Archive for December, 2009


What Mistakes Do I Make Setting Goals?

In today’s culture the word “goal” has become a buzzword.  Many people say, “my goals is to ___”.  That is good, in the respect, they are stating what they want.  In that statement, they have substituted the word “goal” for what might, more appropriately, be called an “intention”.  If it has become such a buzzword, [...]

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3 Tips on How to Overcome Holiday Stress and Depression

Christmas time, what a wonderful time of year!  An evening drive around the city is eye candy.  Spectacular light displays, Christmas cards, music we hear only once a year, parties, and getting together with loved ones.  If this time of year is so full of wonderful things, why are more people stressed and depressed? This [...]

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How Do I Deal With All the Stress in My Life?

There will always be stress in our lives.  Stress can be good or bad.  Most people would say, “I don’t know of any good stress in my life!”  Ah, but there is positive stress which takes the form of excitement and anticipation.  I think we would all agree that kind of stress is a good.  [...]

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Michael Shermer – Strange Beliefs – Fact or Fiction?

Who we are is formed by the beliefs that we have chosen to embrace, either consciously or unconsciously.  Would you say that is a fair statement?  Beliefs come from all directions as we are growing up.  We get some of them from our parents, our peers, the media, and many other places.  Some of what [...]

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Zig Ziglar – Life Lessons

Lately, I have been pondering this thought, why do some people live productive lives well into their senior years and some people just grow old watching the clock tick by?  What are the life lessons the more active seniors have learned that keep their minds focused on being productive individuals?  I am sure, these are [...]

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Steve Jobs – Creating a Successful Life – 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

I was surfing the Internet today, holding tightly to the hand of my intuition, looking for a subject for today’s blog.  I like to look in YouTube, as you probably already can see.  We have become a video world.  As Earl Nightingale would say, “The spoken word is what captivates the listener.”  The average person [...]

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What Role Does Imagination Play in Our Life?

Did you realize that everything you see in your physical world first started out as something in some one’s imagination?  The computer you are reading this on.  The car you drive.  The clothes you wear.  Even in the world of nature, would it make sense that all of it, including us, was first in the [...]

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