When things go ‘right' I say I'm LUCKY. That, though, keeps me ‘here' with LUCKY over ‘there' One day someone asked me just how often … [Read more...]
3 Cumulative Knowledge
Although you are obviously the age that you are you also have in you, all of the 'previous' ages. You at 47 years old, also … [Read more...]
4 Common Courtesy
Because you can doesn't mean you should: Hit someone Think so much Put yourself down Constantly test yourself Deny … [Read more...]
18 Being Triggered
"He makes me nervous," said the Salesman, entering the boss's office. "Hmmm," said the secretary, "He doesn't make me nervous." Meanwhile … [Read more...]
26 Discounting Self
Consider yourself to be like a cash register. When you do something good you enter a 'credit' into the register. When you do something … [Read more...]
36 Prime Time
Here is a guarantee of sadness and failure: try to ‘look young' your whole life. As if that were the only value you had/held. As if that … [Read more...]
47 Gold Stamps
You've heard of collecting Air Miles /points using credit cards. I propose you start to collect Gold Stamps. You cash Air … [Read more...]
54 Self
Normally you first THINK you are something. Anything. Then you act on that. Which then gives you some input that you are. You simply … [Read more...]
62 Context
A) She walked into the room completely at ease, and completely naked. B) Either she's alone, or at home, or at a Nudist Camp, (or 3 years … [Read more...]
77 Nine Cows
Two University students became friends. After graduation one invites the other to visit his island. Upon arriving it turns out he is … [Read more...]
80 ‘No’ Is Information
Are you hungry? No. Do you want to buy this car? No. Will you stay for my whole speech? No. Do you … [Read more...]
81 Second Impressions
Someone at a reception smiled a hello and shook my hand warmly. Later I saw him sneering at one of the waiters. And, later still, talking … [Read more...]
86 Don’t Be Yourself
There's nothing worse than a tough person, trying to be ‘tough' OR A nice person, trying to be ‘nice'. It's automatic that you are who … [Read more...]
99 Perfection!
You don't want to be perfect. I knew a lady who did not speak English 'properly'. She would say "Hi, youse guys" when greeting … [Read more...]
100 Ransom Notes
Bad guys take a newspaper, cut out certain words and reorganize them into a Ransom demand. And we all know the newspaper did not say … [Read more...]
113 Success
You were born weak, small and completely defenseless. You could do nothing for yourself except eat and digest. And even then it had to be … [Read more...]
116 Façade
The greater the façade you construct, the greater you obviously are. Take a good strong look at all your abilities as proven by the very … [Read more...]
118 Right!
Some people walk around with food stains on their clothes. They believe that to admit they spill anything, is a mistake. They believe to … [Read more...]
125 A Clumsy Self Image
I'm clumsy. I'm 'always' making mistakes. I'm etc. etc. etc. OK let's take clumsy. First do you spill things every single … [Read more...]
132 Taking it Personally
To take it personally you have to be a Magician. Because you have to make that person disappear. AND you have to make yourself disappear … [Read more...]
146 Always Right
Do you know anyone who’s always 100% Perfect, 100% Right, 100% Knowledgeable? Anyone? I didn’t think so. Do you like people who pretend they … [Read more...]
155 Do Not Disturb
Wilma came to my Self-Improvement class in a wheelchair. After two days she left the chair and walked around by herself! Oh, she was … [Read more...]
157 Self Assembly
At a car assembly line you see parts go in one end and cars come out the other. If you walk through, you also see it takes a week for the … [Read more...]
161 Are You Perfect?
Are you perfect? So why does it bother you when someone points that out? If they actually show you a better way to do … [Read more...]
175 Self Worth
A friend of mine was overly attentive with people. One day he fainted in front of a group visiting him. He ended up in the hospital, … [Read more...]
194 F. E. A. R.
False Evidence Appearing Real How many times have your fears actually happened? Not come close, or almost, but actually! I'm willing to bet: … [Read more...]
198 Repetition
When you respond the exact same way to every situation then you are not responding to events, you are establishing sameness. ie: … [Read more...]
230 Total
"Oh, I can't approach him, he just got a raise." Everyone ADDS each event to all previous events and bases their response on … [Read more...]
231 Statement
A statement is a close-ended thing. "I can't do this." A question is open-ended. 'Why can't I do this?' "I … [Read more...]
236 Part-of-Me
As I launch this new company, I remind my Partners why we will surely succeed. Because we can spot our errors /mistakes and correct them … [Read more...]
242 Gentleman
A gentleman and his nephew walk on the wooden sidewalk on their way to worship. A lady comes along wearing her finest dress. The man … [Read more...]
250 The Impossible Self-Image
You cannot build a hill that has only one direction. You may want it to go only 'up'. Fine, but it does go both ways. To take … [Read more...]
251 A Rough Diamond
What does a rough diamond look like? Do you know? I don't. A man sold his Homestead and wandered the world to return one day only … [Read more...]
287 One
Caution: this one requires your active /mental participation! Imagine you have: * A Paper Computer that can solve only ONE … [Read more...]
290 Seeds
It's pretty obvious that what you sow - so do you also reap. Water the ground that has tomato seeds in it and you get... Tomatoes, of … [Read more...]
315 Fifteen Years
Imagine how you were... fifteen years ago. As compared to now. (Play the game = get the results) Things sure have changed … [Read more...]
318 Thoughtful Ransoms
You can take a newspaper, cut out certain words and make a Ransom demand. The newspaper does not say this. The words are taken out of … [Read more...]
320 Description vs Judgement
There is a difference between Description and Judgment. With Description you say almost anything you want and mean absolutely nothing by … [Read more...]
323 Perfect Person
Yes, I know you know people aren't perfect. Well, except when they criticize you. Then they magically become Perfect. Otherwise you … [Read more...]
338 Me First
If I put myself down before you do, you won't /can't put me down. I point out my flaws before you do, so I am 'safe'. I deride myself … [Read more...]
357 Recipes
Do you always use the same 'recipe' no matter what you do? The fact this particular recipe works well in one situation does not make it work … [Read more...]
365 Kitchen Table
I learned more around our kitchen table than probably anywhere else. I memorized more data in "school" of course. But it's … [Read more...]
381 You Like?
What do these people have in common: Abraham Lincoln Andrew Carnegie George Eastman (Kodak) Marshall Field Henry Ford … [Read more...]
389 Move the Triangle
Look at the diagram. Note: Stimulus is always the same. However Response depends 100% on where the Triangle is. The more 'left' the … [Read more...]
405 Become Unsane
Between sane and insane is unsane - the world of the possible. You currently only believe in predictable possibilities. Yet one of … [Read more...]
418 A Hundred Million
By now you likely know that Robin Williams committed suicide. Not died. Committed suicide. OK, so? Well over 100,000,000 people … [Read more...]
423 Meet the ‘New’ You
Think of yourself as you were, around 10 years old.What did you look like?Now think of yourself today.What do you look like ‘now’?Your body … [Read more...]
435 Transparent
You never think about /mention the color yellow.Why not?Because yellow is truly transparent to you. How much money do you want? How … [Read more...]
438 Gold & Not-Gold
There is no such thing as impure gold. It’s either Gold or it isn’t.You decide what is Gold to you. “I just spent an hour putting on my … [Read more...]
444 Another View
I probably learn more through Another View than by any other way.Seeing from different points-of-view is an extremely enlightening … [Read more...]
446 That’s Life!
Face it, you are living a good life.Yet was not taught to you that way. It was not meant to be this good, was it! When you compare what … [Read more...]
463 Mirror, Mirror…
The whole saying is: Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? OK, so? This is a 30 second exercise … [Read more...]
467 Physically Speaking
Feel emotionally upset? Where is it on your Physical self? Throat, chest, stomach, ...? Take a moment, and let it breathe, let it … [Read more...]
469 Right & Wrong
How tremendously 'old fashion' to think that there is still such a thing as a Mistake. Oh, sure, we get things wrong once in a … [Read more...]
478 What Do You Think?
"This is a movie so poorly written that it must resort to narration and worse (shudder), video blogging, as a way to hold its shambling, … [Read more...]
482 Projectors
My wife and I rarely agree on anything. (Even after 48 years!) When we agree on something it's usually because it can withstand our … [Read more...]
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