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What You Resist, Persists
Do you want to lose weight? Do you want to lose weight and keep it off? Permanently? Forever? Then don’t diet! I weigh 150 pounds,…
November 19, 2009
An Easy Way to Live 30% Longer
You want 30 percent more life? Simple! Turn off your TV. According to the Nielson Company, the average American, age 2 and above, watched television…
November 18, 2009
The Virtues of Self-Binding
No, I’m not talking about S&M bondage! The self-binding I’m talking about is taking action in your strong moods to make it more difficult to…
November 5, 2009
The Dangers of Being Different
Two interesting observations about humans: 1. If you are a few steps in front of the crowd, you are a leader. If you are miles…
October 27, 2009
GM’s Volt 230 mpg? NOT
Sorry, I couldn’t let this one pass! General Motors recently claimed, with the convenient connivance of the EPA, that its new plug-in electric vehicle, the…
August 17, 2009
Best Advice I Ever Received: Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, Retired Four-Star General
An ambitious new second lieutenant approached an old general at the bar of the officers’ club (one of the few opportunities to jump rank) and…
August 6, 2009
Motivation Matters Most
A recent study published in the February 26, 2009, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine looked at four common diets and found that…
July 30, 2009
“Every Time You Scream at a Driver, She Learns a Lesson”
I saw this “Every Time You Scream at a Driver, She Learns a Lesson” poster on a street in Manhattan and I was really moved…
July 16, 2009
PopCap: A Nation of Sheep
(A Populist Capitalist Blog Post) One of the most beautiful things in nature is a wild animal in its natural habitat: free, independent, beholden to…
July 10, 2009
The Most Important Variable
How long would you wait for a treat? Researchers put four-year-old children, one at a time, in a small room with a treat (a toy,…
May 18, 2009
Trayless Dining
In one fell swoop, we are going to – conserve water – reduce food waste – save energy – save money, AND – combat obesity…
May 4, 2009