“Pick me. Choose me. Love me.” — Meredith Grey to Derek Shepherd in Grey’s Anatomy We all share a basic human desire: Like Meredith Grey, we want to be needed, and we want to be loved for who we are. (For those who haven’t followed Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith would eventually become Derek’s wife.) We like […]
Trusting Your Intuition
You possess more wisdom than you realize. If the thought of claiming your wisdom feels a bit too presumptuous or arrogant to you, start by seizing better ownership of (and comfort with) your intuition. Wisdom germinates in both knowledge and intuition. Think of intuition as ability and product. Intuition is 1. An ability you can […]
The ‘But’s Which Work to Favor
When someone says, “yeah, but” we steel ourselves for their objections and excuses, no matter how tactful they are with the words which follow. We know they’re about to rationalize whatever we just proposed to them, and not in an affirming way, but to escape from it, and perhaps, to challenge us. This was something […]
In search of the ultimate Freedom
Preface: Most of this posting originally appeared in May of 2008. This is a shorter edit which came to mind in honor of Memorial Day. When I remember the lives of those who lived before us, I often think about what they had lived for: What values-based heritage did they give us? In search of […]
What can a Humble Wave do for you?
Preface: This is an article I had previously posted within the Value of the Month coaching program we ran for Alaka‘i Managers in 2007 and 2008. I’ve included the comments I’d received back then, and preserved its snapshot in time. We were doing an in-depth study of HA‘AHA‘A that month, practicing the value of humility. […]