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• The Power
  You are meant for great things. Your life is one of unlimited potential and unconstrained opportunity. Well-being and goodness are the fundamental states of this nature. The overwhelmingly positive force of life is love. As a creative being life doesn't happen to you, life responds to you. The difference between a beautiful, bountiful, loving existence and anything less is the degree to which you align with and leverage the power of love.
  Published 28Apr2012, viewed 18 times

• America's Two Fatal Blunders
  America has committed two fatal blunders. We have concentrated power, and continue to do so at an ever increasing rate. And we have unleashed finance, formerly a measure to impose discipline, making it a means to excess. These mistakes have shattered America's noble purpose - to be a beacon of freedom to the world.
  Published 22Mar2012, viewed 38 times

• Vote To Change Course
  In America we like to believe freedom is a universal value. Yet with freedom comes responsibility - these are two sides of the same coin. Though we claim we want freedom, we enthusiastically shift responsibility away from individuals and cast into the realm of public goods - public goods we can readily ignore. It is time to change course.
  Published 19Mar2012, viewed 36 times

• Success Is Not An Accident
  You are an original - a one of a kind. You are a masterpiece, with an unrepeatable opportunity to create and become what has never been before. The knowledge, tools, and insights to excel are readily available. The task ahead of you is both exhilarating and daunting, but the way to succeed is not by accident.
  Published 11Mar2012, viewed 24 times

• The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
  Stephen Covey in, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", lays out a road map for excellence. In concert with Aristotle's declaration, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." Covey emphasizes a flourishing, worthwhile existence is a matter of routine. Success and failure, distinction and mediocrity are outcomes of habit. Selecting, developing and nurturing the right habits makes all the difference.
  Published 12Feb2012, viewed 103 times

• Good To Great
  Profit in NOT the fundamental goal of a great company. Going from good to great is all about the people - the right people doing the right things, consistently and effectively. Good is the enemy of great. This reality is not just a business problem: it is a human problem. "Great" is a matter of conscious choice - a choice leaders make and the rank and file embody.
  Published 10Feb2012, viewed 31 times

• Think And Grow Rich
  Many authors boldly claim, "This book contains money-making secrets that can change your life." Napoleon Hill's, "Think and Grow Rich" is one volume that truly delivers. The 20th century self-help success industry is built on the foundation Napoleon Hill poured with his 1937 classic. Countless people have moved from mediocrity to excellence and despair to prosperity by embracing the principles outlined in "Think and Grow Rich".
  Published 09Feb2012, viewed 115 times

• Salesmen Rule
  Every few years we engage in grand political theater - a government sale. The electorate gets to entertain the salesmen. The ultimate power game is on. At the end of the fracas the people ceremoniously hand the reins of power over to the slickest, the most engaging, the most promising salesmen of the lot. In a democratic state the best salesmen rule. Just remember, hiring a salesmen it is not about the promise, it's about the product.
  Published 09Feb2012, viewed 54 times

• The Ultimate Boardroom Lie
  From boardroom to boardroom and business school to business school the contagion spreads. Influential people mistakenly buy into a caustic notion - a lie that at once undermines social trust, corrupts democratic politics, and destroys faith in free enterprise on an industrial scale. The ultimate boardroom lie: "Business exists for profit."
  Published 04Feb2012, viewed 96 times

• The Most Important Thing
  You see it doesn't matter where you are in the pack - whether you are the leader or the trail. It doesn't matter how fast you are going or who you are competing against. It doesn't matter what kind of baggage you are carrying or what you've overcome to get where you are. The only thing that matters now is where you are headed. Your goal, your objective, your aim - is the most important thing.
  Published 30Jan2012, viewed 38 times

• Politicians Run From Responsibility
  The greatest contradiction in modern American political life is the contrast between those seeking elected office and the conduct of those having secured elected office. Presidential candidates would have you believe they are masters of the wind, they control the tides, they in fact wield the power of the right hand of God. For the price of a vote you will be fed, clothed, housed and cared for.
  Published 27Jan2012, viewed 52 times

• Ignore the Laws Of Life At Your Own Peril
  Social rules, those made by human beings, are rather flexible and rely on external means of enforcement. Some rules, however, are self-enforcing. These are the laws of life, the "rules of the game", the way things work - you don't have a choice about whether to comply. You ignore laws of life at your own peril.
  Published 25Jan2012, viewed 37 times

• Presidential Candidates Focus On The Wrong Issue
  The economy is a symptom of what might most accurately be termed a collective mental illness. The presidential candidates, reinforced by entrenched interests, those vested in the status quo (financial, political and media elite), persist in focusing on the wrong issue. The single cause of our national malaise, our collective mental illness, is concentration of power.
  Published 12Jan2012, viewed 61 times

• What Is Your New Aim In Life?
  What matters in life is that you aim well and that you move toward your target. If you choose properly and you persist, no obstacle will stop you, no condition will defeat you, no attempt will ever constitute failure. The power of universe is with you. Aim for something worthwhile and get moving.
  Published 08Jan2012, viewed 44 times

• The Nature of Success
  The Nature of Success combines ageless insights with remarkably beautiful photographs to both enlighten and encourage. This brief volume is one of many releases by "Simple Truths" an Illinois based company publishing concise works seamlessly merging, on printed pages and in video collages, the magnificence of nature with the timeless tenets of growth and achievement.
  Published 04Jan2012, viewed 52 times

• Finance: A Shattered Trust
  The wizards of Wall Street undermine the promise of America: the opportunity to render service and to collect riches in proportion to the value of that service. The American system denies no one the right to succeed, but it does not promise something for nothing. The work of finance produces nothing. By getting without giving, financial titans conspire to overpower the inviolate law of economics and in so doing drive America to its knees.
  Published 23Dec2011, viewed 61 times

• America's Choice: Poverty Or Prosperity?
  We have driven ourselves here: millions unemployed, trillions of dollars in debt, political gridlock and moral paralysis. We chose the route, we finely tuned the vehicle, and we aggressively turned the wheel bringing America and the world to the brink. We chose poorly. All so that we can rid ourselves of a nagging sense of responsibility.
  Published 10Dec2011, viewed 57 times

• Leveraging The Universe
  In the newly released "Leveraging the Universe", Mike Dooley offers seven steps, as a bridge of sorts, to help readers move from old-school methods of growth, namely goal setting and positive thinking, to supercharged means of harnessing life's magic. If you wholeheartedly embrace the truth, "Thoughts become things", there is no limit to the adventure you can experience, the prosperity you can enjoy, and the wonder you can become.
  Published 09Dec2011, viewed 106 times

• Acres Of Diamonds
  Russell Conwell's classic tale: "Acres of Diamonds" illustrates the folly of yearning for something "out there", when in truth what you need, what you desire, what you long for you already possess. You have what you need to succeed. The key to success, to happiness in life, is discovering your acres of diamonds.
  Published 04Dec2011, viewed 54 times

• Thoughts Are Things
  Be careful what you think and say, wrote Prentice Mulford in his 1889 classic: Thoughts are Things, thought runs in currents as real as those of air and water. What you think in mind and empower in speech you attract for good or ill. Mind is the power governing your body and your life. Thought is a real force. Whatever you persistently imagine or think, comes into your life.
  Published 21Nov2011, viewed 80 times

• Resolving the Economic Crisis
  The issue however, is not that the titans of greed - the masters of Wall Street, the financial elite, and their political puppets - are wreaking havoc. The storm troopers are not yet breaking down doors and confiscating wealth and power. We, the people, cede it freely. In our misguided search for comfort and conformity we give away our power. We are abandoning responsibility and in so doing are relinquishing power.
  Published 15Nov2011, viewed 93 times

• The Law of Success
  Success is as reliable as gravity for the individual who understands and applies the law. The power is yours, use it to attain health, happiness and peace. Seek God first, attune yourself (your thoughts and intentions) to divine will and act. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Understand and apply the law of success to live a full and fulfilling life!
  Published 11Nov2011, viewed 105 times

• The Secret
  The law of attraction is functioning whether you take conscious control of it or not. Your thoughts attract every experience, so claim abundance, build rewarding relationships and secure enduring health and vitality. Gaining positive control is not about changing anything or anyone out there. Mastery is about controlling self - the thoughts you think and the feelings you feel - then you can create the reality you desire.
  Published 07Nov2011, viewed 65 times

• How To Win Friends and Influence People
  Dale Carnegie offers in How To Win Friends and Influence People simple, workable tenets for success. He draws on the winning tactics of great political leaders, captains of industry and aspiring upstarts applying proven approaches to difficult circumstances. "How To Win Friends and Influence People" is more than a textbook on human relations, it is a personal guide to winning in politics, in business, in life.
  Published 19Oct2011, viewed 83 times

• Who Moved My Cheese?
  Whether considering the economy, your career or your personal life, only one thing is guaranteed: change. Addressing change positively, as Spencer Johnson urges in "Who Moved My Cheese?" is key to a successful life. Spencer's parable of Sniff and Scurry, and Hem and Haw dealing with new circumstances offers profound insights. Don't waste life resisting and regretting change. Move forward; there is no other way to go.
  Published 08Oct2011, viewed 94 times

• The Science of Getting Rich
  Thought is an energy that moves formless substance, unbridled potential, and fashions it in the world of form. The individual creates the world of experience by the thoughts he or she holds in his or her mind. Thinking in a certain way, controlling creative thought, is the key to riches; the key to achieving or experiencing anything and everything in life.
  Published 09Jul2011, viewed 161 times

• Ask and It Is Given
  When you are burdened and troubled you see life as suffering, but the truth is far from this misperception. The promise and potential inherent in your life is experiencing prosperity and exhilaration, in a word - joy. You are meant to live a full and fulfilling existence at this time, in this place. All you need do is ask and receive.
  Published 10May2011, viewed 223 times

• Animal Spirits
  Our system of capitalism is not so much a rational process as it is the confluence of human desires to consume (or experience) and human capacities to produce. While the bounty of capitalism is truly awe-inspiring its power, being a human endeavor, must be suspect. 'Capitalism does not automatically produce what people really need; it produces what they think they need, and are willing to pay for.' To prosper we must harness animal spirits.
  Published 10May2011, viewed 119 times

• Secrets of Success
  Deep within you is the voice of your eternal Self saying, "Remember me? I am the source of all you need." This summarizes the self-help volume "Secrets of Success". Sandra Taylor and Sharon Klingler lay bare a truth so many find hard to accept: human beings are spirit experiencing a physical journey. The ultimate discovery is realizing the link between spirit and flesh-and-blood reality is thought: to change your life - change your thinking.
  Published 16Apr2011, viewed 128 times

• It's Not About Jobs
  The rancor over unemployment is not about jobs. The seminal issue is prosperity. The dilemma the United States faces is a declining standard of living for the middleclass. Lack of jobs is just one more symptom in a system increasingly dependent on life support. The United States has been concentrating wealth in the hands of a privileged few at an ever increasing and alarming rate.
  Published 13Apr2011, viewed 201 times

• The Real Truth About Success
  It is hard work to succeed, but not of the kind most people engage in or expect. The challenge to success is the hard work of remaking oneself - of self examination, self criticism and self determination. First you must understand the business world in which you operate, then you must fashion yourself to exploit your personal advantage.
  Published 07Apr2011, viewed 147 times

• Keys to the Kingdom
  "Life is one damn thing after another." For many, those lost in the maze of life, "the story of me" seems a saga of one relentless challenge, one insurmountable obstacle after another. But is this true? Is this true for you? The task - the challenge - is to live a life free - a life filled with moments of promise, overflowing with potential. What you bind is bound; what you loose is set free. Free yourself.
  Published 03Apr2011, viewed 183 times

• Talent Is Overrated
  In "Talent Is Overrated" Geoff Colvin elaborates on each of the steps to success. In short, the formula is more hard work and sacrifice than most people are willing to endure. The insight, however, is realizing that rather than seeking a shortcut, if excellence is what you desire, the way is clear. You must go through the middle; you must pay the price. For those willing to put forth the effort - the sky's the limit.
  Published 31Mar2011, viewed 189 times

• One Nation Under Debt
  Robert Wright offers two golden nuggets in "One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe" making the, at times tedious, historical exploration of the establishment of the national debt most telling and fruitful: the debt brought and held the nation together at its most crucial hour; and the "development diamond" is a viable tool to gage past achievements and to leverage for future success.
  Published 23Mar2011, viewed 199 times

• Responsible Education Reform
  Given to contrivance and convenience we reduce education to an equation of inputs and outputs - dollars committed to productivity achieved. Taxpayers contribute their apportioned tolls and make performance demands. Every rational assessment of our system however, identifies a bankrupt enterprise. We search for superman and race to nowhere, but now it is time we focus on the only viable solution to our educational dilemma: personal responsibility.
  Published 22Mar2011, viewed 120 times

• As A Man Thinketh
  The booklet, "As A Man Thinketh", by James Allen is a beautiful, thought provoking and inspirational exploration of the power of mind. Through seven brief chapters Allen eloquently reveals to the reader a truth hidden in plain sight - we control the circumstances we confront; we fashion from thought the substance of our experience. A person need only choose the right thoughts to manifest a reality of peace and joy and achievement.
  Published 16Mar2011, viewed 158 times

• Dismantling The Empire: America's Last Best Hope
  The US pursuit of empire, coupled with financial missteps of enormous proportion, have brought us to the edge of ruin. To survive the US must change course. While Chalmers Johnson claim in "Dismantling The Empire" - that the military-industrial complex is solely to blame for the failings of empire falls short, following his sound advice to peacefully dismantle the empire is one of the necessary steps to save the nation.
  Published 12Mar2011, viewed 177 times

• It's Not Jobs - It's Vision
  "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Mistakenly however, we, the people, search vainly for answers amongst those least likely to deliver real and enduring solutions: politicians and business leaders. The solutions we seek, the answers we demand, are not within the purview of government nor are they the function of industry. The answers we seek are much closer to home.
  Published 09Mar2011, viewed 173 times

• The Pledge, Your Master Plan For An Abundant Life
  In "The Pledge" Masterson emphasizes "taking action" as the seminal means to achieving success. In example after example he illustrates how "most people" never realize their full potential, nor achieve their most cherished dreams because they are immobilized by fear or ignorance, or are willing to live with an uneasy satisfaction for the status quo. People fail because they aren't willing to imagine, plan and take deliberate action.
  Published 09Mar2011, viewed 145 times

• Creating Shared Value Is The Solution
  Michael Porter and Mark Kramer offering a means to reinvent capitalism and unleash a much needed wave of innovation and growth - by creating "shared value". Creating shared value is not a new concept, it is a return to the roots of economic exchange. But Mark and Michael's call for a return to a simpler way is most timely. The truth is, "The competitiveness of a company and the health of the communities around it are closely intertwined."
  Published 08Mar2011, viewed 101 times

• In An Economic Crisis - No Room For Fear
  America rose to prominence, to preeminence, not by the might of her military, but rather on the inspiration of an idea - the promise of freedom to innovate, to create, to aspire. We turned from that path however. Instead of innovating and advancing, we clung to oil and wagered our futures on finance as the means to sustain prosperity. We set about policing the world. We chose poorly. It is time to choose again.
  Published 02Mar2011, viewed 195 times

• Money Is Tearing America Apart
  We are witnessing a struggle over money play out on a national scale. The political maneuvering in Washington and in state houses across the country are just the opening salvoes. Demonstrations in Wisconsin are the harbinger of battles yet to be fought over the fiscal realities the nation faces. Management, or rather mismanagement, of our national wealth may prove to be the one means to tear the Republic asunder.
  Published 24Feb2011, viewed 174 times

• To Succeed: Leap Across The Chasm Of Disbelief
  You possess all the wisdom, courage, strength and will you need to have life more abundantly. Use your gifts, your talents, your conviction to live a full and fulfilling life. You are closer to unlocking a mystery and truth you've possessed for a long time but didn't quite understand. Seek liberation from the ties that bind - fear and arrogance. Let go and all will be well. One life, well lived, changes the world - make yours the one!
  Published 16Feb2011, viewed 174 times

• Live Life To The Fullest
  Life is to experience; distinct and apart from the whole. You have a mission: to be a light in the darkness, a cheerleader, a champion. Your mission is to engage in the fray, extend a hand, offer a smile - to always point the way. You, living life to the fullest, is a blessing for all. Embrace the truth, for the truth will set you free. You will then experience life to its fullest.
  Published 15Feb2011, viewed 224 times

• We Are Here
  If it is true, 'You are here to help others,' what exactly then are the others here for? Shouldn't they be here for you?A Course In Miracles states, "It takes great learning to understand that all things, events, encounters and circumstances are helpful." If all those people sharing your life don't seem to be helping realize you may not be grasping the entire truth.
  Published 12Feb2011, viewed 156 times

• Change Your Life Now
  You can in fact change your life. You can start anew. The path is not invisible, the puzzle is not unsolvable, the truth not unknowable. If you want to head in a new direction, experience a new life and embrace a new reality, think and act anew. Now can be your moment of change. Master the "Half Dozen for Success". Change your life. For one life - your life - well lived, changes the world.
  Published 11Feb2011, viewed 130 times

• Uncommon Sense
  The uncommon sense, "in these times that try men's souls" is to discipline ourselves, rein ourselves in, sacrifice and endure the pain. "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly." The days of the American empire are passed. We must make the hard choices to restore fiscal discipline and clip the wings of gluttonous opportunists. Uncommon measures are demanded of a free people to right our course. Let us not fade from this task.
  Published 11Feb2011, viewed 212 times

• National Debt Relief
  The federal government is in the hole over fourteen trillion dollars and dropping further into debt to the tune of $100 billion per month. Public Law 111-139, enacted February 12, 2010, raised the U.S. debt ceiling to $14.294 trillion. Less than one year later we are fast approaching this artificial limit. Maintaining our current speed and trajectory that debt limit is going to be nothing but a insignificant speed bump to a fast moving big rig.
  Published 28Jan2011, viewed 212 times

• Living Life
  You are not of this world - you are in it. Your quest is not to succumb to the lure of the ego but rather to use your energy, your opportunity, your circumstance to grow, to learn, and to teach. Even at the level of the most casual encounter, two people can lose sight of separate interests, if only for a moment. That moment is enough. You see, the torch you bear lights the way for others. The torches the others carry light the way for you.
  Published 27Jan2011, viewed 144 times

• America Embraces The Mythical Golden Goose
  America has succumb to the illusion that one can in fact get "something for nothing." Our political leaders have discovered the "golden goose" and are acting with maximum dispatch to exploit that fowl. The Fed is now creating money from nothing, as we, the complacent masses, arrogantly delude ourselves into thinking the house of cards can never crumble. We must steel ourselves for the painful awakening,when that goose is cooked.
  Published 22Jan2011, viewed 215 times

• What Is Love
  Love, that feeling of unity and euphoria, is at once mystical and mystifying. It is the very force that sustains our souls, yet it remains, for many, perhaps for most, an elusive concept. Failing to see the truth, lost and alone - the best most hope for, is to experience but a small taste, an incomplete glimpse, a partial breath of a transcendent, awe-inspiring reality. For love truly is all we need. It is only by giving that we receive.
  Published 15Jan2011, viewed 159 times

• To Forgive
  The pain you feel is not from out there. The pain you feel deep within your being - a sense of betrayal, loss, or bitter despair - is a feeling you manufacture, you nurture, you hold onto. The tighter you cling to the pain (and the circumstances that triggered those feelings) the more power you give away. To be free to grow, to live and to love - you must move on, you must forgive.
  Published 14Jan2011, viewed 204 times

• Let Go
  Let go of fabricated faults, perceived injustices and self-imposed obstacles. You are not meant to lay up an earthly treasure, nor worry about the cares of this life. Let go of ego. Rather seek first the way of truth, the path of freedom, and all riches will be yours besides.
  Published 04Jan2011, viewed 209 times

• Accept The Truth
  To succeed in life you must accept two seemingly paradoxical conditions. First, the master plan is beyond your knowing. And second, you are totally responsible for what you experience. Through this state of affairs you are free to lose yourself or find yourself - this is the adventure - the choice is yours. Accept the truth.
  Published 29Dec2010, viewed 323 times

• Judge Not
  We mistakenly punish ourselves through pride and hubris as we seek to be "right" rather than to be "happy"; to get "our way" rather than to "have peace"; to be "vindicated" rather than exist in "harmony." We judge people and circumstances that do not measure up to our preconceptions. "Judge not, lest ye be judged." is practical advice to realize a full and fulfilling life.
  Published 27Dec2010, viewed 207 times

• Congress - Coalition Of The Unwilling And Unable
  For various reasons, some good and some not so good, the United States increasingly and mistakenly centralized power in the federal government. Where formerly the people made decisions about the direction of their lives through markets and communities, today the federal government controls virtually all aspects of the economy. The power of life, death and taxes all resides in Washington. It is time we make a change.
  Published 27Dec2010, viewed 254 times

• The Irresistible Force Of Political Gridlock
  Two things influence politicians and move our modern political system: money and votes. The impact of these two elements has hijacked our political system from its noble purpose of promoting the general welfare and securing the blessings of liberty. The power of money and votes have generated a seemingly irresistible force of political gridlock in Washington - a precursor to a looming disaster for America's grand experiment in self-government.
  Published 17Dec2010, viewed 229 times

• Believe In Life
  The purpose of life is to grow and expand. Sometimes the prospects of growth, with their attendant trials and tribulations, are uncomfortable and at times painful. The thing about life though is - you cannot get from the start to the end without going through the middle. So if you aspire to grow, if you aspire to learn, if you aspire to be and become - aspire to life. Beliefs are what you live by. Believe in life and you will act accordingly.
  Published 13Dec2010, viewed 243 times

• Life Is A Journey
  Your experience of life could be much more. What you think you lack you can in fact find. Start from where you are. Look for the answers where the answers are found — within. There is no other door, no other route to where you are supposed to go. The world is in motion. Instead of flailing about, searching for an easy way, let go of fear and listen to the still small voice within. Act by faith and your life will steer to its destiny.
  Published 09Dec2010, viewed 218 times

• The Debt Reduction Diet
  Both obesity and debt are epidemics in America. Let's call a spade a spade. It is our human tendency toward comfort and our propensity for excess that has brought us to this place. Our indulgences have not only made us weak they have made us complacent. Life is not a spectator sport. As we know the causes of our maladies, likewise we know the cures: diet and exercise. Let's get on the road to recovery.
  Published 08Dec2010, viewed 493 times

• Smoke And Mirrors Of Debt Reduction
  As a nation we have gone over the cliff - living on debt, a loan the sponsors claim will never be called. So far, as we plummet toward the canyon floor, the wind has been bearable. The well-healed, those fitted with parachutes - the very same people that pushed us over the edge - consolidate their positions and posture for a new strategic globalized landscape. It is the masses, from working class to middle class, that need take heed.
  Published 04Dec2010, viewed 337 times

• You Have All You Need
  The moral of "Acres of Diamonds" is we travelers, adventurers, ordinary people, have what we need to succeed in this life. Do not despair in the game of hide and seek, searching unceasingly. What you are looking for is hidden in plain sight, surrounding you, protecting you, loving you, in spite of your foolishness. You need only recognize and appreciate the treasure you possess — your acres of diamonds.
  Published 01Dec2010, viewed 200 times

• Partisan Politics Is Destroying America
  Money, power and ideological extremism have corrupted the system. Relying on the status quo we cannot even begin to steer away from the path of self destruction. Partisan power politics is destroying America. It is time the people take on the task of governing and find a productive way between the uncompromising extremes before it is too late.
  Published 26Nov2010, viewed 261 times

• Haven't Found Your Purpose? Choose Again And Persevere
  Puppets on a string, lost in the world of form, directed by the intentions of ego, we live amongst shadows. Vainly we interpret reflections on a wall. Reluctant to embrace the realization that life is more than it seems, we yield to fear and hide from the light of revelation. In this brick and mortar creation we lack understanding and grovel at the indulgences of ego. We compete to succeed, compete to survive. It need not be this way.
  Published 22Nov2010, viewed 253 times

• Free Will?
  The argument for fate assumes a finality - a limit, an end, a definable, ultimately measurable state of existence. Fate presupposes a perspective so grand as to account for every variable. In practice, however, life is a complex motif of awe-inspiring wonder - the richness of infinitely complex forces at play. In the day-to-day reality of life we believe we have choices and that belief is all that matters.
  Published 19Nov2010, viewed 247 times

• Mandate? Not This Election
  Politicians promise change - but alas, change is the one thing the system is unwilling to deliver. Too many powerful people have too much at stake - too much to lose. So the system churns down the path of self destruction. The only mandate this election prescribed is for government to actually work for the greater good. What a novel concept.
  Published 16Nov2010, viewed 305 times

• Choose What Will Be
  You are meant to contribute a unique and vital element to this heroic, romantic adventure. Without your contribution the story is incomplete. You possess a distinct and powerful gift with which to make your mark. You have the ability to choose. You can choose what you will do, what you will be and, to a degree, what will be. Choose well.
  Published 02Nov2010, viewed 150 times

• Choose To Be Saved
  The New Testament reveals early Christians struggled with how it is that one is "saved". Some contended salvation is through works; others asserted that salvation is through grace, a gift. The disparity in these views does not demand an "either or" - both are possibilities. Different paths to salvation — by way of works or grace — are possible, are necessary, are real.
  Published 25Oct2010, viewed 233 times

• Your Life Has A Purpose
  The world has a purpose and you have a place in the majesty - a place wholly and solely reserved for you. You are a critical component of the symphony of life. Without you to play your note, make an instrument sing, the masterpiece is incomplete - less rich, less textured, less full and less fulfilling for everyone. Your life has a purpose.
  Published 16Oct2010, viewed 252 times

• You Are Created and Creator
  As created, you react to what you observe, immersed in the game. On the field, you attempt to turn the momentum of an overwhelming tide. Through the self you attempt to seize control of your destiny in the game, but the limited, misinformed self does not grasp the truth: you can choose to control your destiny, be captain of your soul, master of your fate. Though created in flesh, you are just as much fully creator in spirit.
  Published 15Oct2010, viewed 152 times

• Ambitious - Not Any Road Will Do
  While you may not be able to choose the strength or the direction of the prevailing wind, you can choose to hoist, set or strike your sails. You have at your disposal assets to leverage, both seen and unseen. The course and pace of the journey are up to you. No matter the proximity to your destination, recognize it is the joy in the adventure that matters. Choose wisely, for the ambitious not any road will do.
  Published 28Sep2010, viewed 183 times

• Start a New Economic Engine
  We have had lots of tinkering under the hood - financial bailouts, corporate bailouts, a massive stimulus package and the loosest monetary policy possible. The master mechanics cannot seem to clearly diagnose the problem nor can they determine a viable way to reignite the engine. Though the motor may not have completely seized, the reality is - the economic engine is idle. We are broken down at a crossroads.
  Published 26Sep2010, viewed 333 times

• Don't Look for Leadership in Washington
  By abandoning our roles as governor and government we have abrogated our most basic of duties - our most precious of liberties - that right won with blood - the opportunity for self government. Looking to Washington for leadership, that is relying on professional politicians to lead in a system driven by money and special interests, is a recipe for disaster - a disaster coming into more precise focus every day.
  Published 15Sep2010, viewed 408 times

• Let Go, Stop Resisting
  This reality is perpetual change. Sometimes the energy of life forms obstacles - sometimes bridges. On this ride of your life, navigate past the obstacles; cross the bridges - go with the flow. The purpose for your being may not be evident; it may not be plain, yet you are here - you are on the journey. You have at your command a wellspring of power - the energy of a universe in motion - move with it. Stop resisting — let go!
  Published 11Sep2010, viewed 174 times

• Sock Changing Election
  Our system is fundamentally flawed. The problem we face is far too serious to leave for politicians to solve. Our system of government has assumed diametrically opposed, but ingeniously effective, dual roles: benefactor to the masses; and enormously enriching money machine for the wealthy elite. What are we going to get this November - any real change? Nothing but a change of dirty socks.
  Published 09Sep2010, viewed 274 times

• Searching for Truth in Politics
  'Politics is the strife of special interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage." Well, if you are seeing what I am seeing in America and the world today, then you may believe as I do, that it is time to lay our souls bare. To dig our way out of the mess we have created we must address the unbridled truth. It is time to call a spade a spade. We must put truth back into politics.
  Published 30Aug2010, viewed 277 times

• Made Your Million Yet?
  "The Secret" formula is authentic, accurate and a viable means to accomplish or experience virtually any and everything in this life. However, for most of us, we have to understand that life just may have other plans. Ask, receive and believe, but realize what manifests will be in support of your purpose. Look to your strengths, your aptitudes, your abilities - for where these lie you will find your purpose and you will succeed.
  Published 28Aug2010, viewed 123 times

• America's Way Out of the Storm
  America has exhausted every means to avoid paying the toll, yet the toll taker remains vigilant and steadfast - there is no free lunch. It is time to pay the price for our comfort and our complacency. "It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a wreck." America's way out of the storm is through it.
  Published 17Aug2010, viewed 108 times

• Figured It Out Yet?
  You have a note to sing to make the melody sweet. You have a chapter to write to complete the story. Your time is not lost, nor your efforts advanced in vain. The purpose of life is as simple as this: relate to what you encounter and create what the world lacks. Relating is your reward, creating is your donation.
  Published 17Aug2010, viewed 130 times

• Always Strength Enough
  You never encounter an obstacle you do not have the capacity to overcome. You are more capable than you think. You have access to unlimited power. Your intention and the forces of life together can reshape any circumstance — not always necessarily in the way you anticipate, desire, or prefer, but always through some means, some opportunity, some alternative to a life fulfilling end.
  Published 27Jul2010, viewed 165 times

• The Fault In Self-Government: The Self
  The nature of the people drives the government. We get the government we deserve, as the government is a reflection of ourselves. The fault in self-government lies less with the government and more with the self. Only a moral, righteous and just people can sustain a open, honest and honorable government.
  Published 23Jul2010, viewed 453 times

• King Makers
  We profess to manage ourselves and our state by way of democratic principles yet we raise up an individual, presume to endow that individual with supernatural powers, install him as president and summarily absolve ourselves of any and all responsibility for the lives we lead, the environment we live in, or the society we create. Despite the dire consequences we persist in making kings.
  Published 19Jul2010, viewed 342 times

• An Endless Stream of Riches
  Life is a series of recurring cycles of demand and supply - of wants and needs. Matter is energy, and energy is in motion. So, accepting money as a measure of a form of matter, we see money, like all things, is in constant motion. Money flows like a stream. The key to experiencing untold bounty is intercepting the stream. And ultimately, the motion of that stream is a function of human desire. Where desire flows, so pours endless riches.
  Published 16Jul2010, viewed 156 times

• Are We Up for the Challenges Ahead?
  Enough with the petty games - feeding the egos of the advantaged elite - manipulating the masses to benefit a few at the expense of the many. The answer to the question, "Are we up to the challenges ahead?" is determined by you. Choose to contribute not to consume. Choose to cooperate, not to compete. Choose on behalf of unity, of harmony, of peace. Your choices affect us all.
  Published 13Jul2010, viewed 305 times

• Approaching Adversity
  No matter how great the obstacle, how threatening the adversary, how bewildering the circumstance, or how exhausting the challenge, an unlimited supply of strength and determination is close at hand. The source is within. Personal energy — strength — is renewed from that source. Your approach to adversity either inhibits or promotes access to the source. Your approach to adversity makes all the difference.
  Published 28Jun2010, viewed 232 times

• All the Strength You Need
  Strength is the ingredient required to take up a challenge - to face an obstacle. When adversity rises into awareness strength is essential. But remember this - all the strength you need is available to you. You can overcome any obstacle, meet any challenge, face any adversity by aligning yourself with the energy of life - with the power of spirit.
  Published 08Jun2010, viewed 346 times

• Culture War?
  The essential ingredient to a prosperous society is the ability to pursue happiness on your own terms. To act for the benefit of others; using your own energy, enthusiasm and talent you create your own utopia. The state, regardless of what it provides, or how it redistributes assets, cannot find or deliver a suitable substitute for self sufficiency.
  Published 28May2010, viewed 343 times

• The Difference Between The Haves and Have Nots
  The wealthy leverage assets to achieve definite ends. Most people, on the other hand, do not define ends but rather drift aimlessly about. Success does beget success. But, essentially the difference between "haves" and "have nots", the difference that matters, is the willingness to act.
  Published 26May2010, viewed 235 times

• Cultivate Harmony
  Developing harmony in a world of conflict is the difference between experiencing a fulfilling, rewarding, exciting life or enduring a painful, depressing, and tiresome one. The choices you make either sharpen or soften contrast and conflict. You have the power to harmonize discordant forces - so nurture harmony. By nurturing harmony you will achieve unity of intent, leading to unity of purpose and ultimately to unity of action.
  Published 25May2010, viewed 232 times

• To Succeed - Simplify
  We are lost in the complexity of daily living when the task is simple - connect with other human beings. This connection is not a means to an end. The connection is an end in itself. Forget about the medium, forget about the media - simplify life - simplify your life. Connect with another human being - directly - in a place, in a moment. Your life will instantly become more balanced, more full and more fulfilling.
  Published 25May2010, viewed 384 times

• The One Fear
  You have two choices: to embrace the adventure or put on the brakes. Fear is the agent of resistance, the champion of procrastination, the defender of the status quo - despite the pain this may engender. For many it is better to suffer through the known than advance into the unknown. All fear is, at its core, the dread of letting go.
  Published 19May2010, viewed 283 times

• More People, More Opportunity
  People have needs to be met, desires to fulfill, and experiences to create. People are the economic engine on both the consumption and production sides of the supply and demand equation. If you aspire to riches, recognize and accept, people are the means to prosperity. More people means more opportunity.
  Published 16May2010, viewed 192 times

• Accept, Forgive, Let Go, Live
  At the end of life you have no choice - death is release. Today, however, you do have a choice. By letting transgressions go, by forgiving, you free yourself. You can break the ties of hate and discontent that you believe originate out there. The truth is, you bind your own hands, limit your own opportunity, and repress your own true spirit. Forgiveness is letting go. Forgiving is the way out - the way of release.
  Published 15May2010, viewed 289 times

• The Market Money-Go-Round
  A financial market is like an amusement park ride - thrills and spills; risk and reward. The money-go-round is high adventure. The trick is to push enough to maximize the sensation but not so much as to get sick.
  Published 15May2010, viewed 193 times

• Take the Next Step
  At its core life is a two part activity: the first part is to move; the second part is to imagine. "Take the Next Step" implores the sojourner to continue to advance. Life is a series of steps - we need only take the next small step to succeed.
  Published 14May2010, viewed 194 times

• Act Despite Fear
  For those lost in the illusion — clinging tightly to the substance of this life, strength of desire is the lever to overcome fear. Do you want it badly enough? Recognize fear for what it is, energy applied by ego to keep you submissive to ego's will. By recognizing, observing fear you dissolve it. Once you free yourself from the grip of fear you can act.
  Published 11Apr2010, viewed 255 times

• Seek to Find
  Even with the vast potential of life, some people squander their energy and fritter away their time trying to resist change. They would rather maintain things the way they are, or they pine for things as they were. Resisting change is ultimately a futile effort. Life is always and forever on the move. You might as well move ahead. Seek to find a full and fulfilling life.
  Published 09Apr2010, viewed 200 times

• Perfect Is Not A Point
  You entered life with a lockbox of possibility. Unlock the chest and lift the heavy lid and you will discover a treasure trove of adventure. You have time and talent. You have desire and abilities. You have a means to relate to others and to this world. You have the resources to realize heights you have never even imagined. Perfection is not a point, perfection is a range. Expand your range.
  Published 09Apr2010, viewed 194 times

• The Key to Untold Wealth
  The surging global population is certainly a concern, however, more people means more opportunity. Greater opportunity means the potential for creating more wealth. What is the key to securing prosperity? One thing is the master key to riches. Find out now.
  Published 06Apr2010, viewed 188 times

• Courage Is Facing Fear
  Courage is the ability to act, to take the next step, despite or in spite of a negative emotion dominating the body. Courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it is the trait that allows us to act while the energy of fear is present. Courage is the ability to let go despite all the evidence demanding you cling tightly to your present circumstances and limited ideas about reality.
  Published 05Apr2010, viewed 338 times

• Is Death a Dead End?
  Death assuredly is a transition. It is a transition from an animated state in this reality to something else. For many, that not knowing is the greatest horror. Death is a step each individual must take on his or her own. You and I will, one day, inevitably make the journey. If you can let go of "me" you will make that transition simpler and easier - life will be fulfilled.
  Published 03Apr2010, viewed 326 times

• The Key to Unlimited Wealth
  There exists no such thing as intrinsic value. Human desires determine worth. To go from broke to billions obliges fulfilling wants and needs. The path to financial success is a way of satisfying people. Opportunity for creating fortunes will exist as long as wants and needs go unmet.
  Published 02Apr2010, viewed 223 times

• Every Choice A Trade-Off
  Every choice is a trade-off. In choosing something, you give up everything else. Don't squander your choice nor waste your opportunity. Each new day is an occasion to spend, invest, or waste. Time is yours to trade. Trade wisely.
  Published 01Apr2010, viewed 197 times

• Ultimate Fear
  Fear can exist only in concert with a sense of loss of some aspect of identity. The possibility of fear arises when we lose our spiritual connection to the divine and succumb to the illusion of object reality. The ultimate fear is the fear of change - yet change is what life is all about.
  Published 31Mar2010, viewed 635 times

• Money Is: Power? Happiness?
  After the need to survive the most pervasive force in the human psyche is the drive to gain power. We want to be in control, we want to be in charge - we want to be powerful. Most people believe money is the means to that end - money is power. Yearning for money is misguided motive. Life is experience, and what we ultimately desire is happiness. Money really isn't what we need.
  Published 30Mar2010, viewed 270 times

• A Financial Train Wreck - An Unprecedented Opportunity
  We have shattered the American dream through our excess. However, as with every crisis, this financial train wreck has within it the seeds of opportunity. The opportunity goes far beyond our financial wellbeing. It is time to recover from this financial train wreck and get our economic engine running again.
  Published 28Mar2010, viewed 198 times

• The Source of Fear
  Fear originates from ego, that part of "self" that is of the world, the instinct, the intellect that says, "I am separate, alone, and in competition to survive." Ego generates fear for practical "survival" reasons, but also to ensure dominion. Ego ushers in fear to define a drama, to create conflict, to color experience. Fear is not a force outside our selves, fear is the power of the mind, of ego.
  Published 28Mar2010, viewed 338 times

• Something More Powerful Than Me...
  You look for the answers where the problems lie. You seek the ultimate truth in an illusion. Something more powerful than you animates you, empowers you, guides you. Find the truth by faith.
  Published 27Mar2010, viewed 290 times

• Who Moved Our American Cheese?
  Like Hem and Haw in Spencer Johnson's parable, "Who Moved My Cheese?" Americans are lost and afraid. It is time to get moving again. It is time to venture out into the maze and find the stash of American cheese.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 356 times

• The Two Most Powerful Secrets
  Discover the two most powerful secrets to a full and fulfilling life. Knowledge of these two secrets makes anything possible. Understanding and embracing these secrets allows the individual to master the circumstances and meaning of life. Know the truth and the truth will set you free.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 243 times

• The 3 Steps to Fix American Healthcare
  Political leaders and the American public realize we have to do something about our healthcare system. The political solution currently being discussed is to pump more revenue into the system. That is the wrong answer. Find out what really must to done to reform American healthcare.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 935 times

• Whose Fault is Original Sin?
  Original sin is not an enduring punishment condemning generation after generation. Rather, original sin is a temptation of ego. We fall prey to the temptation by seeking power, indulging in judgment, and feigning arrogance. We are only free if ego is not master. It is our fault.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 343 times

• People Make the Money Go Round
  In the haste to definitively determine the path to fortune, learned theorists and treasure seekers alike overlook the most fundamental and significant aspect of money and markets - people. For people make money, earn money, empower money. People are the makers and mistresses of markets. People make the money go round.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 229 times

• You Aren't What You Think
  By labels we limit ourselves. People are more than the roles they play, the emotions they experience, and the world they sense through their bodies. People are so much more than they think.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 289 times

• America in a Hole? Stop Digging!
  America has dug itself quite a hole. It is time to stop digging and take bold, decisive action to get growing again. Read the specific steps required to right the failing system now.
  Published 19Mar2010, viewed 385 times

• Can Money Buy Happiness?
  Most people seek money expecting money to bring happiness when in fact money can't buy happiness. Most people believe money represents power and power is the route to joy. The truth is money and power are neither a component of or a necessity for happiness. Learn why.
  Published 18Mar2010, viewed 832 times

• An Economy Over the Edge, Now What?
  Despite a market rally and record corporate profitability the economic freefall continues. Stuborn unemployment, increasing government debt, and the continuation of the financial sector's creativity point to trouble ahead. Politicians and business leaders seek their own fortunes in the crisis. It is time for "the people" to set things right.
  Published 16Mar2010, viewed 339 times

• To Have Life More Abundantly
  What we really desire more than anything is to have life and have it abundantly. To recognize the promise and fulfill the potential of life we must live by faith. A power greater than self is guiding us home.
  Published 15Mar2010, viewed 299 times

• All for One has Failed One for All
  Americans propensity to centralize power and consolidate wealth in the hands of the few fails to serve the many. We must change the paradigm to empower people to believe in themselves, take responsibility for themselves, dream grand dreams and pursue splendid opportunities. As a people we must be, "All for one and one for all."
  Published 15Mar2010, viewed 338 times

• To Make Money - Believe
  Economics, the dismal science, attempts to explain the workings of money and markets. We rely on the theories economists espouse to make critical decisions about business, personal finance and social policy. Economists, however, miss the key, critical ingredient - beliefs. Beliefs really drive money and markets. Manage your beliefs - make money.
  Published 15Mar2010, viewed 184 times

• Is This All There Is?
  Life is so much more than what we experience through our senses. Life is so much more than what we know. Only by moving beyond what we know with certainty do we expose new opportunities. By taking risks and stepping out on faith we make new discoveries and come to live life more fully
  Published 12Mar2010, viewed 179 times

• No Room for Victims in this Crisis!
  As the financial crisis grows the rich and powerful - political leaders, captains of industry and financial titans - claim they are powerless - helpless victims. It is time to see them for the cowards they are, pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get on with rebuilding our economy. There is no room for victims in this crisis.
  Published 11Mar2010, viewed 339 times

• What is Success?
  People are often confused about what they want or what success means. Success is not a thing, success is ultimatly an experience - an experience that stands out among many. Understanding what success is makes it more likely to realize and appreciate success.
  Published 09Mar2010, viewed 239 times

• Top Secret Wealth Formula Revealed
  Men and women have devoted lifetimes to discovering the "secret formula of success." This article, once and for all, reveals the top secret formula to make all dreams come true.
  Published 08Mar2010, viewed 234 times

• Realize the Promise, Fulfill Life's Potential
  Life is so much more than things and stuff - life is a journey of experience. Life is a journey of promise, a journey of choice. Through choices one comes to fulfill life's potential. To recognize the promise and fulfill your potential make the "right" choice journey by faith.
  Published 07Mar2010, viewed 324 times

• Bailing Is Not The Way Out!
  Offers the root causes of our financial melt-down: concentration of wealth and a fixation on consumption. To address the challenge we must make hard choices and embrace core values for the collective good. Bailing by weighing down the sinking ship with further debt will undermine a recovery which must be based on optimism, creative energy and productive enterprise. It is time for the people to come together.
  Published 06Mar2010, viewed 359 times

• Relationships, Not Money, Make the World Go Round
  We mistakenly focus on the power of money and the things money can provide when, in fact, money is the product of satisfying desires. Fulfilling wants and needs is accomplished through relationships. So it is relationships, not money, that makes the world go round.
  Published 05Mar2010, viewed 188 times

• Overcoming the Obstacle to Ultimate Success
  Discover how to overcome the one obstacle to ultimate success - ego. Recognize the weapons of ego: fear and arrogance. Act to retain your freedom and fulfill your potential. Be the master of your fate. Learn how, right now.
  Published 04Mar2010, viewed 256 times

• Healing American Healthcare
  "Healing American Healthcare" addresses the key and essential actions necessary to reform the American Healthcare system: coming to terms with profit; empowering consumers; and promoting healthy lifestyles. Failing to fix what ails American healthcare is a recipe for the system to collapse.
  Published 02Mar2010, viewed 352 times

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