Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.– Horace COVID-19, better known as the Corona Virus by main stream media has single-handedly put the entire world on hold. COVID-19 has not only caused a lot of deaths and pain, but many businesses are facing hardship. Some people are able to […]
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Investing in Short term Inconvenience
There’s an old story about the ant and the cockroach that my parents told me this story growing up. The point of this story was definitely an interesting moral. Once upon a time there was an ant and a cockroach. They were both friends, but had completely opposite habits. All summer the cockroach would have […]
Three Sure ways for Guaranteed Motivation
Motivation is more volatile than the stock market. Trying to motivate yourself using pure will power under unfavorable conditions is a losing battle. Sure, at times, you can pull all your resources together and muster up some heroic will power to motivate yourself. How often can you do that? Better yet, why would you have […]
Why Relying on Willpower is a big Mistake!
In the society we live in today, there is a lot of emphasis on willpower. We are basically judged on our actions independent of any influence. To be fair, a lot of us can agree that there are environmental factors that influence behavior. However, most of the same people will also agree that those influences […]
Being Consistent is more Important than being Effective
What is Decision Fatigue and how do you Prevent it?
Decisions fatigue is very real and effects millions of people across the nation. Decision fatigue is basically a psychological term for the side effect of making too many decisions. Our brains are not machines and even if they were machines, the same would happen. Machines use RAM (Random Access Memory) to handle tasks. Ironically, if […]
Is Health Coaching the missing link in America’s Health?
Let’s face it, the United States is having a growing problem in obesity, diabetes and heart disease. We don’t have a shortage of doctors, we don’t have a shortage of personal trainers or nutritionist and we absolutely do not have a shortage of information. As a matter of fact, we are at a point where […]
What Percentage of Your life do you Actually Control?
Five Steps to Dressing Yourself with Style
Fitting is EVERYTHING. Make sure clothing is sized right or Tailored You can have the most expensive, coolest looking clothing in the world and still look like an idiot. No matter how exclusive or expensive the article of clothing is, make sure you either buy it to fit or get it tailored. Otherwise, don’t wear […]
Should Addiction be Punished?
“We know that the majority of chronically hardcore substance-dependent adults lived, as infants and children, under conditions of severe adversity… Their predisposition to addiction was programmed in their early years. Their brains never had a chance.” – Gabor Maté A few years ago, you would have caught me being a complete ass when it came to […]