Doing What You’ve Always Done
If you want something you’ve never had, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done. Nearly all of us say we want some things we’ve never had. They …
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Improve Your Reading Speed
In 1992, Lou Scripa performed a record setting 70,715 sit-ups in 24 hours. I am sure Lou pushed himself very hard for a long time to achieve that record and …
Read More Rationalization
Perhaps you heard about the dieter who rationalized it would be OK to eat broken cookies because all the calories would have leaked out. It’s easy to rationalize what we …
Read More Make a New Ending
A wise person said, “Though you cannot go back and make a brand-new start, you can start now and make a brand new end.” Most of us can look back …
Read More Living vs. Dead
Sun and rain are the two main sources of growth and nutrition for a tree. But once a tree has fallen, those same natural elements of sun and rain will …
Read More Green Bananas- Planning
Did you hear about the man who was so old he no longer bought green bananas? Well if that joke were true, we could at least say he took into …
Read More General William Booth
Years ago the Salvation Army magazine featured a picture of a boat in a stormy sea. Around the boat were men and women hopelessly lost and perishing in the sea. …
Read More Gallon Costs
Think a gallon of gas is expensive these days? It matters what you compare it to. If you bought it by the gallon ranch dressing would cost $31 Maple syrup …
Read More “Free Time”
What do you do in your free time? That’s one of those questions we ask to make polite conversation. But there is really no such thing as “free time.” All …
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