Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Balance / Stress / Change”
The great historian H.G. Wells used to complain about people he called “the goodness-sakers.” These are the people who stand around all day saying, “For goodness-sake, why doesn’t somebody do something?” I was somewhat guilty of saying that in the past … complaining about something instead of doing something about it. And one such issue was the problem of poverty …
Growing up, and even as an adult, after I had gone through a really bad day or a really bad stretch in my life, my father would tell me, “Well, you just learned an awful lot more than you ever learned in school.” I’m not sure that was 100% accurate, but his comment led me to a major discovery. Whenever …
From 25 years of research, from 30 years of teaching, and from interviewing thousands of folks … from the top of the corporate ladder to those behind prison bars … I have an announcement to make. Life is NOT fair. So there you have it. It’s official. Life is NOT fair. Despite that somewhat depressing declaration, I also have some …
Life itself is a fairly neutral process. It does not pre-select some people for success and others for failure. Life comes to us one day at a time … and to a large extent is shaped by the decisions we make. That’s right … to a large extent. I realize there are outside influences and unfair circumstances that come into …
