One of the questions I believe we are all longing to know and understand is what is my calling? Some people misunderstand this to be their vocation or work. I prefer to call it your life work… the work you need to do to evolve as a person. I found valuable answers to this question by my study of Western astrology. To get … [Read more...]
Awakening creative imagination…the genie within
Unlock the secret to creativity and innovation: a depth perspective leads to new way of seeing Innovations are not due to luck or chance. It’s about solving a problem using a new or fresh perspective that is insight driven. Creativity is “the ability to imagine what has never existed” or makes new connections between old ideas that have never been put together in that way. Because we do not understand creativity we associate it with an outside force, higher power coming … [Read more...]
Are you an optimist and why is optimism so important?
In a recent article in The New York Times Jane Brody discussed the merits of being an optimist. Seeing the glass as being half full as opposed to half empty is very much a function of how you see it. An important distinction was made between being an optimist and two other character traits that complement optimism: persistence and what is called motivation (not giving up). This was found in a research study by Dr. Segerstrom and others to be the gift of optimism because when you combine … [Read more...]