Dissuasion Your old paradigm is tenacious.

Every prisoner needs a jailer. You think of yourself as the jailer of the person you have condemned without recognizing that, as the guard, you remain stuck in that same prison every day.

A Life You Would Love Brave Thinking Tool: Ask yourself, “What would I love?” Without limits or conditions, choose the best life imaginable. Teaching points Put the “how” on hold and focus instead on “what” the dream is that you deeply desire. Test your dream with five essential questions: (1) Does imagining my dream give me life? (2) Does this

I shared my son Mat’s story about his kamikaze moment during a football game. He was encountering defcon 1.

Life is no respecter of age. As long as you are breathing, the universe keeps sending you signals to live fully. But if your paradigm is “I’m too old and my time is past,” you might keep breathing, but the quality of your life diminishes. You’ll just be waiting, but for what?

The Courage to Commit Brave Thinking Tool: I am responsible for two things: (1) the thoughts I think and (2) the actions I take Your thoughts generate feelings that lead to the actions that you do or do not take, determining the results you achieve in your life. Teaching points Beware the drift, as old patterns and the whirlwind of daily life can

Imagine pumping water from a well. The first few pumps may be murky or brackish. They are old ideas, but once you’ve emptied yourself of what you already know, the water eventually clears, opening you to a full and pure flow of inspiration.

You may think that testing this dream is the opposite of what you should do at this point, that you should trust the life you’ve envisioned and go after it. But you want to be sure that this is what you would absolutely love.

You simplify your life by distinguishing that voice from all the chatter in your mind, all the doubts, fears, and voices of insecurity.