Can-Do Mindset and the God Vase
What do you do to put yourself in a Can-Do Mindset? Here are some of the things I usually do: Surround myself with positive people. Ignore the news on the television and radio as...
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Positivity Ratio
“How much positive emotion do we need to flourish?” is a question posed by Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and author of the book Positivity. She says it can be answered by what she calls the Positivity Ratio.
Goals: “Prepare To Take Detours In Stride”
Do an Internet search on successfully achieving goals, and you’ll come across plenty of wise insights about dealing with obstacles to achieving goals too. That’s because all the great goal achievers in history also...
Book Recommendation: The Magic of Thinking Big
I first heard of this book by David Schwartz because of Emeril Lagasse, the famous chef from the Food Network. Apparently, he read it when he was still the executive chef at Commander’s Palace...
Book Recommendation: The Science of Being Great by Wallace D. Wattles
Wallace D. Wattles was a progressive New Thought pioneer who lived 1860-1911. He is best known for his book published in the early 1900s, The Science of Getting Rich, which I also recommend. Indeed,...
Personal Growth: Give Your Mind Jobs To Do
There is a duality in this realm where we live. There’s a beginning and an ending. There’s light and dark, female and male, joy and sorrow… positive and negative. There is a duality in...
Attitude – YOU Can Always Change It
Choose Your Attitude “We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few...
What gets your mind into a can-do place?
I write about inspiration and attitude. I try to live what I write about, but sometimes I’m challenged to keep a positive attitude and to stay inspired, too… just like everybody else. Publishing articles on...