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Felt Any Zielschmerz Lately?
Zielschmerz is “the exhilarating dread of finally pursuing a lifelong dream, which requires you to put your true abilities out there to be tested on…
March 21, 2017
Come Get Your Miracle
Whatever you want, you can come closer to having… if you just want it bad enough. How bad? Well, as bad as a drowning man…
March 9, 2017
Who ARE You?
More specifically, what is your self-concept? Who do YOU think you are? Who do you WANT to be? A self-concept is different from a Mission…
February 9, 2017
“The Upward Spiral”
We all have gotten in a downward spiral; fears and worries and a bad event or two can knock us off course and it is…
February 7, 2017
How Strong is Your “der Wille zur Macht”?
der Wille zur Macht translates from German as the “Will to Power” or (in the context of Nietzsche’s philosophical work) the drive for achievement and…
January 26, 2017
Choices, Choices: Productivity or Postponed Pleasure?
I tend to wake early, in the predawn hours of the morn, a habit left over from my paper route days as a kid. What…
January 24, 2017
Small, Smart, Slow
What is your desired weight? Below are some easy, common sense (but not common practice?) tips on how to get there. Eat Small: Portion Control…
January 19, 2017
Five Steps to Dissolve Limiting Beliefs
Our beliefs about what is possible limit our lives for we never attempt that which we do not believe we can do or that we…
January 5, 2017
The Step Within the Indispensable First Step
The indispensable 1st step to get what you want out of life is to DECIDE what you want out of life. The 2nd step is…
December 22, 2016
Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe
“Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe” is a Latin proverb that translates as “If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” In other words, there…
December 13, 2016
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
The Big Rock Candy Mountains is the title of a hobo folk song (see below) about a mythical land, a paradise where all is “milk…
December 1, 2016
Five Ways Successful People Are Different
They Have a Plan: Most folks put more effort into planning their vacations than they do their lives. Successful people realize the importance of having…
November 17, 2016
Whacking at the Beast
The “Beast” is whatever seemingly insurmountable challenge faces you, the one you can’t seem to get a handle on, the one that you just don’t…
November 15, 2016
Nine Powerful Habits of Successful People
1) Raise Your EQ: Emotional Intelligence: How well do you understand and manage your emotions and how good are you at understanding others? Can you…
November 3, 2016
10 Powerful Beliefs That Foster Success
1) There is always a way. There is a solution to every problem. Know this, believe this, and you will find a way to succeed.…
October 27, 2016
A Good Life Contains These 3 Essentials
Purpose Life must have meaning and yet the Meaning of Life is a question Life asks of us, not one we ask of Life i.e.…
October 11, 2016
Are you Intelligent — or Rational?
Raw IQ is a wonderful thing… but unrewarded genius is legendary, and life management skills, rational thinking (often called critical thinking), and shear brain power…
October 6, 2016
There is Safety in Danger
“Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?” ― Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds The statement “There is safety in danger” sounds wrong but…
August 30, 2016
The Power of Dissatisfaction
I’m all for contentment and satisfaction BUT it is possible to have too much of almost any too good thing! All things in moderation including…
August 25, 2016
It’s Not Really about Time, It’s About Priorities, Organization, and Energy
“I don’t have the time! I’d do it if I had enough time!” That is the internal lament, the theme song of those with full…
August 23, 2016
The Indispensable First Step
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is to decide what you want! It is astounding how many folks…
August 18, 2016
Don’t Bite the Hook
In times of stress, of pain, when we are hurried, feel under attack, lonely or even just distracted: any time we are not at our…
August 11, 2016
What’s Your Why?
“Without A Vision The People Perish” – Proverbs 29:18 Everyone needs a vision of the future to motivate us, to inspire us, to pull us…
August 9, 2016
Overcoming Your Biggest Obstacle: Your Self!
More often than not, it’s not what you don’t have that holds you back; it’s what you have but don’t use… because you don’t believe you have it! What do…
July 12, 2016
You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Perfectly Okay
Absentminded i.e. quite capable of driving to the grocery store and coming home empty handed Spent a fair portion of each day lost in own…
June 14, 2016
The Golden Rules
There are NO secrets, there are NO shortcuts. Oh, there are truths that need to be learned or re-learned but there are a multitude of…
June 7, 2016