The Daily Disturbance

Yes, it can be a good thing…particularly when you are losing interest and drive for a bad thing! “I’ve dumped it all in the trash (meaning, I’ve been languishing in lack of meaning!) so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him.” – Phil 3: 7-9 Start listening, you’re on to a good thing!

Admit it! “If you don’t heal from what hurt you, you will bleed on people who didn’t cut you.” – Unknown Then after you let yourself go, go with the F.L.O.W! Four ways to address your languishing. Let’s get started!

Yes, you! And me. And everyone else. If not now, in the past, or sometime in the future. If not entirely, in some area of your life. Laguishing – the middle child between depression and flourishing. In what way has this happened, is happening, or most likely, will happen to you? Name it to tame it. Diagnose it to prognose it. Confess it to arrest it.

You should, if you want a meaningful and maximized life! Living with the tension of work demands and need for rest is an eternal reality we all should embrace, and on a daily basis. It is a tough world, and many do not play fair. Even well-meaning friends and family members will try to squeeze more out of you if you are willing. Ultimately, it is a personal choice we each have to make, and again,...

It’s easy to revert back, to relapse into our old ways of thinking when the pressure to produce or to meet deadlines kicks in. While it is good to be flexible, be careful not to slip back into your old ways of living. Keep in mind a one-time adjustment shouldn’t become a long term habit!

Let’s make rest happen by choosing to R-E-C-R-E-A-T-E. 7 practical ways to achieve periods of rest every day of. Your life? And yes, choosing to Love is part of them! “Love turns work into rest.”― Teresa of Avila

Because getting more done is the mindset, and rest is a hindrance to doing just that! To change the mindset we need to change the input. And let this day help you do just that! “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” ― John Lubbock

Like you need to sleep, to recover, or to breathe? But isn’t it amazing how so many fall into the trap of cutting rest to the minimum (or making do without it completely) not realizing that by doing so they compromise the very purpose for doing it! “Rests allow us the ability to add depth and additional emotions to music through the use of silence. The musical rests also help to support other...

Who doesn’t want a great finish? Here are 12 suggestions from Panche Dessan on how go beyond just floating and actually soar in life! “Starting strong is great; finishing strong is epic.” – Robin Sharma

By doing it again, again, and again. “Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.” ― Charles Duhigg Do the boring stuff. In the long run, they produce results that make life more amazing!

“She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. -  Elizabeth Edwards It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it! When you get into quicksand, first take note, it’s not as quick as the movies depict them to be. And to survive, you need to, among others, do these counterintuitive things: get horizontal as soon as you can, keep both head and arms above...

Do all you can to stay afloat! “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill Sometimes simply holding on or standing still until the storm passes is the only reasonable thing to do. Or perhaps, learn a thing or two while the storm rages on. “If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.” - Shane Koyczan

By admitting to yourself you can’t swim your way out! Recognizing that there will be days you just don’t have it within you is key to others stepping up the plate, making up for your inability (for whatever reason) or simply pulling you out of the waters to live another day! “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” ― J.K. Rowling

“We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.” ― C. JoyBell C.

You can’t. So, skip this podcast! Haha. But if you have time, can you spare a couple  of minutes to check out how we – Maricel and I – continue to struggle with the “unchanging”  circumstances in life. Whew, I am getting “flashbacks!” Clients, colleagues, family members, my spouse: How to change their minds!? For the KAI ZEN – the Good Change – that you wish to happen in your life, you need to mak...

“As a man thinketh, so is he.” – Proverbs 23: 7 Intentionality increases probability. Tentativeness leads to nothingness. Pick up a few pointers on how to make change happen in your life, starting with the power of a changed mind!

Well, it’s all starts in the mind. Hence, the power of a single idea. What are ideas in your mind today and what should you do with them? Have them stay, transition to depart, or resolutely kick them out? You can choose, and now. "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa

"Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must also step up the stairs." -- Vaclav Havel. Choosing to take that step to venture into “renewing” our minds, and consequently, our actions, is a daily decision. Sourcing the best of ideas needs to be done even more often, and the key is to know Where and Who our will provide the mindsets we embr...

By changing yours mistake. Its leadership – and changing one’s mind – by example. Then you “train your guns” on everyone else! Essentially, deciding you want to influence others and “creating the environment” so people will want to change their mindset are two ideas we explore in today’s podcast.

Congratulations, you are asking how, not, “why should I?!” Here’s a few minutes to help you gain W.I.S.D.O.M. provided you are truly wanting to! "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -- Albert Einstein

By listening on! The choice is ours to open our ears, our minds and our hearts. Practice Gratitude, Open you mind and Welcome positive and encouraging thoughts as a matter of habit…P.O.W! Now, you’ve got power to change your mind!

All the power you can imagine! So, start being mindful of what you allow to enter your mind! For once an idea enters our minds, and stays there, the process from thought to results is pretty much automatic. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw.

Enough energy, yes, for your calling and your lifetime…not someone else’s. So, the key is to choose that which is for you, and to trust that the energy needed will come for the destined responsibility, as you need it. It is important to know your source of power, how to access it, and where to invest it, daily.

Rest. Yes. Rest is part of the work process. But it that won’t work, then suck it up! Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do! “The willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time.” ― Brene Brown

“Concentrate your energy, and hoard your strength.” – Sun Tzu. Exactly: focus the strength where and when its needed and you will preserve your power over time. Or should we say powers? Remember you have different sources of and levels of energy at any given time and matching the needed energy to the needed activity and the priority activity to the level of energy is the key!