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Life: It’s All About Taking Action – Or Is It?

I’ve been a student as well as a teacher of personal development techniques for a couple of decades. I think I’ve read or heard just about any self help guru worth his stripes say that taking action is essential to success in any endeavor. And for the most part I’d agree.

I’ve also listened to and read the many laments of people who claim to have carried out the steps of one self help program or another and have…

Inspiration is where you find it. Sometimes that’s in the movies. My favorite theme for both books and film is what I refer to as passing the torch. It’s  pretty simple actually. You can identify a passing the torch story because by the end of the movie one character is far better off as a result of the influence of another character.

I haven’t included it in this piece but Titanic is the perfect example of a passing the torch movie. After “old” Rose tells her story of the fateful…

We’ve become a society of free expression. These days people are encouraged to open up and just let their feelings flow. Of course, there are plenty of acceptable ways to do this as well as some very unacceptable methods of expression. In most cases anger is one method that causes significant distress for all involved. Under certain controlled conditions it’s actually good to let go of feelings of anger. But in our day-to-day interactions with others outbursts of anger are certain to make…

It seems that some people were born to struggle. You’ve seen them. They often appear to be right in the middle of one or more crisis’s. Maybe they’re trying to juggle a couple of jobs while raising a family. Maybe they’re behind with their bills as many are these days. Perhaps they’re at a complete loss for what to do next. They often live in quiet desperation day to day and feel they have nowhere to turn. But there is a way to find peace and it’s easier than many may…