a blog by John P. Schuster
There is a song for our times. There is a singer/composer for our hearts. The song is Standing Still and the artist who wrote it is the insightful, deep, and light-hearted Greg Tamblyn. (www.gregtamblyn.com). (I was wrong about this, not about Greg, whose work I admire, but about the fact that his friend, Mike Mahaffey from Nashville, wrote this song and Greg recorded it.) As I have travelled on the book tour, now in week[…]
Read moreOur anger doesn’t leave; it shifts around. Lots of people are proud of their brand of anger these days. We’re mad at the government for fighting the wrong war, then bail outs, then health care. We’re mad at Goldman because they work all sides of the deal so they can’t lose. Then it’s BP’s turn as they foul the Gulf. Now its Congress for not balancing a budget that we ran up with lots of[…]
Read moreI promoted my book last week, on April 13th, with a viral email blast. It was so cool to see the Amazon ranking for The Power of Your Past: the art of recalling, reclaiming and recasting climb all day. I past 156,000 other books and got into the top .05 % of all the titles Amazon carries. Wow! Perhaps 100,000 or more people read about the book. It was a lot more than cool of[…]
Read moreIn celebration of the official release of The Power of Your Past, John Schuster will be leading a complimentary teleseminar Thursday evening, April 21st at 5:30 p.m. Pacific (8:30 PM Eastern). Learn more about the book and register for this thought-provoking and inspiring conversation. View a short interview with John talking about writing The Power of Your Past: Read an excerpt from The Power of Your Past. Find upcoming author events.
Read moreWe have all had the experience of experiencing an event, one that was not planned, that just happened, and when you look back on it, that experience was the beginning event of a big learning process for you. You turned a corner on your reality, starting with that event, and you have never been the same. What are a few of your fortuitous encounters? What lesson and life saga did they begin for you, now that you[…]
Read moreDo you have a favorite food from your childhood? What memories are connected to it? One of mine is a Hostess Twinkie® in my grade school lunch, which meant mom was giving me a rare treat (a good thing, since it has negative food value). Another is homemade tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for Friday night dinners. This meal is charged with happy thoughts of the family being together. And it is loaded with[…]
Read morePart of long-term love is being present to others’ lives. We participate directly in our partners’ and grandkids’ and clients’ lives to some degree, but more than anything, our most important role may be to act as a witness to them. We observe from close up with high intention and care. When we witness, we consciously reflect back the energy that they send forth in the many moments life entails: moments of effort, insight, triumph[…]
Read moreWe all have the message that we’d better utilize our gifts and strengths well, and build our work and lives around those original parts of us that constitute our gifts. Thank you Gallup and Marcus B. There is an annoying paradox here though, one that the sunny-sider strength-finders are missing: There is beauty and growth, lots of it, in your weaknesses.
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