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What is ceremony? If you look it up you'll be told it is a "ritual observance or procedure." Most cases refer to weddings, and that's good because that's the example I used in the podcast. Why do I want more in my life? You want more if you're trying to make a habit...

Most people think of self care and self love as the same thing. It's all about you, being nice to you, doing nice things for you. Right? And it has a bit of stigma attached to it to easily make the average person (especially males) feel, well, just selfish about the...

The mind’s ability to recall negative experiences is so easy, and the opposite is a struggle, why?

Three Voices If you've read Three Voices then you know we all have three voices that we all use to communicate with ourselves and others. As a refresher and for those who have not read the book, our first voice is our speaking voice, our second is also regarded as our...

What’s wrong with me? / Intro to this thing My unspoken perception (my first voice*) is as follows.  I am not saying this is correct, and in most of this it certainly is not, but here it is.   There’s this thing.  People who have overcome this have...

Review of our most helpful episodes. From Interviews to a unique take on word meanings, to turning negatives to positives (and maybe vice versa) you don't want to miss this. The Complete AFL Episode Guide: A Catalog of All Our Episodes Welcome to The Complete Alchemy...

Shorting yourself on time-based skills You've heard this before right? That as you get better and better at something, you can do it more efficiently. So your skill is just as good as your competitor but you do it faster. great! Except that you charge hourly. So now...

Measuring We recently talked about measuring, and now we're talking about NOT doing it. Programs running We have many programs running. We are always tasting, listening, looking, sampling... and measuring. Did you stop measuring? "Hi, I'm Mr. Scale! I'm going to...

Progress If you're not measuring progress, how do you know how well you are doing in the pursuit of a goal? Don't you have milestones and stuff like that? The Alchemy for Life system has a huge amount of tracking, and milestones, and even an icon for setbacks, so why...

Here's something you don't hear - thoughts do not equal reality. In an odd way this is a discussion (of the reverse kind) of mindfulness. Fight of flight Our fight or flight mechanism was designed and evolved to deal with something happening right now. It was designed...

Three Voices Did you know you have three voices? Do you know that one can always be used to override another? Do you know that one of the voices is also a sounding board that can not only help you (preparing for a speech, reviewing a discussion), but also can torment...

Labels We all use labels because that's the base of all languages - complex concepts, descriptions, procedures all contained in a smaller form. Imagine if you had to describe a house every time you wanted to talk about houses. Exhausting. And you'd get dumber. So we...

Ambition It's a good thing, right? Have you ever done something, shown something or demonstrated something and had someone say "Well, that's ambitions?" Has a tiny bit of something negative behind that, doesn't it? Have you ever started a project only to decide...

How long is your day? Ingrained in the society I live in is the eight hour work day. However, to get ahead, to be salaried, to be a manager, a mover and shaker or someone who is launching businesses or being an entrepreneur it's expected that you work 10, 12, 16 or...

Think outside the box (group) We all know that thinking outside of the box has its benefits. Usually this thinking happens with someone who has a different perspective than others. And that, ironically, is what this podcast is about. Groups are great, until they're...

Liminal spaces A liminal space is the between space (usually in the physical world). It doesn't 'feel right.' It's a threshold between two states. The transitory nature usually causes you to feel a little creeped out. Ever done a house tour in which a lot of the...

What are your offers? Let's talk about your offers. By offers I don't just mean your business offerings, I literally mean things you have offered to others—whether it's helping someone to move if they need it in the future, lending your truck, working with someone,...

What's the speed of your reality? That's a trick question, and it sounds a little ooga-booga doesn't it. It is, and it's not. A watched pot never boils You've heard both a watched "pot never boils" and "time flies when you're having fun," right? Though the former is...

Motivation. People talk about motivation so much it's annoying. Coaches and speakers talk about it all. the. time. You don't need another source do you? But here's a different take... Two parts to motivation The actual hype that gives you energy. This is stuff like...