There’s no such thing as an obligation you didn’t choose. You could say that you didn’t choose to be born–and that it’s therefore your obligation to thrive and survive. But even this is a choice. You can commit suicide; even … Continue reading
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. –Victor Frankl (The Daily Dose of Reason Returns on Tuesday)
There are two kinds of people perceived as “bossy.” The first really means well. He wants to see something done right, and he’s objective in his approach. He looks at facts and determines what makes most sense. He actually is … Continue reading
I don’t get it. The American auto industry is failing. For whatever reasons, they can no longer make a profit. Note that people still want cars … It’s just that not as many want American cars as foreign cars, since … Continue reading
Time is often our enemy. But why? Time is simply a measurement of reality. Reality is not an enemy, not to a reasonable person. The problem is that most of us have more priorities than time. The existence of time … Continue reading
Finding out “why” you do something isn’t always the answer. Sometimes the issue is more one of making a commitment — to live your life in a better way. I have talked for years about the need for all of … Continue reading
People are not “born with” superior abilities. At most, people are born with superior predispositions to abilities. These predispositions consist of whatever makes one brain, or one set of limbs, superior to another. But “ability” refers to more than the … Continue reading
“When people are pulling down hundred million dollar bonuses on Wall Street, and taking enormous risks with other people’s money, that indicates a sense that you don’t have any perspective on what’s happening to ordinary Americans.” — President-elect Obama, referring … Continue reading
Nobody gets in our way; we get in our own way. Even when there are external obstacles, the challenge becomes getting around those obstacles. We do that through thinking. Thinking is something that nobody can stop us from doing. Nobody, … Continue reading
It’s Thanksgiving. What am I thankful for? I’d like to say that I’m thankful for freedom of speech — perhaps the last real freedom we have left, in America (and a few other spots on earth). Freedom of speech makes … Continue reading
Now that Obama has been elected President, we’re told that the country is unified. Yet, when Bush was President, we were repeatedly told that the country had become dark, evil and divided. I talk to people every day who are … Continue reading
If you don’t put yourself first, others in your life will put themselves first … and you will then be last on your own list. Putting yourself first is not “childish” or “selfish.” It’s actually the mature, responsible and reality-oriented … Continue reading