Comments for Stever Robbins, Personal and Business Mentor http://www.steverrobbins.com Creating Extraordinary Lives Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Be present: Put down your #@*($& phone! by Josh Bulloc http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2011/11/be-present-put-down-your-phone/#comment-41316 Josh Bulloc Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:35:34 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=15906#comment-41316 Stever, I think people use the cellphone as a way around empowering the people around them, be it their children or employees. Stever,
I think people use the cellphone as a way around empowering the people around them, be it their children or employees.

]]> Comment on “I could never do that…” by Jill http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/02/i-could-never-do-that/#comment-41311 Jill Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17616#comment-41311 Great post. Now my daughter's leaving home to go to University in September I feel my life can start again. I'm balancing between what seems possible and what seems too big a dream. Thanks for this post. It's timely and eloquent. Great post. Now my daughter’s leaving home to go to University in September I feel my life can start again. I’m balancing between what seems possible and what seems too big a dream. Thanks for this post. It’s timely and eloquent.

]]> Comment on “I could never do that…” by Ignacio Inchausti http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/02/i-could-never-do-that/#comment-41306 Ignacio Inchausti Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:18:34 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17616#comment-41306 Yes, Yes, Yes...YES! The self-imposed notion that makes a person think that he/she cannot do/achieve something condemns one to the past and robs one of any future which might bring new freedoms, perspectives and horizons. In short, this thinking prevents progress and development. In the words of Susan Jeffers: "Feel the fear and do it anyway." Feel is in the mind, and emoto; and whilst emotions are powerful, valid and should be acknowledged, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)". Thanks you Stever, for sharing your insights and inspiratinal breakthroughs. Yes, Yes, Yes…YES! The self-imposed notion that makes a person think that he/she cannot do/achieve something condemns one to the past and robs one of any future which might bring new freedoms, perspectives and horizons. In short, this thinking prevents progress and development. In the words of Susan Jeffers: “Feel the fear and do it anyway.” Feel is in the mind, and emoto; and whilst emotions are powerful, valid and should be acknowledged, “we have nothing to fear but fear itself (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)”.

Thanks you Stever, for sharing your insights and inspiratinal breakthroughs.

]]> Comment on “I could never do that…” by Janus Daniels http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/02/i-could-never-do-that/#comment-41296 Janus Daniels Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:45:07 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17616#comment-41296 I loved reading, "If I truly couldn’t do it, I’d fail, and I’d have the perfect excuse: no reasonable person would have expected me to succeed. And if I could..." And, I salute you since "... all progress depends on the unreasonable man." http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3840 I loved reading, “If I truly couldn’t do it, I’d fail, and I’d have the perfect excuse: no reasonable person would have expected me to succeed. And if I could…”

And, I salute you since “… all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/3840

]]> Comment on “I could never do that…” by Joshua Sznaider http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/02/i-could-never-do-that/#comment-41291 Joshua Sznaider Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:55:50 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17616#comment-41291 Good post. If u got a kick outta seeing a 1-man-musical, check out this "one-man-band," Cronkite Satellite - http://bit.ly/yH8v8C Good post. If u got a kick outta seeing a 1-man-musical, check out this “one-man-band,” Cronkite Satellite – http://bit.ly/yH8v8C

]]> Comment on “I could never do that…” by Jacqueline Rosen http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/02/i-could-never-do-that/#comment-41286 Jacqueline Rosen Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:32 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17616#comment-41286 That's a great insight! FEAR DOESN'T MATTER. By the same token, perhaps any emotional reaction doesn't matter. Whether we seem to be motivated by intense emotional drive or paralyzed by fear, in some pragmatic sense, it doesn't matter. Of course, we've heard this from Buddhist sages and puritanical taskmasters. Yet here we are, in a moment of great freedom. We each need to find our own way. From the inside out, we need and want our emotional landscape & it certainly appears efficient and perhaps more pleasurable to line up our emotions with our activities, but it may not be necessary or even relevant! That's a relief. So many advocate balance. Health seems to respond to balance, but art and perhaps achievement are about imbalance. We feel what we feel; we do what we do. The fine-tuning is to do what we truly want to do, because we have the freedom to make it real. Why not aim high? I may get there and I will still be feeling all my emotions. Boffo! That’s a great insight! FEAR DOESN’T MATTER. By the same token, perhaps any emotional reaction doesn’t matter. Whether we seem to be motivated by intense emotional drive or paralyzed by fear, in some pragmatic sense, it doesn’t matter. Of course, we’ve heard this from Buddhist sages and puritanical taskmasters. Yet here we are, in a moment of great freedom. We each need to find our own way. From the inside out, we need and want our emotional landscape & it certainly appears efficient and perhaps more pleasurable to line up our emotions with our activities, but it may not be necessary or even relevant! That’s a relief. So many advocate balance. Health seems to respond to balance, but art and perhaps achievement are about imbalance. We feel what we feel; we do what we do. The fine-tuning is to do what we truly want to do, because we have the freedom to make it real. Why not aim high? I may get there and I will still be feeling all my emotions. Boffo!

]]> Comment on Keep the Big Picture When Making Life Choices by Deb http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/01/keep-the-big-picture-when-making-life-choices/#comment-41281 Deb Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:46:23 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17536#comment-41281 Very illuminating concept. The value of recoginising the wider picture is gaining ground in the business context by way of sustainability reporting. Ironically, while the wider picture was always a part of social planning in an invisible way, the current narrower focus on 'profitability' of social infrastructure seems to be 'missing the woods for the trees'. On the other hand, one of the challenges at the individual level may be: how to gain traction/buy in for the idea from other concerned 'stakeholders' e.g. family & community. Very illuminating concept. The value of recoginising the wider picture is gaining ground in the business context by way of sustainability reporting. Ironically, while the wider picture was always a part of social planning in an invisible way, the current narrower focus on ‘profitability’ of social infrastructure seems to be ‘missing the woods for the trees’. On the other hand, one of the challenges at the individual level may be: how to gain traction/buy in for the idea from other concerned ‘stakeholders’ e.g. family & community.

]]> Comment on Learning to learn: How to get better at what you do by Janet http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/01/learning-to-learn-how-to-get-better-at-what-you-do/#comment-41266 Janet Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:53:42 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17186#comment-41266 Thanks for the pointer to "Talent is Overrated". I've been keeping up with French, but not making progress. Now I know why. Learning zone, here I come. Thanks for the pointer to “Talent is Overrated”. I’ve been keeping up with French, but not making progress. Now I know why. Learning zone, here I come.

]]> Comment on Fear + Excitement: A Powerful Combination by June Tanenblatt http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/01/fear-excitement-a-powerful-combination/#comment-41261 June Tanenblatt Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:47:44 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17446#comment-41261 Whoops, forgot the smiley : ) Whoops, forgot the smiley : )

]]> Comment on Fear + Excitement: A Powerful Combination by June Tanenblatt http://www.steverrobbins.com/blog/2012/01/fear-excitement-a-powerful-combination/#comment-41256 June Tanenblatt Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:45:51 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/?p=17446#comment-41256 I have just one question. In a one-man show, who are you harmonizing with? I have just one question. In a one-man show, who are you harmonizing with?

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