John Gray
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The Feedback Loop
“Sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit reap a character, sow a character reap a destiny” Anonymous The Loop Events + data (information) = truth (meaning) + thoughts + emotions + actions = results which produce events: No result (event) can occur without some form of action
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Our Heroic Journey
The age old question “What is the purpose of life?” has been the topic of many a worthy treatise yet many proferred answers go only part of the way in answering it. Some of the usual answers to that question include happiness, love, peace, joy, wisdom, growth and learning. While these may be by-products of the
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Escape From the Planet of FEAR
We are all today afflicted by a very serious and highly contagious mental dis-ease which keeps us imprisoned, isolated and destined to keep making the same mistakes which have resulted in the many faceted crises facing us all today at both a global and interpersonal level. It is a dis-ease which is fostered and nurtured
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Angelina Jolie and the Biology of Belief
Attached is a link to a talk by Dr Bruce Lipton acclaimed bestselling author and biologist. He makes some pertinent observations about how our beliefs can affect us at a cellular level. If we are facing problems in our lives then it is more than likely our closely held beliefs have caused us to experience these
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Being Time Lords
While I am an avid fan of the television series “Dr Who”, I know that time does not exist – only clocks exist. Time is a linear progression of many moments linked together to give the appearance of a homogeneous whole – our lives. We have simply reached a tacit global consensus that we will
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What Are You Tolerating?
This is part of an ongoing series of articles on business and life coaching by Hutt Valley lawyer and coach, John Gray. You can find his first book, “Who’s Following This Conversation?” on amazon.com. We are supposed to be respectful of others’ beliefs, cultural imperatives and psychology but does that mean we have to
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The Designer Gene Debate
Modern world thinking has in the last Century at least been influenced by the predominant belief that our lives are controlled by our DNA. Afterall why wouldn’t we believe this – this is the dogma that we have had drummed into us at school! We have been programmed to believe that our physiology has been so
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A pill for every ill
The focus of health care in modern society is the quick treatment of physiological symptoms regardless of cost and potential harmful side effects to patients. An example would be the dispensing of the anti-inflammatory drug Diclofenac which is liberally prescribed by GPs to alleviate pain generated by swollen muscles and sprains. What you are not
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The Great Dictator
The following is an extract of a speech delivered by the late Charlie Chaplin in his role of the Great Dictator. It is still relevant and probably more so now than when it was first delivered: “I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an Emperor – that’s not my business – I don’t want
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The Age of Wisdom
As we approach the end of 2012 we are reminded about the ending and beginning of cycles. On one level we celebrate the end of another year and get to reflect on the year that has been and what the year ahead of us may bring. On another level we have all, notwithstanding prophetic claims about the end