Rick Snyder

Sugar Addiction: A substitute for love

08.19.2009

I used to think that I didn’t have any addictions. I never got into cigarettes, and could drink a beer or glass of wine and always felt like I could stop when I wanted to. I had a hard time understanding some of my friends who couldn’t seem to get through the day without a drag of their cigarette, joint, or couldn’t stop watching TV at night. I had judgments about their lack of willpower.

I have realized this past year that I have actually had a sugar addiction for a good part of my life. And because overt addictions such as alcohol, cigarettes, sex, gambling, etc. get most of our attention, all of the subtler and even pro-social addictions stay under our radar. (more…)

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If You Don’t Grow, You Die

04.23.2009

When I was at a training a few months ago, the trainer claimed, “If you don’t grow, you die!” My first thought was, “well, we die anyway.”  My second thought is what struck me:  that if we don’t put our energy and attention on self-growth, then we are slowly killing our selves in stagnant mediocrity that most of us call “life.”

This conversation was in the context of coaching and a client complaining to the coach that they don’t have the finances for working on themselves and moving forward with the goals that they had set forth.  The coach who was our trainer, responded by saying, “What else would you want to spend your money on?” (more…)

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Valentine’s Day! – Just a Hallmark holiday?

02.12.2009

I remember from high school on, that I despised Valentine’s Day. (Most likely because I rarely had a valentine of my own to celebrate with). The other reason was this idea that Hallmark alone was raking in tons of money from an invented holiday. “A day of love,” I used to scoff, as the idea felt ridiculous to me. All of this pressure to take someone out, shower them with material gifts, and buy all of the expected items takes all of the spontaneity out of the holiday. (more…)

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Escape the “Recession Depression”

02.03.2009

Does it seem like everywhere you go, there is morbid news about the economy? There is no doubt that there is a global financial meltdown occurring right now. One just has to listen to any news source for 2 minutes to understand this phenomenon. And on one hand, especially in the US of A, we are forced to look at how we save, invest, and spend out money. (more…)

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Inauguration Day! ~ Authentic Leadership

01.20.2009

What a truly historical moment it was! Never in our history have we seen a black man voted president of the United States of America. Never before had I witnessed and felt a surge of HOPE in the world of politics, direction, leadership, and possibility. (more…)

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