As I scramble to add a few final titles to my list of books I’ve read this year, I’m burning through some books that fall under the heading of “short and sweet” — big on message, short on page count. One the books that fills that requirement better than most is Kevin Carroll’s “Rules of the [...]
During a recent presentation to the American Marketing Association at The Ohio State University, I spent a portion of my time discussing attitude with the audience.
When I asked the 50 or 60 attendees in the room how many of them felt that a positive attitude was key to their success, every single person raised their hand. But, [...]
Worries flock together like birds.
It starts with just one worry flapping its wings and squawking in your head, but it can quickly lead to other worst-case-what-ifs joining in. Soon you have an entire aviary of anxiety housed in your head.
The thing about birds (and worries) is that any sort of quick movement toward them [...]
Did you know that you get exactly the kind of day you choose?
Did you jump out of bed five minutes before the alarm went off eager to greet the day with a “God, What a good morning!” or did you blindly thrash out a hand to hit the snooze bar after it honked at you for ten minutes with a grumbled “Good God… it’s morning.”
It’s a new day and new choice (YOUR choice) every morning.
Alchemy was the ancient science and art of transmutation — the idea that with the proper knowledge one could convert universal matter from one thing into any other thing — primarily the pursuit seemed to focus on changing base metals into gold. The tool thought to unlock these secrets for the alchemist was an item referred to as The Philosopher’s Stone. I’ve discovered the secret of transmuting negative emotion into positive emotion. Worry, fear, depression, etc. can all be converted into positive energy. Emotional lead magically transformed into an attitude of gold.
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