The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report on Obamacare’s impact on the economy that ignited an enormous amount of controversy.
Eugina was using her time on the Camino to contemplate her next move in life. It made me wonder how my life would have been different had I undertaken this challenge in my twenties. Would this spiritual refreshment have allowed me to confront my alcohol demons at an earlier point in life? Would I have taken the same career path?
Santa Claus is not a person, but he is a principle, a dynamic, a universal idea that goes far beyond a person. Santa Claus represents a benevolent universe that knows our needs and can and will deliver our good to us. Santa is a cultural form — a local permission slip through which we allow ourselves to receive the blessings...
Fear runs our show from behind, driving us to choices we regret, opportunities we miss, often to the point of grief for what was or what could have been. But the truth is that fear is not a reality, it is a “what-if”. Fear causes the paralysis of our...
What separates people who ultimately succeed from those who fail is simply a larger number of tries and a willingness to keep failing. People succeed because they have an increased tolerance for failure, paradoxically suffering even more failures than people who don't succeed...
An extremely important concept that few realize or believe is that anybody can be a winner, although not everybody is. It is a fact that winning in the overall "game" of life does not require that you...
Vince Lombardi emphasized: "The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are much more important than the events that occur." For those who contend that de-emphasizing winning may lead to a losing attitude, the annals of Olympic lore are full of passages from champions who argue the contrary...
General George S. Patton said, “Success is how high you bounce after you’ve hit bottom.” An important key for recovery from fear and worry is to practice, practice, practice, with patience and perseverance. The point is to get going and to set small, realistic goals. Small successes are wonderful stepping stones...
The Law of Attraction isn’t a “tool.” It’s not a personal development technique. The Law of Attraction is a principle of physics that explains how Energy works — more specifically, how energy “attracts” and “repels.”
Maggie struggled between two options: either commit to her professional life or commit to her personal life. The stress of it all often made her want to just give up and quit everything. She thought choosing between them was the only way to save her sanity...
Herman Hesse once wrote that wisdom, when spoken aloud, always sounds a little bit foolish. Perhaps that's because when we hear something that makes sense to us, we think we already know it. But often we don't. At least not in a way that matters...
To succeed in a career you have to climb up the well-defined rungs of a "corporate ladder": up, up, up, until — nope, just up. The corporate ladder is a wonderfully clear visual — it's also the epitome of inflexibility...
Success is attaining your goals in all aspects of your life, not just in your finances or career. "Follow out these principles of action and you cannot fail to get what you want; for the universe is so constructed that all things must work together for your good."
Too many people think you need permission to learn something or that difficult things have to be learned in school. However, the prevalence of this attitude is much lower among entrepreneurs than practically any other group. Hopefully by explaining alternative strategies for learning I can help...
Why do so many brave people, having failed in their marriage, their job or some other undertaking, fall into the same behaviour patterns, meet the same types of people and relive the same unhappy experiences? They do this in spite of displaying resources of willpower, creative visualisation or positive thinking...
Do you need any person, object, or ideology to give you a sense of self-worth? Does your experience of validation come from others, or yourself? If you know your worth, you do not need other people to affirm it. If you do not recognize your worth, all the...
"The newspaper did a survey asking highly successful people which came first: happiness or success? Sixty-three percent said they were successful because they were happy. Thirty-seven percent said they were happy because they were successful." Hmmmm...
A great deal of the anxiety we experience is anticipatory. Carefully preparing for situations that provoke anxiety in you is the key to reducing this kind of anxiety. If public speaking makes you anxious and you’re about to give interviews, preparing answers beforehand will help...
Inability to ask is usually rooted in your own imagined unworthiness, fear of losing independence, and specter of being dependent on others. My own discomfort and hesitancy about asking disturbed my comfort zone and led me to soul-searching the truth that we are...
What is it you want more than anything else in the world? Ask yourself and answer truthfully. Answer as if it was the night before Christmas and you were a little kid and could have whatever you wished for. Take out a piece of paper and write down your...
Edwin C. Barnes’ desire was not a hope! It was not a wish! It was a keen, pulsating desire, which transcended everything else. It was definite. It had been Barnes’ dominating desire for a long time. In the beginning, it may have...
Americans are losing faith in establishment politics. Bernie Sanders argues that...
September 2026 begins at a powerful turning point as eclipse season winds down and...
Letting go of the past doesn’t mean forgetting what happened. It means releasing the...
When love begins to unravel, do you walk away or pick up the thread? “Thread By...
What if winning didn’t require someone else to lose? “Winners Together” imagines a world...
Every morning is another chance to choose what stays with us and what we finally leave...
How much of yesterday are you still carrying today?
In a world of swipes, matches, texts and disappearing conversations, sometimes the most...
A chatbot told someone it loved them, and that person felt genuinely comforted. That...
Accepting oneself is crucial for navigating change without fear. This article explores...
Despite advancements in technology and education leading to higher IQ scores in...
The New Moon is birthed in Virgo on September 11 (Sept. 10 in US time zones)—a lunation...
Exploring the relationship between light and darkness reveals profound insights into...