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Thought. As a society, we do precious little of it. We are distracted by so many different things. Without grounding, it's no wonder that mental illness and suicide are on the rise. What can we do? More importantly, what can you do? You can devote yourself to thinking, consistently, about the...
How can life be considered fair, in any respect? No matter who we are, no matter where we are born, there is a trap that we can fall into when we envy and when we become victims. And yet, there are those among us who are filled with contentment regardless of their station. What, then, is their secre...
What is pain? We all experience pain. There is the physical, where we all have a modicum of control over. There is pain, which creates fear. There is use in these types of pain. And then there is useless pain: resentment, anger, jealousy, anguish, regret. These are the things that make us inef...
Sometimes, the most straightforward solutions to the most complex problems lie dormant, hidden from view, by our calcified thinking. Sometimes we have been driven and conditioned and kicked into submission so many times that we forget that we are creatures of FREE-WILL. We abhor control over "us....
I'm sticking with this theme of the last couple of weeks of mindset and positive psychology. It's a foundation for everything you want and everything you are. If you do not think about what you wish to manifest, positively and consistently, it will not manifest in the way you desire, or not at all! ...
This one seems pretty obvious, doesn't it? I mean, "Always do your best" has been told to us from time immemorial, or for me since Father Dowdell would take me aside, my lungs filled with pain, defeated that I couldn't keep up in cross country, and he would say "my friend, my friend, as long as you ...
From a spiritual perspective, overthinking is the devils' playground. Think about that.
How often do you dwell? Do you routinely ruminate? It happens to me all the time. It is a very selfish endeavor. When I emerge and realize my folly, it reminds me with striking CLARITY of the 2nd Toltec agreeme...
To execute on a successful Slant Route in football, a receiver practices in ways that incrementally improve his success rate and consistency. As Anders Ericson, the psychologist behind the 10,000-hour rule explains “You don’t get benefits from mechanical repetition, but by adjusting your execution o...