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Does Your Happiness Depend Upon Being Right?

Posted on February 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

I once had a conversation with a person who made the following statement, “For my own happiness, it’s important that people think I’m right.” The statement made me pause and literally step back. I think the person has his personal happiness tied directly to whether or not he is right. Later, I asked him if he would rather be right or happy?

Who Should You Be?

Posted on February 17, 2011 Leave a Comment

Who should you be? Probably, you know the answer immediately. Who should you be? The only person who isn’t taken. YOU!

Should You Always Tell The Truth?

Posted on February 14, 2011 1 Comment

Recently, I had a discussion with a friend about the duality of truth and lies. We discussed whether the opposite of truth is a lie and vice-versa. Much of our discussion involved whether telling the truth is always the best policy. For example, if someone asks you whether or not you like her recent hair style and you don’t, should you be truthful?

Does What Others Do, Bother You?

Posted on February 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

Does what other people do bother you? Are you often bothered by the things that other people do? When you reflect on it, does it happen more times than you’d like?

Are You Longing For Lifelong Learning?

Posted on January 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

So when do you stop learning? Are you a life-long learner? Have you grown up resisting learning? Is learning something you dread? Do you avoid learning whenever possible?

I think many people would give some “negative-leaning” answers to previous five questions.

Why Affirmations For Positive Change?

Posted on January 24, 2011 3 Comments

In a recent post on change, I made reference to affirmations. I mentioned that if you want to change, one way of doing so is to visualize your change, make what you visualize into an affirmation, and repeat the affirmation over and over and over… For this post, I will discuss affirmations and how they can help us facilitate a personal change that we desire.

Why Not Change, For A Change?

Posted on January 20, 2011 1 Comment

The only thing that is constant is change! To change everything simply change your attitude! Change is inevitable! To learn means changing your mind!

These are all statements about change that I have heard and used through most of my adult life.

Are You At The Mercy Of Now, Or…?

Posted on January 3, 2011 Leave a Comment

Mercy of what? Of now? What does that mean? Aren’t we at the mercy of fate? Do we have any control over our future?

Why Make Plans If Life Never Goes As Planned?

Posted on December 20, 2010 Leave a Comment

Do you make plans? Do you think plans are “stupid?” I have known many who do.

Is Feeling Good Something That Just Happens To You?

Posted on December 16, 2010 Leave a Comment

What makes you feel good? Who makes you feel good? Do you have any control over whether or not you feel good? I think these are all good questions and the answers to them can be revealing about whether or not a person is in charge of her/his own happiness.