providing yourself with what you need to be well, to do well, to feel well. … Continue reading

What can you do to finally start to amount to something, start to become worth a damn?

I am continuing the “fire in the belly” concept from the previous article I am what you would call a “quickstart”… Although conation (Kathy Kolbe’s testing method, most interested in how you do things) measures something innate, like it’s your … Continue reading

If I asked you: how much of my articles you actually get… What would you say?

If I asked you: how much of my articles you actually get… What would you say? Experiments and tests show that if you have the right attitude, high level of interest, and you are coherent: you can receive as much … Continue reading