Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 19How To Shrink Your Shrink ExpensesA six-step process to use an imaginary counselor or mentor. — Our mental health matters. Really. We can’t do much if our mind is full of the challenges we face in everyday life. At times, problems mount, and we sometimes can feel we are slipping down an endless slope of worry and anxiety. …Mental Health6 min read
Feb 11It’s Hard To Say…Goodbye. — My Dearest Medium Followers: I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say that I am leaving medium. This is a post that I really did not want to write. But, here we both are, reading the same words. Ya, I didn’t really want it to end this…Writing4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 10Devastate Your Debt with…Carpet Bombing. — “Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing [and obliteration bombing], is a large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land. The phrase evokes the image of explosions completely covering an area, in the same way that a carpet…Debt5 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 8How To Carry On When U Are At the End of Your RopeHang on. — So what do you do when, after your best plans are laid and after you have poured your heart into something and it just does not work out? For some of us, that would mean to shed a few tears I am sure. Maybe the goal we have set is…Self Improvement2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 7How To Transfer Money From the Patient to the ImpatientOr was it the other way around? — Just a few days ago I was writing about Warren Buffett and I continue to have questions about my stand on this issue. Warren Buffett is often referred to as the “Oracle from Omaha” because, indeed, he is from Omaha. But also, when it comes to his ability to pick…Money4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 6How To Ask… So You Can Receive.2 ideas you have heard before. 1 story you haven’t. — We are all familiar with the famous Bible quote: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. —…Money3 min read
Published in SYNERGY·Feb 6Live To Write…Write to Live. — I went to Hawaii a while ago. It was so interesting for me to see firsthand the surfing culture present in that special warm place. I was not a surfer as I lived inland by about 700 miles or so. …Writing3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 4How To Avoid Venomous Verbal Attacks…The metaphor of the spitting cobra — “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Pretend you have just encountered a spitting cobra. The venom of these snakes can produce tissue damage and pain if you should get the toxic venom on your skin. …Self Improvement4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 3How To Follow Your GutOften the best direction we get comes from the inside. — Ideas are like slippery fish. They seem to have a peculiar knack of getting away from us. Because of this, the creative person always has a pad and a pencil handy. When he gets an idea, he writes it down. He knows that many people have found their whole lives…Inspiration4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Feb 2Toys Don’t Make You HappySo get off the treadmill trying to acquire them. — We all know the old saying: “He who dies with the most toys wins.” — attributed to Malcolm Forbes But do we believe it or not? Seriously. Looking around me it is hard to tell. Where are people’s minds really at when it comes to collecting the “toys” of life? Toys Do Not Bring Happiness — Even If They Have 4 Wheels …Money4 min read