General Interest
Loss, Suffering, and Sorrow: Time for Gaining Strength and Insight
So you’ve hit bottom. You’ve tried everything and worked yourself to the bone trying to make things right. But no matter what you just can’t get off the ground. You’re stuck. So let’s talk about it because few will.
There’s so much talk out there today about being positive that people forget that [...]
To Achieve One Must Suffer the Insufferable and Endure the Unendurable
Thomas Jefferson lost his father when he was fourteen, his mother at thirty-three, his oldest sister at twenty-two, his wife after their sixth child, and was survived only by one child. Jefferson even states at one point that he had lost everything that was ever near and dear to him, yet he is known today [...]
Don’t Do More Than You Need to Succeed: Your Anxiety Will Tell You When Enough is Enough
We’ve all heard the terms of praise for the hard worker, the achiever: go getter; dynamo; spark plug; workhorse; mover and shaker; eager beaver.
But as you work hard and often, how much is too much? And in doing too much, do you really gain greater opportunity or lose ground?
Sometimes, in our enthusiasm to achieve-maybe even [...]
The Power of Negative Thinking: Your Successful Attitude is Arbitrary and Fleeting
Today’s popular appeal in the self-improvement industry is to the power of positive thinking. As a matter of fact, Dr. Peale’s book The Power of Positive Thinking, the main encourager of this phenomenon, will help you learn:
How to eliminate that most devastating handicap — self doubt
How to free yourself from worry, stress and [...]
Decision Making Skills and Their Development: Critical Tool for Career Success
I had thought about this topic hard and long and was ready to write, but after writing the title of this article, I got to asking myself, What exactly is ‘decision making skills’? Well, according to a rather dry, scientific definition one could say it’s the choosing between alternative courses of action. It is a [...]
Learning to Think Like Da Vinci Will Aid You in Your Career and Life
In the History Channel’s Da Vinci and the Code, the code has nothing to do with Dan Brown’s work but refers instead to Da Vinci’s work ethic, curiosity, and, most importantly, the discipline needed to keep working and moving forward, even through tumultuous times–in 15 th century Italy life was little valued, especially if you [...]
Want to Excel in Career and Life? Memory: Learn How to Work It
“Memory is the mother of all wisdom” Aeschylus, founder of Greek tragedy.
You’ve probably heard the hype made by companies promising an amazing’ memory: learn how to increase your memory ten fold; never forget another name again; weeks, months, years later recall at will all that you’ve seen; on and on the promises go. But unless [...]
Choosing a New Career: Why a Career Coach is Your Best Option
If you’ve been out of high school for some time, I’d like you to think back to that time. For those who’ve graduated more recently, not as challenging a task, of course. Nevertheless, in all likelihood, you are probably like most in that you didn’t receive much help in matching a career with personal interests. [...]
Critical, Creative, Intuitive Thinking: All You’ll Ever Need in Life
Looking to impress that special someone?
Need to build a new cabinet under the kitchen sink?
Need to make a career change?
It’s a bedtime story you need?
Have to make an important political decision?
Got an exam you’ve got to pass?
On and on and on it goes. All begins in thought. Everything under the sun began as an imagined [...]
Self Improvement Tip: Be Bigger Than Your Problems: If You’re Offended, it’s Mostly Your Fault
I once asked my students what they would do if someone said that they were stupid. Most said they would be outraged, some said they would take the matter into their own hands, literally. A few said that they would do nothing. I asked why. Some said they didn’t want a confrontation that it wasn’t [...]
