Expressionless: The Mannequin Face of Botox and Facelifts
I don't know if it's me or are we seeing more walking mannequins? They appear to look like stars, in some cases, or even people. I just feel like I'm surrounded by them. What I'm referring to are the vasts amounts of people, men and women (and even teens), that are...
Mindmapping Your Way to Creativity
One of the tools that use to help me unleash my creativity are mindmaps. They allow me full expression of my thoughts and help me to remember ideas. Even new ideas are able to recognized when I connect relationships between ideas that are on each mindmap. When...
A Day of Thanks and Gratitude
As each of us think about sitting down for that special dinner that Thanksgiving Day offers, realize that it's much more than eating a turkey, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Think about what this day really means. It's not really about the so-called Pilgrims, even...
The Power of Mistakes (or Falling on Your Face)
This post is about mistakes. I just hope it's not a mistake that I write about this subject. I think we've all been told by well-meaning people, "Don't make a mistake", right? That's pretty much what I've heard growing up, especially from my father. What typically...
True Success are Consistent Efforts Done Over Time
I've heard success that it's this or that so many times. Some people have said that success is reaching a goal or achieving something spectacular. Others have told me that they aren't successful until they have a lot of money. The problem with those definitions are...
Power-Up Your Brain!
Recent data came forth regarding Albert Einstein's brain. For years it was determined that his brain was smaller than the average person. The scientists back in 1955 assumed that the size of the brain was based on the circumference. Recent studies that looked at...
The Rule of Leverage
"Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I will move the entire earth." ~Archimedes (c. 287-212 B.C.) All those childhood moments when I would play on the see-saw (teeter-totter), little did I know that they were teaching moments. What I did learn at the...
Divided We Fall
Over the course of the last few years the rhetoric from many sides has been disturbing. In particular is this notion of class warfare. This is only the start and it seems that all sides are responsible. A great division has taken place and it will take a great...
Discover Your Dreams on Purpose
Years ago I read a book by David J. Schwartz called 'The Magic of Thinking Big'. He described it his book that the world is vast and there are no limits except within our thinking. Recently I talked to a young man about his dreams. He told me that he had no...
Visualize Your Success
One of the areas I've taught my clients and seminar participants is that of visualizing success. Just like top level athletes, the use of visualization a successful outcome works. It's not just seeing the end, but the whole process that leads to the end. True...