If you Smoke while you Pray You are a despicable, insensitive, non-respectful person! However If you Pray while you Smoke you are a fine, religious, upstanding person. People can actually see which one you are. You can. So can they. OK, so? Ever wonder why sometimes you do yet sometimes you don’t achieve … Read more
Once you were a very small person. A Baby. Possibly a cat wanted to ‘play’ with you. To you then, that was a large cat! That’s when you formed a conclusion about cats. ( good or bad ) OK, so? Well, that’s true of absolutely everything. Everything! Your brain records everything… at the time … Read more
Look at the diagram. Note: Stimulus is always the same. However Response depends 100% on where the Triangle is. The more ‘left’ the Triangle is, the greater the Reaction… to the same stimulus. The more to the right, the smaller the Response /reaction. OK, so? This is a fundamental diagram /situation. Fundamental! Substitute Money … Read more
Just say, “We want your wife to call now” anytime over the 3 days that I’m here. My wife would always call within a couple of minutes of their request. (in the 1970’s) How is this done ? 40+ years later my conclusion is that people can – and do! – communicate with each other … Read more
Guilt: Going against your own idea of what is ‘correct’. (see # 53) We usually ‘punish’ ourselves to relieve the burden of this guilt. Once punished we no longer feel that initial guilt. OK, so? You no longer feel guilty for the initial action. Now look at your next action, the one that de-guilted … Read more
First the obvious: Stress is needed and useful in your life. Now the not-so-obvious: Distress is the single biggest contributor to shorten your life. Centenarians (people 100+ years old) overwhelmingly cite being able to effectively cope with Distress, as the MAJOR common denominator to their long, healthy lives. “The usual recommendations—not smoking, not drinking, … Read more