How to Become Virtuous in 7 Months
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery I’ve been using Ben Franklin’s program to get rid of most of my most-persistent and vexing vices. You can do the same thing. The idea is…
READ MOREFive Written Acknowledgments
“Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.” – Henry Ward Beecher Periodically, we must remind ourselves to thank the people who matter…
READ MOREThanksgiving: The Right Time to Count Your Blessings
Your health: You have aches. You have pains. You may have illness and infirmity. But you also have time every day when you can enjoy yourself and the company of the people you love and are loved by. Be thankful for that. Your wealth: You haven’t hit the Forbes list…
READ MOREWhat Makes for a Well-Lived Life?
“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” – Robert M. Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 1974) The New York Times recently ran an obituary on a doctor named Salvator Altcheck. He…
READ MORESpiritual Success Secrets: Law 2 – The Power of Karmic Freedom
“You choose, you live the consequences. Every yes, no, maybe, creates the school you call your personal experience.” – Richard Bach (Running from Safety, 1994) In Chapter 3 of his book titled “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” Deepak Chopra argues that we are all free, all the time,…
READ MORESpiritual Secret of Success – Law 1: Get More By Giving More
“When I give I give myself.” – Walt Whitman (“Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass) When people think about getting rich, there are usually two broadly different ways they go about it. Some people try to get rich by taking from others. They figure there is a limited amount of…
READ MOREPromise #9 for the New Year: To Be A Better Person
On January 10, 2001, I asked you to add one more very important thing to your list of New Year’s resolutions: to become a better person. And to do that by making a commitment to: * pay less attention to yourself and more attention to other people * focus on…
READ MOREPromise #5 For The New Year: To Develop The Personal “You”
The social “you” is always under scrutiny. Your employer and clients evaluate your work. Your spouse and children match your behavior to their expectations. Under such circumstances, the achievement-oriented person naturally improves because he feels the censure of his critics and strives for the approval of those he cares to…
READ MOREThe Birth of Christ
“I will hold Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens (From the Gospel According to St. Luke, The Holy Bible, King James Version) “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all…
READ MOREPromise #10 For The New Year: To Be A Better Person
I’m truly impressed. It’s Friday, and you’ve been with me for 10 straight workdays. You have read and reread your resolutions countless times. Most importantly, you’ve had a chance to think about them in new and I hope deeper ways – and to add to them. You are in the…
READ MOREMaking An Adjustment In Your Schedule
“I answer the heroic question, Death, where is thy sting? with It is here in my heart and mind and memories.” – Maya Angelou Ive had to adjust my schedule today, because Im going to a funeral. He was someone whose connection to me fell somewhere between being an acquaintance…
READ MOREGiving Thanks
Of the many unpleasant things that happen to you when you approach 50, the recognition of mortality is the worst. You can’t avoid facing it. People you know even friends and family members are seriously sick or dying. In the past several months, I have been through (a) the motorcycle…
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