Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Matthew 7:7 I hope that by now, you’re seeing the power of asking the right questions. In the first two parts, we asked the questions: “how can I _________?” and … [ Continue Reading ]
A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity. Ecclesiasticus 12:8 In part one, I discussed the importance of asking questions instead of resorting to the standard behavior of finding an acceptable excuse and using that reason to quit trying for a goal. Our … [ Continue Reading ]
I keep six honest serving men, (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling 1865 – 1936 When I was in high school, one of my teachers had the above quote on a large poster in … [ Continue Reading ]
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Epictetus 55 – 135 A.D. What’s the secret to success? That question has been asked millions of times. Yet if you ask 100 different people, you’re likely to get 100 different … [ Continue Reading ]
What is a good person? The one who achieves tranquility by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, “what is the right thing to do now?” Epictetus 55 – 135 A.D. Economist Alfred Kahn first wrote about and coined the phrase “the tyranny of small decisions.” The concept … [ Continue Reading ]
To him who is in fear everything rustles. Sophocles c. 495 – 406 B.C. Sian Beilock and Thomas Carr, psychologists who specialize in studying how stress affects performance, recently reported on an experiment involving college students taking math exams. When the students were told the exam was just for practice, … [ Continue Reading ]
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one! Charles Mackay 1814 – 1889 The other day, I was observing some young children playing with bubble solution. You remember, … [ Continue Reading ]
There is no security on this earth. Only opportunity. Douglas MacArthur 1880 – 1964 You’d need to be hiding under a huge rock to have missed all the doom and gloom that the news media has been spreading over the past couple of weeks. There’s no doubt that we’re facing … [ Continue Reading ]
It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire. Epictetus 55 – 135 A.D. In response to last week’s lesson (Getting or Giving) I received an email from a reader in Australia. The letter … [ Continue Reading ]
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca 4 B.C. – 65 A.D. Many years ago, I owned a sailboat. We lived in New Orleans and primarily sailed on Lake Pontchartrain, … [ Continue Reading ]