Naikan: Look Inside, A Daring Way To Find Gratitude and The Good Life
The idea is that if you practice the Naikan part of Constructive Living, life becomes a series of small miracles, and you may start to...
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- Aug 9
- 4 min
Best Way To Relax? Ward Off Dementia? Promote Good Citizenship? Build Kids' IQ?
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book – J.K. Rowling This morning I was in an exercise class. ...
- Jul 11
- 7 min
You Have To Catch Happiness Yourself
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Benjamin Franklin Eleven...
- Jun 30
- 6 min
Bias Can't Be Outlawed, Now What?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." James Baldwin, black American writer Our...
- Sep 29, 2022
- 4 min
Chill - It Can Be Done
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out" Rodney Dangerfield, comedian According to news and local sources...
- Jul 2, 2022
- 3 min
Can Ben Still Help Us?
“What is more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.” - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1751, Ben Franklin Ten years ago, I became...
- May 7, 2022
- 4 min
Oops, Did I Just Go Over The Line?
“You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.” Marcus Buckingham, author, business consultant...
- May 5, 2022
- 3 min
Unchecked Assumptions Can Screw Up The Works
"It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind." Sebastian Thrun, CEO, entrepreneur, computer scientist Unchecked...
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
What Are Your Strengths - What's Good About You?
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift; the work of life is to develop it; and the meaning of life is to give your gift away.” —...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
How To Be Braver
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” ―Maya...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Want a Little Inner Peace?
[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself. Karen Horney, psychologist According to some...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 4 min
How To Stop Being Quite So Foolish On All The Other Days
“And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect....
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Play Can Help Us Be More Sensitive and Tough
“People tend to forget that play is serious.” ~ David Hockney The clock says a bit past midnight, then 2 a.m., then 4. What is keeping...
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