July 14 is Bastille Day – or French Independence Day – France’s version of the Fourth of July. It celebrates the storming of the Bastille, a fortress-prison, and the citizens rising up against the Monarchy (Louis XIV) and the beginning of a new democracy. This all happened in 1789 – just 13 years after the …
Want to know how to stop worrying and start living? Here’s a book from Dale Carnegie that I’ve sampled, a link to the Google Book page, and an excerpt on “How to Eliminate 50% of your Business Problems.” How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie Here is Leon Shimkin’s experience in his …
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined. – Henry David Thoreau If you have dreams for this year, now is the time to write them down. Then start moving in the direction of your dreams. Dreams do not usually come true overnight, but they do come true over time, …
A very dear friend of mine died in 2011 after a long struggle with Scleroderma, “a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases.” In recent years, her condition rapidly worsened and she had other health problems as well. In the last several weeks, she was in a lot of …
Do you know about the Oprah & Deepak 21-Day Meditation Challenge? About 3-4 times a year, there is a different topic or theme. The theme for March 2018 is “Shedding the Weight: Mind Body and Spirit. After you sign up, every day you get an email offering you access to that day’s guided meditation led …
What’s the quickest way to feel happy? Make someone else happy! It’s really pretty easy. And it’s something you can do without spending any money. All you really need is a target – a person, a child, a dog, a cat, a plant, you-name-it. Your target can even be a complete stranger. The easiest way …
Although the Positive Thinking Diet is not about losing weight, there are many ways to improve your mood through food and vitamins. For over ten years, I have been following the latest medical and scientific research on nutrition and mood. At first, I was doing research to find out what I might be able to do to …
One of my goals is to try to make at least one person happy every day. As it turns out, this doesn’t take much effort. Yesterday, I made at least 20 people happy before 8:30 AM, and it’s amazing how good I feel! Here’s what happened in my smiling experiment. I got up early and …
When I was a kid, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” was one of my favorite movies. Gene Wilder was fantastic in the leading role – as Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy inventor, looking for a child who was honest, loving, kind and generous, to become his heir and learn how to run his chocolate …
