It’s OK to feel sad, it’s OK to feel happy. It’s OK to doubt ourselves, It’s OK to walk in absolute confidence. Way too often in the world of positive thinking we get the idea that when we inevitably find ourselves feeling out of sorts that we are doing something wrong. This is simply not […]
On the eve of this Valentines Day it is important to remember you cannot share love you do not have within you already. If your balance in the Bank of Love is a little low right now there is something you can do; remember that a smile will hug a heart. A smile will
When I find myself listening to some else speak one of the things I have to remind myself not to do is to listen ahead. Not to shut out what is being said in favor of reaching my own conclusions before the other person is finished saying what they have to say. In my book Bear
Do I have faults? Some might want to jump in here and list all my attributes that they see as my faults, but as with most things there are two sides to the question of what is a fault. If you, like me, sometimes fall short of every good thing you can do in any
Well, just like about a billion of my closest friends I just finished watching the Super Bowl. Team favorites aside, the lesson on display during the last half of the game was one to remember. Down by over 20 points, history against them, odds against them, statistics against them, the Patriots never the less tied the
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Oscar Wilde is often quoted as saying “The English and the Americans are two people separated by a common language.” Anyone who has the privilege of travel understands the truth in this statement. Two people speaking the same words (or similar words) cannot understand each other. This is exactly what my new book Bear and
Those very words; Child Abuse, are an assault on the senses. Personally I see no redeeming qualities associated with Child Abuse. When it comes to the specific definitions of Child Abuse things get a little fuzzy, but there are some things I might consider universally recognized as abuse; berating a child, throwing things at a
Believing in yourself is not the same thing as believing in your possibility, your product or your job. Believing in yourself has to do with believing in the person YOU are, the person behind the things you do. The most successful sales people are never selling a product, they are selling themselves. They are selling a
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When we have a problem we might go to our confidant, our priest, minister or parent for advice. If the advice or suggestion we get is uncomfortable or asks of us something we do not want to do or is counter to what we have already decided the answer is, we turn away, we decide that the advice
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We depend upon consistency in our lives. We crave being able to be confident that people around us will be consistent in what they are telling us, how they will react to situations as well as their viewpoints. We build our world around these “Knowns.” Problem is; people change their minds, people change their views,
