King of the High C’s Can you imagine being so affected by a single musical performance that you would return 17 curtain calls in appreciation? That was what the audience gave Luciano Pavarotti after he masterfully delivered nine high C’s in a row during a performance of Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera […]
In part 1, I shared three approaches to rid yourself of clutter and said that clearing a space of what depletes you is actually making a space for something that enlivens you. Now let’s look further at what it means to make a space.
Urge to Purge Spring must be in full force because over the last few weeks several people have told me how happy they are to finally be sorting through “stuff” and clearing up areas of their offices and homes. I’ve been on the same kick also. If you have the urge to purge, act while […]
Two Wolves An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.
Take It Back We all wish we had more time for something: to relax, to exercise, to make progress on that important project, to spend time with someone. As you manage the demands of daily life, it’s easy to fall into the trap of waiting for big chunks of time to miraculously become available. A […]
Eight Minutes When I was twelve years old, I had a habit of slipping into my two older sisters’ room when no one was around and cranking up the stereo to dance. Granted I was limited by their selection of albums, as my collection was pretty lean. One particular song —and, all right, I admit […]
(Series: Can You Make It Happen?) Highlights For the past several weeks, we’ve been entertaining this question: As you think of what you want in your life, do you believe you can make it happen? Here are the series highlights:
(Part 5 in the series: Can You Make It Happen?) In part 4, I stated that consciously placing your trust where you believe it is warranted will give you a sense of calm even when the world around you is upset. But what do you do when you’ve been waiting for proof of progress and you […]
(Part 4 in the series: Can You Make It Happen?) Trust There is a lot of talk these days about both the government and the private sector breaking the public trust. This topic of trust is relevant to where we last left off in our discussion about “making it happen”. In part 3, I emphasized the […]
(Part 3 in the series: Can You Make It Happen?) In part 2, we saw that allowing your dreams and goals to unfold involves: 1) giving them breathing room, 2) letting go of struggle and 3) being ready to receive. Allowing also requires a fourth element: a level of trust and detachment. But how is it […]