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THE Quote from Brett Favre’s News Conference

From Brett Favre at his retirement news conference: “See life through the front windshield, not the rear-view mirror.”

March 6, 2008

You Don’t Have To Be In A Good Mood To Be Courteous

I’m not sure being polite to convenience store clerks has ever been covered completely in self-help literature, but I think it may be one of the best things we can do to actually become, and remember, who we really are.

February 8, 2008

Happiness Through the 90% Rule

Have you heard of the 90% rule? You live on 90% of your income and save the other 10%. Easy isn’t it? Nope, not in

February 4, 2008

Personal Growth: How to Achieve It

Do you wonder what defines growth in all areas of our lives? Check out my post, the essence of all growth in life over at

February 2, 2008

How to Play Hard: Tips for Workaholics

by David Bohl “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” This proverb, made famous in the 1980 horror film The Shining, is

January 26, 2008

See How Easily You Can Add Music to Your Life

So what is the big deal about music? You’ve no doubt heard music has “powers to soothe the savage beast.” Music can soothe us, too.

January 25, 2008

If You Don’t Check Yourself into Detox Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later

Overwhelmed with information? Struggling to keep your head above water? It happens to teh best of us.

Trying to accumulate and/or consume too much information can be toxic to your mind and well-being. Eliminate some of those information toxins and avoid new sources of poison.

January 4, 2008

The Gratitude Project: Little Known Ways to Experience Gratitude

I continue to ask myself one question in order to maintain that simplicity: “What are we grateful for and when should we be grateful?”

December 29, 2007

Turning the Pareto Princliple on Its Head

The Pareto Principle, or 80/20 rule, or the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity, states that 80% of the effects (results) come from 20% of the causes (effort).

Let’s throw out the Pareto Principle formula and focus our time on doing what’s truly important.

December 28, 2007

Napping to Increase Productivity

Don’t you think you need more breaks?

December 28, 2007

Small Business Trends Column: Entrepreneurs – Remember the Promise of the Paperless Office?

There was a promise that in the near future there would be a “paperless” office; a post about this promise at Small Business Trends website.

December 17, 2007

Information Overload and Personal Development

In today’s world there is an infinite possibility for information and choices available; to read about this there is a blog, Information Overload and Personal

December 14, 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

Learning About Happiness from Students

“Happiness is all about everyday, normal activities, psychologists have argued, but do we intuitively understand what strategies increase happiness or not?”

December 9, 2007

The Perfect Personal Development Gift for the Holidays

Today, my gift to you is a gift suggestion for those folks who live, eat, and breathe personal development, and/or for those hoping to achieve their New Year’s resolutions in 2008.

December 8, 2007

Six Days for a Fifteen Hour Trip?

What’s important about this little story is not the actual drive from one location to another, or the details of what she’s going to do on that trip, where she’ll stay, what she’ll see or how she’ll spend her time.
What I think is important is the willingness to take a little longer to reach a destination, and to really explore the world while doing so.

December 7, 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

6 Tips for Avoiding “Broken Windows” in Your Life

6 tips for keeping your life in order using the broken windows theory of crime fighting and prevention; available at Dumb Little Man.

December 3, 2007