WE ALL KNOW “THAT GUY/GAL”

Probably one of the most misunderstood of all personalities in the social sphere is the braggart.  He is that guy who can’t wait to tell you how he broke par on the front nine or earned the biggest bonus in the history of his company.  She is the woman who...

COUNT TO TEN!

We can all thank our grandma or grandfather for the wisdom of today’s title.  I believe that the original point of this advice dealt with the issue of anger management.  The 10 second “countdown” was intended to give us the opportunity to shift from an...

The Greatest Addiction of All

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Over the past several weeks, we have discussed the concept of positive addiction.   As we’ve seen earlier, the concept suggests that happy,...

Holiday Elation (Part 1)

Holidays are neither good nor bad; how we think about them makes the difference. Over the years, I’ve written on more than one occasion about the impact of the holiday season.  The generic topic for these commonly-written pieces is “holiday depression.” This...

The Quality of Tavel is Twice Blessed

Be happy, not because everything is perfect, but because you chose to focus on the perfect moments. Roughly 400 years ago, William Shakespeare wrote “The Merchant of Venice” where Portia, a woman posing as a male lawyer (history’s first liberated woman?), utters the...