One of the most freeing things we can learn in our lives is that it is okay to not be liked by everyone.  When we start realizing that not everyone is going to like us and accept that then we can stop trying so hard to get everyone to like us.  We don’t have to spend our time trying to make everyone like us, because it is inevitably not going to work, so therefore we have more time to spend with those people that really do like us. Read Post

Donna Karlin writes: “Who are you giving your personal power away to and what are you going to do to get it back? When we give the power of our destiny in whatever realm to someone else, we are choosing to give up our lives.” Figure out what you are doing that is taking your power away and then figure out what you really want and a way to get it. Read Post

Amazon has made the new Kindle eBook reader. Various reviews and opinions mostly mixed. You either love it or you hate it. Read Post

In the age of computers and email, writing letters has become a forgotten pastime.  When was the last time that you sat down and actually wrote a letter to somebody?  Letters are personal and they can actually bring us closer to the person that we are writing to.  Letters force us to slow down and it gives us time with ourselves that we wouldn’t normally have.

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It’s not really about time management because this focuses on the fact that you are spending your time productively. It’s not about being productive; it’s about accomplishing the goals that we set out. So, it’s not about time management, it’s about goal management; putting the goals in order, figuring out what the requirements are to accomplish those goals, and then moving forward with those goals. Take the focus off managing your time and turn that focus towards accomplishing those goals you set out for yourself. Read Post

In order to communicate with your children when they go off to college or trek out on their own, you need to find a way to communicate with them on their terms. The ways that younger people (the newer generations) stay in contact with each other is through, instant messages, texting, and face book type sites.  Let go of the need to control the situation, put it into their hands and eventually you might just be communicating more than you ever had in the past.  What we can learn from our kids is that in a world of information overload, they have found ways to deal with it by eliminating it because with their methods of communication there is no need to check multiple accounts, to check multiple social and business networks or to keep a record of all of these things’ passwords, logins, folders, and logs. Read Post

Recent research at Cornell University found that people dining at “healthy” restaurants actually consume more calories than those that aren’t. Read Post

At a weekend at Cornell for a football game, there was a video shown called “212 Degrees.” In the video, the basic idea is that one extra degree of effort, whether in life or business, can separate the good from the great. No matter where you are in life or how successful and fulfilled you feel, there is always room for that extra degree of improvement and that can take your life from being hot to smokin’! You can change just one thing in your life and in the end, it ends up changing your entire life.

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As a parent, it is impossible to know what your kids hear, as our children create their own realities.  Some studies suggest that what we teach our children from 0 – 13 embodies in them the moral and spiritual core that defines them as individuals and presides over their choices for their entire lives.  Don’t ever be afraid to be a father to your children.  Share with them the real you, not the one you think they want you to be, and a father is a father, not a friend.  Read Post

There are 78 million Americans that make up the “baby boomer” populace. The values and beliefs of the baby boomer population was handed down from the parents, most of which lived in the post-war era and the great depression; self sacrifice and hard work are what it takes to get ahead and earn a respectable living. With many baby boomers reaching what would have been the retirement age ten to fifteen years ago, the end is nowhere in sight. Read Post