Of all the things under your control that determine the trajectory of your life, there are two in particular that stand out: attention and agreement. Put simply, you move in the direction of your response. Your life takes shape around that in which you invest your attention. If your attention is wholly centered in outer …
Disagreement doesn’t always imply dislike and it needn’t ever devolve into hatred. Disagreement is nothing more that the lack of concordance. In musical terms, “concord” is defined as a stable, harmonious combination of tones; a chord requiring no resolution. Isn’t the same true where you have a disagreement with another? Your pattern with another’s thoughts …
"A young man needs to enter life equipped for rough weather. However much of calm may prevail on land, it usually blows out at sea. The most serious question the novitiate can ask of himself is how he is going to keep from being a castaway. I am not using that term with any reference to …
One of life's greatest lessons is one that relatively few people ever learn. It is quite a simple lesson, actually, but its implications are profound and somewhat difficult to put into words. The lesson is this: your mind and heart must come into alignment for you to be truly effective in life. You've probably heard …
"The air-castle typifies any delusion or folly that makes man forsake real living for an idle, vague existence. Living in air-castles means that a man sees life in a wrong perspective. He permits his lower self to dominate his higher self; he who should tower as a mighty conqueror over the human weakness, sin and …
"Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I had a wonderful chat with a friend and associate of mine yesterday. We were discussing his evolving set of professional goals, yet the focus of our conversation narrowed to the matter of handling the transitions he was facing with …
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt You have no doubt heard it said that "it takes two to tango." Offense offered need not become offense taken. Your life is charted by virtue of your consent. To what and with whom do you give your consent? As you move through …
Gregory Hake 