Joyce Shafer's Blog – August 2010 Archive (3)

Maybe you’re looking for T.H.E. strategy that will create the shift you desire in your life. But if you’re using Stinkin’ Thinkin’, you’ll stay frustrated.



“Just show me the strategy that will create my desired outcome!” you say.



Here’s a question: Have you fully decided to succeed, win, shift, be happy—whatever your wording is here—or have you decided to embrace struggle?



If that question sounds counterintuitive, I ask you, what are you feeling and experiencing… Continue

It happens to all of us when we desire to fix, change, or shift something: we push when we could ride. What’s that really about?



Years back, the guy cutting my hair told me about a conversation he’d had with a co-worker. She had complained that her father had used the push lawnmower on their acreage when he could have used the riding mower. He told her, “That’s how you live your life.”



I had a couple of days when I was trying to figure something out—something I wanted to… Continue

There are two ways (or maybe “times” is a better word) a best solution might not be obvious: Before—when we need one and After—once one is in effect.



Way 1—Before



(This is taken from “The Prisoner in the Dark Cave.”)



A man sentenced to death is placed in a dark cave. He’s told there is a way out and if he finds it, he’s free. The only light source is a hole above him where food and water are to be lowered to him for thirty days; but after thirty days, this will… Continue