February 9, 2010By Christine Duvivier - The other day, 20-year-old Andy said to me, “I just don’t know what I want to do with my life, and I worry that I’m not going to get a good job when I graduate.” In the past year, I have heard this concern so many times from students that I decided to write… An open letter to college and high school students Dear Student, Don’t worry when people tell you it will be hard to find a job because_________ [select from below]: The economy isn’t strong You don’t get top grades You don’t know what you…
Positive Psychology
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Positive Psychology News Daily
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No Worries, Andy! Immunize Yourself Against Job Anxiety
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Strengths – for what Purpose?
7 Feb 2010 | 4:28 pmFebruary 7, 2010By Denise Quinlan - Strengths Stocktake When people take stock of their character strengths, there is usually an initial pleasure. Character strengths, after all, are 24 things that go right with people and that communities have valued over time. Soon, many people move on to “How can I be better?” People choose strengths to develop, for example, to be kinder, have more self-regulation, or have more courage. This can become a pursuit of better, faster, stronger – unless we stop and really consider what we are doing this for. What do you use your strengths in… -
What Do You Fail to Notice?
5 Feb 2010 | 7:21 amFebruary 5, 2010By Sherri Fisher - We like to think that we are in charge of our choices. Even the positive psychology happiness pizza (apologies to Sonja Lyubomirsky) shows us that 40% of the variance in happiness among people is the result of personal choice. But what if making a choice or decision is based on things that we don’t notice? A new article from Song and Schwarz at the University of Michigan looks at the consequences. Choice and Processing Sometimes we are faced with a task that will require one or more choices. Song and Schwarz have shown that what we choose depends on what… -
Empowerment at Work
3 Feb 2010 | 7:19 amFebruary 3, 2010By Amanda Horne - Are there positive ways to combat employee negativity? Are you interested in improving personal and organizational performance and at the same time personal and organizational well-being? Summer Over the long Christmas / New Year / summer break which many Australians enjoy, I took the opportunity to organize my filing. I discovered articles lurking in the “to read” list. Happy to use PPND as an excuse to kick off the year with some research and reading, I chose to read an article about the role of positive organizational behavior and transformational… -
Meditative Exercise
1 Feb 2010 | 10:58 amFebruary 1, 2010By Wayne Jencke - MeditatorInfluential people like Sonja Lyubomirsky, Tal Ben-Shahar, and Barbara Fredrickson advocate meditation as a positive intervention. This enthusiasm is probably driven by research suggesting that meditation can have a profound impact on health and well-being. For example meditation has been linked to higher levels of positive emotions, the ability to reframe negative events, the perception of having enough, lowered blood pressure, improved sleep, improved working memory, sustained attention, and improved relationships. Interestingly there is new…
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Innate Intelligence - The Science of Thriving
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Pay it Forward: Elevation Leads to Altruistic Behavior
3 Feb 2010 | 11:07 amSeeing someone perform a virtuous deed (especially if they are helping another person), makes us feel good, often eliciting a warm, fuzzy feeling in our chest. This positive, uplifting emotion, known as “elevation,” might make us feel great, and also gets us to go out and perform good acts ourselves. Read the article. Psychological Science, February 2010 -
Pheromones in male perspiration reduce women’s tension
3 Feb 2010 | 2:33 amScientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia have found that exposure to male perspiration has marked psychological and physiological effects on women: It can brighten women’s moods, reducing tension and increasing relaxation, and also has a direct effect on the release of luteinizing hormone, which affects the length and timing of the menstrual cycle. Read the full article -
Happy people may have more immunities to common cold
3 Feb 2010 | 2:32 amPeople who are energetic, happy and relaxed are less likely to catch colds, while those who are depressed, nervous or angry are more likely to complain about cold symptoms, whether or not they get bitten by the cold bug, according to a recent study. Psychosomatic Medicine, July 2003 -
Cold Hands, Warm Heart
3 Feb 2010 | 2:28 amWhen someone is described as “chilly,” we understand it means “unfriendly” and not that they should put on a sweater. But using low temperature to capture social remoteness is more than just a convention of language. According to a number of studies, there may be a psychological reason for connecting temperature and social relationships. In a 2008 study, when volunteers were asked to think about a time they felt socially rejected, they described the temperature in the room as being significantly colder than did volunteers who recalled an experience in which they felt socially… -
Parenting can override effect of genes in how babies respond to stress
3 Feb 2010 | 2:23 amNow, it appears how infants respond to stress is linked to if they have a particular form of a certain gene, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Just as significantly, researchers say they have also found that good parenting – as early as within the first year of a child’s life – can counter the effect the gene has in babies who initially do not respond well to stressful situations. Read the full article
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Psychology Today: The Good Life
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Steve Jobs: Lessons for the Good Life
19 Jan 2010 | 5:38 pmI recently watched the 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address by Steve Jobs. Perhaps you have already seen it - the website reports 1.4 million hits! - but it was new to me, and it contained some excellent points about the good life that I would like to mention here. I know little about Steve Jobs, so I will focus on the message and not the messenger. That said, this particular message was also about the messenger. Specifically, his 15-minute talk consisted of three personal stories, and it is one of the best speeches I have ever heard, especially of the commencement address genre. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. - The Dream and the Data
18 Jan 2010 | 6:20 amI have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.- Martin Luther King, Jr. (August 28, 1963) Today - January 18, 2010 - those of us in United States and elsewhere celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In my own small way, I would like to celebrate by offering some comments on one of the best-known lines from his "I Have a Dream Speech." Yes, we should judge people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Work by positive psychologists over the… -
There Are No Bad Racks
16 Jan 2010 | 5:46 amThis blog entry is about Scrabble, where one's "rack" is the seven tiles in front of you that you want to play in a way to produce a high score and/or to prevent your opponent from doing the same and/or to set yourself up for future high-scoring plays. This blog entry is also about Scrabble as a metaphor for the good life, just in case you are not a dedicated Scrabble player like I am. But if you do play Scrabble, my advice here is useful. :) Scrabble is deliciously middle-brow, which is why I like the game. When psychologists have studied complex problem-solving, they have often opted to… -
Optimism Goes Underground
14 Jan 2010 | 7:44 amIn a previous blog entry, I discussed recent criticisms of positive thinking and especially positive psychology. Is the United States being undermined by the tendency to look on the bright side? I concluded no, but maybe that was rash. It has just come to my attention that "optimism" has infiltrated the New York City subway system. Along with giant alligators and rats the size of terriers, yet another potential horror lurks beneath the unsuspecting streets of New York. Optimism! And this is not an urban legend. You can read about it on the Internet, so it must be true. In what is obviously a… -
The Positive Analogue of a Phobia
12 Jan 2010 | 6:09 amI don't just write blog entries for Psychology Today - I also read them, at least those that are flagged as "essential" or "most read" posts. My strong suspicion is that the title of an entry draws readers more than the content, which is why I try to title my own entries in provocative ways, sometimes even stooping to using profanity or near-profanity in them. I have drawn the line - so far - at writing about Tiger Woods. Accordingly, when I came up with the idea for this particular entry, I hesitated about writing it because I didn't know how to title it. The obvious title would be…
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The Happiness Project
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Are You in a Book Group? Want a Reading Group Guide?
8 Feb 2010 | 8:27 amHappiness is a great book group meeting! I'm in three book groups -- one in which we read books aimed at adults, two in which we read book aimed at children and young adults. Being part of these books groups is among the joys of my life. So I'm a big fan of book groups. In general, I've heard, book groups don't choose books that are only available in hardback, so I've been surprised to hear from a lot of people that their groups have read The Happiness Project. It's thrilling to imagine a book group reading my book. Zoikes! If you do choose The Happiness Project, if you'd be interested, you… -
"There Is Certainly No Greater Happiness..."
8 Feb 2010 | 5:44 am“There is certainly no greater happiness, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.” -- Samuel Johnson * A reader sent me the link to this fabulous item on etsy -- a great, stylish way to track resolutions. I love it! * Want to launch a group for people doing happiness projects together? I'm in a group like that myself, and I love it! If so, read more here and sign up here for a starter kit to help get you going. -
Schedule Time for Play.
5 Feb 2010 | 11:54 amI’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project. One of my favorite resolutions – but also kept with great difficulty – is to Schedule time for play. I often get teased about this resolution, because people think it sounds incongruous, and even silly, to schedule time for play. Play should be spontaneous, right? Aren’t we naturally alert for… -
Happiness Is…A Great Book Event in Toronto.
5 Feb 2010 | 11:38 amI had such a great time in Toronto – I’d never been to Toronto, or even Canada, before this trip. I met a lot of interesting people during the day, and last night the famous Heather Reisman of Indigo Books and I had a conversation at one of the wonderful Indigo bookstores. Interesting note about Toronto: I saw a street sign that said, “Pedestrians obey your signals.” You don’t see this in New York City! We dart out the minute we see a break in traffic. * Interested in starting your own happiness project? If you’d like to take a look at my personal Resolutions Chart, for… -
"Marriage is About...Tea, Doctor's Appointments, Trivia, Quirks."
4 Feb 2010 | 10:39 amFrom time to time, I post short interviews with interesting people about their insights on happiness. During my study of happiness, I’ve noticed that I often learn more from one person’s highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies. I’m much more likely to be convinced to try a piece of advice urged by a specific person who tells me that it worked for him or her, than by any other kind of argument. The relationships among love, marriage, and expectations are some of the most complex and important issues within the…
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Heartbreak (and other rejection) really hurts, and pain relievers really help!
3 Feb 2010 | 5:07 pmTodd Kashdan, author of Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life, has an interesting post up at his Psychology Today blog. It seems researchers have discovered that: people hate being excluded EVEN when playing a computer game with people they don't know and cannot see and whom they will never meet, AND even when they are told the other players are folks they would personally detest! Further, other research shows that taking pain relievers (acetaminophen) on a regular basis helped participants deal with the pain of social rejection and remain happier and more… -
Flying High Cover
17 Jan 2010 | 7:19 pmMy monthly post is up over at Positive Psychology News Daily. It's for leaders implementing positive psychology approaches and deals with the necessity of "flying high cover." -
Meditation/Mindfulness - Now?
13 Jan 2010 | 7:19 pmThe research on the positive benefits of meditation/mindfulness is pretty powerful. Barbara Fredrickson, for one, has done some pretty serious research around it. (See Positivity.) I have felt pulled to develop more personal experience through keeping a regular, daily practice for a time. Now I see this, Winterfeast for the Soul. A definite time. A definite commitment. Guided meditations from different traditions. And a sense of being part of something. I am not a huge believer in the impact of simultaneous meditation by many people to mystically change the world. On the… -
My monthly post is up over at Positive Psychology News Daily
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Stand by Me!!
12 Dec 2009 | 5:05 amAmazing. Uplifting. As Chris Peterson says, "Other people matter." Stand by Me from theRedPillRadio on Vimeo.
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So Be Organized
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Time & Energy Vampires Tip #6
5 Feb 2010 | 6:15 pmHere's part 6 of our time saving tips from our guest Blogger Mark Nolan at http://www.morejoyinlife/6. Delegate time-wasting tasks to someone else. If you owned a big business, would you answer the phone yourself, or would you have a receptionist do it? Would you act as your own delivery boy, or would you hire someone to do that? The best use of your time is to do the one thing you do best, and to delegate the rest to folks who excel at those things.Image by David Corry via FlickrCopyright (c) by Mark Nolan and republished with permission of the author. -
Time & Energy Vampires Tip #5
28 Jan 2010 | 6:14 amHere's tip # 5 from our guest Blogger by Mark Nolan at http://www.morejoyinlife.comJust say no to many boring social situations. Are you dreading going to the time-wasting meeting or function of the Time Vampires Anonymous group? Just politely and firmly say, “Sorry I have something else planned.” Don’t elaborate. The person is not your Dad or your boss or your banker, and you do not owe them any further explanation.Copyright (c) by Mark Nolan and republished with permission of the author.Image by Getty Images via Daylife -
Essential Laundry Room Tips
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Goals are dreams with deadlines
26 Jan 2010 | 5:22 amImage by kevindooley via FlickrGoals are dreams with deadlines. ~Diana Scharf HuntWhat are your dreams ? Be brutally honest and write them down. It does make you vulnerable but isn't that better than never airing them out in daylight ? Break your dream down into doable steps. Commit to doing one step today. Today. Repeat. Tweak. Repeat. -
The doors we open and close ....
25 Jan 2010 | 5:17 amThe doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~Flora Whittemore * Image by Aunt Owwee via FlickrWhenever I've had enough sleep, not over done it on sugar and have no major stressors the world is really a nicer place. The more open minded and flexible my mind can be, the more possibilities and options I have. Not saying I do this daily, but when it all comes together the world is a much nicer place. Just saying.* Thanks @paula eder for the quote
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Tough Guide to work
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5 mistakes smart people make
30 Jan 2010 | 3:40 pmTime to read this post: 7 minutes.Just back to New York after three days in Madrid for work. I've been receiving a lot of requests in the last few weeks from friends and (increasingly) friends of friends asking for advice. They are always interesting, always smart and generally feeling a little lost. When we meet I tend to end up explaining one of five commons themes that smart people often forget. Here they are:1. Success and happiness are not the same thingWhen I ask people to summarize what they are wanting out of life they throw out a lot of words. Stuff like ‘Love’,… -
Top 10 approaches to enjoy work
29 Oct 2009 | 2:29 pmTime to read this post: 6 minutesIt's time to take a position. Why do some people consistently love their work? After multiple degrees, hundreds of academic books & articles, years of interviewing people in their work, I want to summarize what actually works. For people who love their work, what is it that they do? What are their tricks? Their secrets? This may eventually turn something more than a blog posting. For now I want to share the ten most effective approaches that I have learned on my journey thus far.Three is the magic number. Most self-help books will tell you that there are… -
Before you quit your job
22 Oct 2009 | 8:30 amTime to read this post: five minutesAbout once a month, I get an email from someone at my company who is confused. They want to change career. They want to get a new job. Sometimes they are just done with work. Almost always they have decided they want their life to be different. But they don't know where to begin. So we get a coffee. We talk about how they feel, what they want, what their plan is. I thought that I would share the two big questions that they tend to grapple with. There are some useful resources and approaches out there and people seem to like them. Question one: What do I… -
How to change a habit: the pedometer experiment
11 Oct 2009 | 7:35 pmTime to read: 3 minutesOver the years, I have been to more than my fair share of corporate training courses. In general they are mildly interesting with one of two nuggets of information. The real problem is this: despite my best intentions, I rarely do anything differently when I get back to work. I want to. I plan to. But if I’m honest with myself, I always slip back into the old routine. That’s why I’m really interested when something comes along and actually changes my behavior.I had read that walking 10,000 steps a day was very beneficial to health. Some longitudinal study or other… -
How to save time - Online countdown
6 Oct 2009 | 8:44 amTime to read this post: 1 minute When I use the internet to do some quick research I frequently lose an hour. I start wanting to check a name or date on wikipedia and before I know it I am watching videos on hulu or reading the BBC entertainment news about day time TV shows I have previously not heard of. All this changed about a month ago when I starting using an online countdown. The idea is simple. Before I embark on a task, I set the countdown for the amount of time I would like the task to take. Or for when I would like the alarm to ring. Want to check out the football scores? OK I set…
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Journal of Positive Psychology
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Editorial
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Experiencing flow: Is doing it together better than doing it alone?
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Sex differences in forgiveness and mental health in recently married couples
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A question of balance: Time perspective and well-being in British and Russian samples
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The Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being: Psychometric properties, demographic comparisons, and evidence of validity
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Shrunken Mind
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Shrunken Mind w/ John Schinnerer is Among Top 3 Positive Psychology Blogs on the Web!
3 Feb 2010 | 10:44 amPostRank Topblogs 2009 - #3 in Positive Psychology Thank you for your support and interest in making this blog so successful! All the best, John Schinnerer, Ph.D. Guide To Self, Inc. For coaching appointments, please email John AT GuideToSelf DOT com pr_topblogs_widget(\\\'pr_topblogs2009_widget-0\\\', \\\'Positive Psychology\\\', 3, \\\'topic\\\', 2009, \\\'7499624a994f52c3679878f294478fd5\\\'); -
MANAGING YOUR PERSISTENT FEARS AND ANXIETIES
3 Feb 2010 | 10:18 amToday I have the privilege of running an article by Stanley Popovich on overcoming fear and anxiety. Stanley is a published author and more info can be gleaned on Stanley from his website at www.managingfear.com. By: Stanley Popovich Everybody deals with anxiety and depression, however some people have a hard time in managing it. As a [...] -
Anger Management 101: New Study Shows How Forgiveness and Prayer Can Reduce Rage
2 Feb 2010 | 11:26 amAnger Management: How Prayer And Forgiveness Can Reduce Your Rage John Schinnerer Ph.D. Guide To Self, Inc. www.GuideToSelf.com There was some wild stuff happening on the court where I live recently. Last Thursday, one of my neighbors accidentally backed her SUV up, …out of her driveway …across the street … into our neighbor’s house …going 60 mph. She went through a [...] -
Shrunken Mind is Top 3 Among Positive Psychology Blogs!
27 Jan 2010 | 2:48 pmPostRank Topblogs 2009 - #3 in Positive Psychology pr_topblogs_widget(\'pr_topblogs2009_widget-0\', \'Positive Psychology\', 3, \'topic\', 2009, \'7499624a994f52c3679878f294478fd5\'); -
Parenthood is a Pathway to Wisdom
27 Jan 2010 | 1:58 pmIt is the difficulties in life that cultivate wisdom. You cannot be wise without adversity. And parenting, by its very nature, is filled with adversity. John Schinnerer
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Motivational Memo
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To Be Truly Great
8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 pm‘It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a God.’ Seneca So in Seneca’s view there are two poignant points that equate to true greatness. So let’s look at them more closely. 1. The Frailty Of A Man The longer I live the more I realize how fragile the human life really is. We can never tell when our time is up, or the number of years we have here on planet earth. When compared to the powers of nature’s force – such as wind, earthquake, rain, snow, or fire we are so puny, so insignificant in power to combat whatever mother… -
Conversation’s Counsel
4 Feb 2010 | 4:34 pmWhen I find myself involved in a one on one conversation with a friend or a colleague, I suddenly find myself throwing about my thoughts more easily. They seem to present themselves with a greater sense of order. And for some reason I see those thoughts just that much clearer when they have been translated into words. It is at that point that I at times seem to be much wiser than I ever imagined. And from just one hour of interactive discussion I find that I have stumbled upon more than I would ever have unveiled if I had locked myself away for a day on my own in the company of one. For with… -
Those That Move
1 Feb 2010 | 1:34 pm‘All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.’ Benjamin Franklin 1. Those Who Are Immovable There are those amongst us who are stuck. Stuck in tradition. Stuck in their ways. Stuck in comfort. Stuck in religious thought-sets. Stuck in bad habits. Stuck in mindsets. Stuck. And there is a chance that as they live stuck they will die stuck. Immovable. Not even an atomic bomb will move them. In business, if you’re stuck, you won’t be in business for long. Immovable in life, in family life, in… -
The Richness Of Friendship
30 Jan 2010 | 7:49 amI have in the first month of this year attended two funerals. One for a friend who was a few years older than myself, and who had lost a five year battle with cancer, and the other for a friend’s child who died full-term in the womb of his young mother. Both were sad events, but we were all comforted by the fact that we know that both now reside in heaven. Apart from the services that were both amazingly beautiful ceremonies, I was moved by the richness of the friendships that were evident at both, along with the communication and support that surrounded each of the events. Friendship… -
ThroughOut
24 Jan 2010 | 10:11 pm‘Often the best way out is through.’ All of us at some time in our lives will feel hemmed in, surrounded, blocked, hindered, or delayed by life’s circumstances. This is not the time to run, nor to even stand still, resigned to the seeming fate or thought that this now is to be your lot in life. We were never born to stagnate. We were never created to crumble. We were brought to planet earth to conquer and to overcome. And so when your enemy surrounds you – that is the time to take up arms and declare war. Wild animals know this, for a wild animal, when it is backed…
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Hearts & Minds
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What Price Blagojevich?
6 Feb 2010 | 9:05 pmI saw a commercial on TV for the new season of “The Apprentice,” which indicated that Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Governor of Illinois, is going to be one of the show’s contestants. Certainly, I’m not surprised. Over the years, Americans have made heroes and celebrities out of a variety of people with unethical standards and behaviors. I am sure it will be entertaining to many people to see one more charismatic character with no moral compass strutting and prancing about on the TV screen, which is why the producers of “The Apprentice” chose to put him on the… -
What Our Political Passions For President Obama Tell Us About Our Personal Relationships
31 Jan 2010 | 10:14 amThe following commentary is a generalization. It doesn’t apply to everyone, but it does appear to be an extremely common scenario disturbingly prevalent in our country today. Equally so, the generalization doesn’t apply solely to those who don’t care for President Obama. It is equally true of those who passionately favor him. For the sake of this commentary I have chosen to focus on those who don’t currently care for him because of what I observed this past week during and after his State of the Union address which appears to validate the point I’m trying to… -
What Can the Supreme Court and Martin Luther King Teach Us About Relationships?
24 Jan 2010 | 6:31 pmTimes change. There was a time when we could look at Supreme Court Justices with great respect and admiration. They were people who had a high standard of right action, a commitment to the Constitution of the United States, with no bias favoring specific political parties or agendas. They supported ethical behavior and the ideals of democracy. Not anymore. The Supreme Court has been corrupted by inferior elements. As we wave goodbye to democracy and accept the fact that powerful corporations loyal to stockholders and money above integrity, liberty, fairness and decency are running our… -
What Can We Learn From Haiti ?
17 Jan 2010 | 7:53 pmLife is fleeting. Life is precarious. Life is precious. Life is not to be taken for granted. In the blink of an eye it can be taken away. It behooves us to look at each new day with appreciation, to count our blessings and be grateful for what we have despite whatever lack or limitations we’re experiencing. It behooves us to make the most of each new day, to find the silver linings when it’s cloudy, to be happy despite the chaos and the fear, to make a difference in other people’s lives, to let go of old resentments and petty grievances, and to smile and laugh as much as we… -
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
10 Jan 2010 | 10:58 amfear is the absence of love. perfect love casts out fear. hold unconditionally loving thoughts in mind, and like the darkness that goes away when you enter a room and turn on the light, when we turn on our love light, our fear instantly disappears. it has no power except the power we give it.
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Positive Thinking - Justified Lions
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Keep Asking Yourself Is What I Am Doing Now Productive?
27 Jan 2010 | 2:32 pmStaying organized and focusing on tasks at hand can be very tough. I know for me that is one of the things I struggle with often. Things can get really messy if you have tasks that are not arranged by high priority to low or even worse no tasks at all. Shooting from the hip is an old Cowboy saying that symbolizes the Wild West, Shoot first ask questions later. At work this may seem true, we are all rushing to finish the day regardless of how sloppy we get the job done. Of course our clients or employers may not like our tactic but it seems like just like in life, we worry about rushing to get… -
Positive Reinforcement As A Leader
25 Jan 2010 | 10:07 pm(photo credit: Woodruff Photography) Positive Reinforcement On January 23rd 2010 I had the privilege in help organizing and speaking at a Social Media Event in Virginia Beach. The event had many different specialty fields in marketing and a diverse audience that all came together for one main event. It was a long journey from September 2009 to January 2010. We had some new to speaking events and some were veterans but all in all the event was still a stressful journey, like most events. We had lost a lot of potential speakers and had to change the line-up a few times but eventually… -
Without Suffering There Would Be No Compassion
18 Jan 2010 | 8:17 pmWithout Suffering There Would Be No Compassion A Quote from one of my favorite movies “A Walk To Remember” Jamie: Without suffering there would be no compassion. I love this saying because it shows us another perspective outlook on why do people suffer. The age old question has always been why, why do good people die and why do people suffer? Instead of focusing on the negative, the positive side of things is that without suffering there would be no compassion. It’s not to stay that we are not compassionate people and that people must suffer in order to show compassion,… -
Do You Have A Champions Creed?
11 Jan 2010 | 5:30 amWhen I was in High school, at every prep rally right before a big football game, our whole school would recite a motivation creed to get the whole school pumped up. The creed went something like this: I am Somebody I will strive I will persevere and I will win because I am somebody Now the whole entire school and staff would get up from their seats, chant these lines from the top of their lungs and transform themselves into a hype machine filled with energy. It was an amazing spectacle at my school because if you were rebelling and didn’t wish to stand you were easily spotted and… -
7 Tips for Daily Positive Thinking & Motivation
9 Jan 2010 | 7:30 amThe Power of Positive Thinking Below I will outline 7 powerful positive thinking tips to help you with your motivation and drive on a daily basis. Studies show that people who participate in Positive Thinking lead more successful and happier lives than people who don’t. The biggest difference between Success and Failure is that root of that person’s attitude. Whatever a man thinketh so is he is an old proverb that basically means if you believe in being successful, you will be and if you believe you will fail then you will fail too. To help you with your challenges and…
