In an earlier post I wrote about accepting the unacceptable. I was surprised to discover this was the most read post on my blog. I thought I’d come back to it again, but this time from a slightly different perspective. In the first post I attempted to make a clear distinction between accepting and …
Life Lessons
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Life Lesson: Accepting the Unacceptable
Life Lesson: Accountability Partners
WARNING: Unpopular opinion. Accountability and accountability partners. What’s up with that/them? Some people love them. Some don’t. I recently posted on Facebook asking about the pros and cons of accountability partners. Here are a few of the responses: Cons: They can become your enabling …
Life Lesson: Motivation vs Inspiration
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Life Lesson: Who Are You, Anyway?
Who am I? This is a question that we don’t often think to ask ourselves. After all it seems pretty clear most of the time. I’m me. In my case a coach, dad, husband, son, brother, uncle, musician. I identify as male, American, white. I could go on listing all sorts of characteristics and roles, but …
Life Lesson: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Recently I visited the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and found myself spending time in some of their historic rooms. One of the rooms was an English room from about 1700. Hanging on one wall was a mirror from the same date (pictured at left). When I first saw it from a distance I wondered what …
Life Lesson: That’s Just Who I Am
I’ve always lived in the country. That’s just who I am. My family’s always been Methodist. That’s just who we are. I’ve never liked the outdoors. It’s just the way I am. I’m a cat person, not a dog person. How many times have we heard people say things like that? Heck, how many times have we said …