Here’s a near-absolute Truth to consider: Everything you deserve is going to take everything you’ve got! This sobering observation compels one to ask four indelicate questions: If you are not giving life “everything you’ve got, WHY NOT? * Special Note 1: Subsidies of early life eventually run out. (See https://ertiaunlimited.com/lifes-toughest-lesson/) Special Note 2: “Entitlements” don’t…
At some point – and earlier is better – we have to “Get Real” about the unalterable “Cost of Living” … about all the stuff “below the water line” that “floats our boat”. Life’s Tough! The CHALLENGES are formidable, the RESPONSIBILITIES are awesome, the EXPECTATIONS are out-of-sight, and TIME is always too short for what…
[Reference: “Like You Mean It” Louisville Magazine 12.16, pp. 38-45] This article took up the challenge of charting a profitable and productive path for personal development in the year 2017. Outlined suggestions and admonitions follow. (NOTE: I’ve used the LM categorical listings but re-engineered the summations for more global applications.) SAVE MONEY The nature…
FLASH NEWS! Your success is guaranteed! In fact, you may already have WON! Wherever you spend the most time and energy is where you will realize the most success. You may become an EXPERT: Eating junk food Playing video games Watching sports Manipulating the SMART PHONE Surfing the WEB / Doing Social Media Or ……
“Our society has resigned itself to suffering.” Jamie Studts, Behavioral Scientist [Describing the fatalistic acceptance of a cancer diagnosis as a death sentence] ************** I’ve had a growing suspicion that, as with a cancer diagnosis, much of our outlook on life and living and career and citizenship – and all the rest – is colored…