Posts Tagged ‘discipline’
Tune in to the Goodness
Tune in to the Goodness I’m very deliberate about not hovering over our kids or trying to control them. Rather, I want to give them the space to manifest the ineffable song that plays in their hearts. I’ve resolved that “parents” are what we call the “chief influencers in our early development”. So my efforts go…
Read MoreFaith & Patience
Faith & Patience Recently I wrote about my 2017 New Years Intention to become more patient. Obviously, that’s an ongoing process, and now I’m working into some deeper elements. Ultimately, I’ve come to the conclusion that patience not only requires one to have faith, it also implies that you have faith that what you want or…
Read MoreThe Gift of Attention
The Gift of Attention As a child, I was diagnosed with ADD and Dyslexia. That’s a bummer of a combo. But I’ve spent my life training myself to focus my attention, create habits of concentration, and to develop my own process for reading. The mind is a space full of rooms. Rooms like Happiness, Anger, Stress,…
Read MoreShine So Bright
Shine So Bright Back in 2011, I wrote a short blog about called Sweet Discipline. Self-discipline has always been a source of joy rather than pain in my life. Discipline has afforded me healthier relationships, excellent physical health, and meaningful work. I’ve long been attracted to the concept of being a monk or priest because I’m drawn…
Read MoreYour Best
I can’t lay my head on my pillow at night and feel peace unless I know I’ve given my best. That doesn’t mean I won, or that the project was a success. It just means that I know I gave it my all, even if I failed. (Part of doing your best is recognizing and…
Read MoreStrategize
Strategy isn’t a skill. It’s a discipline. It’s the result of being acutely aware of your surroundings, examining past experiences, listening intently, calculating, planning, playing out scenarios, accounting for variables and then making a logical decision based on those filters and analysis. It takes patience, determination and years of trial and error to master. It…
Read MoreTake Note
So, you have something important to say to a friend or co-worker. You start speaking and notice they are checking their phone or their laptop, looking around the room for something else that might be more worthy of their time. You feel disrespected and unappreciated. The recipient feels like their time has been wasted, and…
Read MoreSweet Discipline
I believe that most anything worth having or achieving typically comes as a result of discipline. I work out daily because I want my body to perform optimally. Optimal performance helps me achieve the things I believe are most important. When I was learning Kinyarwanda, I disciplined myself to speak it when it was much…
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