In a recent blog I wrote about Zero Sum thinking. Briefly stated zero sum thinking is that if you win, I must lose. Think, Believe, Receive My first published book was called Think, Believe, Receive. Since the time I wrote it I have updated the book and added a new title; Think, Believe, Receive 2.0. […]
One of the basic things I was taught as a little child was Civility towards others. That is not to say I have always been able to control my mouth. Once in a while I have been known to express my disappointment in another person by letting loose a less than civil tirade. HOWEVER, I
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It is easy for you if you think it will be easy for you. It is difficult for you if you think it will be difficult for you. These are two very simple statements that will govern everything you do. The reason they sound so simplistic is that truth does not have to come in
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The ideas I write about are, for the most part, what is sometimes dismissed as Pop Physchology. Sometimes I hear people deriding this way of thinking as shallow, simple and child-like. You know, I am good with that, because the truth is, these ideas are simple and childlike, but they are far from simple! Who
Although Donna Summer sang this song beautifully in the 70’s, it’s not much of a credo by which to live. Have I mentioned in these blogs that words have power? Do you want to just survive, or do you want to thrive? It takes the same amount of energy to commit yourself to surviving the
As Forrest Gump might say, “life is like a loaf of bread.” Life has its ups and downs, just like a loaf of bread. Think about the process of making bread; you mix up the dough, put it in a bowl and let it rise, then punch the bread down an let it rise again,
Marcel Proust is quoted as saying “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Wow, just sit with that thought for a moment: we do not have to go anywhere to encounter a discovery worth noting, we do not have to spend money or hire an exotic
Which poet said the English and Americans are divided by a common language? Let’s take that a step further, we Americans are separated by a common language too. It is the subtlety of the use of our language which divides us. If I say “I love you” that can mean about a half a million things!
“Ask and it is given”, “knock and the door will be opened.” These are phrases and thoughts we may have learned during our early years from biblical sources. But what happens when we ask, or we knock, and before we can be answered, or before the door is opened we walk away. We do not
