Tools, Fuel, & Steering Instructions
to Make a Life You Believe In
Passion
In a previous article The Fast Path to Credibility, I suggest that well-communicated empathy will get you a long way to gaining trust. This is fundamental stuff, and I feel safe saying that anyone who hasn’t started the practice will benefit immensely and immediately by starting now. What about black-belt credibility? There are times when being believed
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I’m going through one of the biggest changes in my life, and I’m kinda scared. I’m losing my home, my wife, my business partner, and the community I built around my beautiful household. I’m not afraid of what will happen next. I’m a little concerned about finding a decent place where my daughter and I
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Folks, this is a call to action. I’d like your help spreading the word of Pilot Fire. If you think I’m on to something, if you think what I offer is valuable, please take a few more minutes to help me spread the fire. The spark starts with you and spreads through the people who trust
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In Plan a Passionate Life (Part One), I wrote about letting go of last year by burning away our proud and shameful memories. Plan a Passionate Life: (Part Two) is about igniting the fires that inspire us by connecting to the most important roles we play in our lives. I wrote this article (Part Three) to
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Is there someone you can point to who obviously leads a passionate life? By passionate, I don’t mean emotional or wild or loud, even though passion can sometimes be emotional or wild or loud. (It’s more often quiet and calm.) By passionate I’m referring to what I’ve written before: “A passionate life is what happens
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It just turned 2012! Hurry, put this on your Don’t List before it’s too late: I will not make New Year’s resolutions. Whew, that was close. As you know, New Year’s resolutions suck. They mostly boil down to one simple statement: Do better. See? That sucks. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that, while they
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Normally, I try not to should on people, but this time I’m going to should big, right here at the beginning of this short article. Here goes, with emphasis: You should be an Active Citizen. At a time when governments are misbehaving in countless ways, when the giant media outlets offer few means to understand
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If this isn’t turning out to be a great day, then it’s time to get to the heart of what the hell you are doing. I’m not writing about a day where everything goes your way and nothing rotten happens because even if something rotten happens, it can still be a great day. In fact,
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When you decide to pursue your passions, you must also confront the paradoxes you have avoided in order to stay comfortable. You must remain skeptical of your own motives, without falling into the trap of relentless Doubt. You must use the truth as your guiding principal, yet allow yourself a fair amount of denial, knowing
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