Archive for February, 2008
Whose dreams are you following?
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Make sure that the goals you are headed for are truly your own
Just about everyone has dreams. They help people imagine the way ahead and keep their courage and motivation to carry out their goals. But sometimes we lose [...]
Is it quitting time?
One of the greatest gifts is to recognize when you’re in the wrong place, or doing the wrong things, and find the courage to stop whatever that is and make a change without guilt or regret.
People don’t always get their lives right the first time. It’s nobody’s fault. Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. [...]
To see how to enjoy life, start by watching a cat
More easy recipes for beating stress
Cats are masters of focus, conservation of energy, and making sure they enjoy life whenever they can. We could learn a lot from them about how to cope with increasingly stressful lives.
Don’t waste energy
Be active and quick when it’s needed. The rest of the time, chill out.
All cats, from the [...]
Overcome stress the easy way
A first handful of ideas to help you live your life with less stress and greater enjoyment.
1. Always move on.
“Move on.” These two simple words will save you more stress than any others I know.
Don’t dwell on your mistakes or other people’s successes. Don’t wonder “what if.” It will drive you insane. The past is [...]
Do you wish that you could stretch time?
If you do — and who doesn’t sometimes — here’s an article that might well be of interest to you. It’s from the February 2006 edition of New Scientist and is available here on their web site.
It’s based on experiments in the perception of time, carried about by a variety of scholars, and the experiences [...]
On Valentine’s Day: Random thoughts about love
How does love affect our working lives?
Love is a powerful emotion for which people are willing to kill and die.
I don’t mean just love for another person, still less sex. Love of money, love of power, love of glory and love of reputation all play major roles in how businesses run.
Let’s ignore sexual [...]
Are you always thinking about tomorrow?
What if that tomorrow never comes — and you never fulfill your dreams?
Don’t let pressure and overwork encourage you to hurry past parts of your life. Whether it‚Äôs your children‚Äôs early life, whole segments of your marriage, or maybe the last active years of loved parents, they are swiftly past and gone beyond recall. Regret [...]
The easiest way to increase your success is . . . Stop planning!
The conventional way to achieve success, in your life or in a work project, is to start with careful, detailed planning. First you build your plan, then you track progress against it.
If you’re in a business setting, you’ll add a detailed budget. Corporations routinely measure success by how closely results match the original budget [...]
Making the “new you”
How to change habits that no longer work for you
No one ever formed a habit around something that didn’t work for them. If you do something and it fails, you don’t do it again. But if it gives you a good result, you store that away in your mind and maybe try it again [...]
