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Two Rights a Wrong
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
An argument ignores any mutual interests. Both parties defend an entrenched position, believing the other party to be wrong, and themselves right.
Make Your Greatest Gift GRACE
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Do not let anyone tell you No. And if they do, remember No simply means New Options.
Positive Humans tell the truth…to themselves
Friday, March 12th, 2010
As difficult as it seems, there are positive ways to reveal difficult truths to others. But to understand them completely, you need to practice on yourself.
Be My Valentine
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
The lexicon of “falling” in and out of love supports the notion that it is sudden, unanticipated, capricious and uncontrollable; also, that it can only be experienced in extremes, as if the god of love flicks an On/Off switch.
My New Year Resolutions, another set of ideas?
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Minding my way to successful resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are a quaint tradition. They are more euphemistic than practicable. You say, “I resolve to…” while thinking, “It would be nice if something magical happened that would make me…”
Resolutions are not lies…exactly. But somehow they are more often intended than actualized. How is that so?
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Beware the spirit of Christmas cost
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Who’s paying for your Christmas? Or more accurately, what? For many people a credit card goes beyond mere convenience. If it weren’t for plastic, there would be little to celebrate on Christmas morning. But maybe that’s the way it should be.
What is Creativity?
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
One of the first steps to developing creativity is to eschew convention. Conventional thinking suggests that “practice makes perfect.” In reality, practicing a skill imperfectly makes one very consistent at that imperfect performance.
Present and accounted for
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
You can’t change the past, and you can’t know the future. Yet many people spend far too little time in the present; and it’s the only thing you really have control of.
Theft by Credit Card
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Champagne taste on a beer budget presents a real paradox in the search for happiness. Theft by credit card is not just a legal crime associated with identity theft. In terms of financial health, it can be a moral crime you commit against yourself. You do it out of a sense of entitlement, to support an aspirational lifestyle. It is hardly surprising that people who rationalize excessive feel-good purchases are drowning in credit card debt.
Shoulda known? Coulda known. Didn’t know!
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Whining is a time-honored pastime. If you are human you have done it. Even Positive Humans can get tired and cranky and engage a little whine with their Chees! But the Positive Human recognizes the negative energy that bubbles up in the whine, identifies the source of that negativity and transmutes it to positive energy.