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One Secret of Happiness: Cultivating the “Active Constructive Response”
When we receive news or respond to a comment or compliment, we have a choice of 4 styles of response. Imagine a 4-square grid with…
July 13, 2017Avoiding “Dumsor” Motivation/Energy Levels
Dumsor* (doom-sore) is a Ghanaian phrase used in reference to the frequent power outages and rolling blackouts that are epidemic to the country; it translates loosely…
July 11, 2017How to Access Your Best Self?
We don’t always do as well as we know. The challenges of the day are often many; life gives us pop quizzes at the most…
July 6, 2017Don’t Bury the Lead
“Don’t bury the lead” is an expression that comes from journalism. The “lead” is the first sentence of any communication and it should clearly and…
July 4, 2017Stop Lying… to Yourself
We like to think of ourselves as rational thinkers, coming to objective conclusions about the world around us. Truth be told, study after study has…
June 29, 2017Why I Can’t Be at Peace Now
The mind, the ego, the subconscious often have multiple reasons why peace must be just around the corner (or difficult/impossible because of some past event)…
June 27, 2017What Schadenfreude May Say
Schadenfreude is a German word usually defined as experiencing or taking pleasure in the misfortune of others and is derived from Schaden (“damage, misfortune”) and Freude (“joy”). Studies show that…
June 22, 2017Too Much is Never Enough
Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses because most likely they are chasing the wrong wagon. They won’t be happy when they catch whatever…
June 20, 2017Don’t Let Your Pain Control You
Time heals all wounds… if we do not go back and re-wound ourselves by making the pains of the past the story of our lives,…
June 15, 2017The Time of Your Life
Someday you will run out of somedays… as in someday I will do this or someday I will do that or someday down the road…
June 13, 2017Who Runs Your Life?
Are you really free if you are bound by habits/desires you fail to muster the willpower to shake? Habits are a fixed way of thinking,…
June 6, 2017