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Are there any political figures in the current political world who are immune to ignoring or disconnecting from their inner lives? Probably few, if any. Romney and Gingrich are just the most visible examples at the moment.
Our culture has a way of fostering the belief that the "grass is always greener on the other side." I find it fascinating that the more we dream about what we want, the more we forget how to really dream.
In my business of giving people insight into their financial behavior, I see very different approaches to life planning with very different results.
Ambition can pin me to the wall, or it can fuel my work and my desire to be useful. Equally, I long for quiet and ease, but if can lead me to stasis and paralysis. I need to be in constant dialogue with these parts of my psyche.
The first 12 years of my career were spent writing songs about loss and longing. Historically, I have felt most at home in heartbreak, both in art and in life. It's largely what I knew growing up, so everything else felt foreign and wrong as an adult.
Home has taken on new meaning for me since I gave up my "big-city" life. It means not just a special place or people I love who also love me. Now it means embracing the life that has been given to me, and the man I was made to be.
One of the questions I often hear is: Why are people jealous? Why are people jealous of me? My reply: Because they only see the destination and know nothing about the journey.
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? I subscribe to the answer my colleague Sally Fisher formulated: "Both!" Life is both full and empty. When we are only in the empty part, we are suffering; when we are only in the full part, we are in denial.
I know, I know, it's disappointing to be just getting into something you really like and then learn how it comes out. It's as if all the excitement you have put into watching the show of your life has fizzled, and you can barely muster the energy you need to slog through the rest of the episodes.
The secret of lifetime happiness isn't doing less. It's learning how to enjoy all the responsibilities that make your life worth living.
I found George Harrison's life-long love affair with music so intriguing. He spoke as often with his guitar as he did with his words. Not that his words were too shabby either.
Of all the Steve Jobs products that have become essentials of daily life, the one that may be most needed is echoing virally around the Web in the form of his Stanford commencement speech: iCan.
I used to be a dreamer. For most of a decade, when I wasn't in a euphoric bliss imagining what I could be, I spent the majority of my time back in reality berating myself for not being anything at all.
What I know is that we humans are a manipulative bunch. And guilt is a potent weapon of manipulation, which assumes many forms.
When I pushed and tried to control the situation, it didn't work. When I relaxed and allowed the solution to present itself, even the crickets jumped into the flow.
By inquiring into your life story, you can recognize the layers of ephemeral distraction that keep your attention busy with entanglements. When you recognize this, you can reclaim your attention.
