Life is NEVER as bad as it seems! Read that again. There are people and organizations that actually make their income from trying to create fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There’s an old saying in the newspaper business: “If it bleeds, it leads.” That means, the worst news always is the top news, the headline news….
How do we best handle this season of crisis? What’s important to remember is that times of crisis make us stronger. Often it takes crisis to shift our value system, even on a global scale, to form a more perfect world. With this crisis in money, humanity will begin to shift it’s values to things…
How do we make sense of the senselessness of this financial downfall, out-of-control greed, continuing war, and conflict between candidates every day on television? Current events can easily re-stimulate our fears. Many go into panic, which leads to apathy and helplessness. Even anger can arise. Our animal mind can take us over if we let…
You can learn a lot about resiliency and success from a billionaire! Thursday, September 25th marked the largest bank failure in US history. The same day, CNN interviewed T. Boone Pickens, the now famous oil man and fund manager. His fund had lost about $1 billion and he personally lost about $300 million, 10% of…
These three labels might describe 90% of people in North America. Though I avoid limiting nationalizations (made up names) like the plague, this gives us a starting point for a discussion. Many North Americans fight apathy, lack of joy, worry, and lack of focus on a daily and hourly basis. You probably know someone that…