Whether fear is real or imagined, fear processes through our mind and body in the same way. Fear is "a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid." It doesn't matter if we have a damn good reason to be afraid, [...]
Imagine, for a moment, people at the end of life. What might be on their minds? A recollection of all the cool presents they've received over the years? Perhaps material things they still want? I'm thinking ... not! They are more likely to be remembering those sacred gifts of presence they've been so fortunate to receive - and the [...]
Thanksgiving as an American Holiday has been around for almost 400 years now. Until recently, it's been held as a nondenominational day of gratitude. Most recently commercialism has co-opted the holiday into a day of mass consumerism - Black Friday Eve, so to speak; so now we can be thankful for all the stuff we can buy on sale. Hopefully, [...]
This is an audio playback of an interview on ExitCoachRadio.com! Bill Black (founder of the Exit Coach Radio show) interviews Barry Moniak for the 2nd time. This interview focuses on the creation of a synergistic culture within an organization and why it is so beneficial. What is a synergistic culture? What is interdependence? Why do we resist interdependence? (Recorded in August of 2015) To [...]
Things are just what they are, not what we think they are, regardless of the brilliance of our point of view or strength of our belief system. Take gravity, for example; it acts on each of us exactly the same, irrespective of what we think or feel about it. Being the intellectual creatures that we are, we love to persuade [...]
This is an audio playback of Bill Black, founder of the Exit Coach Radio show, interviewing Barry Moniak in May of 2015. Bill asks a number of questions during the interview as to the concept of beginning with the end in mind, the name of Barry’s company, and the guiding philosophy for his speaking and consulting business. To access the audio [...]
It used to be all about the zeros. Yesterday, the more zeros you had in your bank account, the more you were deemed successful. Today, our perspective is shifting. Money is still important. There is more to the equation, however. Personal well-being, quality relations, professional experiences, contribution to the greater good - these are increasingly more significant than financial [...]
