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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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Motivation is Everything

Posted on September 6, 2013 by D3 Support

The key to understanding what makes a person ‘tick’—yourself, or another—is motivation. Motivation refers to why you do what you do—on the most fundamental and emotional of levels. Motivation is a fact of one’s psychological make-up. It’s not unchangeable. Motivation … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

Environmentalism Makes the Middle East Matter

Posted on September 5, 2013 by D3 Support

The impending war in Syria seems like a good time to revisit environmentalism. Although Obama may be foolish enough to believe America has an obligation to invade Syria in the absence of any threat to American interests, the continuing high … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

A Narcissist Goes to War

Posted on September 4, 2013 by D3 Support

A narcissist is someone who (a) thinks he’s smarter or more skilled than he is; and/or (b) thinks he has power or knowledge that nobody else can have. At the root of narcissism is a false belief that something other … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Liar, Liar

Posted on September 3, 2013 by D3 Support

A journalist from Cosmopolitan Magazine/U.K. recently asked for my feedback on the issue of honesty. Here are the questions, along with my answers. Why do some people find it difficult to be honest? The most common reason is fear of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

So You Want to Be a Therapist?

Posted on September 2, 2013 by D3 Support

Dear Dr. Hurd: I am a 60 year-old-male considering a career change. I am interested in acquiring a degree and becoming a therapist. I am most interested in childhood trauma and its connection to PTSD if there is any. Much … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

Love, Romance and “The Shock of Recognition”

Posted on September 1, 2013 by D3 Support

Many have written about romantic love, or all love, as a ‘mystery’. Or a product of ‘fate.’ Or ‘divine guidance,’ ‘karma,’ or other impossible-to-comprehend factors. But how about trying to explain this mystery called love? Why surrender all understanding of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

Obama’s Era of Complacency and Stagnation

Posted on August 31, 2013 by D3 Support

Bloomberg News reports: President Obama, speaking from the same Washington stage where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a defining speech of the civil rights movement, said that even as the nation has been transformed, work remains in countering growing economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Why Freedom is So Elusive

Posted on August 30, 2013 by D3 Support

…in these words, “the motive force of society is the government”; once men consider themselves as sentient, but passive, incapable of improving themselves morally or materially by their own intelligence and energy, and reduced to expecting everything from the law; … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

A Little Bit of War is a Dangerous Thing

Posted on August 29, 2013 by D3 Support

Any U.S. strike against Syria is ‘likely to last hours not days’ and probably would not come before the British Parliament votes on military action Thursday, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News. Four U.S. Navy destroyers are in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Syria vs. the Waning Superpower

Posted on August 28, 2013 by D3 Support

Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?  The proper standard for military intervention is: What serves the interests of the nation? If the nation defending its interests supports individual rights—and is the government of a free, democratic republic—then by definition such … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

As With the Highway, So With Life

Posted on August 27, 2013 by D3 Support

The conventional ‘wisdom’ suggests that self-interest destroys a society; and self-sacrifice preserves it. Let’s apply this idea to daily life. When I’m driving on a highway, I’m counting not only on my own sense of self-interest and self-preservation, but also … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

Childhood Issues? What to Do?

Posted on August 26, 2013 by D3 Support

Dear Dr. Hurd: I know that you focus on present issues, not childhood issues. But sometimes childhood issues are alive and ‘well’ in the present. Let me give you a couple of examples. Ever since I was very young (my … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement
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