“Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it the first law of personal growth.”
-Peter McWilliams
Written by: Scott Dinsmore
Average Reading Time: 3.5 minutes
When was the last time your were frustrated by someone around you?
Maybe they’re always late, can’t seem to follow through, missed another deadline, or perhaps you just don’t see eye to eye.
It doesn’t make a difference what it is. The possibilities are endless and we all have a long list. By nature we expect life to just be the way we want it to be. When it’s not, we don’t like it.
Many of us choose to carry this frustration around day to day.
We quickly forget that it is indeed a choice to feel this way.
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Written by: Scott Dinsmore
Have you ever felt on top of the world one minute and moments later felt like you’d fallen off an emotional cliff?
Why is it that some of our favorite and most exciting experiences with others can often lead to us feeling drained or craving attention? Often the answer is that you’re hung over…emotionally that is. Let me explain.
Symptoms of an Emotional Hangover
You’ve just had an amazing set of experiences and you suddenly:
- Feel empty and alone
- Are craving attention
- Feel anxious, hurried and stressed
- Lose your motivation to be healthy (mentally and physically)
- Experience a feeing of excitement quickly replaced by feeling lost
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Written by: Scott Dinsmore
Average Reading Time: 9 minutes
Have you ever come across someone who knew exactly what they want out of life?
Anything they say, they mean, and will quickly act on. They seem confident, eager, excited and downright passionate. You can just feel the energy. What impression did that put upon you?
Chances are you were experiencing the power of congruency.
Tony Robbins first brought this term to my attention in his Unleash the Power Within 4-day seminar as well as most of his CD’s, talks and books. Tony is about as congruent as they come. But what does that mean? This was not the same math term I learned in high school and to be honest, it’s a way of life that is difficult to define. The best way is to experience it. But let me give it a try.
The general definition of congruence is: identical in form; in agreement or harmony.
Now apply this to a life approach. Someone who lives with congruency acts in direct accordance with their dreams, desires, beliefs, values, mission and goals. They do not let the thoughts of others affect their approach to the world. They take their own unique path paved by their understanding of themselves.
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Written by: Scott Dinsmore
Average Reading Time: 7.5 minutes
What do you think a pickup artist could teach a salesman? I bet you’d be surprised. I know I was.
Can you think of a more crucial and technical sale than convincing a man or woman to go out with you, spend their time and maybe even locking lips? That sale can take a lifetime to master.
A couple years ago when starting my investment business, a respected mentor and salesman recommended only one book: The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. I laughed until I realized he was serious. Then I bought the book. He promised the techniques for picking up women were just as relevant for business relationships (well most of them at least…). A little common sense and discretion is required.
It turns out that these days the author, Neil Strauss, does one-day workshops on social dynamics and rapport building for the likes of premier global management consulting companies and he charges top dollar. These guys are the cream of the crop when it comes to consulting and we can be pretty sure he isn’t teaching them how to get a date. Understanding how to interact in social situations is crucial and this was a pretty entertaining (and very real) way to learn a few things.
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Written by: Scott Dinsmore
Average Reading Time: 5 minutes
What’s more likely to get you to buy something: a slick sales pitch or a friendly referral?
It’s no surprise that we’d all prefer to do business with someone we like and trust. And who couldn’t use a reminder? Well a group of 150 entrepreneurs and I had the chance to make this a life motto when we heard Jim Cathcart speak at a Catalyst For Thought event in Santa Barbara last week. What followed was an hour-long energizing, motivating, belly laughing, masters education on how to live life.
Jim’s written 14 books on relationship selling and speaks, coaches and inspires behavior across the world. Yet we had him all to ourselves. He learned early in life that business should be an act of friendship and has guided his life accordingly. If that’s where you start, there’s no limit to where you’ll end.
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I'm an entrepreneur, coach and author of Live Off Your Passion, here to help you build a career around work you Love. I'm also a tad obsessed with, life experiments, adventure & learning. 
