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Is Unhappiness the Secret to Happiness?
Ok, being a bit tongue in cheek here BUT… 1. One key to happiness is pushing your comfort zone. Pushing your comfort zone is (by…
August 13, 2013
Success Begins at Home: Every Child a Wanted Child
Families are the primary transmitters of human capital: habits, values, education, belief systems. As our world grows increasingly complex, it opens “a great divide between…
July 11, 2013
Along the Calf-Paths of the Mind
“The Calf-Path” is a poem by Sam Walter Foss; 1858–1911, about how a wandering calf path became a village street and eventually a crowded thoroughfare,…
June 27, 2013
There’s Gotta Be a Little Rain Sometime
Life is difficult is the first sentence of “The Road Less Traveled,” by Scott Peck; 1936–2005. In the first section of “The Road Less Traveled,”…
May 30, 2013
Take Control of Your Self Image
This is from Zig Ziglar; 1926–2012, a master teacher in the art of self motivation. Few could say it better, none with more zest and…
May 14, 2013
Acknowledge The Power of Your Thoughts: Where your mind goes, your actions follow
There is a saying: “No individual raindrop takes responsibility but still the flood happens.” Similarly, the daily cascade of your idle thoughts direct the patterns…
May 9, 2013
The Resilient Power of Creating an Oscillating Narrative with an Upward Trend
We all have a “life story” we tell ourselves, a way we interpret the world around us. It is part self-concept, part self-fulling prophecy. Families…
May 7, 2013
The Happiness Advantage
What if EVERYTHING you thought you knew about how to be happy was flat out wrong? We tend to assume that our external world is…
April 30, 2013
Silence is Permission, Silence is Consent, Silence is Acceptance
I first saw “Silence is Permission” as a sticker on a construction supervisor’s hard hat. The gentleman explained that its purpose is to remind people…
November 27, 2012
Dominance, Dependence, Detachment: Three Responses to Life
How much are we driven by anxiety, by a desire for security? Karen Horney; 1885–1952, was a German psychoanalyst who postulated in “Neurosis and Human…
November 6, 2012
The Pleasant Life, The Good Life, and The Meaningful Life
In “Authentic Happiness,” Dr. Martin Seligman; 1942–, postulates that there are three paths to happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.…
November 1, 2012