The stories we tell ourselves

An alcoholic father had two sons. One grew up to be an alcoholic. When asked why, he responded, “I watched my father.” The other grew up hating alcohol. When asked how he chose to be sober, he responded, “I watched my father.” So it wasn’t about what happened to...

Do you fear feedback?

Do you feel bad upon receiving feedback? “Maybe my your boss doesn’t like me.” “Maybe she doesn’t think highly of me.” “Maybe I am just not good enough.”  We discourage ourselves with all these thoughts in our head. What if we took feedback as an opinion, instead of a...

Wrong decisions is not the problem

Are you afraid of making decisions? What to wear, what to eat, career choices, who to marry, whether to marry – small to the biggest decisions, are you afraid of making them? The truth is we are afraid of making decisions because we are afraid that they might turn out...

The price of being good

I recall during my first job, unable to understand why things functioned in a certain way, I asked my boss,  “How is it that some people have so much work and some hardly have any work?” “Good people pay a far higher price for being good, than bad people pay for being...

Who should you trust?

Whom should you trust? Who deserves to have it? Who doesn’t? Trust may a big thing, because maybe you’ve been betrayed. Maybe your you heart’s been broken. You trusted someone and they let you down. However, is trust only about the other person? Isn’t it a measure of...