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How you see me is our business
When others give us feedback, and we’re not all right with ourselves, we won’t be able to hear criticism without rationalizing,...
Ron de Rond
Oct 15, 20222 min read


Choosing our thoughts
We think ourselves into feeling good or bad. And we can retrain ourselves to think differently about any situation. Many of us believe...
Ron de Rond
Jul 20, 20211 min read


Letting go makes sense
Feelings of disappointment are real. When we dislike someone’s behavior, we believe he or she should act differently. We look for...
Ron de Rond
Jul 20, 20211 min read


Taming our game
Taming our game means admitting that we’ve chosen to do whatever we’re doing, because we wanted the effect it’s producing. It means...
Ron de Rond
Jul 18, 20211 min read


Knowing why we’re going helps us get there
We’re always moving toward a future that we’re causing. Our meaning and direction develop out of our why. When we’re clear about that,...
Ron de Rond
Jul 13, 20212 min read


Healthy perspective
Many of us have been taught that adults are supposed to be responsible, mature and serious, which basically means to be worried most of...
Ron de Rond
Jul 7, 20212 min read


Self-talk
For most of us, there’s a self-talk debate going on inside our heads between the part of us that thinks, “I can save the world!” and the...
Ron de Rond
Jun 2, 20212 min read


Managing beliefs
Life will be as wonderful or as terrible as we believe it is and our daily lives are the result of what we tell ourselves about our...
Ron de Rond
Apr 14, 20211 min read


Conscious creators
Admitting that we’ve chosen to do whatever we’re doing, because we wanted the effect it’s producing, means giving up any pretense that...
Ron de Rond
Apr 14, 20211 min read


Emotions are goal-oriented
Our emotions are goal-oriented activities that we do on purpose to achieve something we want. And feeling sad or happy is not the result...
Ron de Rond
Apr 12, 20211 min read


Cause effect
When we think thoughts that cause us to feel afraid and distressed, we’re planning our future. And when we think thoughts that cause us...
Ron de Rond
Mar 23, 20211 min read


Karma is friendlier than it sounds
The popularized concept of karma is that it’s cosmic payback for doing something wrong. But really, it’s only setting causes in motion...
Ron de Rond
Mar 14, 20211 min read


Naming the name
We can’t stop doing what we don’t know we’re doing and we can’t find release from what we’re not willing to admit, but we can change...
Ron de Rond
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Stop - yield - start
We're training people all the time. The people who treat us well, as well as the ones who treat us badly, are doing it because we've...
Ron de Rond
Nov 17, 20201 min read
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