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Five Cheat Codes for more Powerful Relationships
In my 20s, I was gifted five cheat codes for powerful relationships. I am now passing them on to you free of charge. I have had many creative pursuits, but the most rewarding is my love for improvisation. By performing comedy onstage with my friends, I have mastered skills in my business and personal life.…
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Being Nice Vs. Being kind
Being compassionate is a fundamental aspect of our humanity. It involves the genuine desire to understand and alleviate the suffering of others. Compassion is empathy in action, driving us to offer kindness, support, and understanding to those in need. It is a powerful force that can mend relationships, build communities, and create a more harmonious…
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The Dangers of Frog DNA in Our Inner Narratives
In this article, I talk about The Dangers of Frog DNA in Our Inner Narratives which will pose a different perspective from my previous article Making tough decisions with Frog DNA Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, tells the story of John Hammond and his team of geneticists who alter dinosaur DNA they discovered by filling in…
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Playing Up and Playing Down in Tennis: Lessons for Real Life
My mom and adoptive father met on a tennis court in our apartment complex when I was five. I remember wandering around the outside of the fenced-in courts and watching the two of them play. I never got very good at tennis, but one thing that has stuck with me throughout my life is watching…
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The Bias in Our Narratives: A Closer Look
Our world is filled with information that often arrives in too large a quantity for us to process, is too ambiguous in its meaning, can’t be processed fast enough in the time we have, and more than our brains can remember afterward.
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Mastering the Art of Blogging: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Great Blog Articles
How do you decide what makes a solid blog post? I’m on day two of a 90 day blogging challenge with my good friend Jason Scott Montoya, and after writing my first entry yesterday I ran it through ChatGPT to see what it thought of my work. ChatGPT was a harsh critic and told me…
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What is a Tangled Narrative?
At my company Untangled Narrative, LLC, we use the components of storytelling to help our clients reframe and overcome their obstacles for more powerful personal and professional development. Because of the way humans process information, we have certain flaws in our reasoning that create unhelpful stories that we call “tangled narratives.” When we tell ourselves…
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The 2024 Ninety Day Blogging Challenge
I’m very excited to be working with Jason Scott Montoya again to do a new 90 day blogging challenge. We will be blogging every week day starting July 15th, 2024. I have a few goals in this challenge which are: Fellow Participants Here’s a list of those participating in the challenge as it begins along…
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The Dangers of Interpreting Silence
It is 8:00 AM on Monday morning. You open up your laptop to check your email and there is still no response from your friend who you wrote to two days ago. That’s strange, you think. They always reply back right away. This is when you start to think that maybe something is wrong. Has there…
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The Five People of whom I am the Average
By now, most of us have heard the quote by renowned businessman Jim Rohn who said, “You’re the average of the five people you spend most of your time with.” Here are my five people and what they mean to me.
