Inspirations

To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun. 
Katharine Graham

“To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun.” ~Katharine Graham, Leader of Washington Post for many years

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman, author, philosopher, theologian, educator & civil rights leader

“It isn’t what the vision is, it’s what the vision does.” ~ Robert Fritz, Author

“Maybe, the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s unbecoming everything that isn’t me so I can be who I was meant to be in the first place.” ~ Unknown

“We are human beings, not human doings.” ~ Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ~ Dr. Viktor E Frankl, Psychiatrist, Author, c. 1946

“I love the smell of possibility in the morning.” ~ Multiple sources

“I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.” ~ Whoopi Goldberg, c. 1987

“Bold leaders refuse to be cowed by how.” ~ Andy Stanley, Bold Leadership (podcast), c. 2015

“Authenticity is at the heart of all things successful.” ~ Scott Dinsmore, Live Your Legend, c. 2013

“Get out of your mind, and come to your senses.” ~ Fritz Perls, Father of Gestalt Therapy, c. 1976

“Ikigai: the process of allowing the self’s possibilities to blossom” ~ Article, Kobayashi Tsukasa

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~ Sylvia Plath, Novelist & Poet

“Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than your comfort zone.” ~ Billy Cox, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.”
~ Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Monk & Teacher

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt”
~ Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

“Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.”
~ Uta Hagen, Actress

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”
~ Naguib Mahfouz, Novelist & Screenwriter (Nobel Prize Winner for literature)

“When you’re lying on your deathbed, one of the cool things to say is, “I really explored myself”
~ Patricia Miranda, Wrestler (Olympic medalist)

“To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet, Essayist & Philosopher

“Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can.” ~ Naya Rivera, Actress

Risk, William Arthur Ward
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave
who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
~ Marcel Proust

“It starts with a big clear dream, followed by tiny steps every day. One small step can lead to a great big forward movement. This is part of what momentum is.”
~ Me

Attention density – where you put your focus, your energy, your thoughts is what is attracted. If you look for value, for instance, you will find it everywhere.
~ Me

Resilience…

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. ~Nelson Mandela

If you’re going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill

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Understanding Intuition vs. Judgement

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Shirzad Chamine, author of Positive Intelligence (“PQ”) believes judgement is a place of saboteur/gremlin (or whatever you want to call it). He connects intuition with our inner sage region of our brains.

When it comes to intuitions about other people, intuition is an inner sense of something, which may or may not be relevant for the person we’re relating with, be it a friend, a coworker, a direct report or boss or client – in my case, a coaching client. It may actually relate to something about ourselves. This is why it needs to be offered in the spirit of curiosity and with permission, worded as owned by me and not meant to be put onto you. “There’s something coming to me and I’m wondering if it has any meaning for you in relation to [xyz] – would you like me to share it?”

Judgement is completely different. It attaches a value or opinion (positive or negative) to something; a perceived knowing. Judgement and intuition may show up together, so we benefit from having awareness of the difference so as not to confuse them to potentially harmful effect. Apparently judgement and intuition don’t come from the same inner process – they come from different areas of our brains.

The frontal lobe (including prefrontal cortex) is responsible for judgement, where we are consciously analyzing and evaluating. This part of the brain is the centre for personality (social behaviour, emotions), producing language and voluntary movements, and high-level thinking (executive brain functions) which include judgement, planning and problem solving.

The difference is quite marked. Intuition is when you feel somehow about something and don’t know quite why. It comes from our brain’s right hemisphere, our hippocampus and from the neurons throughout our body, particularly our digestive system (our gut sense).

Judgement is about me having an opinion to which I am attached, and holding you up against my own opinion.

Intuition is the business of throwing something ‘out there’; observing or questioning something with genuine curiosity, purely in service to you, but which I am not attached to.

The artistry is in deepening our self mastery to know when we are in judgement and how instead to tap more into our inner sage and nurture our ability to listen to and offer our intuition.

Invitation to practice: When faced with a time-sensitive decision and limited data, instead of rushing to solution (or judgement), pause and quiet your mind, then think about the decision as a question. As you reflect on the question, ask and write down the answers as you tap into: What is my brain saying? How is my heart feeling? What am I noticing in my body? What is my gut telling me? And, perhaps, what is coming to me about this in the depths of my soul? This can tune into your intuition and help illuminate the answer. It is very important to do this in that quiet space, where you can truly take focused time and listen. An alternative, is to make the decision, and then to tap into your intuition as an extra level of validation using this same exercise.

Sources:
Dr. J. Orloff MD, Guide To Intuitive Health and The Empath’s Survival Guide
A. Mysoor, The Science Behind Intuition And How You Can Use It To Get Ahead At Work, Forbes, Feb 2, 2017
Brain areas and their functions, Health 24, February 2020
S. Chamine, Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and how You Can Achieve Yours, Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2012
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