Harry Potter on Personal Development:: Play to Your Strengths
Play to your strengths. It was Mad-Eye Moody who gave Harry Potter this advice when he encouraged him to think of his own strengths that would help him beat his dragon in the upcoming task. In the last 5 years it has been a consistent theme among personal development coaches to teach the focus on…
Read MorePersonal Buy-In:: Why Seminars are Better than Books
I used to think that these expensive seminars and events were a waste of money. Why not just buy the book and listen to it in the car or during my workout? Well, last week while hearing from Connie Podesta I finally understood the difference. When you see someone face to face your body, mind, and soul are able to feel that person. You create a relationship of trust between the two of you even if you are only one person in a crowd of 5000. This relationship or buy-in as I call it changes things…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: Belief Equals Reality
In the book “The Half Blood Prince,” Ron believes that he has been given , the lucky potion. Because his own belief system is changed, his reality also changes. He performs as if he had been lucky. Clearly this effect would only work if Ron already had the skills necessary to perform. The important point is how our own beliefs change our reality.
Read MoreOld Stomping Grounds
This weekend we traveled to Rock Springs WY to visit family. Saturday night we decided to take a small trip down Jacob memory lane. We drove over to “my side” of town and went through my old neighborhood. As to my house (where I spent the first 18 years of my life) I’m glad to…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: Decision Making
“Sometimes making a decision is more important than making the best decision.” Harry Potter is a very decisive person. When confronted with decisions he certainly doesn’t always make the best one but I would argue that by making one right away vs weighing it out in his mind for too long he tends to come…
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Coyote Gulch Backpacking Trip
I had my doubts about the need to travel 7 hours just to have a good backpacking trip with the young men in the ward. All my doubts disappeared once we got there. As you can see from the pictures… GORGIOUS! Too get into the gulch we had to drop our packs…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: Choices Define Us
“It is our choices Harry, that define who we are; not our abilities.” -Albus Dumbledore Our society is a place of constant victomhood where people blame their failures on their own circumstances. If I had been born in a different place or to a wealthy family then my life would be different. If I was…
Read More1/2 Marathon. Goal Completed!
Back in March of this year I publicly declared my goal to run in a 1/2 marathon at the end of the summer. I registered for a race on August 8th and have been training all summer. I had some good stretches of training and some times where I was less faithful. Every single time…
Read MoreHarry Potter on Personal Development:: What We Fear
Lesson 1: “Well, well . . . I'm impressed. That suggests what you fear most of all is — fear. Very wise, Harry.” -Professor Lupin
The above quote comes from book 3 in the series and has had me thinking all day. Most people set there fears on specific things such as spiders, heights, water, death, and even commitment.