The A To Z I Beheld I beheld the sky and its wonders and saw Astonishment I beheld the earth and its flowers and saw Beauty I beheld the animals and beasts of the air, land and water and saw the hand of the Creator I b...
Breaking Even ... When is Enough, Enough? This Article is About: Hotel Room I had the most interesting discussion today with a friend of mine. He and I were chatting about the economy, his job, families, and life in general. The one point that he kept raising was that of hi...
Examination Strategies 1) Prepare a realistic time-table for your study preparation. Take into account that you may still have to go back for remedials and tests. 2) Look at you examination time-table. Are there days that ...
The Family This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service Direct Answers - Column for the week of January 19, 2004 I grew up in a very abusive family. Physical, mental, and emotional abuse were the norm. My father was the most abusive, but my mother echoe...
Adversity to Victory The following is a true story about a young friend who lives in St. Louis... Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his brain were not joined normally with each other. The righ...
How I Get Joy as a Value This Article is About: Business Coach, Business Coaching *In the last couple of months, I have been fortunate to be able to share the troubles of others. Why fortunate? I believe that the ability to be very close to the pain and fears of others has allowed...
Three Inspirations for Happiness The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness. 1. FORGIVING FOR HAPPINESS We like to think we are better th...
Unguided Men This Article is About: The Capital Humanity - the sole endeavor of sanctity in every man, the moribund symphony serenading in all perceptions, the extinct deference suggestive of life—humanity. Something already sold to that trait of ...
Simplifying Simple This Article is About: E Business, G Love I have a 440-page guide on how to simplify my life, but I haven't found the time to read it. Like you perhaps, my once-quiet world now clatters with the joy of a large family. Amid the din, I've had...
A Bad Hairdresser Day This Article is About: Real Estate, Losing Hair, Receding Hairline "Hey everybody!" Hairdresser Lady called out. "It's The Happy Guy." "Don't try buttering me up, Hairdresser Lady," I warned. "It's not going to work." "What's not going to work?" she demanded. "You...
Constructive Tips About Retrenchment This article provides constructive tips about facing retrenchment and moving on with new career opportunities. 1) Don’t take it personally. Your retrenchment should not lower your self-esteem. You h...
Resolutions? Try this! This Article is About: Losing Weight, Business Coach, Business Coaching Several articles and newsletters with the message that New Year’s resolutions are a worthless exercise and a poorly disguised setup for failure have passed across my desk this last week, and the year...
Conspiracy of Silence This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service Direct Answers - Column for the week of January 12, 2004 I'm hoping you can help me with a moral problem that crops up every now and then in my personal and professional life. Sometimes I find mysel...
The S.W.P.D. Recipe for Success A wonderful quote by author and scholar William A. Ward relates a time-tested recipe for success. Think of it as the S.W.P.D. success recipe. This simple and powerful formula has brought success to m...
Top Ten Ways to Achieve Your Goals 1) Write them down! Statistics show people who write down their goals have over an 80% higher success rate of achieving them. Start a Goals journal. Make sure they are SMART goals- specific, measura...
Going Seamless: Dissolving the Brain Divide Are you a right-brainer or a left-brainer? The greatest thinkers are at a loss when it comes to answering that question. Just as we admire athletes who are able to hit a tennis ball or throw a ja...
Five Surprisingly Hip Politicial Ideas From Plato Don't you love politics? Me, neither. But I do like thinking about politics. And wouldn't you know it? Just when you think you've come up with a dazzling opinion, you find out someone else had ...
Becoming Excellent: Outsmarting Racism Thinkers know better than to be racist. It's generally understood that racists are, well, not thinkers. It's not that racists are necessarily stupid--it's that they are ignorant. We like to think th...
Overcoming Seductive Sadness Unhappy moods can be like comfortable sweaters, those old ones: familiar, worn and with the right kind of smell. When we're in a sad place, or actually with any dissatisfied feelings, we want that c...
Stay Inspired Two years ago I was in a wheelchair and told I would be paralyzed for life. Today I can jog on a treadmill. How did this happen? Well, I can’t tell you how it happened exactly. My recovery trul...
The Rate of Change This Article is About: Health Care Services, Health Care, Health Care Service There have been many discussions and grumblings in the Western world about the ever increasing pace of change and the ability of the brain to accept it. The Internet (something uninteresting that the...
Free Will To The Rescue Today's society and your private world are the results of free will. We have arrived here today through intention, ignorance or abuse. Some people understand and use free will daily. Some people comp...
Give Your Attitude A Little Altitude Need a way to make your life a better place to live? Life is our perception of what it is, not necessarily the reality of what it is. Let's see if I can explain that. Life can sometimes be great, and...
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