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Mental Trash: Are You Willing to Clean House?
Every week, the trash man comes by and hauls off unwanted stuff; broken stuff, stuff no longer useful. Wouldn’t it be terrific if we had…
January 15, 2015
Mind Tricks
“To survive 14 NFL seasons, play in 201 games, catch 936 passes and gain 13,781 receiving yards, a man must possess… something. A secret, a…
January 13, 2015
Five More Things Happy People Do
1. Set Goals The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. People have an innate need to do something meaningful with their life; to…
January 1, 2015
Five Things Happy People Do More Than Others
1. Live an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’ Appreciating the many small moments of life, saying ‘thank-you’ on every possible occasion, acknowledging the people in our life and…
December 25, 2014
Self as Instrument II
It is very difficult to observe anything and not impact it. Our mere presence has an impact, our words linger in the psyche of others…
December 16, 2014
Are You a Waiter or a Grabber?
In the famous Marshmallow Test, 4 year olds were given the choice of instant gratification via immediate consumption of a marshmallow or waiting 15 minutes and…
December 9, 2014
Why Affirmations Work
Affirmations work because properly done (present tense, positive, personalized), they bolster our self- concept— the collection of beliefs we hold about ourselves. Affirmations also can…
December 2, 2014
A Day of Thanks, Moments of Perspective
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.”…
November 27, 2014
Count Your Blessings: Make it Truly a Day of Thanksgiving
Want to cheer yourself up? Find energy on even the darkest days? Count your blessings! Enumerate all the things you have to be thankful for,…
November 26, 2014
Thought Virus
A thought virus is any thought, any point of view, any emotion that does not serve you, strengthen you, energize you. When you sense a…
November 20, 2014
Thinking is a Skill: The Acquisition and Use of Critical Thinking Skills Turbo Charges Success
Simply because they have thoughts (i.e. words form) in their heads, most folks think they know how to think. But if you define thinking as…
November 6, 2014