Threshold of Brilliance

In our last episode we talked about how the problem is not the problem, and that it is our thinking about the problem that is the real issue. In this episode, we’re going to explore how to actually use that distinction to immediately start shifting yourself out of feeling lost in a primal state and back into a powerful state. When what you’re thinking makes you feel bad, that’s a problem. And the best way out of being trapped in that problem is to realize the thinking that made you feel bad, is not

I am reminded of the statement, “If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster,” by Steven Covey. Or the time, I said to my wife, ”I think we are lost but we are making good time!” 75% of our self-esteem today was developed before age 8 and our mind has been looping those same statements and beliefs in our head ever since. Most of our day we are replaying the stories and programs others gave to us. And how we perceived those programs

Leaders are often judged by the decisions they make. Decisions, handled well and getting good results, define effective leaders, so why is making good decisions so difficult for many leaders? Why do so many of us struggle with decisions? Our lives are the sum of the decisions we’ve made, and continue to make. Every decision resonates into the future and fuses with our newest decisions, with each iteration essentially producing an updated version of who we are. Our suffering comes from wrong

Several times a day, our emotions and psyche can take wild swings that threaten to throw off our equilibrium and derail us. It’s like being on a high wire, a balancing pole in our arms, trying to maintain control and stay on the wire, and sometimes feeling we’re only milimeters away from disaster. In reality, many of our fears and phobias are our mind’s reactions to the people or circumstances that we that we imagine are in front of us, rather than the seeing what is actually there. When these

The ancient philosopher, Lau Tzu, said, "What your thoughts, the become your words: watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; what your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny." We have an estimated 50-70 thousand thoughts per day, 80% of them are negative, and 90% of them will be your same thoughts tomorrow. Noom, the weight loss and psychology company, did a large study where they discovered that we make 35000

A Blue Pill and a Red Pill are held out for you to choose.  Choose the Blue Pill and you can continue in your blissful ignorance, never examining or challenging the world that has been built for you to live in. You simply go about your daily business, and accept the lies, limits, and numbness of the cocoon you’ve willingly allowed yourself to become wrapped in. Choose the Red Pill, and you’ve chosen to wake up and uncover unsettling truths. You’ve chosen to break-free of the mindless sleep most