What Shape Is Your Box? (part II of II)

Looking Out

  Part I can be read here.   What expectations do your friends and family have that do not match your expectations of and for yourself?  This mismatch of expectations can be a source of frustration for both you and those around you.  Talking about these expectations can really help identify the cause of frustrations. [...]

What Shape Is Your Box? (part I of II)

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We all live in boxes. Boxes that we put ourselves in.  Boxes that we allow those around us to put us in.  Boxes that society puts us in. Employee Housewife Executive Carpenter Nerd Janitor Student Homeless Jock Retiree Each of these descriptions probably generates an image in your mind.  You may relate to one or [...]

Dreams

Dreams. Funny things they are. When we’re young we have no problem coming up with and endless supply of dreams. Astronaut, firefighter, President, soldier, doctor, princess, fairy, sailing around the world, climbing Mt. Everest, Olympic athlete… the list is endless. Then we grow up. The dreams fade away as “reality” buries its dream-sucking claws into [...]

Sometimes the right answer is “No”.

  When it comes to helping people, I have a hard time saying “no”. On the surface, this can seem like a good thing.  I mean who doesn’t like someone that lends a helping hand.  When it comes time to move, how hard is it to find someone that is willing to help?  When I [...]

Be The Better Parent

  If your kids are not acting the way that you would like them to, then you have two choices.  Ignore that fact, protect your fagile little ego and keep heading down the road you are on.  Or, you can stop, accept the fact that you are not perfect and your kid’s behaviour is a [...]

It’s O.K. to Change Your Course

Since we’re all about change here at No Approval Required, when I find a post that resonates with me, it will be shared here. I don’t believe in gurus.  I do not, and will not, have all the answers.  What I know I have learned from others or through my own hard knocks.  I have [...]

Who’s Fault Is It Anyway?!?

When you accept that there is no approval required to live the life that you want, then you have to accept the flip side of that coin which means that there is no one else to blame if you are not living the life you want! If you are not moving forward toward your goals, [...]

What matters most in life?

  One of life’s most personal questions.  What Matters Most?   You are the only person in the entire world that can answer that question for you.   Over 6,775,235,700 people in this world and none of them can answer that question for you! … the worlds one goal: chase what I say you should chase!

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Welcome to No Approval Required! In the coming days, weeks and months we will start our journey to making significant, even radical change in our lives… start identifying what roadblocks are standing in your way and how to get over them, around them, or just blow them the hell up!