Category: goal setting
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How to be successful in anything… finally, the truth revealed!
From the “I couldn’t have said it better myself” department comes the following, thanks to Saturday Night Live. While this video is about manifesting a particular goal — picking up women — I’m sure you’ll see how to apply this to whatever you’re trying to get. For extra credit, fill in the blanks: To become…
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I think I can’t. I think I can’t. Oh… oops, I was wrong.
From the “I couldn’t have said it better” department comes this op-ed from Barbara Ehrenreich that was in the New York Times on the 24th of September. Lifted, verbatim, with great appreciation… The Power of Negative Thinking GREED — and its crafty sibling, speculation — are the designated culprits for the financial crisis. But another,…
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You can be Tony Robbins!
How’s this for a reality show: You can be the next Tony Robbins! Now the question is: Is this a show about becoming a self-help teacher or the freakiest makeover show ever on television? Then answer is actually… wait for it… motivational speaker. And this isn’t just an idea. This was a real show called…
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Semper Ube Sub Ube
From the Latin… Translation (kinda): Always Wear UnderWear Twice today someone asked me, “But if you feel confident and visualize getting what you want, don’t you believe that you will, at least, increase the probability that you’ll get it?” The shortest answer I came up with was: No. The longer version is this story: I…
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You can have ANYTHING you want… NOT!
I’ve tried, I’ve really tried. I’ve tried to be removed from every mailing list that sends me emails which make me scream. I’ve even set up filters to automatically trash email that comes in with subject lines that make my blood turn into liquid nitrogen at room temperature (a.k.a. “boil”). But, like messages that will…
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Develop a New Habit? Give me 21 days, and I’ll give you… three weeks
Even though I stopped buying self-help and spiritual books a long time ago, there seems to be no escape. Even non-spiritual and non-self-help books can’t seem to avoid repeating New Age nonsense. This morning I was reading a book about stretching for athletes. Pretty not-New Age-y, don’t you think? But, over and over, time and…