Posts Tagged ‘ life ’

Freedom of Religion … Only Valid When it Fits?

This blog doesn’t usually participate in political discussions, although I am often emotionally involved when injustice and prejudice are the topics. Another apolitical blog that I read because of its excellent content about aging parents published a meaningful post yesterday referring to a national discussion involving well-educated personalities spouting sentimental or discriminatory rhetoric one usually would only get from impulsive, untrained thinkers. The article brings back memories of another time in the life of this mother of...

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Can Reading a Story Inspire Almost Immediate Good Fortune?-part 5

Yesterday’s last words Sturtevant stared at me in wild surprise “All right,” he said. “The others will excuse me for a few moments, I think. Sit down here, and you shall have it. I found it pasted in an old scrapbook I purchased in Ann Street, for three cents and there isn’t a thing about it by which one can get any idea in what publication it originally appeared, or who wrote it. When I discovered...

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The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work

The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work

I really enjoyed reading this book… I had recently watched an episode of C-Span Book TV (http://www.booktv.org/) where two authors discussed Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and I was amazed at finding out how this man writing a couple centuries ago about what really makes people happy (he was a moral philosopher before being a political economist ) got it right for us today!  My review is coming next… Starting with a list of 101...

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How to Stop Worrying About Making Enough Money

How to Stop Worrying About Making Enough Money

Napoleon Hill alludes many times in his book to that ‘money making secret that has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men’, but it seems that he believed that the readers should discover the secret themselves by studying his book, he seemed to believe readers should be ready to really understand the concept of visualizing goals and plan the action steps needed to produce results. The movie, The Secret, is all over...

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Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life

Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life

Image via Wikipedia Last Saturday afternoon I watched a special on one of my local PBS stations: KBTC, titled: With Purpose: Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life As a psychologist, gerontologist, documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur and best-selling author of fifteen books on aging-related issues, Dr. Dychtwald has been exploring the implications of the longer age expectations for this boomer generation. He spoke at length about the prospect of rethinking the meaning of success, work, relationships, adulthood...

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