More on Beliefs as Tools
Beliefs are neither true or false. Beliefs are simply more or less well adapted to the job at hand. — Damian Taggart
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The Courage to Trust Your Voice with Roger Montoya of Moving Arts
On today’s podcast I have the privilege of interviewing an incredibly talented and kind man who has dedicated the past 30 years of his life to creating a safe haven for youth in Española through arts education. Roger Montoya is co-founder and artistic director for Moving Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to uplifting the lives of …
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Making Creative Impact in Business and Life with Michael Davis, CEO of Merek Security
Welcome back to another great episode of The Created Life. It’s tax day here in the United States so hopefully you’ve got that sometimes unpleasant civic duty out of the way and are ready to enjoy this week’s episode. Today I speak with an engaging and inspiring man who spent 22 years in the United …
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Grief and Healing with Dr. Ted Wiard
On this week’s episode of The Created Life I talk to a truly remarkable man who turned a sequence of tragedies — the loss of his brother, his wife, and his two young daughters — into a life of healing and helping others overcome the negative impact of loss. Reverend Dr. Ted Wiard is the …
Process is greater than outcome
I was talking to a friend last night about the idea of not being “success oriented”. I said, “I’m not driven by success…” but before I could explain further she was objecting to the premise. “Of course you are! Look at your haircut, look at the way you use social media…”, she began. Both good …
Social Justice and Unity with Pastor Bill Thompson
On this week’s installment of The Created Life I interview septuagenarian William Thompson, a retired 76-year young Lutheran Minister, social justice activist, and professor. Bill Thompson found direction in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, graduated from Union Theological Seminary and spent the next 16 years serving the poor. Subsequently Bill taught at Bowling …
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Check the Quality of a Belief with this Super Simple 3 Part Test
Beliefs are tools. How well do your tools work? Use this simple 3 part test to find out: 1. What effect does a belief have on me? 2. What effect does it have on other people? 3. What effect does it have on the world? Belief is not the same as fact The distinction is …
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Vince Kadlubek on Tough Times
“Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” — Vince Kadlubek, CEO Meow Wolf
“Realistic” is history on repeat.
Just in case you didn’t get the memo, it’s okay to be honest about what scares you, how you are wrong, to show your homeliness and reveal your insecurities; to admit fault, to say I fucked up, I didn’t try hard enough, I failed, I don’t know. It’s okay to do all that even if …
Act as though it’s impossible to fail
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. — Dorothea Brande