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The Effort Effect
Why are some motivated by failure, spurred on to greater effort, but others are discouraged and give up? The answer lies in how they EXPLAIN…
January 28, 2016
What You Believe Affects What You Achieve
Ok, you know I heartily believe that your world view and your attitude affect your life BUT guess who the above “What You Believe Affects…
January 26, 2016
Brook’s Law: When More is Less
Brook’s Law: Adding manpower to a late software project only makes it even more late. Software programming is multi-faceted, difficult to successfully divide into discrete…
December 10, 2015
The Toxic Choice
Judgment is a choice, the 3rd step of a usually unconscious “Observe, Evaluate, Judge” cycle. Aware can be good, Evaluate may or may not help…
December 3, 2015
The Daily Giving of Thanks: The Simple Key to Joy
Do you want to be happier? Who wouldn’t respond with a resounding yes? Do you want to be more at ease, relaxed? Be around nicer…
November 26, 2015
Three Foot Rule
I recently had the opportunity to listen to Mark Owen, author of “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin…
November 19, 2015
Try, Try, Try Yet Again: Life Rewards Valor, Intelligent Persistent Passion Pays
Your Beliefs About Yourself (i.e. Your Self Concept/Self Image) largely Determine Your Destiny. If you believe something is beyond you, even if it is not,…
November 12, 2015
Greatness Comes at a Cost, Requires an Investment
There is greatness residing in you. However, greatness rarely emerges without a significant investment of time, energy, and emotion. Call it sacrifice, call it cost,…
November 10, 2015
Were You Born with Drive or Did it Develop?
A student asked me this variation on the old nature v. nurture question recently. The short answer is that drive rarely just “develops” on its…
October 29, 2015
Stop Feeding the Monster
Many of us have or have had situations in our life that cause us despair or anguish. Sometimes they take the form of repetitive suffering…
September 29, 2015
7 Surefire Ways to Get Depressed FAST!
1) Reflexively Discount Positives: Treat as trifling the good things in your life that you or others do. “It’s their job to do it right.” or…
September 17, 2015