I remind my students, I remind my wife, I remind myself on a daily basis: Eschew negative self-talk. And, of course, the best way to do that is through the practice of positive self-talk. A favorite paradigm looks like this: A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard [...] Read more »
An excerpt from First Thing Every Morning by Lewis Timberlake.
Turn Your Life Around One Day at a TimeIf you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,400—with no balance carried from day to day—what would you do? Well, you do have such a bank…time.Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it rules off [...] Read more »
It Pays To Be Good To Yourself – Anita Devis
Do you ever stop to think about how important it is that you be good to yourself? The fact is, if you don’t do it, who will? Treating body, mind, and spirit with the greatest of care should be one of your life’s primary objectives. Sure, loving and being there [...] Read more »
“A Bomb Can’t Beat Us”
“A BOMB CAN’T BEAT US.” Just as the Boston Marathon Memorial began at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, I climbed aboard my spinbike, surgical boot firmly in place. I couldn’t stop peddling as I watched this gathering of community and strength. The President quoted from Hebrews 12:1: “Let us [...] Read more »
Eight Keys to a Happier Marriage – Collis Ta’eed of FreelanceSwitch.
Newlyweds are often asked ‘how’s married life?’ As with everything in life, the answer depends on you. For some, marriage is another word for frustration and even misery. For others it is the bedrock of strength and support they build the rest of their lives around.What are the differences that [...] Read more »
The Problem Of Others – Paulo Coelho
There was once a well-known scholar, who lived in a mountain in the Himalayas. Tired of living with men, he had chosen a simple life and spent most of his time meditating.His fame, however, was so great that people were willing to walk narrow paths, climb steep hills, swim rivers [...] Read more »
Are You Saner Than Your Neighbors? Here’s A Poll
The Public Policy Polling folks have a new poll out. Pretty damn scary. And well worth a read. Here’s a excerpt: “5% of respondents believe that Paul McCartney died and was secretly replaced in the Beatles in 1966, and just 4% believe shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking [...] Read more »
New Mexico Chili CookOff
For those of you who have lived in New Mexico, you know how true this is. They actually have a Chili Cook-off about the time Halloween comes around. It takes up a major portion of a parking lot at the Santa Fe Plaza. Judge #3 was an inexperienced Chile taster [...] Read more »
Can You Have Financial AND Personal Success? – PJ McClure
All of the people that I viewed as successful in my early professional years were workaholics. Many of them were also alcoholics or drug addicts and couldn’t keep a relationship together to save their life, but they had money.I grew up in a family that emphasized love and caring for [...] Read more »
Get Rid Of Negative Thoughts – PJ McClure
The most repetitive advice I received when introduced to personal development was to get rid of negative thoughts. All of the self-help literature referred to eliminating negative thinking as a sure fire way to have positive impact.Unfortunately for me, I felt like a total failure when I tried to do [...] Read more »