Money is a concern for so many people today. Money causes a real challenge as so many people have huge earning capacity, and yet money seems to slip through their fingers. I learned long ago that wealth creation does not come from income. Wealth creation comes from investments. It comes from saving and having money grow through investing. Most people have strong emotions attached to money, and for good reason. While you and I w...
There are a great deal of people who believe that their product or service is great value. The value of any service or product is not always reflected in the sales. It is not always reflected in revenue or profits. It is not always received in the manner intended, neither does it always live up to its promises. The strength and value of a product or service is only as good as its ability to be measured, weighed in the balance and com...
When we learn of someone we know going through a tragedy, we often feel sorry for that person. If that person experiences great sadness and becomes despondent and depressed we often don’t know what to do. Sometimes the logical course of action, is simply to wait. After all, most people come through ok. What are two types of depression? One is a circumstantial depression. The second is a clinical or long term depression. ...
Watched a documentary on health. It showed a man who was only 42 years of age. That is 2 years older than I am. This a man was successful financially and was happy for the most part. Yet his physical health was letting him down. He had let himself slide into a lifestyle that had caused him to move toward obesity. Furthermore this man became heavily reliant on daily medication to help him to live a somewhat normal life. He had ...
Met with a man today who wiggled his toe. That may not sound very impressive. It certainly does not sound extraordinary. It also may seem like a strange thing to be asking a client to do. The thing that made this situation both impressive and extraordinary is that this man is a quadriplegic. The Doctor told him about 7 years ago after an accident on a football field that he would never walk again. The Doctor stated that he would ...
Currently the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 show us that the world is full of incredible athletes and incredible people. Within each chosen sport, the best in the world compete for Olympic Gold. Every time the Olympic Games are held records fall and new champions emerge. Most of the population sits comfortably in a lounge chair watching the events unfold. Watching other talented exceptional individuals in their moment of glory. We see an...
How fast can you run toward a pine box? I recall a radio celebrity once say, “Your heart only has a certain number of beats, when that runs out, you die. That is why I choose not to exercise”. Others say, “You’ve gotta die of something”, as they finish their third piece of chocolate cake. No one has a crystal ball and yet most people can tell you about the 92 year old relative who drank and smoked all their life...
The last 2 years have been the toughest financial setbacks of my life. Prior to this I was moving forward with a focus on saving and securing a financial future. In other words I was saving for a rainy day. When we have financial setbacks there is a tendency to feel like a failure. To feel that our positive efforts are not yielding fruit. When large amounts of effort yield little or no fruit, we begin to wonder if it was a...
I did some neurological repatterning with a young man of about 24 years old. This young man had experienced a difficult childhood, and as a result he was struggling to cope with everyday life. He had made some choices that made it difficult for him to cope in certain situations. One of these situations was an unexpected or unwelcome touch on his body. This action would trigger feeling of betrayal that he described as a blue feeli...
A great deal has been written and discussed about emotional intelligence (EQ). According to research there are a number or reasons why it is good to have high EQ. These people who have a high EQ have…. Far less depression or anxiety in their lives. Greater ability to form relationships. Greater ability to maintain long term relationships. Ability to build rapid rapport. Ability to show empathy, not just sympathy. Ability to read a si...
