Why is it so hard?

One of the exercises I use in my programs is having the group divide into two halves, and then having each half line up facing the other. Each person stands face to face with someone, only inches away, and they look into each others’ eyes. The instruction is to simply gaze. Don’t add anything to the experience. Yet, invariably, people smile, giggle, fidget, break eye contact, squint, make faces, and all sorts of other strategies …
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A Magical Workplace

I’ve been preparing a presentation for one of my clients over the last couple days. Usually, I’m speaking to a sales team or a group of customer service reps or an association of individuals who all do the same job. In this case, I’m speaking with the entire staff of multiple offices, so the individuals do a wide variety of jobs. The substance of my talk is on attaining greater peace and achievement using the …
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Teamwork

My sister manages about 35 people in the benefits division of a large Long Island hospital. She’s responsible for producing certain results in her division. For example, each customer service rep needs to field x number of calls, resove x number of disputes, and route x number of those calls to a survey after resolving the issue at hand. Some people do the job, some don’t. Some are consistent stars, others consistent slackers. The stars …
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UnHypnosis

I get more confused looks when I tell people about UnHypnosis than you can possibly imagine. “What the @#$% is UnHypnosis?” is the way it usually comes out. So let me explain it in simple terms. UnHypnosis is the process by which you can wake up from the hypnosis that is your life. We like to believe we’re living freely and authentically, but it’s simply not true. We’re bound and directed in a million ways …
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A Dream

Our psyches are structured in such a way that it’s very easy to fall prey to our own negative emotions, self-talk, etc. One of the most powerful ways to rise above the automatic, repetitive nature of our reality-skewing internal dialogue is to see it for what it is; images projected onto the screens of our minds which seduce us into believing lies. You’re not who you think you are. Neither are the people around you. …
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