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Why Aren’t I Rich? – A Lesson From Mona Lisa (Part 2)

In my last blog (link here) I spoke about the ‘illusion of control’ that leads us to believe that we, too, can achieve great things like our aspirational heroes. We can become rich like Steve Jobs or famous like the Kardashians or best-selling authors like Dan Brown. All we have to do is figure out…

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Are you an inspiring leader – or just a good one? What really matters in a life well lived? | The Conscious Capitalist Podcast

Are you an inspiring leader – or just a good one? What really matters in a life well lived? The soul’s journey and self-mastery, where are you on your journey? This week Raj Sisodia and Timothy Henry, co-authors of ‘Conscious Capitalism – The Field Guide’, speak with Srikumar Rao- founder of the Creativity and Personal Mastery…

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Why Aren’t I Rich? – A Lesson From Mona Lisa

Here is a common complaint. I hear it from my coaching clients, from those who would like to be my coaching clients, from those who apply to take Creativity and Personal Mastery, from members of the audience listening to my talks and many more. ‘Why aren’t I rich like X?” They are intelligent. They are…

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Enjoy the Exorcist!

This human life is a vale of tears. Stuff constantly happens that we don’t want to happen. Sometimes we are mildly disappointed. Sometimes we are heartbroken. And sometimes we downright slip into depression. Behind all this is the notion that we are in control. We believe that if we have a good idea and come…

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On Anger and the Tale of the Snake

One of my students – call him Jeff – came to me with a problem. He was not the only one who mentioned this particular problem to me. Many others faced different variations of it. Jeff was a senior executive with high standards. He was known to be demanding and subordinates were wary of his…

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“Drink Your Milk – There are Children Starving in Africa!”

In 1968 Dr. Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was an American citizen, but he was of Indian origin and the honor was widely celebrated in his country of birth. Indian newspapers and magazines published lengthy interviews, and many touched on his personal story and the struggles he went…

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Don’t Give a Gift With a String Tied to It

I was visiting a friend. Her in-laws had just arrived for a short stay, and she introduced them to me. She was wearing a lovely costume that they had brought for her, and she looked quite fetching. She was also somewhat tense. When her in-laws retired, I asked her if something was troubling her. She…

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It’s Only A Story!

These serotinal days are conducive to reflection. I look at my new grand-daughters and the miracle of life becomes ever so apparent. They are not yet three weeks old but have already gone through heart wrenching crises. I wonder whether they are even aware that they have successfully weathered these crises. We go through life…

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The World does Not Conform to Your Model

We go through life with a model of how the world is. This model is in our head, but we do not recognize that it is just a model. And, because we think that the model is ‘real’ we make many mistakes of omission and commission. Diane was an earnest seeker. She had grown up…

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My Purpose Does Not Align with What I Do For A Living

One of my students – let’s call him Steve – was a thoughtful individual and felt that his life was completely transformed by my course, Creativity and Personal Mastery. He was a senior executive in the debt restructuring division of a large bank. He was very good at what he did and had been promoted…

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