I don’t remember the last time I said something to the effect that “I’d give my right arm to be able to do________________.” What I’m looking for right now is the ability to express an original thought about how I feel about gun control, given the nature of the national debate. Then last night my …
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9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier
Let me know if any of this works! Geoffrey James Happiness is the only true measure of personal success. Making other people happy is the highest expression of success, but it's almost impossible to make others happy if you're not happy yourself. With that in mind, here are nine small changes that you can make …
Dr. Vicki’s Prescription for a Healthy Prosperous Year
My Thoughts on This: I've had the good fortune to spend time, albeit not yet in person, with Dr. Vicki Rackner. She has been a source of encouragement to me as I attempt to reach a professional goal. On ths day of food, football, and rest, I offer more thanks for the good people I've …
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2012 in Review – Bring on 2013!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for my blog. Here's an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 6,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 10 years to get …
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
I found a number of good, positive things to share with readers recently but am having trouble today finding something helpful and appropriate. So in the interest of the holiday season, I decided to simply wish all my friends and family a Wonderful Christmas. There may not be a post tomorrow: too much food planned …
Thought for the Week
Here we are at the end of the year and that means it’s almost time for NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS! For me, these are always things I’ve been putting off and this is an opportunity to force myself to act! Unfortunately, after a while, they become depressing, since for the past several decades, I’ve never been …
Happy Thanksgiving!
It's hard to believe but over the past year and a half, I've created over 500 blog posts. This exercise has been a fascinating journey. I'd like to say it's changed my life but I can't imagine how it would be different. And it has brought me a lot of satisfaction. Today we have members …
9 Things Successful People Do Differently
This showed up recently and since I like to think of myself as mildly successful, it caught my attention. I perhaps grade out at B+. By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne | October 26, 2012 Just about any topic the Harvard Business Review considers becomes golden as soon as it hits HBR’s website. The site’s most popular …
The Future, for Me, for You, for Us
My Comments: As I find myself getting older, I find myself increasingly fascinated by how the future is going to unfold. Some of this may be because the number of years I have left is predictably shrinking. My uncle, my father’s younger brother, recently died at age 96. My grandson is about to turn 2 …
Listening to Complainers Is Bad for Your Brain
My Comments: Complain? Who, me? You must have me confused with someone else! By Minda Zetlin | Aug 20, 2012 Do you hate it when people complain? It turns out there's a good reason: Listening to too much complaining is bad for your brain in multiple ways, according to Trevor Blake, a serial entrepreneur and …
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Helping Define Your Financial Future 