You can react, or you can respond. Stop making things worse. How we react to an event determines how it affects our lives. With a knee-jerk, emotional reaction, you make things worse. By pausing, thinking, and choosing an intelligent response, you improve a terrible situation. Realize it’s a choice Your response to any event is…
“I am at the stage of life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5. You’re right, have fun.” -Keanu Reeves Stop arguing. Arguing is pointless. Like Keanu Reeves, I no longer argue. That wasn’t always the case. There was a time when I could argue politics until I worked myself up…
My teeth were rotting out of my head. A toothache demanded I visit the dentist, a trip I avoided for 15 years. I had lost the habit of daily brushing decades ago. And flossing… well, c’mon, who can bother with flossing? I began paying the price for my neglect on that day. Four root canals…
What appears as success or failure at the moment is often nothing more than an illusion. With time, circumstances reveal their true nature. You get the girl, the job, or the new house you thought was perfect. You won! But then, six months down the road, you find out different. That girl, that job, that neighborhood…
“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.” — Edwin Louis Cole Manhood is under attack today, with many people questioning what it means to be a man. This could be a symptom of affluence. Our ancestors spent most of their time struggling to stay alive. They didn’t…
