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What’s Your Definition of Success?

When I think of the old paradigm – my old, ill-conceived, self-taught definition of success (that success means money, wealth, status, and power) – I am reminded of an old parable that goes something like this:

Who is the Successful Man?

One day a wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country so that the son could see how the poor lived. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”

December 24, 2007

What Accomplishment Junkies and Overachievers can Learn from Huckleberry Finn

If you’re addicted to adventure, challenge, and achievement, or even if you aren’t, you’ll love my article published at The American Chronicle.

December 23, 2007

What are the Best Ways to Slow Down to Catch Up with Life?

“Banish the Sunday Night Blues!” Listen in, call in, and enjoy a lively discussion about slowing down to enjoy life.

You can do that this Sunday, December 23rd, at 10:00 PM Eastern. I’ll be a guest of Kristen Hallows on her Blog Talk Radio show Job You Desire.

December 21, 2007

If Green Isn’t a Color, What is it?

If green isn’t a color, what is it is not a trick question it is a way of looking at your life. There is a

December 18, 2007

Happiness: It’s What One Emphasizes That Counts

One of my favorite quotes is Carlos Castaneda’s:

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

I love this quote because it reminds me of how hard I used to work, just because I believed that working that hard would make me happy. It didn’t, and I think that if work was going to make me happy, eighty to one hundred hours a week should have done it.

December 18, 2007

Accomplishing Your Goals: Should You Write a Personal Mission Statement?

Businesses have mission statements, so, if you write a personal mission statement will that help you to succeed? There is a post about writing personal

December 17, 2007

Are ‘Smart’ and ‘Spiritual’ Mutually Exclusive?

There sometimes seems to be a backlash in our culture against people who value their spiritual lives and try to improve their spiritual state. In effect, the idea seems to be that smart people aren’t spiritual; that people who are spiritual are somehow stupid enough to be “gulled” into believing something that obviously can’t be true. I really have a problem with this outlook for four reasons:

December 13, 2007

How to Live a Sweet Life

Sweet Life:

In Harmony. Balanced. Mental and emotional stability and serenity.

Free of discord. No contradictions. No inconsistencies between the beliefs and values one holds and one’s actions.

Want to live a sweet life? Find out exactly how to do it in my post

December 12, 2007

Personal Development: Moving Outside Your Comfort Zone

When we talk about “comfort zones” in self-help, we’re not talking about the temperatures between 67 and 75, or wherever the comfort zone on your thermostat lies. But that comfort zone is a good starting place, actually.

December 11, 2007

6 Ways for Effecting Change in Your Life

We all deal with change, well or poorly, every day. The challenge for most of is not so much that we have change to deal with, but how well we manage it. Managing change well means less stress, less work, and more time to feel content, joyful, and fulfilled.

December 10, 2007

Opting Out of Useless Information

Although I often wonder why I need mail in today’s day and age, I’m not opting out of mail anytime soon. I am, however, taking the time to reconsider the amount and types of digital and print media that I consume. I’m controlling my subscriptions.

December 4, 2007

Here’s a Quick Way to Discover Your Passions (and have some fun at the same time)

Passion is about discovering what you like along with what you don’t like. Stimulate you five senses in order to invoke passion, and here are

December 2, 2007

Is it Time to Turn up the Heat in Your Life?

212 Degrees – one extra degree of effort, in business and life, can separate the good from the great.

November 21, 2007

Latest Guest Appearance on ‘Money Sense’ Radio Show

Guest spot appearance on ‘Money Sense’ radio show with host Karen Ellenbecker. This can be heard in the greater Milwaukee area Saturday, November 17th for

November 16, 2007

Fulfillment: The Power of Volunteering

Recently, there has been an upsurge in volunteering in the U.S. There’s also been a lot of talk about volunteers and volunteering. People are spending more time doing volunteer activities and thinking about volunteering.

Why would you want to spend your time doing things for someone else, when there are so many really good things you need to do for yourself and people you care about? When you have to work forty hours a week, or more, just to make your end meet your other end? Why on earth would you want to do more work?

November 16, 2007

October 27, 2007

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DAVID B. BOHL

Relinquishee, Adoptee, MPE
Author, Speaker.