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Rule 12: It’s never too late to be what you might have been.

By LBaucom on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Elliot this is one of my favorite quotes.  He reminds me that we are never finished developing into who we want to be.  Who we are becoming is a constantly changing and developing piece.  We are always growing, changing, and becoming more [...]

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Rule 11: Separate your internal worth from your external worth.

By LBaucom on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Who are you?  What are you worth?  That is the question of this rule.  Too often, we confuse our wealth with our worth.  Or more importantly, we confuse our possessions with our worth.  Secondarily, we confuse our role with our worth. Now, just for fun, let’s look at what we are REALLY worth, meaning how [...]

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Rule 9: Mistakes Don’t Matter

By LBaucom on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 | No Comments

OK, let me say just a bit more:  “Mistakes don’t matter.  How you deal with them does.”  You see, we often get so caught up in fearing that we will make a mistake that we don’t stretch. We stop ourselves before we even begin, or we freeze up in the midst of trying, all because [...]

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Rule 8: Ask “What’s The BEST That Can Happen?”

By LBaucom on Monday, February 16th, 2009 | No Comments

In the last rule, I proposed that the question “what’s the worst that could happen?” can be a useful “reality check” when fear grabs and limits you.  This rule goes from the opposite end. My wife brought this question to my attention, and even if I tease her (when my son said he was nervous [...]

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Rule 7: Ask “What’s The Worst That Can Happen?”

By LBaucom on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Today, the question that can help you challenge your fears when thinking about doing something.  You see, fear pretends to befriend and protect us.  So it whispers into our ear all kinds of thoughts about not doing something because “something could go wrong.”  But in actuality, there isn’t much fact behind the images of utter [...]

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Rule 6: You Get To Choose Your Response To Fear — Unhealthy Responses

By LBaucom on Friday, January 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

We have established that fear is a given.  We cannot get rid of it.  We can only decide whether or not fear will run our lives.  And we can decide how we will respond. But what if you find yourself constantly in the grips of fear? There are two basic approachs to life that are [...]

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Rule 4: Fear Is A Fact Of Life

By LBaucom on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Fear is a fact of life.  We may as well get used to it. I say that because we all spend an inordinate amount of energy avoiding fear.  For what?  We still feel it.  In fact, very often when we avoid fear, we really only grow that fear. Let me be clear:  I am not [...]

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Rule 2: Recognize a Thought is a Thought

By LBaucom on Friday, January 9th, 2009 | No Comments

The second rule ties directly into the first rule.  In fact, it is probably step 1 in watching our mind.  What is going on in our mind?  Thoughts.  What trips us up?  Thoughts. The problem is not the thoughts.  The problem is that we don’t recognize they are just thoughts.  Thoughts are merely constructs of [...]

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The Rules: A Starting Point

By LBaucom on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 | No Comments

OK, so let’s set some parameters for these 99 rules of thriving.  You see, these rules are not pulled out of thin air.  They come from my frame for what I understand are the elements of a thriving life. As I have studied this, four areas of concern emerge in the pursuit of a thriving [...]

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99 Rules For Thriving

By LBaucom on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Well, time for my own challenge.  This one crossed my mind some time back, but in a very un-thriving way, I find myself caught doing what “needs” to be done, versus what I “want” to do. On a slight detour, let me unpack that.  We are often caught spending our days doing those things that [...]

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