It’s September — Time to Go Back to School
“Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success.” Brian Tracy, personal development guru It’s September. Football season is kicking off. Days are shorter, leaves are changing colors. Put away your shorts, flip-flops and tank tees so […]
Pros Win, Amateurs Whine — Which One Are YOU?
“Complaining isn’t a strategy.” Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Do you consider yourself a professional? There’s a lot of folks out there who aren’t quite sure — they do reasonably well when the economy is good, but when it slumps they cry, “Woe is me!” Professionals maintain a positive attitude even in the face of […]
How to Live a Virtually Stress-Free Life
“Don’t ever tell anybody that they’re not free, ’cause then they’re gonna get real busy to prove to you that they are. Oh, yeah — they’re gonna talk about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it’s gonna scare ’em.” — Jack Nicholson, as George Hanson, in the 1969 movie Easy Rider I’ve come […]
Are You An Approval Seeking Junkie?
I describe myself as “a nice guy in recovery.” I used to basically go along with what others asked of me, never making the effort to define what my needs were — heck, I didn’t think I even had any needs. I would tend to cave in to others’ requests whenever I might have shown […]