Author Archive | Bruce Van Horn

My teenage son has grown several inches in the last year and is experiencing growing pains. This is a natural part of the growth process. As adults, we experience difficult situations and talk about the “pains” we feel from changes in relationships, sudden illnesses, etc. We tend to see these as “bad” experiences. Many of […]

Many life and business coaches are teaching you to succeed through hustle, grind, strong desire, and a “get out there and crush through your fears” mindset. This may work for a short time, but that success won’t last because it was acquired through competition and force. I don’t see that expressed in nature. The real […]

Overwhelm is a feeling of being buried by a massive weight. This feeling is epidemic throughout our society. The persistent state of overwhelm impacts our personal and professional lives, our relationships, our health, and our culture in general.  It’s easy to point the finger at others as the source of our overwhelm, but it’s not […]

Relative to the rest of your body, a little toe is insignificant, right? Wrong! If you injure that little toe, your entire body feels it and your personality is changed because of it. When your personality–the energy with which you show up in the world–is changed by that injury, it changes how you interact with […]

I received a message from a listener who has made great progress in getting cleaned up and sober from a drug and alcohol addiction that caused him to lose his family. He said he’s been able to make great progress because he believes, by doing so, his wife and kids will take him back. However, […]

Genius is not something people become; it is not a certain score on an IQ test, nor is it something that only some people have. Genius is what you are. You are Genius. The word “genius” is a Latin word that means “attendant spirit present from one’s birth, innate ability or inclination, the prevalent character […]

There are many books about money, personal finance, and retirement, but most of them are complicated or not very practical. My friend, Darryl Lyons, CEO of PAX Financial Group, has written what, for me, is the perfect book about money, titled “18 to 80: A Simple and Practical Guide to Money and Retirement for All […]

When putting together a jigsaw puzzle, you know that the piece you are holding in your hand is part of a full picture and that, somewhere in the box, there is another piece that fits perfectly with it. You can playfully pickup pieces to see if they match, and you start to see the full […]

Scott Anthony Barlow, host of the “Happen to Your Career” podcast, is the guru for helping you find your perfect career. In this episode, we talk about how to learn what’s most valuable for the world, most enjoyable for you, and how to leverage your “Signature Strengths” to create job offers. We also talk about his […]

Many business coaches and “motivational” speakers are telling you “go out out and make mistakes,” and “don’t be afraid to fail.” This teaching isn’t helpful because it focuses on the mistakes and failure, rather than on success, which is what you want. We get more of what we focus on. The teaching, if it must […]