During seasons of high stress related to faith, family, or field of endeavor, people are tempted to jettison the source of their discomfort. Unfortunately, dramatic (and often irreversible) release of the tension tends to result in personal and

Journal Now! (episode 18)

Apr 2nd, 2020 9m 25s

Keeping a journal can be a powerful tool for self-awareness. Gaining clarity on personal vision--and impediments to that vision--can be the difference between staying stuck or getting to the next level.

Four Gifts In Odd Wrappings (episode 17)

Mar 28th, 2020 8m 33s

The coronavirus has dramatically affected the entire world. Government proclamations to "stay at home" have changed familiar patterns. While most of us are somewhat off balance, there is a silver lining. There are four gifts to be found in thes

Three Paths to Poverty (episode 16)

Mar 25th, 2020 10m 9s

Success demands doing the right things. It also requires avoidance of the wrong things! Three sure ways to ensure failure are unwise financial entanglements, lack of industry, and being a troublemaker. Theses three will keep you broke--and eve

Networking (episode 15)

Mar 21st, 2020 9m 2s

Nobody succeeds alone. Establishing and sustaining functional networks is vital to success. This episode unpacks how networks are formed, what networks should deliver, and how to make a good network great.

Conflict Resolution (episode 14)

Mar 19th, 2020 8m 44s

Selecting the appropriate conflict resolution strategy, while using the appropriate voice, is a prerequisite for next-level living. Much pain, alienation, and loss can be avoided by internalizing the lessons contained in this episode.

The Three Laws of Performance (episode 13)

Mar 14th, 2020 7m 40s

Managing personal thinking alone is not enough to get to the next level. Next-level living requires partners! One must think well AND network with others who are doing the same. The Three Laws of Performance give insight on how to do exactly th

The Four Scenarios (episode 12)

Mar 7th, 2020 7m 13s

Four different lenses or worldviews dramatically affect quality of life. Only one, however, does so in a positive way. Putting all four options on the table makes for an easy assessment--and an easier choice. Embrace the fourth scenario!

Working the Affirmation Process Backwards (episode 11)

Mar 7th, 2020 11m 1s

Many people are frustrated, in their quest to achieve personal success, due to deep-seated thinking patterns. These patterns lurk below the surface in the subconscious mind—just waiting to torpedo efforts to attain new outcomes. Working the aff

The Affirmation Process (episode 10)

Feb 24th, 2020 9m 52s

Self-talk is the most important component of the input network. Careful management of self-talk through personal, positive, present tense affirmations activates the creative subconscious to move toward desired goals. The result is like having a

Thinking in Three Dimensions (episode 9)

Feb 19th, 2020 8m 9s

Managing thought processes in support of high performance demands intentionality in all three dimensions of human thinking: words, pictures, and emotions.

The Input Network and Limbic Gatekeeper (episode 8)

Feb 19th, 2020 7m 51s

What goes up must come down--and what goes in must come out. In this episode, Tom revisits the input network and limbic gatekeeper to conclude the discussion on aspects of the mind. Root, bud, blossom, and fruit--it's the way of things!

The Pain Pleasure Continuum (episode 7)

Feb 17th, 2020 7m 5s

Everyone feels pain, and without exception, everyone prefers pleasure! The key question of life is how to get there. How do we move from discomfort to joy, from distress to happiness? We can take a short-cut to our destination through self-medi

The Subconscious Mind (episode 6)

Feb 12th, 2020 7m 6s

The subconscious mind, home to habits, attitudes, and personal versions of the truth, is the executor of our earthly estate. In other words, what we allow into our subconscious determines our inheritance.

Faith and The Conscious Mind (episode 5)

Feb 12th, 2020 10m 46s

In the book of Romans, chapter 7, verse 19, the Apostle Paul lamented, "The evil I don't want to do--is what I do do!" Thomas A. Wilson, author of Authentic Man School, calls this the do-do passage. And it describes exactly how Wilson felt as h

Aspects of the Mind (episode 4)

Feb 10th, 2020 10m 51s

Thinking drives behavior. Your system is perfectly designed to give you the results you're now getting. To get what you've never had, you have to do what you've never done. You have to change your system. This episode lays the foundation on how

The Three Kinds of People When It Comes to Receiving Feedback (episode 3)

Feb 7th, 2020 11m 5s

Being teachable is the single most important ingredient necessary for next-level living. But some aren't teachable right now, and some never will be. Telling the difference in others--and self--means the difference between progress and stagnati

Characteristics of Underliving People (episode 2)

Feb 7th, 2020 7m 52s

Underliving people leave a trail of trauma--a debris-field of failure and frustration. Recognizing the characteristics of underliving in others, and ourselves, enables a redemptive response.And the sooner, the better!

The 4 F's (episode 1)

Feb 7th, 2020 6m 24s

Evolutionary biologists and theologians in the Abrahamic traditions agree, albeit reluctantly, that humans are hardwired toward four things. The limbic gatekeeper (hypothalamus or heart, depending on perspective) wants to fight, feed, flee, and

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