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Three Kinds of People
One of the mental exercises that people seem to love is to break down the world into different kinds of people. Here is my go…
April 17, 2008
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
In 1969, Swiss-born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote “On Death and Dying” and popularized the concept of the grief cycle: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally…
April 15, 2008
Never Major in Minor Things
The New York Times recently reported “In a magazine article seven years ago, the chief executive of the Journal Register Company, the publicly traded newspaper…
April 14, 2008
Guarding the Gates of Change
Each of us guards our personal gate of change, which only we can open. No one can open the gate of another. Oh, external behaviors…
April 7, 2008
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift”
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine How good do we have to be? How much…
April 2, 2008
Four Tools of Discipline from “The Road Less Traveled”
“The Road Less Traveled” (RLT), by M. Scott Peck, has sold more than 7 million copies and spent at least 598 weeks on bestseller lists.…
March 31, 2008
The Power of Letting Go
Sometimes we sabotage ourselves by not letting go of things that we should. We hold onto patterns or emotions or habits or thoughts long after…
March 28, 2008
You do NOT lack discipline…
It’s so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. ~ Sondra Anice Barnes ————————————— There is no such thing as…
March 27, 2008
Perils of Perfectionism
Perfect and excellent are not synonymous. Neither are success and perfect the same. LSU became national college football champions, a hallmark of both excellence and…
March 21, 2008
When Life Pushes Your Hot Buttons
For a long time, I tried to keep my cool by attempting to teach everyone around me not to push my buttons. Avoid my hot…
March 19, 2008
Dealing with Business Risk
Real estate development (versus acquisition of existing rental communities) is a major part of what I do. There is out there the saw that real…
March 18, 2008