Comparison can kill your goals How did you celebrate the New Year? I got together with 28 friends in Calhoun and just let it all out. And you know, you kind of keep track of what everyone is doing when you are at one of those types of get togethers. I saw some people who thought three was enough. I saw others who had a six-pack. And then there were those few with a high tolerance that had...
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You need to know where you are
You need to know where you are This week I went to help a friend at his house in Blue Ridge. And let me say this, there are a lot of winding roads out there. Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful. But if you don’t know your way around, you could end up in a ditch or something worse like hanging off the side of the mountain. After our visit, I headed home. But I asked if there was a better...
Believe
Believe There was recently an all-day Star Warsathone on TNT. Google says it takes at least 15 hours to watch all seven movies. I wasn’t prepared to spend 15 hours in front of the TV, but periodically, I’d switch it on to see what the Skywalkers were up to. I found one scene during “The Empire Strikes Back” very insightful for this time of year. It was the one where Luke...
Keep your eyes on your goal
Keep your eyes on your goal The normal bedtime routine for the English house starts with the telling of a story. Most of the time, I contrive some sort of imaginative situation where a little boy or girl goes off and does something spectacular. The story ends after a grand adventure with the little one feeling so tired that they “go home, get in their bed and go to sleep.” The End. ...
Pareto’s Principle
Vilferado Pareto was an Italian economist in the late 1800s. While working at the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland, he noticed that income was unevenly distributed throughout Italy. After researching the issue, he determined that approximately 80 percent of the land in Italy was owned by 20 percent of the people. This led Pareto to investigate other countries where he...