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You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of What You’ve Behaved Yourself Into
Actually, you could possibly talk your way out a few times, particularly if you can spin a good story and vary the details and the…
February 22, 2011
What Do You Do When You Do Nothing?
The question is for real. It is not intended to be a koan.* “What do you do when you do nothing?” asks what do you…
February 15, 2011
Can You Summon Your Talent at Will?
In the movie, “Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino is the devil in human form attempting to tempt Keanu Reeves, both of whom play attorneys. Pacino interviews…
February 3, 2011
Dream It, Do It
The power of positive visualization is one of the most effective techniques to maximize your potential, to turbo-charge your efforts. Aaron Rodgers is quarterback of…
January 31, 2011
Things Turn Out Best for Those Who Make the Best of How Things Turn Out
You often cannot impact the cards you are dealt in life but you can choose how you play those cards. Having that knowledge and then…
January 18, 2011
No ANTs at the Picnic, Please
ANTs are those Automatic Negative Thoughts that we so often allow to run in the background of our minds. ANTs are the output of our…
January 5, 2011
Calculated Risk
A calculated risk is a course of action undertaken after carefully considering all possible outcomes, preparing appropriately for each, and deciding that the potential upside…
December 23, 2010
Reprogramming the Procrastinator Personality
All of us are busy and some things just don’t get done. That is not necessarily procrastination. Procrastination is when you put off doing stuff…
December 22, 2010
Over Treated
Recently, I read an excellent book by Shannon Brownlee, “Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer.” Its thesis is that America…
December 2, 2010
Holiday Advice: Drink Up! (Water That Is)
Concerned about over-indulging in calories during the holidays, or any big food-oriented event? Drinking a glass of water 30 minutes before a meal has been…
November 22, 2010
The Not So Sorry Sorry, or the Apology That is Not an Apology
All of us have received an insincere apology, one we doubted was authentic. Here are some thoughts on apologies. How to give a good one,…
November 15, 2010