While large companies and governments appear to believe that the more money they spend or the more force they apply to change anything in life is more likely to cause the desired change, behavioral economics tells us that input and change are not always directly related when it comes down to individual choices. In fact, small changes can have huge effects while vast …
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The Success of Love
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. - Mother Theresa The …
The Hames: A Piece of Wood that Changed the World
Every once and a while you hear a story that knocks your socks off. I heard one such story three years ago this summer while mulling about an antique shop in Atlanta. The proprietor was a kind old Englishman and no matter what piece caught your eye, this gentleman was ready to tell its story. …
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The Secret Powers of Time: Save our Families
Would you say that you spend more time focusing on the past, the present or the future? Your tendencies in this regard provide a framework through which you interact with your world. Professor Philip Zimbardo (http://www.zimbardo.com) of Stanford University offers a thought-provoking analysis of what he calls "The Secret Powers of Time." He argues that our …
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If…
This morning I would like to issue a challenge to you, my readers, one that you are perfectly capable of meeting if you are honest with yourself, honest with your Creator and honest with your fellow man. The nature of this challenge is as simple as it is profound and if you aspire to be …
Patience and Life: Practical Matters
My wife gave me a fascinating book called "Leonardo's Notebooks" by H. Anna Suh. The book is a rich collection of artwork and writings, arranged in three sections: Beauty, Reason and Art; Observation and Order; and Practical Matters. I'm delighted to borrow from the third section this morning, Practical Matters. Da Vinci possessed one of the greatest …
Victim or Victor: You Decide
I was recently introduced to "GiANT Impact," an executive training company that "influences influencers to impact the world." (www.giantimpact.com) They offer events, training and resources based on the writings of best-selling author John C. Maxwell. Please find below an article in their June 2010 Issue 1 newsletter piqued my interest. Enjoy! Be the One: Serve In life, it's not …
If today was your last day…
A friend of mine sent this link yesterday and I thought you would enjoy the message: What if today was your last day? Did you give it your all? Did you help everyone you could? Did you live up to your highest expectation of others? It is so easy to slide into a state of …
Smile! (You are getting old)
A recently published Gallup poll of 340,000 people between the ages of 18 and 85 indicates that the happiness waxes, wanes then waxes again in the life cycle of the average American. Late teens note a high sense of satisfaction with life as do people over the age of fifty. What happens in between is …
Past, Present and Future: Brighter Days to Come
No matter how hard you plan, how hard you focus your intention, how many people you conscript to work with you in the achievement of your goals, the future somehow manages to be something of an unknown quantity. The kings of yore summoned astronomers and magicians to help them interpret the faint outlines of the forming future, …
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Gregory Hake 