“Take out the garbage!” was a command my mother shouted at me when I was a kid. Today I stuff much of it down the garbage disposal; hit the “on” switch for a few seconds and it all goes down the drain. The rest I wrap tightly in a Walmart grocery bag, place it in […]
Month: February 2015
3.2 Protect Your Mind from Depravity
Do you watch those mystery documentaries where they take a crime and re-live it, then follow through to the capturing of the perpetrator, his/her trial and ultimate incarceration? We do. One especially gory episode we started to watch featured a variety of hideous acts that led to the brutal deaths of a whole family. Before […]
3.0: Protect Your Mind – Section 3 Introduction
Your mind is the singularly most powerful tool for success that you own. It is powerful beyond measure and more valuable than the combined wealth you could ever earn in your lifetime. So, like anything of value, you must protect your mind. But protect your mind from what? From the six enemies of your mind, […]
2.8 Prepare for Action Set Real Priorities
Would you like a simple definition of priorities? Here it is: The things that matter most. That may be far too simple a definition for a time management expert, but many books, blogs, songs and poems use that definition. “First Things First” is a book about separating the urgent from the important written by Steven […]
Three Reasons to Celebrate a Birthday
The following is the bulk of a letter I sent to my daughter on the occasion of her birthday: A birthday is a time to celebrate the joy of life. We were soooooo happy the day you were born. We had a boy first, then a daughter. What could be better than that? If you remember, […]