When I think of the word "exalt", my mind immediately goes to those ancient Aramaic words that open the Kaddish - May His great name be exalted and sanctified. For many people, the Kaddish, a prayer of thanksgiving and exaltation, is inextricably bound with the sadness of death and loss, because it is recited by … Continue reading #blogExodus 2: Exalt
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#BlogExodus 1: Launch
Happy Nisan! Today is just two weeks before Passover, and Rabbi Phyllis Sommer is launching #BlogExodus again! I'm so excited. This morning, I had the privilege and pleasure of reading from the Torah to a minyan, an assembled quorum of people, who had come together at 7:15 am for that purpose. I read them the … Continue reading #BlogExodus 1: Launch
Discovering My Mission
If you follow me on FaceBook, you've seen the saga I went through a few weeks ago - it took me about 24 hours longer to get from Winnipeg to San Antonio, TX, than intended. Blizzards, maintenance issues and everything the Universe could throw at me conspired to keep me from getting there on Thursday … Continue reading Discovering My Mission
#BlogElul 10: Count
This blog post was supposed to have gone out yesterday, on the 10th day of Elul. But it's OK, nobody is perfect, especially me. I am determined to make it count anyway! Making things count is a matter of choice - if we are playing mind games with ourselves late at night, we might tell … Continue reading #BlogElul 10: Count
#BlogElul 9: Observe
"You see, but you do not observe." Such a famous quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. What does that mean for someone who is trying to grow themselves? In the original story, Holmes is chastising Watson for being unable to remember how many steps there are in a flight of stairs he … Continue reading #BlogElul 9: Observe
#BlogElul 8: Hear
I love listening to podcasts, and just recently I heard a great one by Jeffery Combs, on becoming a master listener. What is a master listener? According to Jeffery, it is someone who can hear what is meant rather than what is said, someone who is fully present when the other person is speaking. I … Continue reading #BlogElul 8: Hear
#BlogElul 7: Choose
The abundance of choice is both the blessing and the curse of the self-employed life. When we are employees, we dream of being the masters of our own time; when we are answerable to no one but ourselves, we realise how hard that really is. As the great Jim Rohn said, what is easy to … Continue reading #BlogElul 7: Choose
#BlogElul 6: Believe
Belief is one of the biggest issues an entrepreneur struggles with, and especially a network marketer. You have to believe in your product, in your leadership, in the industry as a whole, and in yourself. That can be a pretty tall order. If you aren't passionate about your product, if you don't trust your leaders, … Continue reading #BlogElul 6: Believe
#BlogElul 5: Accept
Accept - now that is a hard one. We don't want to accept things. We want to be the masters of our fate, we want to have the illusion of control. The truth of the matter is, we have much less control than we think we do. We live in our little bubble, driving around … Continue reading #BlogElul 5: Accept
#BlogElul 4: Understand
Understanding is the Holy Grail for us personal development junkies. We might call it wisdom or enlightenment or whatever, but in the end, what we really want is to create a human pattern that makes sense to us. Understanding doesn't come out of nowhere - first we have to acquire some knowledge, or at least … Continue reading #BlogElul 4: Understand