“No matter what has happened, is now happening, or will happen, there is a space between those things and our responses to them. If there is even a fraction of a second between stimulus and response, that space represents our power to choose our response to any situation.”Excerpt From: Stephen R. Covey. “The 8th Habit.”... Continue Reading →
Inspirational Monday: Outgrowing People & Situations
It's completely fine to outgrow people, jobs, situations, relationships, etc. You will feel it when you wake up. Of course, I outgrew my job back in 2016 but remained complacent and stayed onboard until the end of 2017 into 2018. I had no business being there anymore because I felt that's where old, white souls... Continue Reading →
Stephen Covey’s 8th Habit | Season 6 – Episode 19 | Integrate What You Learn into Your Life
“To know and not to do, is really not to know. To learn and not to do is not to learn. In other words, to understand something but not apply it is really not to understand it. It is only in the doing, the applying, that knowledge and understanding are internalized. For instance, you could... Continue Reading →
Self-Love Friday – Understanding My Calibration
Man, I'm so excited about this self-love Friday because I can finally speak about my calibration. For those of you who don't know, consciousness level plays an important role in relations to what you attract in your life and how fast. My immediate family, for instance, is at an extremely low consciousness level (such as... Continue Reading →
Self-Love Friday | Episode IV | Arsenio Comes First
Wow! This is a BIG self-love Friday. I'm very excited about this one because Mira, life/transformation coach in South Africa, navigated me to establishing this. There have been so many times that I would curl up and just be a "yes" man. I would hangout with people who I knew I had NO BUSINESS hanging... Continue Reading →
Stephen Covey’s 8th Habit | Season 6 – Episode 15 | The Soul’s Search for Meaning
“Deep within each one of us there is an inner longing to live a life of greatness and contribution—to really matter, to really make a difference. We may doubt ourselves and our ability to do so, but I want you to know of my deep conviction that you can live such a life. You have... Continue Reading →
Transformation Tuesday – My Mother Abandoned Me — Now What?
A very tough outing with Mira, but also a life-transforming one. Because I feel my mother is somewhat similar to my father, I feel like she has abandoned me, too. My father dropped me off at the doorstep of a house in 1999 and saw it for the last time in 2001. My mother, who... Continue Reading →
Topic: Goals for 2021 – Transformation / Life Coaching Certification
Wow, it was like the afternoon and I ended up having such a buzzing feeling all over my body -- kind of like neurons firing in so many directions. The level of excitement was climbing and I started podcasting like no other -- 4 consecutive ones, at that. What did I end up discovering within... Continue Reading →
Stephen Covey’s 8th Habit | Season 6 – Episode 14 | Find Your Voice
“EVERYONE CHOOSES ONE of two roads in life—the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men and women alike. One is the broad, well-traveled road to mediocrity, the other the road to greatness and meaning. The range of possibilities that exists within each of these two destinations is as wide as the diversity... Continue Reading →
Stephen Covey’s 8th Habit | Season 6 – Episode 13 | How to Withstand Cultural Provocations
“Where does a person get such internal strength to swim against the current and to withstand negative cultural provocations, subordinate selfish interests and develop and sustain such vision and determination? They learn of their true nature and gifts. They use them to develop a vision of great things they want to accomplish. With wisdom they... Continue Reading →