Carolina Perez Sanz
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#415 – How could you let this happen?
You put all the guardrails in place and yet, the worst-case scenario comes to pass. You…
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#414 – How can you be present when fear and pain sicken you?
When fear and pain are so heavy that you can hardly breathe, it’s easy to do…
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#413 – How far will you go when you follow what’s most alive in you?
The best-laid plan in the world won’t get you anywhere if it leaves you “meh!” Yesterday,…
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#412 – What if the obstacles are the point?
Running in the Miami summer in the afternoon sounds like buying a lottery ticket for a…
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#411 – What is your Ego looking for in certainty?
If only you knew what was going to happen, you’d get a chance to prepare, your…
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#410 – How do you keep your peace when the future looks bleak?
The thing you wanted is finally here and you get to see the bleakness of what’s…
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#409 – How gratitude kept my Ghost of Need to Prove quiet
Do I need to prove I didn’t lie? Yesterday, I sat in a courtroom for the…
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#408 — How does gratitude keep you in the present?
When there’s nothing to hope, staying grateful is the only option. Last night, even though I’d…
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#407 – What will you do when you stop hoping?
A better question might be, “how will you handle not hoping?” When you hope, you’re rejecting…
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#406 – How is “hope in the future” keeping you trapped?
I can hope that what I want will materialize. Or I can relax in the moment-by-moment…
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#405 – Do you want true freedom? Stop working for your Ego
You know how the Mafia works: “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse,” etc. That’s…
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#404 – What are you looking for in “being realistic?”
Uncertainty is difficult to handle. The markets go haywire, supply-chain managers freak out, baseball coaches lose…
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#403 – What draws your Ego to authoritarianism?
Your Ego (and mine) love control, certainty, and superiority. Having those things means it owns the…
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#402 – How do you grow when you dare to be disliked?
Standing bold in a sea of rejection telegraphs: I don’t care. Your Ego and the Ghosts…
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#401 – What do you gain when you prepare for the worst-case scenario?
If you’re the Head of Crisis Prevention at an amusement park, preparing for all the worst-case…
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#400 – How do you find your way in chaos?
If your life can (and probably will) be influenced by a butterfly flapping its wings somewhere,…
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#399 – How else do your Ego & Ghosts block your learning?
Say you’re trying to learn Arabic. When do you think you learn most: reciting declensions in…
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#398 – What do you wish others that you wouldn’t want for yourself?
How many times have you wished someone experienced something you wouldn’t, in a million years, want…
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#397 – How do you expand when you go from forgiveness to gratitude?
If thanking your “enemies” sounds radical, it’s because it is. It’s the ultimate shift in perspective:…
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#396 – How is your “just in case” attitude ruining your potential?
In the present, the future is unknown. That drives your Ego and the Ghosts nuts: if…
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#395 – What do you gain when you forget what you know?
How much does your knowledge weigh you down, when what you have in front of you…
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#394 – Who are you without your Ego (and the Ghosts)?
You. Your true nature. Spontaneous, powerful, honest. Your Ego is you trapped in the past. And…
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#393 – What attracts you from the other side of “I quit?”
To the exhausted (or afraid) mind, “I quit” can be like a Caribbean island with all-day…
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#392 – How do shame and guilt contribute to your prosperity?
They don’t––obvi. If they did, we’d all be swimming in gold coins. So, why do we…
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#391 – How long can you keep it up before you burn out?
Your planning self, fueled by the Ghost of Exertion-to-Exhaustion (GoEtE), will say, “forever.” It believes in…
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#390 – What pushes you under the weather?
When you’re on the verge of a big leap, fear may strike back, in a last…
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#389 – How can you prevent being derailed by turmoil?
Just don’t cause it. My father was always wary of stability. When things were going well,…
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#388 – How much richer could you be if you put time in perspective?
“Time is money” is stressful. But the reason you think it’s true is that you’re stressed…
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#387 – What makes you give up on your ideas?
You have a brilliant idea to make something that’ll change your life. You tell all your…
Carolina Perez Sanz 