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Obeying God

Last week I did a series of five posts about our need for deep questions, and things that challenge us. One of them was about how religion can cloud your future. It ignited a fascinating discussion. But one question that arose really intrigued me…

Life is Short

Life is short. So you can choose two different approaches to deal with this...

Why Your Comfort Zone Makes You Miserable

This is the last post in the series about the need for goals that challenge you and pull you towards the greatest possible version of yourself. A fascinating dynamic of human nature is how fiercely people will fight to stay mediocre. They don’t label it as mediocre obviously. They would tell you that they’re simply being conservative, safe or avoiding potential risk. But those motivations are always a recipe for creating mediocrity.

The Challenge Worthy of You

Over the last three posts we’ve been looking at challenge. More specifically why we need it to create prosperity. On a certain level, we all know that. So why do we fight it so much? Some reasons pop to mind:

How Religion Clouds Your Future

This is the third in a series, about how we need to seek challenges, and how those challenges bring meaning and fulfillment to our lives. In the first post we looked at the Unabomber and how he was driven by his belief that the hard goals – the difficult problems the world needed to solve – were already done. The only goals left were the easy ones and the impossible ones, thus no real meaning or fulfillment in life, no reason to continue.

How You See Your Future

Last post we looked at the importance of having a challenge worthy of you. Whether you have one or not is probably determined in great part by your vision of the future. If you have an optimistic vision, you picture good things happening and want to prepare for them. You probably think of your future in productive ways like proper planning, a savings account, and creating a retirement plan.

Seeking Your Challenge

Oh the fine line – the microscopic distinction – between genius and insanity. Readers of my Mad Genius book will know this has been a topic that fascinated me for a long time. Maybe because some people think I’m a genius and other think I’m batshit crazy – and I secretly know that both camps are right. (And more than a few of the people who follow my work could describe themselves the same way.) So how do we navigate through the minefield, staying sane and able to function, but not giving up our belief that breakthrough change, brilliant ideas, and unexplored worlds still can come into being?

The Discipline of Self-Discipline

The problem with self-discipline is that it takes discipline. And the father you go on the path toward enlightenment, the more self-discipline you need. But here’s the really good news about it…

Author: Randy Gage