A primer on how to change habits
posted 8 months ago | 0 comments
Most of life is done by rote.
For most of us, alarm clocks buzz the same time every morning. The average grocery store stocks over 38,000 items; yet the standard shopper goes to the same store every week, usually on the same day, and chooses from...
For most of us, alarm clocks buzz the same time every morning. The average grocery store stocks over 38,000 items; yet the standard shopper goes to the same store every week, usually on the same day, and chooses from...
Hanging out with a better class of people
posted 8 months ago | 1 comment
For the majority of presentations I conduct, I administer an on-line anonymous survey to get a better feel for what’s going on inside the organization. Question number one is, “On a typical day, how would you rate your attitude?”
Respondents cho...
Respondents cho...
The fantasy of perfectionism
posted 9 months ago | 0 comments
I am a perfect-o-holic.
Sure, I know it’s folly; yet I can picture that magical happy place where all goes according to plan and everything works out as I imagined. I have a plan.
Today, I become the pinnacle of modern workplace efficiency. With...
Sure, I know it’s folly; yet I can picture that magical happy place where all goes according to plan and everything works out as I imagined. I have a plan.
Today, I become the pinnacle of modern workplace efficiency. With...
Keep Supportive Relationships While Getting Health
posted 9 months ago | 0 comments
n the end, we are remembered via the relationships we leave behind.
I stand five-eight, no one’s depiction of “towering giant.” Someone of my stature is supposed to tip the scales at no more than 165 pounds. When I was 39 years old, I weighed 250...
I stand five-eight, no one’s depiction of “towering giant.” Someone of my stature is supposed to tip the scales at no more than 165 pounds. When I was 39 years old, I weighed 250...
Why Deprivation Diets do not Work
posted 9 months ago | 1 comment
If deprivation was a successful weight loss strategy, obesity would be obliterated.
At first blush, sacrificing one’s favorites appears like it would blast away those extra pounds, and it does — but only temporarily. Long-term, it’s unnatural an...
At first blush, sacrificing one’s favorites appears like it would blast away those extra pounds, and it does — but only temporarily. Long-term, it’s unnatural an...
“Um, what were we talking about?”
posted 10 months ago | 4 comments
Pop quiz! What did they call “multitasking” in the eighties?
Answer: “lack of focus.”
I don’t mean to sound like an old fuddy-duddy (of course, using the term “fuddy-duddy” does tend to portray me as such), but like it or not, I am officially of...
Answer: “lack of focus.”
I don’t mean to sound like an old fuddy-duddy (of course, using the term “fuddy-duddy” does tend to portray me as such), but like it or not, I am officially of...
“When combined with a healthy diet…”
posted 10 months ago | 2 comments
Until moments ago, I was unaware of the term, “to throw a wobbly.”
Looking for a more colorful way to declare, “I am annoyed,” I stumbled upon the expression at a website devoted entirely to idioms and their etymology. (Fellow word geeks unite! ...
Looking for a more colorful way to declare, “I am annoyed,” I stumbled upon the expression at a website devoted entirely to idioms and their etymology. (Fellow word geeks unite! ...
The Japanes Earthquake Puts It All in Perspective
posted 11 months ago | 2 comments
It seems like merely days ago the public dialogue bounced between the skyrocketing price of groceries and gasoline; the rising up of working people in the mid east — as well as our own mid west; and the rambings of a seemingly unstable, implausibl...
Is “Combo-pilling” for weight loss a good idea?
posted 11 months ago | 0 comments
While watching the news this morning, I was alerted to the practice of "combo-pilling," taking supposedly unrelated medications together to produce more powerful results toward a desired outcome. Combo-pilling diet drugs went mainstream in the 198...
Is “Combo-pilling” for weight loss a good idea?
posted 11 months ago | 0 comments
While watching the news this morning, I was alerted to the practice of "combo-pilling," taking supposedly unrelated medications together to produce more powerful results toward a desired outcome. Combo-pilling diet drugs went mainstream in the 198...
