Don Ross
M.A., M.F.T., Certified Money Coach, Certified Achievement Motivation Process Counselor
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Don is the Director of Torch Bearer Coaching in Santa Rosa CA, where he supports conscious entrepreneurs & career changers to make the fullest use of their gifts; to offer the greatest service; and to enjoy outrageous rewards. Don is trained career coach and licensed therapist, since 1978, and also has 10 years experience as a high-tech recruiter--with a client list that includes Apple Computer, Oracle, and Intel. In addition, Don is the Director of the Conscious Business Network in Santa Rosa, CA, providing opportunities for conscious, heart-centered professionals in Sonoma County to support, educate, collaborate and refer business to one another.
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What's the Crisis?
The subtitle of the book "Reset," by Kurt Anderson and Tom Brokaw is: "How this Crisis Can Restore our Values and Renew America." I agree with this view. So what is "this crisis"? Is it simply an economic recession, calling for increased frugality and hard work? Or is it something more fundamental: an opportunity to redefine our most basic assumptions about who we are--and about life itself? THE OPPORTUNITY If crisis is, as the root characters in the Chinese language suggest, a "danger" and an "opportunity," then the opportunity here is to reclaim our most basic freedom.
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SIX STEPS TO YOUR PERFECT JOB (…or Career)
The right job unleashes one's highest potentiaL--bringing out and fully using one's best talents, abilities, and personal attributes. The wrong job stifles those qualities--draining passion and vitality. The right job is a joy--enabling us to contribute to others in a way that provides a sense of purpose and meaning--and an exceptional vehicle for personal growth. The wrong job is a drudge--wearing away one's hopes and dreams with mind-numbing and seemingly pointless busy-work.
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RULES OF THE DATING GAME
THE RULES OF THE DATING GAME By Don Ross, MA, MFT* GAME: "a competitive activity involving skill, chance, and endurance on the part of two or more people who play according to rules." (Random House Dictionary) RULE #1: HOW WELL YOU ENJOY THIS GAME = HOW WELL YOU MASTER THE RULES. It is up to you to learn the rules. Ignorance of the rules will not protect you from the consequences of breaking them. RULE #2: HOW WELL YOU ENJOY THIS GAME IS BASED ON THE PURPOSE YOU GIVE IT.r
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IS YOUR MARRIAGE IN TROUBLE?
Is Your Marriage in Trouble? The Seven Deadly Signs…. by Don Ross, MFT 1. DEADLY SILENCE. Here is the #1 cause of divorce, according to research. Perhaps the most dangerous of all the signs because it can seem so harmless: you have simply stopped talking about problems. Your goal, consciously or unconsciously, has become to avoid conflict at all costs. The problem with this strategy is that it drains all the life out of a marriage--often leading to a couple becoming more like housemates than life partners. When *was* the last time you made love? 2. UPROAR.
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