Life is tough enough. Add our pandemic health and tsunami economic challenges to the mix and conflicts are bound to sprout up everywhere … at home and on the job. It’s like getting bitten by a rattlesnake. Just like one man I remember who was rushed to the hospital after he had been bitten by a rattlesnake. When he asked …
3 Words That Will Put You In Charge Of Your Emotional Life
In one of his clever commentaries, journalist David Frost talked about how a certain person has turned his life around. Frost said, “He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he’s miserable and depressed.” I thought that his comment was both witty and pathetic at the same time. After all, we all know lots of people who desperately want a …
Fake News, Treasure Maps, and Success
When I was a kid, we never heard the term “fake news.” We just assumed the media was giving us the facts. It never entered our minds that they would slant the “facts” to advance their own political agenda. As a kid, however, I did hear about treasure maps to lost mines and humongous stashes of gold. They were constantly …
3 Ways To Eliminate Your Stress
These are tough times. Whether it’s the economy, the war in the Middle East, or natural disasters, we’re living in a world of great stress. As Jane Bryant Quinn wrote in Newsweek, “The next time I see my stock broker I’m going to ask him why the heck they call stocks ‘securities’.“ Of course, this world of stress can get …