Disclaimer: This article is not meant to portray Miracles Coaching as a scam. I do not believe it is one. I am simply detailing my experience, and my reasons for rejecting it. Your mileage may vary. Updated August 6th 2010: Due to some further information I have received from my [...]
This past Thursday I made a trip to Vancouver Island to assist my mom in moving some of my Grandpa’s furniture to her home here on the mainland. My grandpa passed away nearly three years ago now, which is very hard to believe. My how time flies! I uncovered a [...]
One of the most powerful and disturbing books I ever read was People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck. While I say powerful and disturbing, I do not want to discourage you from reading it, rather the opposite. I believe that most people will at some point in their [...]
I have given up many times in my life. I have given up on relationships. I have given up on jobs. I have given up on acting. I have given up on ideas. I have given up on drawings. I have given up on photography. I have given up on [...]
We all get caught up in our day to day lives. Life is busy, even when you’re having fun. Sometimes we can become overwhelmed by the day to day stuff and forget to be inspired. Before we know it, we start to feel a little down, and we aren’t quite [...]
I have worked a lot of dead end jobs in my life. People end up in dead end jobs for a lot of reasons. In my case it was because I had a limiting belief that what I really wanted to do was too difficult, or otherwise unattainable. Millions of [...]
Sometimes facts aren’t pleasant. Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes what we wish to be true simply isn’t, and no amount of wishing will ever change it. Often times the facts are in direct conflict with our feelings. Knowing the truth makes us uneasy, it triggers feelings we don’t like, perhaps [...]
Many people reach a stage in life where they say, “I just want to be comfortable”. But what is comfort, exactly? The dictionary defines it as a state of well being or ease. And it is that. But is comfort the same thing as satisfaction? Not always. It is not [...]
A couple of week ago an acquaintance of mine recommended that I read a book called Blue Ocean Strategy. Now typically what happens when someone gives me an unsolicited recommendation like that is that I file it away in the “later” pile and often never get around to it. As [...]
I am going to let you in on a little secret. I am a pretty lazy guy. I procrastinate. I daydream. I spend a lot of energy thinking about what I would rather be doing. If I won the lottery I sure as heck wouldn’t be one of those people [...]
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I can’t say I have the first clue who they are, but I can say this: Flattering others is not a roadmap to success. Therefore, despite what you may have heard, imitating others is of questionable benefit when it comes to [...]
Procrastination is a waste of time. Duh. It also happens to be our natural human tendency. We are pre-programmed to follow the path of least resistance. In the simplest of terms, it is easier to not do something than it is to do something. And that’s all procrastination is. If [...]
We all have a little voice in our heads that does its best to keep us on track. It tends to nag is a bit. Sometimes it asks us to do things that don’t really seem possible, and certainly not easy. It’s not one to take no for an answer, [...]
A man walks into a big box electronics store (let’s call him Ed). He Isn’t sure exactly what he wants, but he knows he wants a big TV. A salesperson offers him assistance which he declines. Twice. On the third try he grudgingly accept the help being offered to him. [...]
Today marks the first week that I have transitioned away from my 9-5 job into working for myself. My life has become a lot less secure. I do not know how much money I will have next week. I am not even sure if I will make any money at [...]
Eckhart Tolle wrote a very good book called The Power of Now, a book which I had some very mixed feelings on. Actually it is probably more correct to say I have some mixed feelings about its author, but in either case the overall message of the book is fantastically [...]
dilettante (plural dilettanti or (rarely) dilettantes) An admirer or lover of the arts A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.) Dilettante is one of my favourite words. I like it because it describes me almost perfectly. I am indeed [...]
The expression, “just follow your heart”, get thrown around an awful lot. It’s the kind of advice people give to others, and to themselves when they can’t think of something better to say. And it’s feel good advice, as opposed to say, “stop for a moment and think about the [...]
Sometimes you look for inspiration, and sometimes inspiration finds you. This morning I was sitting at the front desk of the hostel where I have been working, sipping some over-sweetened almost cold coffee and feeling a little down in the dumps. It was the sort of general malaise that only [...]
If you really do not know what you want in life, then maybe it’s time to take a break from you life entirely. When you are trapped in your day to day, it is often difficult or even impossible to achieve the clarity necessary to discover your purpose in life, [...]