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Strange Relation between Black Holes and Newly Formed Stars Explained - What? The Big Bang Explained too?

2012-01-05T00:59:00.001-08:00

Recently, physicists observed a very strange phenomenon - newly formed stars orbiting around black holes! This is strange, because black holes aren't known to create stars.

Quite the contrary.

They're known to destroy stars by swallowing them whole!

Many physicists are left scratching their heads, wondering what's going on here. I'll attempt to explain this very strange phenomenon logically, but first let's take a journey into the theory of everything.

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

On Father's Day of 2008, I revealed the formula for the theory of everything. The formula is as follows:

EM = F/g x c²

where

EM represents electromagnetic energy;
F represents strong force, weak force, or any other force;
g represents gravity;
c² represents the speed of light squared.

The formula for the theory of everything, EM = F/g x c², reads as electromagnetic energy equals force over (divided by) gravity multiplied by the speed of light squared. This formula makes the following assumptions:

Electromagnetic energy and gravity are inversely related.
The stronger the gravitational field, the more time slows down within that gravitational field. This is called gravitational time dilation.
This formula can explain the four fundamental forces: electromagnetism, gravity, strong force, and weak force. Therefore, it meets the criterion for being the theory of everything.

Well, if this formula is the theory of everything, then it should be able to explain all phenomena, including why newly formed stars were observed orbiting around black holes. Right? Yes.

But to do this, we have to choose the proper fundamental force to use with our formula. Our formula already accounts for the fundamental forces electromagnetism and gravity. So should we use strong force, weak force, or both to fill the F value of our formula? Or is there some other fundamental force that we should use instead?

THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES, OR IS IT FIVE?

Physicists agree that there are four fundamental forces in the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, strong force, and weak force. Gravity is a force involving mass; electromagnetism is a force involving energy; strong and weak forces are forces involving subatomic particles.

Are there other fundamental forces? I propose that there's at least one more. This force is called time!

TIME IS A FUNDAMENTAL FORCE

A force is something that can influence a body or system. Though most people don't think of time as a force, time can influence things.

For example, time influences the lifespan of animals. Larger animals tend to have longer lifespans, and smaller animals tend to have shorter lifespans. Whales have a maximum lifespan of about 200 years, while mice have a maximum lifespan of about four years.

Why?

The reason is gravitational time dilation. The more massive a body is, the stronger the gravity that surrounds it is, slowing down time related to the body. The less massive a body is, the weaker the gravity that surrounds it is, speeding up time related to the body.

In other words, larger animals age slower, because time travels slower for them; while smaller animals age faster, because time travels faster for them.

TIME AND THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Okay, we now have time as an additional fundamental force. Should we use this force with our Theory of Everything formula to explain why newly formed stars orbit around black holes? Let's find out. Our original formula EM = F/g x c² becomes

EM = t/g x c²,

where

EM represents electromagnetism;
t represents time;
g represents gravity;
c² represents the speed of light squared.

Our new formula, EM = t/g x c², reads as electromagnetism equals time over (divided by) gravity multiplied by the speed of light squared.

THE ELECTROMAGNETISM TIME-PER-GRAVITY EQUIVALENCE FORMULA (EM = t/g x c²)

We can name our new formula the Electromagnetism Time-per-Gravity Equivalence formula. The Electromagnetism Time-per-Gravity Equivalence formula will lead you to the following assumptions:

Electromagnetism and time-per-gravity are the same thing!
Since time acts on and changes things, time is a force.
The faster time travels, the more gravity converts into electromagnetism.
The slower time travels, the less gravity converts into electromagnetism.
Within a black hole, where gravity is pure, time stands still and electromagnetism is almost nonexistent.
Within a subatomic particle such as an electron, where electromagnetism is pure, time travels at the speed of light and gravity is almost nonexistent.
At the outer edges of a black hole, where pure gravity begins to weaken, time begins to move forward and gravity begins to convert into electromagnetism. That's why newly formed stars are found around the outer edges of black holes.
The Big Bang began at the outer edges of a gigantic black hole, where massive amounts of gravity converted into massive amounts of electromagnetism, leading to a gigantic explosion, creating the entire universe!

SUMMARY

In summarizing, we can conclude that the Electromagnetism Time-per-Gravity Equivalence formula, EM = t/g x c², does a good job of explaining why newly formed stars are found around the outer edges of black holes.

If time stands still like within a black hole, gravity remains pure. But if time begins to move forward like around the outer edges of a black hole, it's at this point where gravity begins weakening and converting into electromagnetism.

Not only does this conversion explain how stars are created, but it also explains how the Big Bang was created. After all, the Big Bang was probably a gigantic star that eventually exploded, creating the universe as we know it. But who would have ever thought that the center of the Big Bang was really a gigantic black hole!

By Al A. Gammate
The Guaranteed Cure Company TM
http://www.theguaranteedcure.com/

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Then look for the article titled "The Theory of Everything Finally Revealed - Secret Relationship Between Gravity and Electromagnetism."

Jerry Sandusky, Pedophilia, and Bad Consequences

2011-11-13T20:24:00.000-08:00

Jerry Sandusky was a talented assistant football coach of Pennsylvania State University. In 1986 and 1999, Jerry Sandusky received the Assistant Coach of the Year award. Nevertheless, on 5 November 2011, Jerry Sandusky was arrested and had a variety of charges leveled against him regarding acts of pedophilia.

Why would a successful assistant football coach ruin his reputation and legacy, not to mention his family life by committing acts of pedophilia? Is pedophilia due to a malfunctioning brain? If so, can urges of pedophilia be controlled?

First off, let's define pedophilia. Psychiatrists define pedophilia as having recurrent and intense sexual urges toward children by an adult. The adult either acts on these urges and fantasies, or suffers great emotional distress by not acting on them.

Why do some people become pedophiles while others don't? Researchers have found that pedophiles tend to have less white brain matter and lower IQs compared to normal people. These findings suggest that the brains of pedophiles may not be functioning optimally.

This makes sense. Most normal people understand that bad behaviors have bad consequences and are able to process the bad consequences in their brains, thus avoiding bad behaviors. But if pedophiles have significantly less white brain matter and lower IQs compared to normal people, pedophiles may not be able to clearly imagine the consequences of their actions, thus leading them to engage in bad behaviors.

If this is true, what can be done? How can pedophilia be cured? I believe that pedophilia can be cured. Why I say this is because acts of pedophilia come from thoughts of pedophilia. Yes, pedophilia has its origin in thoughts. If you don't think it, you won't do it.

If a person has a tendency toward pedophilia, they can cure themselves by doing the following:

1) Do not watch any pornography involving adults having sex with children. I believe that the habitual viewing of child pornography is the single most cause of pedophilia. This is probably where it all begins.

2) If you have urges or fantasies regarding pedophilia, each and every time, you must begin praying to your Higher Power, acknowledging that these thoughts are evil, and asking your Higher Power to take these thoughts away. If you do this each and every time you have an urge or fantasy, your thoughts of pedophilia will grow weaker and weaker, eventually fading away. This is called mental conditioning.

3) Meditate at least once a day on the horrible consequences of engaging in acts of pedophilia. Meditate on the shame and humiliation this will cause you and your family, once society finds out and they inevitably will. Meditate on the legal consequences such as going to prison for a very long time and being abused by the other prisoners. Meditate on the psychological damage that you're inflicting on children. Though your brain may be damaged, you can acutely make it aware of the consequences of pedophilia, if you meditate in this manner once daily.

Any pedophile who does the above mental exercises can cure himself of pedophilia. Besides the mental exercises, pedophiles need to seek professional help (e.g., psychologists, psychiatrists, pastors, etc.).

Years of playing football may have damaged the brain of Jerry Sandusky, rendering him unable to mentally process the bad consequences that are inevitably connected to bad behaviors. But Jerry Sandusky could have sought professional help to stave off his urges of pedophilia. Since he chose not to seek help, Jerry Sandusky will probably spend the rest of his life in prison.

Prayer Thoughts, The Placebo Effect, and The Law Of Attraction

2011-11-08T20:40:00.000-08:00

What exactly is prayer? How does it work? Does it work at all?

There have been studies done on prayer to determine its effectiveness. But the problem with testing prayer lies in defining the parameters of it clearly enough to provide consistency. Given the lack of defined prayer parameters, the results of prayer have been mixed when tested in the laboratory.

What exactly is prayer? I think prayer is simply the communication of a person to a Higher Power. And this communication is usually in the form of praise, petition, or gratitude. In conducting studies, researchers should focus on examining the petition prayers, since these prayers are more goal-directed than the other prayers, allowing these prayers to be easier to test.

How does prayer work? The workings of prayer can be explained psychologically (e.g., the relationship among thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and environments), biologically (e.g., the placebo effect), or metaphysically (e.g., the law of attraction).

In the area of psychology, researchers have proven that there is a strong relationship among thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and environments. Modern psychotherapy is based on this premise.

Modern psychotherapy attempts to change a person's thoughts about a problem, thereby changing the person's feelings about the problem, thereby changing the person's behaviors regarding the problem, finally causing the person's situation to change.

Since prayer changes the thoughts of the person praying, this psychological explanation can explain how prayer works.

In the area of biology, researchers have observed the phenomenon called the placebo effect. The placebo effect tends to occur if a person receives a drug or some other treatment, and believes that this drug or treatment is going to have a positive effect, even though the drug or treatment is actually useless.

The reason why the person feels better after taking the useless drug is due to chemical/hormonal changes that occur within his body from merely believing that he's better. Therefore, a so-called "pain-relieving" pill will actually relieve his headache, a so-called "anti-anxiety" pill will actually calm him down, and a so-called "stimulant" pill will actually give him more energy.

Since people who pray tend to believe that prayers produce positive results, this biological explanation can explain how prayer works.

In the area of metaphysics, practitioners have spoken much about the law of attraction. The law of attraction states that like attracts like. In other words, if you consistently think positive thoughts, positive events will be attracted to you like a magnet. And if you consistently think negative thoughts, negative events will be attracted to you like a magnet.

What causes this sort of magnetism? According to the law of attraction, every thought vibrates on a particular frequency. And if you think a particular thought long enough, it's going to attract outside events that vibrate on the same frequency as the thought that you're thinking.

Since prayer involves consistently thinking particular thoughts, this metaphysical explanation can explain how prayer works.

So you see, prayer can be explained scientifically and theoretically. This article explained what prayer is and how it may work scientifically and theoretically. Since prayer has strong scientific and theoretical backing, it most likely works and it most likely works well.

In this article, I'm not denying the intervention of God or angelic beings. I do believe in God. And I believe that He does intervene in this reality. Nevertheless, discussions of God and angelic beings go beyond science and theory.

"Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Prayer, Results versus Process, Scientific Studies

2011-10-28T13:22:00.000-07:00

In cognitive behavioral therapy, the trainers of this method will oftentimes remind their apprentices to focus on the process of the method rather than the results. The reason is that the results of cognitive behavioral therapy are almost never immediate and are almost always delayed.

A practitioner of cognitive behavioral therapy can sometimes be working with a patient for months without seeing any significant improvement in the patient's depression, anxiety, anger, or whatever else the patient is being treated for. This can be frustrating for the practitioner, sometimes causing the practitioner to quit and declare that cognitive behavioral therapy doesn't work.

In fact, cognitive behavioral therapy has been proven to be one of the most effective forms of psychotherapy. There have been many scientific studies done to prove this.

Prayer is very similar to cognitive behavioral therapy, in that it induces a change in thinking, inducing a change in emotion, inducing a change in behavior, finally inducing a change in environment. Since cognitive behavioral therapy has been validated by scientific studies, prayer likewise is validated, because prayer and cognitive behavioral therapy are almost one and the same.

There have been studies that seemingly proved that prayer doesn't work. But these studies have been seriously flawed, in that they wrongly assumed that prayer is strictly a mental activity, and didn't allow for the behavioral expression of prayer in the studies.

Prayer without its corresponding behavioral expression isn't prayer at all, just as cognitive behavioral therapy without its corresponding behavioral expression isn't therapy at all.

Just like cognitive behavioral therapy, prayer tends to have delayed rather than immediate results. This has caused many practitioners of prayer to give up in frustration and declare it doesn't work.

Like the practitioners of cognitive behavioral therapy, the practitioners of prayer must focus on the process rather than the results. In focusing on the process, the results will eventually come.

This is a scientific fact!

Rock and Hip Hop Music versus the Life Manual

2011-09-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

In my younger years, I made some bad decisions, causing me much pain. During these times, I thought to myself: "Wouldn't it be nice if there was a manual on how to live your life. A manual that can ensure that you make the right decisions at the right time, saving you much heartache."

In my later years, I found that such a manual exists. It's called Proverbs.

I love popular music, particularly rock and hip hop. As a young adult, I began listening to rock and hip hop, because of the rebellious nature of the music. I guess that's the appeal of the music, that's what makes rock and hip hop so popular. But at what cost?

Rock music developed during and after the 1960s. It sparked the sexual revolution that encouraged everyone to explore their sexuality. Thus, there was a social movement toward promiscuity.

Also, rock music encouraged everyone to get "high as a kite." This sparked a social movement toward the use of illegal recreational drugs. Furthermore, rock music promoted Marxism as the ideal economy, ranting against the evils of capitalism. This sparked a left-wing Marxist movement.

Hip hop music was developed during and after the 1970s. Not only did it promote sexual promiscuity, illegal drug use, and Marxism, it also promoted misogyny and racism. But the worst effect of hip hop is its promotion of crime. Modern hip hop glamorizes the gangster lifestyle.

Since many young people listen to rock and hip hop music, their thinking is affected by it, causing them to make very bad decisions in life. They think that it's possible to get ahead in life by bad behavior. They think that there are no consequences for behaving badly.

They're sadly mistaken. They really should read the life manual called Proverbs.

"How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it! These men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves! Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it" (Proverbs 1:17-19).

Knowledge, Respect, and Behavior

2011-09-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

The world's wisest man King Solomon stated, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Proverbs 1:7).

What does this mean to you? How can you use this concept to improve your life?

Hmmm.

The word "fear" can mean "respect" in this context. So this sentence can be rephrased, "Respect for the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."

I agree with this statement. Respect for God is the beginning of knowledge - the knowledge of proper behavior. Proper behavior is encapsulated in one of God's most ultimate rules - the Golden Rule.

If you're a good observer of human behavior, you'll notice that those who follow the Golden Rule tend to succeed in life; while those that don't, don't.

Poverty doesn't necessarily cause crime, but crime definitely causes poverty. So watch you behavior.

How can Aikido help you with Life Adversity?

2011-07-22T16:54:00.000-07:00

Aikido is a Japanese fighting style where an opponent's movements are redirected rather than stopped head-on. Given this, Aikido masters can defeat their opponents using little energy. Having their movements redirected, opponents are thrown to the ground or placed in joint locks.

How can the Aikido concept help you with your life? Very simply. The next time you're faced with an adversity, instead of resisting the adversity head-on, redirect the momentum of the adversity to your advantage.

For example, if an adversity causes anger or fear, use the anger or fear as fuel to achieve a goal. This is a lot easier than trying to motivate yourself from scratch.

If you're planning on leaving an adverse job, apply for a new job within the same company. This is a lot easier than trying to get a new job from scratch.

If you have a lot of adverse paperwork to do, use paperwork already saved in your computer word processor and tweak it to your needs. This is a lot easier than trying to create paperwork from scratch.

You get the point? Simply take what currently exists and redirect it into something that you want.

Become an Aikido master of life. Dance with life rather than fight it. The easy way is the best way.

Use this Trick, when you feel Tired and Tense

2011-06-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

Today, I had a lot of unpleasant work to do and found it difficult to motivate myself to stay on task. Though I had enough sleep last night, I felt tired and tense. My scalp and face muscles were tense to the point of hurting.

Even after taking a nap, I still felt tired and tense, and found it difficult to stay on task.

Then I remembered a trick that I used to do whenever I felt tired, tense, and overwhelmed. I used to say to myself "Lord, let Thy will be done, not my will." Besides saying this, I used to alternately tighten and relax my tensed muscles to loosen them up.

This trick would relax me and enable me to get much work done in a short amount of time. I would feel "in the zone," "on the ball," "a sense of flow," "in the groove," etc. In other words, I would be working optimally.

After using this trick, my muscles loosened up, I felt more energized, and I got much work done. Yep, this trick still works.

My Car, a Canada Goose, and Life Lessons

2011-06-20T07:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday morning, I was driving my car in the morning rush hour. Suddenly, I saw a flock of Canada Geese crossing the road. I attempted to detour around the geese to avoid hitting them, but there was a Canada Goose following farther behind the flock that I couldn't avoid hitting.

I heard a thump on my car bumper, and the Canada Goose was knocked to the left shoulder of the road. I looked in my rear-view mirror and saw the goose lying there weakly flapping one of its wings.

I felt terrible, since I thought that I may have killed the Canada Goose. I never killed an animal before while driving my car. I can usually spot an animal at a safe distance and avoid hitting it.

Then I started pondering that life is often unpredictable and short. Anyone or anything can die at anytime. Not too long ago, I lost a good friend to stomach cancer. She was young, didn't smoke, only drank socially, and jogged everyday. Everyone that knew her was shocked, since she was always a picture of good health.

Indeed, life can be unpredictable and short. We can go at anytime. Therefore, we shouldn't waste our life on foolishness. Instead, we should spend our life on things that matter most.

Any one of us at anytime can be that Canada Goose.

Bill Cosby, Hip Hop Culture, and Parents

2011-06-06T16:41:00.000-07:00

Entertainer Bill Cosby did several public lectures regarding the effects of the hip hop culture on the youth.

Bill Cosby spoke out against the effects of the hip hop culture such as illegal drug dealing, teenage pregnancy, high school dropouts, anti-intellectualism, vulgarity, thievery, offensive clothing, vanity, parental alienation, and single-parenting.

Is Bill Cosby correct in doing this? The answer is yes.

The hip hop culture is a culture that embraces criminal behavior and shuns education. It's a culture that glamorizes drive-by shootings, drug dealing, pimping, gangs, degrading women, and other irresponsible behavior. It's a culture that considers anyone going to college or following the Ten Commandments as "acting white."

So what's the solution? The solution is that parents need to start acting like parents.

Many "parents" allow their children to run loose in the neighborhood, without any moral training, supervision, or expectation of them becoming productive members of society. These "parents" allow their children to listen to hip hop music, dress hip hop, and act hip hop.

Parents need to teach their children moral behavior. Failure to do this is one of the worst things that a parent can do to a child. Parents should not allow their children to listen to hip hop music, watch pornography, smoke dope, or involve themselves in other corrupting activities.

Instead, parents should make their children do their homework and study hard in school, make them go to church every Sunday, make them attend bible study classes, and make them work part-time after school.

Indeed, parents should make their children behave responsibly when they're children, so that they can one day become responsible adults.

Bill Cosby was right.

Can Faith, Hope, and Love help you attain Success?

2011-05-31T19:27:00.000-07:00

If you're a Christian, you've probably heard of the three theological virtues: faith, hope, and love.

These virtues are not only important to Christians, they're also important to everyone who desires success.

Faith can mean trusting in God. But it could also mean trusting in yourself. Having faith leads to confidence. Having confidence is important for success.

Hope simply means optimism. A hopeful person is an optimistic person. An optimistic person will try to see the bright side of every situation that he faces. Optimism is very important to success, in that it fosters persistence when faced with obstacles.

There are different types of love. But here, we'll focus on ecumenical love: treating other people the way you would like to be treated. If you treat people with respect, they'll be more apt to help you achieve your goals than if you disrespect them. Thus, love leads to success.

The three theological virtues, faith, hope, and love, can help you attain success if you practice and develop them.

Get a Job now - Turn a Prospective Employer into an Employer

2011-05-25T21:50:00.001-07:00

Though we are in the middle of a fierce recession, it's still possible to find a job. But keep in mind that some techniques are better than others.

From my experience using the old-fashion way of finding a job is much better than the so called sophisticated ways. In other words, buying the local Sunday newspaper and looking through the help wanted adds is much better than using internet job searching programs.

It's also a good idea to drive to your prospective employer and pick up an application, fill it out, then turn it in. Making personal contact will give you an advantage over others. Face-to-face is much better than phone or mail.

Make sure that your resume is professionally done, stresses and amplifies your positive traits, and is tailored to the job that you're going after.

Of course, when you go on the job interview, dress as sharp as you can. Appearance matters. Good-looking people tend to get hired more readily than ugly people.

When being interviewed, display confidence without acting cocky. Nobody wants to work with a cocky person. But people enjoy working with a confident person with a pleasant personality.

Lastly, don't give up. It's almost guaranteed that you'll be rejected by some prospective employers, while job hunting. With each rejection, try to think what you could have done differently to increase your chances of getting hired.

P.S. It's much easier to get hired by a prospective employer, if you're already employed by someone else. So if you're currently working, but feel a sense of impending doom (e.g., boss is out to get you), try to transition to another job before you get fired.

And if you suspect that your boss will "bad mouth" you as a reference, use your human resource person in your company as your reference or supervisor on your resume and job application.

What's Wrong with Socialism?

2011-05-09T07:25:00.000-07:00

What's wrong with socialism? The answer is that it doesn't work.

Socialism is an economic system that has been tried by countries across the world, and has always led to poverty of the masses. In socialism, everyone is poor except the rulers.

Why does socialism lead to poverty? The answer is that socialism punishes the ambitious and rewards the lazy by taking away private property and making it public. Given this, more and more people become lazy. And soon enough, the entire country becomes less productive, bringing less money into the country, thus leading to poverty within the country.

In socialism, the government owns the property rather than the citizens. Government-owned businesses are often run poorly, since there are no direct consequences for running a business poorly within socialist countries.

For example, if a business produces shoddy products or runs out of a product, this is no big deal in a socialist country, since the government owns all the businesses and has captive customers within the country. Since the government doesn't have to worry about losing customers, there is no direct pressure to produce better products or make them available in a timely manner.

It amazes me that there are currently people who actually believe that socialism is a better economic system than capitalism.

What's wrong with socialism? Look around. Look at the other socialist countries. Look at how poorly they're doing economically compared to capitalistic countries.

How to Motivate yourself with Anger, Fear, or Lust

2011-05-02T07:27:00.000-07:00

When I was in Army basic training, my drill sergeant used to say that he was going to get me so angry that I would become an officer someday. Though I never became an officer, I learned volumes on motivation.

The three most powerful emotions connected to motivation are anger, fear, and lust. These emotions powerfully stimulate and energize the body via hormones. These emotions are located in a primitive part of the brain called the amygdala.

Anger, fear, and lust are the most primitive and powerful of all the emotions. They are also the most destructive, if used wrongly. But if used rightly, anger, fear, or lust can powerfully motivate you to pursue your goals.

Here is an example of how to use anger to motivate yourself to pursue a particular goal.

1) Start by thinking of an injustice that was done to you. The more painful, the better. The more anger it arouses in you, the better.

2) Picture the person who had done you wrong laughing at you, saying that you'll never amount to anything, that you're a loser for life.

3) By now, I'm sure you're very angry. Use this anger to motivate yourself to pursue one of your goals.

If you don't want to use anger, you can instead use fear. Here is an example of how to use fear to motivate yourself to pursue a goal.

1) Start by thinking about the consequences that can happen to you if you don't accomplish a particular goal. The more painful, the better. The more fear they arouse in you, the better.

2) Picture yourself suffering immensely because you didn't accomplish the goal. Picture the incredible loss. Picture the disappointment of you friends, family, and loved ones.

3) By now, I'm sure you're very scared. Use this fear to motivate yourself to pursue your goal.

If you don't want to use anger or fear, you can always use lust. Here is an example of how you can use lust to motivate yourself to pursue your goal.

1) If you're a heterosexual man, you can think about a woman that turns you on the most. The more vivid, the better. The more lust she arouses in you, the better.

2) Picture yourself attaining the lusted after woman only after you attain your goal. Because, after all, she doesn't want to sleep with a loser.

3) By now, I'm sure you're feeling very lustful. Use this lust to motivate yourself to pursue your goal.

If used properly, anger, fear, or lust is a powerful tidal wave that can help you surf to your goals. If used wrongly, it's a tidal wave that can destroy everything in your life.

The key is that you must learn to control and direct your anger, fear, or lust.

The Book of Genesis: Create versus Manipulate

2011-04-26T11:39:00.000-07:00

According to the Book of Genesis 1:3-2:4, God created the universe in six days and rested on the seventh day. But if you read the Book of Genesis carefully, you'll see that during those six days, God mostly manipulated matter rather than create things from scratch.

Check out these examples.

God separated the light from the darkness, and called the light "day" and the darkness "night."

God made the sky by separating water below from water above; God made the sea and land by gathering the water below into large pools.

God brought forth vegetation (plants and trees) from the land.

God brought forth living creatures from the water and land.

You may be wondering why God would mostly manipulate matter than create everything from scratch. The reason is obvious. It's more efficient to do so, in that it requires less energy and time.

How would you like to be more efficient in your work and personal life? Yes? Then take a page out of the Book of Genesis, and simply improve upon what already exists rather than create everything from scratch.

Success is Circular

2011-04-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

The universe is circular. Planets orbit stars in a circular manner. Stars orbit black holes in a circular manner. Life and death are circular.

In addition, behavior and consequences are circular. Behavior causes consequences to happen, and consequences cause behavior to happen.

Given this, success is circular. Success guru Zig Ziglar said it best when he said, "You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."

I agree with Zig Ziglar's premise that if you help other people attain success, you will, in turn, attain success. Because every time you help someone attain success, that person becomes your friend or ally.

What are your chances of attaining success, if you have an army of people on your side helping you?

Indeed, success is circular. Help is circular.

The funky connection among Thoughts, Behavior, and Reality

2011-04-22T21:06:00.000-07:00

According to the Book of Genesis 1:3, "God said, Let there be light: and there was light." If this is true, then it has very deep implications.

What this basically means is that thoughts equal reality, that all causes spring from thoughts.

"Poppycock," you say, "All things spring from behavior, from doing, from getting off your butt." I agree. But where do you think behavior, doing, or getting off your butt comes from? That's right, it comes from your thoughts.

If you don't believe me, try driving your car, doing your job, or conversing with a friend without having any thoughts. Utterly impossible! Behavior is merely an extension of your most dominant thoughts.

Given this, if you change your thoughts, you change your behavior, thereby changing your reality. So choose your thoughts wisely. They affect your reality more significantly than you'll ever know.

Thoughts = reality.

Cure Depression Naturally with Sleep Deprivation

2011-04-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

Some time ago, I read a research study where getting less sleep contributed to being less clinically depressed. According to the study, getting less sleep somehow causes an increase of serotonin, a brain chemical that reduces depression.

This, I thought, was great news. A clinically depressed person can naturally cure himself of depression by getting less sleep. In addition, sleep deprivation can cure anxiety, since serotonin also reduces anxiety.

I never would have imagined that sleep deprivation could have such psychiatric implications. If this is true, would excessive sleep contribute to depression and anxiety?

Before we get too excited about the positive effects of sleep deprivation, there is also a downside to it. The downside is that sleep deprivation can lead to bad time management and driving. Nodding off on the job will cause you to work slower, and nodding off while driving can cause you to get into car accidents.

So if you're clinically depressed, but don't have any work deadlines or any need to drive, sleep deprivation may be for you.

Great Psychiatrists versus Bad Psychiatrists

2011-04-16T20:16:00.000-07:00

Years ago, I used to counsel mental health clients. The clients I worked with had hardcore mental health issues, in that they needed both psychiatric and psychological treatment.

It was the psychiatrist's job to mentally stabilize the client enough, so that counseling can be productive. It's virtually impossible to productively counsel a client who is hallucinating all over the place.

How does one convince a psychotic client that unicorns, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny don't exist, if the client "sees," "hears," "smells," and "feels" them on a daily basis?

You can be the best psychologist in the world, but if a client is hallucinating all over the place, your counseling isn't going to amount to anything at all. It'll be a complete waste of your time and the client's time.

I've worked with great psychiatrists and very bad ones. The very bad psychiatrists had the tendency of not being open to advice and not furthering their education in modern psychiatry. It's almost as if they think that what they learned many years ago in school is all they need to know forevermore.

They forget that psychiatry is experimental, is driven by research, and is always evolving and changing.

For example, research studies have shown that combination therapy is much more effective in treating refractory schizophrenia than monotherapy. In other words, two low-dose antipsychotic drugs used together are better than one high-dose antipsychotic drug used alone in treating refractory schizophrenia.

The great psychiatrists know this. But the bad ones continue using one high-dose antipsychotic drug in treating refractory schizophrenia. And when they get no positive results at all, they tell themselves, "Oh well, that's the way it is."

Don't be a bad psychiatrist. Instead, keep current in your field, be open to new ideas, and most important of all, believe that you can get positive results and then do what it takes to get them.

Your clients are depending on you.

Knowledge determines what's Possible, and the lack thereof what's Impossible

2011-04-15T12:14:00.000-07:00

In ancient times, people flying above the clouds, driving machines 55 miles per hour to and from work, and communicating miles away through invisible waves in the air were impossible. They were impossible, because the knowledge we have today didn't exist back then.

What's possible and impossible is fully dependent on knowledge. The more knowledge we have, the more possible things become for us. The less knowledge we have, the more impossible things become for us.

Let me give you a personal example of how knowledge relates to what's possible and what's impossible.

I had eczema for over 20 years, and went to many dermatologists for treatment during those years. Each dermatologist explained to me that eczema is incurable and can only be controlled, not cured, with steroid creams. For me, the steroid creams didn't work well, and the long-term side effects of the creams concerned me.

Even though dermatologists told me that there is no cure for eczema, I kept searching for a cure and eventually found it.

The cure is simple and cheap. If you have eczema, all you have to do is go to the supermarket, purchase a container of antibacterial hand and face wipes, and then apply the wipes to the itchy rash areas. This only needs to be done on an as needed basis.

"Wet Ones" is a popular brand of antibacterial hand and face wipes, is affordable, and easy to use.

I prefer using "Wet Ones" over dabbing a paper towel into an antibacterial agent such as hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol, because using "Wet Ones" is much more convenient. All you have to do is take out a wipe from the container of "Wet Ones" and begin wiping the itchy rash areas with the wipe.

Why does "Wet Ones" work so well on eczema? The reason is that it kills the staph bacteria concentrated in certain areas of the skin. The staph is what causes the flare ups or intensely itchy rashes.

New research on eczema indicates that the staph bacteria colonize in certain areas of the skin, causing itchy rashes in those areas. A healthy skin's immune system is able to ward off the staph bacteria. But an eczematous skin's immune system is too weak to do so. Thus, it needs help.

So you see, it's impossible for dermatologists to cure eczema, but it's possible for me. Knowledge determines what's possible, and the lack thereof what's impossible!

What do Gladiator, Self-Efficacy, and Ability have in common?

2011-04-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

Gladiator is one of many fictional characters of Marvel Comics. But what makes him stand out from the rest is his ability to instantly become stronger and stronger the more confident he becomes.

Gladiator is capable of becoming so strong that he can shatter a planet with a single blow, be invulnerable to a supernova explosion at close distances, fly a hundred times faster than the speed of light, shoot lasers out of his eyes hotter than a star, and freeze things by blowing on them.

Though not to the extent of Gladiator, humans display more ability the more confident they become. Researcher Albert Bandura coined this phenomenon self-efficacy.

Self-efficacy is the extent that you believe you can do something, directly affecting your ability to do it. Like Gladiator, the more you believe you can do something, the more ability you have to do it.

Be like Gladiator. Say "I can do it" (self-efficacy), thereby heightening your confidence that you can do it, thereby heightening your actual ability to do it!

Be a Taskmaster, not a Task Disaster

2011-04-14T05:11:00.000-07:00

When I was an adolescent, I used to enjoy reading Marvel comic books. My favorite villain was the Taskmaster. The Taskmaster had the ability to learn and duplicate someone's fighting skills by observing it only once.

But is it really possible to learn things by merely observing someone's performance?

According to researcher Albert Bandura, it is and he coined this phenomenon observational learning. Albert Bandura and other researchers have done numerous studies on observational learning, and found this phenomenon to be valid.

Observational learning can especially be important in learning tasks where it is not practical to physically practice them.

For example, it is not practical to physically practice public speaking. It is very difficult to get a group of people together and have them listen to your speeches over and over again. I think that the lack and impossibility of practice is why most people are bad at public speaking.

So if you find yourself in college or are at a workplace where you are required to do public speaking, don't despair. You can simply do an internet search on great public speeches and watch these speeches over and over again until you can do it.

To an extent, you have the ability of the Taskmaster. You can learn anything, including public speaking, merely by watching someone perform it.

Be a Taskmaster, not a task disaster!

The Purpose of Evil

2011-04-12T22:04:00.000-07:00

Many philosophers have tried to explain the purpose of evil. I have read their explanations and disagree with most of them.

I believe that the purpose of evil is to motivate us to become good. And without evil there is no motivation to do good.

For example, take the story of the Garden of Eden in the Old Testament. Before evil arrived in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve lounged around naked all day long accomplishing nothing.

But after evil arrived as a talking snake, causing Adam and Eve to be thrown out of the Garden of Eden, Adam started working hard toiling in the fields and Eve started working hard rearing her children.

Another example, though based on a comic book, is the story of Batman. Batman was an almost supernatural force of good. He was a crime-fighting genius who had the physical strength of ten men, and the fighting skills of Bruce Lee.

But what motivated him to become Batman was the brutal murder of both his parents. Without the brutal murder of his parents, he would have never became Batman.

So for good to exist, evil must exist. The purpose of evil is to create good.

Money Management

2011-04-12T04:55:00.000-07:00

In high school, most of us are taught how to read, write, and do some math. But money management is never taught.

Though money management is one of the most important things to learn, not only is it not taught in high school, it is also not taught in colleges unless you are a business major.

This explains why millions of people are in debt, leading to divorce, depression, and crime.

Don't be one of these people. The rules of money management are easy.

Rule #1 - Don't spend money that you don't have. In fact, you should spend as little money as possible, and save as much as possible.

Rule #2 - Invest your money in stocks, real estate, or a business. This may seem unrealistic to you, especially if you are not making a lot of money. But if you read up on these things and get knowledgeable, you'll see that it is easier than you think.

Rule #3 - Only take out a loan if it is necessary (e.g., loans for college). And if you do take out a loan, make sure that you shop around and get the lowest interest rate possible.

There you have it. The three rules of money management. Now get out there and get rich!

Karma is a Bitch and Payback is a Monster

2011-04-11T04:50:00.000-07:00

The universe is a vast place, but despite what many may think, it is very organized.

For example, like clockwork, the sun sets and rises, living things are born and then die, the ecosystem balances itself out, the strong survive and the weak perish, the planets orbit the sun, stars are created and then stars burn out or explode.

Indeed, the universe follows laws, and one of these laws is for every action there is an equal reaction. For people, this law is known as the law of karma, phrased as "what comes around goes around" or "karma is a bitch and payback is a monster."

How this law works is that your life rewards and punishments are linked directly to how you treat others. If you are good to others, others will be good to you and the universe will bless you with good things. If you are evil to others, others will be evil to you and the universe will curse you with evil things.

So the next time you become angry with someone, hold it in, walk away, and remember "what comes around goes around" and "karma is a bitch and payback is a monster."

Time Management

2011-04-10T22:38:00.000-07:00

In many workplaces, it's commonplace to hear talk about improving your time management. But what exactly is time management? It's simply this: the ability to work fast.

Think about how much free time you would have if you were able to get your work done in half the time, one third of the time, or even one fourth of the time it normally takes you.

You would have much free time, right?

So if you want to be an expert in time management, shake your ass and work fast!

Adversity Motivates

2011-04-10T04:43:00.000-07:00

The purpose of adversity is to motivate you to do better. If you are going through adversity right now, stop, listen, figure out what it means, then do the right thing.

Get motivated.

If you are having money problems, then you must learn more about how to make and manage money. If you are having relationship problems, then you must learn how to become a better friend, parent, or lover. If you are having problems at work, you must learn how to become a better employee.

Get motivated.

Stop blaming others for your problems. Use adversity as fuel to do your best.

Get motivated.

The Laws of Attracting Someone

2011-04-07T05:23:00.000-07:00

Spring is in the air, you are single, and want to attract the opposite sex. What do you do? You can either experiment and try different things or you can use the laws of attracting someone.

What are these laws? Here they are.

1) Physical Attractiveness: To increase your chances of attracting someone, you want to make yourself as physically attractive as possible. The means dressing your best and getting into good physical shape, not to mention maintaining good hygiene.

2) Exposure: Get out of your home as much as possible. You're never going to meet someone by being a hermit. Besides, exposure makes you sexy. The more others see you here and there, the more attracted they will be to you.

3) Similarity: You heard the saying "Birds of a feather flock together." This is very true. It helps to be in places where others dress like you, look like you, and have similar interests as you. If you are religious, go to church. If you love art, go to art shows. If you love psychology (I do), go to psychology symposiums. You get the picture.

4) Complimentary: Sometimes opposites attract. People may be attracted to you if you have something that they wish they had. For example, a shy woman may be attracted to an outgoing man, because she may wish to be more outgoing. Or a poor woman may be attracted to the thickness of a man's wallet. So try to be the best you possibly can so you may attract someone who wants to be you.

5) Exchange: Make it worthwhile for someone to hang out with you. Do interesting activities with them, have fun, joke around, be a good listener, be romantic, etc.

Now that you know the laws of attracting someone, go out there and get your mate!

Don't Be a Diva

2011-04-06T23:29:00.000-07:00

Albert Ellis, the founder of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), proposed that mentally amplifying the awfulness of circumstances is what leads to neurosis. In other words, being a diva causes neurosis.

Symptoms of neurosis include anxiety, depression, rage, and any other excessive negative emotion.

REBT conditions the mind to deflate or minimize the magnitude of adversities. Doing so deflates or minimizes the magnitude of negative emotions, reducing neurosis, leading to better mental functioning, thereby leading to better physical functioning.

So don't be a diva!

Do You Flow?

2011-04-06T05:23:00.000-07:00

Along with Martin Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was also a founder of the positive psychology movement that occurred approximately a decade ago.

Mihaly proposed a phenomenon called flow. Flow is a state where you get so involved in an activity that you perform it at peak performance - peak effectiveness and efficiency.

In order to get to this state, you must get fully immersed in the activity. Another name for this is "getting in the zone" or "being on point."

So if you're going to do something, REALLY do something.

Interpreting Reality

2011-04-05T22:37:00.000-07:00

For many years, psychology has been focused on how to get malfunctioning individuals functional. From Sigmund Freud to Aaron Beck, the focus has been, for the most part, on how do you get depressed people undepressed, anxious people unanxious, angry people unangry, etc.

But what about normal people? How about getting normal people functioning even better?

In 1998, a movement called positive psychology had started within the field of psychology. One of the founders was Martin E.P. Seligman. In his book "Learned Optimism," he proposed that you can function better if you interpreted reality slightly different than you normally do.

For example, during a setback, you may interpret the setback as permanent (never going away), pervasive (carrying over into all areas of your life), or internal (it's all your fault). Interpreting reality this way will result in negative emotions: depression, anxiety, or anger. Thus, causing you to be less functional.

On the other hand, if you interpreted your setbacks as temporary (it will go away soon), compartmental (in only one area of your life), or external (it's some other person's fault), your emotions will be that of hope, causing you to function much better.

It's all a matter of how you interpret reality.

Mentally Disturbed

2010-11-12T09:23:00.000-08:00

The great Stoic philosopher Epictetus once said, "People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them." In other words, events don't mentally disturb you. You become mentally disturbed by thinking disturbing thoughts about the events.

So the more disturbing thoughts you think about events, the more mentally disturbed you'll be. And the less disturbing thoughts you think about events, the less mentally disturbed you'll be.

You say: "How's it possible to NOT be mentally disturbed over clearly bad events? Wouldn't an event such as having your home ransacked, your car vandalized, or being fired from your job cause you to be disturbed?"

The answer is yes and no. Yes, if you simply see the bad in the event. No, if you see some good in the event.

Let's use having your home ransacked as an example. Having your home ransacked can be a traumatic experience, but it doesn't have to be if you ask yourself "How can I benefit from this?"

If you really think deeply enough, you'll see the benefits of having your home ransacked. Benefits include becoming mentally tougher and less sensitive to harassments, motivation to move to a better neighborhood or become rich enough to do so, and becoming better at problem solving. If you focus on these benefits, you'll be a lot less disturbed and able to handle the situation better.

So the trick to handling events is in the way you mentally frame them. The more negative you mentally frame events, the more mentally disturbed you become, possibly leading to mental illness and failure. The more positive you mentally frame events, the more mentally undisturbed you become, possibly leading to mental health and success.

Al A. Gammate
http://www.theguaranteedcure.com/

No Time

2010-11-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

Today, I have much to get done, but have little time left. If I need to get everything done, I need to move fast. But speed sometimes causes sloppiness and errors. And sloppiness and errors cause me to lose more time, since I have to do my tasks over again.

I'm wondering if it's possible to be fast and accurate at the same time. As I'm thinking, I realize that the answer is yes and no. No, if you go too fast. Yes, if you go fast, but not so fast that you lose accuracy.

So the trick is to take your time and aim, but hurry up as you do it. In addition, I realize that it's okay to do good work, but not okay to do perfect work. Perfect work wastes too much valuable time. In these modern times, time is such a limited and valuable commodity. So it's important not to waste it.

Al A. Gammate
http://www.theguaranteedcure.net/

Why do bad things happen to good people?

2010-11-06T17:52:00.000-07:00

I had an especially challenging day today. My car was having trouble, so I dropped it off at a local car repair shop this morning.

When I walked back to my apartment, I noticed that my apartment was having trouble, since maintenance workers were taking a part of my wall out to get to some water pipes.

To top this off, I stayed up around the clock last night to catch up on paperwork at my workplace, and was beyond tired. Today was my day off, so I figured that I would drop my car off to get fixed, then would catch up on some sleep in my nice quiet apartment.

But wait! It doesn't stop there. Though I dropped my car off at the car repair shop at 8:00 AM, they called my cell phone at 2:00 PM to tell me that they haven't worked on it yet! In addition, they tell me that a much bigger problem is preventing them from working on the initial problem, and that I would have to leave my car there for a few days and fork over an additional $500.

Say whaaat? I told them to forget it.

Now why can't I have a life free of hassle? Why must things go wrong? Why do bad things have to happen? I pondered this until a flash went off in my head. Then I remembered reading "The Science of Success" by James Arthur Ray.

In it, he was discussing the seven Super Laws. And one of the Super Laws that stuck out was the Law of Polarity. This law basically states that nothing can exist without its opposite! Right away, dualities started popping into my head: light-darkness, male-female, alpha-omega, sun-moon, success-failure, rich-poor, and so on.

Then it hit me! Good things and bad things are dualities of each other. In fact, they are one and the same. If you're a negative thinker, you'll see things as bad. If you're a positive thinker, you'll look for some benefits in what has happened. And if you look hard enough, you'll find them.

I immediately applied this to the "bad" events of my day and began to see them as "good" events, in that I started seeing how these events could benefit me.

So the next time you're going through a bad situation, ask yourself "How is this benefiting me?" And if you look hard enough, you'll see the benefits.

Al A. Gammate
http://www.theguaranteedcure.com/

Dorothy Hamill

2007-12-22T21:06:00.000-08:00

Dorothy Hamill was one of the greatest professional ice skaters of all time. In 1976, she took first place in the Winter Olympics, U.S. Championships, and World Championships.

Dorothy Hamill seemed to be physically designed to skate, much like a fish is physically designed to swim. During her performances, her movements seemed to flow naturally with incredible precision and coordination.

In her earlier years, Dorothy Hamill didn't always ice skate well. In fact, it took her years and years of practice before she reached her ultimate level of expertise.

Dorothy started ice skating at the age of eight and never stopped. She loved it so much; it was almost like an addiction. She later went on to get formal training to further enhance her skills.

But Dorothy's sheer love of ice skating wasn't enough to catapult her to the top. She needed to be able to handle adversity and move through it.

During the 1974 World Championships held in Germany, Dorothy almost blew it. She abruptly left the ice rink without completing her performance due to a raucous audience. But then later returned, completed her performance, winning her the silver medal.

How you handle adversity decides whether you succeed or fail. If you let adversity discourage you, you will never succeed; since the road to success is always fraught with adversity. Nevertheless, if you let adversity encourage you, you will always succeed. "But how do I let adversity encourage me," you ask.

How adversity affects you depends on how you use your head. You can use your head to think, "I'll never be able to complete my ice-skating performance. The audience is booing, and I can't stand it." This will cause you to quit.

Or you can use your head to think, "So the audience is booing. Big deal. I'll give them something to boo about. I'm going to skate so well that it will overwhelm them. That'll show them." This will cause you to excel.

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The Athlete's Mind
by former professional athlete David Horne.

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Joe Kennedy Dies Suddenly at Age 28

2007-11-23T16:57:00.000-08:00

Joe Kennedy, a professional baseball pitcher, had recently and suddenly died at the age of 28. This came as a shock to everyone, especially to those who knew him well. He had pitched for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Colorado Rockies, Oakland A's, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays.

Presently, the cause of Joe Kennedy's death is undetermined. So far, all we know is that he got out of bed in the middle of the night, collapsed, then died.

Was his death due to a heart attack, or perhaps a stroke? If so, was he genetically predisposed to have a heart attack or stroke, or was this drug induced? Perhaps he died of something entirely different.

Enough of speculating.

The fact is Joe Kennedy was a talented and famous baseball pitcher whose life was tragically cut short, leaving behind a wife and 1-year-old son. Though Joe Kennedy had fame and fortune, he ran out of the most precious commodity - time.

How much time do you have left? Nobody really knows. Maybe you are using your time wisely, maybe not. But all of us want more time. More time to do the things that we enjoy. More time to achieve our goals. More time to spend with loved ones.

As you know, you can lengthen your time on this planet by eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, drinking more water, exercising regularly, reducing stress, and avoiding tobacco and other dangerous drugs.

There are other important things that you can do. To find out more about living longer, go to
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster

2007-11-16T18:15:00.000-08:00

Bobby Henderson, an Oregon State physics graduate, began a parody religion whose deity is the Flying Spaghetti Monster. This was in response to the debate in Kansas over whether intelligent design should be taught in public school science classes. Apparently, Henderson wanted to satirically demonstrate the ludicrousness of including intelligent design or religion in science classes.

According to Bobby Henderson, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is an omniscient deity made of pasta. Also, The Flying Spaghetti Monster created everything that exists. Most religions have this theme with the exception of a deity being made of pasta.

You cannot prove that the Flying Spaghetti Monster exists. Nor can you prove that any other deity exists. Given this, is religion irrational?

Though I agree with Bobby Henderson's view that religion or intelligent design shouldn't be included in science classes, I don't think that religion is necessarily irrational. However, if a religion promotes disharmony, hatred, violence, or the murdering of other people, then it is irrational. It is irrational because it brings unnecessary pain to others; it is irrational because it brings unnecessary pain to the followers of that religion.

Cause and effect. If you bring pain to others, they will bring pain to you.

Religion can be rational if it promotes harmony and well-being. For example, Christians are encouraged to follow the Golden Rule. The Golden Rule states, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Parallels of this rule exist in the Talmud and Analects of Confucius.

This rule alone can eliminate most of the disharmony you see in the world today. Can you imagine how harmonious the world would be if everyone followed the Golden Rule?

Finally, religion can promote well-being. To see how religion or spirituality can promote your well-being, get the highly acclaimed book
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Natavia Lowery Did Not Have to Murder Linda Stein

2007-11-09T18:36:00.000-08:00

Most of us heard the shocking news of Linda Stein's murder. Even more shocking was that her personal assistant, Natavia Lowery, did the murdering. Linda Stein was a very successful woman. She was the manager of a very popular rock group The Ramones, and was a successful real estate agent serving celebrities such as Sting, Billy Joel, Steven Spielberg, Calvin
Klein and Bruce Willis.

Why did Natavia Lowery murder Linda Stein? Apparently, it was over a heated argument; and things got out of control. They had many arguments in the past, but this argument was the last straw.

Perhaps Linda Stein was a very demanding and short-tempered employer. But even so, Natavia Lowery had no right to murder her. Natavia could have walked away; then once she calmed down, she could have attempted to calmly resolve her disagreement with Linda. If this was not possible, Natavia could have quit her job as Linda's personal assistant.

Disagreements are inevitable. Everyone will eventually get into a disagreement with someone. After all, each one of us thinks differently from one another.

A disagreement can be positive, in that it can help you to understand and appreciate the other person's viewpoint, strengthening your friendship. Or a disagreement can be negative, in that, blinded by your own viewpoint, you refuse to understand and appreciate the other person's viewpoint, angering you, and possibly leading you to attack or murder the other
person.

When you find yourself in a disagreement with someone and notice that it's becoming heated, the following tips can help:

(1) Stop talking and start listening. Allow the other person to vent. He will eventually calm down.

(2) Change your body language and voice tone. Instead of tensely standing, sit down relaxedly slouching in a chair. Instead of yelling, speak softly and calmly. Your body language and voice tone will calm the other person down.

(3) If you find yourself becoming heated and can't calm yourself, leave the situation immediately! And don't come back until you are calm and in control.

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How to Deal With Verbal Aggression.

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Energy, Motion, & E-Motion

2007-03-23T15:22:00.000-07:00

Spectral colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Red has the lowest frequency; violet has the highest frequency. Common emotions include fear, anger, sadness, shame, desire, and happiness. Fear and anger have the most negative frequencies; happiness has the most positive frequency.

Spectral colors are energy; common emotions are energy. Energy affects things. Without energy, nothing changes. Energy causes motion.

Energy-motion, e-motion, or emotion causes behavioral motion. Without emotion, behavioral motion slows or ceases. Negative emotions cause negative behaviors; positive emotions cause positive behaviors. For example, fear causes fleeing and freezing; happiness causes rising and pursuing.

Behavioral motion causes environmental motion. Without behavior, environmental motion slows or ceases. Negative behaviors cause negative environments; positive behaviors cause positive environments. For example, fleeing and freezing cause goal frustration; rising and pursuing cause goal fulfillment.

Hence, feeling good leads to having good -- having good health, finances, and relationships. And feeling bad leads to having bad -- having bad health, finances, and relationships.

This makes sense. Look around. Notice that the happiest people are the most blessed, and the unhappiest people are the most cursed?

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Attraction

2007-03-17T23:06:00.000-07:00

According to physics, every atom contains negatively and positively charged particles. Oppositely charged, these particles attract each other. Likewise, life contains negatively and positively charged events. Oppositely charged, these events attract each other.

Failure is a negatively charged event. Failure consists of attempting to complete an important task, but never completing it. This causes negative thinking, causing frustration, anger, and depression. The longer failure continues, the more you want to quit.

However, if you don't quit, your situation becomes more and more negatively charged until it reaches the tipping point. The tipping point is the attraction of your situation's opposite -- positively charged success.

So in order to attract positively charged success, you must build up enough negatively charged failure.

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Location, Location, Location

2007-03-15T21:42:00.000-07:00

Select the right location.
-- P. T. Barnum

Location is powerful. It makes or breaks businesses and people. If you want to start a successful business, it must be located where the customers are. Otherwise, the business fails. If you want to become a successful person, you must locate yourself where successful people are. Otherwise, you fail.

Location determines the fate of businesses and people. Businesses located in less competitive and more populated areas tend to do better than those in more competitive and less populated areas. People located in wealthy and lawful neighborhoods tend to do better than those in poor and lawless neighborhoods.

Location sets life direction. The type of location sets the type of life direction. If you want to know your life direction, look at your location. This tells you where you are going. Do you like where you are going?

Liking it or not, you are still in control. You can change your location, changing your life direction. Just decide where you would like to be, and behaviorally relocate there.

Not enough money, time, and energy to relocate presently? There is another way. Envision yourself being in your desired location. Hold this vision until you are there. You will be there.

Being there, you now realize that vision, behavior, and location are really one and the same -- that changing any one of the three automatically changes the others.

To relocate, you must re-think or re-behave. Sometimes it's easier to re-think; sometimes re-behaving is easier. It depends on your circumstance.

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The Buzzz Cuzzz

2007-03-13T19:39:00.000-07:00

Advertise your business.
-- P. T. Barnum

It's not enough being the best in your trade. What good is being the best, if nobody knows it? Advertising quality work is just as important as doing quality work.

Whether you are self-employed or employed by someone, advertising decides success. If you are self-employed, you advertise by newspaper, radio, television, or the Internet. If you are employed by someone, you advertise by resume, interview, and getting recommendations and references.

However, there are problems with these traditional approaches. If you are self-employed, you may be required to spend huge amounts of money on newspaper, radio, television, or Internet advertisements. Not having enough money, you can't get the necessary advertisement, collapsing your business. If you are employed by someone, you can waste huge amounts of time on advertising by resume, interview, and getting recommendations and references, resulting in being stuck at a dead-end job.

Solution? If the traditional approaches aren't working for you, you need to do the opposite. If you are self-employed, instead of advertising to get buyers, you need to temporarily give your product away to get advertisement -- word-of-mouth. If you are employed by someone, instead of advertising to get hired elsewhere, you need to temporarily do volunteer work to get advertisement -- word-of-mouth.

Word-of-mouth, the buzz, is the most powerful advertisement, powerfully selling your product or service. Though the buzz saves money and time, your product or service must be high quality. If your product or service is the best, use the buzz, saving you money and time. However, if your product or service is mediocre, you must spend huge amounts of money or time.

When off track, take the opposite tack. If sick, behaving oppositely strengthens. If poor, behaving oppositely enriches. If ignorant, behaving oppositely teaches.

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The Choice

2007-03-11T19:46:00.000-07:00

Never take "No" for an answer. Never submit to failure.
-- Winston Churchill

Failure is a choice. You can say "Yes" or "No" to it, and life will act accordingly. Life is not rigid and unyielding, but bends and yields to your will. Life merely reflects your choices. People choose to be healthy or sick, wealthy or poor, wise or foolish, successful or failing -- on some level.

How To Be a Failure

First: Choose failure by repeatedly declaring yourself a failure. During conversations with others, explain to them why you can't do certain things; during conversations with yourself, do likewise. Second: Envision yourself as failing at challenging tasks. For example, if scheduled to give a speech, you should envision yourself as quivering and quavering, culminating in you fleeing from the lectern. Third: You talked the talk, now walk the walk. Telling others and yourself about things you can't do, you need to follow up with action. Unprepared, perform challenging tasks poorly, then quit. For example, if scheduled to take a written examination, you shouldn't study for it beforehand. Failing the exam, you shouldn't retake it. Fourth: Realize how dismal your life is.

How To Be a Success

First: Choose success by repeatedly declaring yourself a success. During conversations with others, explain to them why you can do certain things; during conversations with yourself, do likewise. Second: Envision yourself as succeeding at challenging tasks. For example, if scheduled to give a speech, you should envision yourself as confident and steady, culminating in you receiving a standing ovation. Third: You talked the talk, now walk the walk. Telling others and yourself about things you can do, you need to follow up with action. Prepared, perform challenging tasks superbly, then continue. For example, if scheduled to take a written examination, you should study for it beforehand. Passing the exam, you should continue taking more exams. Fourth: Realize how bright your life is.

Point: Failure doesn't choose you; you choose it.

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Paradoxical Opposites

2007-03-09T21:45:00.000-08:00

Don't read the other side.
-- P. T. Barnum

If I tell you, "Don't read the other side," of a hanging sign, what would you do? You would read the other side. Right? Of course you would. Why?

Opposites dictate reality. Example: If you sail eastward from the United States, you will eventually reach China. However, if you sail westward from the United States, you will also eventually reach China. The reason is that you sail circularly. Another example: If you succeed in the smaller tasks of a goal, you will eventually succeed in the larger goal. However, if you fail in the smaller tasks of a goal, you will also eventually succeed in the larger goal. The reason is that you learn from each failure. Final example: If parents tell their cookie-loving children to help themselves to the cookie jar, the children will probably help themselves to it. However, if the parents told the children to avoid the cookie jar, the children would probably and sneakily help themselves to it. The reason is that the forbidden provokes curiosity.

Likewise, there are two ways of solving any problem. One is the obvious way; the other is the opposite and obscure way. So if you are struggling to solve a problem in one way, sometimes solving it in the opposite way is easier. When off track, take the opposite tack.

Paradoxically, there are two ways to win: you win by winning; you eventually win by losing.

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Trafficking Website Traffic

2007-03-08T00:18:00.000-08:00

Do you have a no-traffic website?

As you know, traffic decides website success. Without traffic you're dead. But how do you get large and steady traffic? There are several things you can do.

The more links, the more traffic. The more links to your website, the more search engines think your website is important, ranking it better. Better ranking increases traffic. Also having many other websites reference your website increases advertising, increasing traffic. You can get others to link to your website by press releases, link exchanges, or submitting articles about your website to article publishers.

The larger, the more traffic. The larger your website, the better it ranks, increasing traffic. Larger websites tend to rank higher than smaller websites. This is probably because search engines are content-driven. So the more content you produce, the more the search engines drive your content, driving your website to the top.

Better keywords mean better traffic. For your website, choosing popular keywords that searchers use is important. However, the trick is to choose the more popular but less competitive keywords. For example, if a keyword is popularly used by searchers but millions of websites are vying for that keyword, what good is it? Or if a keyword is rarely used by searchers but very few websites are vying for that keyword, what good is it?

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Money-Getting Programs

2007-03-05T22:34:00.000-08:00

Do money-getting programs work?

This is a very good question. Like you, I have read many articles on money-getting, finding most of the articles to be worthless. Many of the articles stress the importance of thinking positive, envisioning goals, hard work, persistence, and having confidence. I don't doubt that these virtues are important. However, for concrete thinkers like you and me, we need a more step-by-step, simple, and practical approach.

Imagine an approach that is simple, easy-to-use, and consistently earns anyone using it large sums of money -- even if the person is completely ignorant about money-getting. This would be the ultimate problem-solver. You would pay your bills easily, spend more time with family, easily buy desired things, and have plenty of refreshment and rest. Most of all, you would have complete financial security, eliminating most of your worries.

Many of us, underpaid and unappreciated, work long hours at a job we hate. Then we come home stressed and tired. Some of us are unemployed, on welfare or disability, barely scraping by financially. Day in and day out, this is our life -- our prison.

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The Tenets

2007-02-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

The Masonic tenets are Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.

Tenets are cardinal; they direct a person's, group's, and country's life. Winston Churchill was the United Kingdom's Prime Minister during the Second World War. One of his tenets was "Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never -- in nothing great and small -- large and petty -- Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense." The Boy Scouts of America is a United States scouting organization. One of its tenets is "Be prepared." One of the United States of America's tenets is "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Tenets are powerful; they determine what a person, group, and country become. Winston Churchill never gave in. The Boy Scouts of America are prepared. The United States of America protects its citizens' Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness.

So in following tenets, one becomes those tenets. So Masons following the tenets of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth, become loving, helpful, and truth-seeking.

What tenets do you follow? What have you become?

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The Pot of Incense

2007-02-27T21:31:00.000-08:00

The Pot of Incense, a Masonic symbol, represents a pure heart.

To follow your heart means to follow your feelings. The purer your heart, the purer your feelings. A pure heart is synonymous with pure feelings.

The purer your feelings, the purer your behavior. For example, pure depression causes pure quitting; pure confidence causes pure persisting.

The purer your behavior, the purer your life. For example, pure quitting causes pure failure; pure persisting causes pure success.

Therefore in purifying your heart, you purify your life. And your type of life follows from your type of heart.

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The Blazing Star, The Hammer

2007-02-21T18:29:00.001-08:00

The Blazing Star, a Masonic symbol, represents divine providence.

Living a divinely provident life is to live a Godly planned life, contrasting with living a humanly planned life. Which life is better? It depends. Sometimes you need to be a hammer, and sometimes a blazing star.

The Hammer:

Living a humanly planned life is pursuing goals that you desire. In this life, you are hammering your way to success. Through your steely willpower, you hammer through your obstacles. You are the hammer.

The Blazing Star:

Living a Godly planned life is accepting goals that God desires. In this life, you are trusting in God's plan, achieving success. Through His plan, you are guided around your obstacles. You are the blazing star.

Star versus Hammer:

The blazing star, guided faithfully in faith, is unshakable; whereas the hammer, hammering willfully in will, is unstoppable. However, the blazing star is peaceful; while the hammer is turbulent. The former refreshes; the latter jades.

So pursue your goals -- hammer-like. But when jaded, let go and let God -- blazing star-like.

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The Mirror

2007-02-20T22:12:00.000-08:00

In physics, Newton's third law of motion and Einstein's general theory of relativity are important. Since physics is the science of reality, we can use the law and theory to explain human life.

Newton's third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal reaction. In other words, if you do good to others, others will do good to you. And if you do evil to others, others will do evil to you.

Einstein's general theory of relativity states that mass distorts space, causing gravity. So the more massive an object is, the more it distorts space, causing stronger gravity. And the less massive an object is, the less it distorts space, causing weaker gravity. In other words, the more massive your actions are, the stronger consequences gravitate toward you. And the less massive your actions are, the weaker consequences gravitate toward you.

Combining Newton's law and Einstein's theory, the more good you do to others, the stronger good gravitates toward you. And the less good you do to others, the weaker good gravitates toward you. Contrastively, the more evil you do to others, the stronger evil gravitates toward you. And the less evil you do to others, the weaker evil gravitates toward you.

Life is The Mirror.

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The Spade

2007-02-18T12:23:00.001-08:00

The Spade, a Masonic symbol, means to remove the rubbish of vice and ignorance.

Vices are habits that negatively affect your life. Examples can be laziness, rashness, and lust. Ignorance is not knowing how to accomplish something. An example can be driving to a new destination without knowing the directions.

Vices:

A lazy person, acting too slowly, cannot succeed. This person acts too late. He never seems to catch up. A rash person, acting too quickly, cannot succeed. This person acts, making many serious mistakes. So instead of saving time, he wastes time. A lustful person, pleasuring himself often, cannot succeed. This person's actions are often unrelated to his goal. He pursues pleasure more than purpose.

Ignorance:

An ignorant person, not knowing what to do, cannot succeed. Can you imagine a builder building without a blueprint, an aviator aviating without air-navigating devices, or a sailor sailing without sea-navigating devices? To be ignorant is to be lost.

Removing:

To remove vice and ignorance, you must have self-control and knowledge. Controlling yourself, you control your destiny. Knowing your trade, you knowingly accomplish your goals.

So what is success? Controlling yourself, accomplishing knowingly.

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The Pythagorean Theorem

2007-02-15T18:18:00.000-08:00

The Pythagorean Theorem, a Masonic symbol, teaches Masons to be general lovers of the arts and sciences.

The Pythagorean Theorem states that given a right triangle, the hypotenuse's length squared = a leg's length squared + the other leg's length squared. The legs form an L-shaped 90 degree angle, while the hypotenuse slopes from the top of the L to the tail end of the L.

The Pythagorean Theorem is art, in that it deals with shapes; it is science, in that it is mathematical. Shapely and mathematically, this theorem explains success. Success shapely forms a triangular path: successfully thinking to behaving, behaving to living, and thinking to living. Success mathematically fits the Pythagorean Theorem: successfully thinking to behaving squared + successfully behaving to living squared = successfully thinking to living squared.

Given this Pythagorean Success Theorem, the more successful you are in thinking behaviorally or behaving lively, the more successful you are in thinking lively. Thinking lively is the hypotenuse of success.

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The Square

2007-02-13T22:06:00.000-08:00

The Square, a Masonic symbol, means to square your actions by the square of virtue.

To square your actions means to align them. Your actions align to your thoughts. Your thoughts may be virtuous or vice-filled. Thinking virtuously, you behave virtuously; thinking vice-fully, you behave vice-fully. The reason is that thoughts affect behavior, cause behavior, are behavior.

Virtues and Vices:

Virtues and vices can relate to religion. For example, Christian virtues are love, hope, and faith; whereas Christian vices are hate, despair, and doubt. Christians strive to perfect their love, hope, and faith. Love is strong affection for others; hope is positive expectancy; faith is trust in yourself and God. Christians strive to avoid hate, despair, and doubt. Hate is strong antipathy for others; despair is negative expectancy; doubt is distrust in yourself and God.

Good and Bad Behavior:

Thinking lovingly about others causes you to behave lovingly toward them, whereas thinking hatefully about others causes you to behave hatefully toward them. Thinking hopefully about life causes you to behave hopefully toward it, whereas thinking despairingly about life causes you to behave despairingly toward it. Thinking faithfully about yourself and God causes you to behave faithfully toward yourself and Him, whereas thinking doubtfully about yourself and God causes you to behave doubtfully toward yourself and Him.

Blessings and Curses:

Behaving lovingly toward others causes them to behave lovingly toward you, whereas behaving hatefully toward others causes them to behave hatefully toward you. Behaving hopefully toward life causes it to physically manifest your hope, whereas behaving despairingly toward life causes it to physically manifest your despair. Behaving faithfully toward yourself and God causes you to succeed in all things, whereas behaving doubtfully toward yourself and God causes you to fail in all things.

Summarily, thinking virtuously brings you manifold blessings; thinking vice-fully brings you manifold curses.

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The Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian Columns

2007-02-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

The Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian columns represent wisdom, strength, and beauty. The columns are Masonic symbols.

To do a goal successfully, it must be done with wisdom, strength, and beauty. Wisdom is the necessary knowledge; strength is the necessary persistence; beauty is the necessary style. Wisdom, strength, and beauty make up the success triad.

Wisdom: Knowledge enables. The more you know your trade, the better at it you will be. Ignorance disables. The less you know your trade, the worse at it you will be. Given this, you should avidly learn your trade.

Strength: Persistence accomplishes. A winner never quits before the goal is accomplished. A loser always quits before the goal is accomplished. Given this, you should never start something that you can't or won't complete, and always start something that you can and will complete. Can + Will = Persistence.

Beauty: Style attracts. How you pursue your goal is just as important as accomplishing your goal. If you pursue your goal honorably, you attract admirers. If you pursue your goal dishonorably, you attract haters. Admirers encourage you; haters discourage you.

After goal accomplishment, your finished product has some degree of wisdom, strength, and beauty. Product wisdom can be defined as usefulness, product strength as durability, and product beauty as aesthetics. For example, if you are a great architect, your finished building will be very useful, durable, and aesthetic.

The wisdom, strength, and beauty of a product depend on the wisdom, strength, and beauty of the production.

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The Hourglass

2007-02-09T20:07:00.000-08:00

The Hourglass, a Masonic symbol, means human life.

Human life is short. Your time is brief on this planet. Time speeds on whether you enjoy it or not, pursue your goals or not, or help the distressed or not. If you act positively, you use time wisely; if not, you waste time foolishly.

According to physics, time is the fourth dimension. The other three dimensions are length (or depth), width, and height. The dimensions interact with each other. Changing length, width, or height changes an object's appearance. Changing time does likewise. For example, the earth looked differently a thousand years ago, and will look differently a thousand years from now.

Time changes things -- for better or worse. Each of us has a piece of time; each of us has some power to change things. Though your time is finite, your changing things is infinite.

In an infinite line of standing dominoes, knocking down one domino successively knocks down the other dominoes infinitely. In an infinite line of events, changing one event successively changes the other events infinitely.

Therefore your time gives you power to change events particularly, changing them universally.

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The Virtues

2007-02-07T17:14:00.000-08:00

The principal Masonic virtues are fortitude, prudence, temperance, and justice.

To be successful in life, you must have fortitude, prudence, temperance, and justice. If any one of these virtues is missing, you will not be successful. Fortitude is important, because you need it to persist through obstacles. Prudence is important, because you need it to make good decisions. Temperance is important, because avoiding extremes keeps you balanced. Justice is important, because it keeps you on the straight path and away from the crooked path.

By persisting through obstacles, making good decisions, avoiding extremes, and keeping on the straight path, you cannot fail. Success is ensured. Fortitude + prudence + temperance + justice = success. Contrastively, spinelessness or foolishness or excess or injustice = failure. By quitting, making bad decisions, embracing extremes, or keeping on the crooked path, you cannot succeed. Failure is ensured.

Indeed, virtues equal success; weaknesses equal failure.

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The Beehive

2007-02-06T21:23:00.000-08:00

The Beehive, a Masonic symbol, means to be industrious.

An industrious person busily pursues his goal; a slothful person idles away his time. The former moves; the latter rests. Movement causes change; rest causes sameness.

If you are unhappy about your present life, you need to change it by moving. Movement solves all of life's problems -- if it is positive and solution-focused. A motivated problem-solver lives happily; a motivated complainer lives unhappily.

According to physics, Momentum = Mass x Velocity. In other words, your momentum toward a goal = mass of work done x velocity of doing work. To increase your momentum toward a goal, you can either get more work done or work faster. Actually, getting more work done is working faster.

Motivated movement moves much.

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The Compass

2007-02-04T18:48:00.000-08:00

The Compass, a Masonic symbol, means to exercise self-restraint and self-control.

To control your destiny, you need to control your behavior. Uncontrolled behavior endangers your destiny. We have heard accounts of people killing others in a fit of rage, people cheating on their spouse in a fit of passion, and people abandoning their goals in a fit of fear. One major slip in self-control can permanently alter your destiny.

Not only does self-control prevent life mistakes, it also accomplishes goals. To accomplish challenging goals, you need to control your behavior by decreasing unnecessary behavior and increasing necessary behavior. For example, instead of watching television, you work on your goal. The more behavior is restricted to a goal, the quicker the goal is accomplished.

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The Anchor and Ark

2007-02-03T01:03:00.001-08:00

The Anchor and Ark, a Masonic symbol, means having a well-grounded hope and a well-spent life.

A well-grounded hope is assuring yourself of a possibility; a well-spent life is a successful life. To have a successful life, you must assure yourself of this possibility. Assuring yourself of possibly having a successful life moves you in this direction. Just as gasoline is car fuel, hope is behavioral fuel. The stronger the hope, the stronger the fuel. Stronger behavioral fuel leads to faster success.

No matter how dark your present circumstance is -- hope, the behavioral fuel, gets you through it. However, if you run out of behavioral fuel, you emotionally depress, behaviorally quitting. So you must regularly fill yourself up with hope. Filling up at the hope station, choose premium instead of regular.

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Thinking Your Living, Living Your Thinking

2007-01-31T21:50:00.000-08:00

According to physics, a light beam consists of particles (photons) and waves. If you observe a light beam in a certain way, it appears to consist of particles. If observed in another way, it appears to consist of waves. Which observation is correct? They both are. Similarly, a human life consists of thoughts, emotions, behavior, and environment. Your specific observation of a human life yields thoughts by what is said, emotions by facial expression, behavior by activities, or environment by surroundings. Your focus determines your observation -- and any one of your observations is correct.

Thoughts: By what is said, a person reveals his thoughts. His thoughts may be positive or negative, moral or immoral, rational or irrational, etc. If you completely understand a person's thoughts, then you completely understand the person.

Emotions: By facial expression, body posture, and voice tone, a person reveals his emotions. His emotions may be sad or happy, fearful or confident, angry or calm, etc. If you completely understand a person's emotions, then you completely understand the person.

Behavior: By activities, a person reveals his behavior. His behavior may be hardworking or lazy, sociable or isolating, safe or risky, etc. If you completely understand a person's behavior, then you completely understand the person.

Environment: By work and home surroundings, a person reveals his environment. His environment may be luxurious or slummy, ordered or chaotic, quiet or noisy, etc. If you completely understand a person's environment, then you completely understand the person.

How can observing any one of these factors (thoughts, emotions, behavior, or environment) yield enough information to completely understand a person? Our light beam example answers this question. Not only does a light beam consists of particles and waves -- but the particles and waves are one and the same. Not only does a human life consists of thoughts, emotions, behavior, and environment -- but the thoughts, emotions, behavior, and environment are one and the same.

Thoughts express as emotions, expressing as behavior, expressing as environment. For example, thinking positive expresses as feeling confident, expressing as behaving motivated, expressing as living in luxury.

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Part By Part, The Huge Goal

2007-01-30T22:12:00.000-08:00

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.
-- Helen Hayes

Success consists of achievements, much like a forest consists of trees. In order to cut a forest down, you must do it one tree at a time; in order to attain success, you must do it one achievement at a time. Tiny parts make up a huge whole.

A huge goal is easily completed, if broken down into tiny tasks -- completed one at a time. However, the same goal is difficultly completed, if unbroken and whole -- completed all at once. A huge war is won by winning tiny battles -- one at a time. However, the same war is lost by attempting to win the war -- all at once.

Hence, there are two ways of pursuing a huge goal -- wholly and partly. Wholly pursuing the huge goal overwhelms you, influencing you to quit. Partly pursuing the huge goal underwhelms you, influencing you to continue. Being underwhelmed, you are cool, confident, and ready for more.

Part by part, you are smart. One at a time, you win in time.

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FORCE

2007-01-28T23:27:00.000-08:00

According to physics, Force = Mass x Acceleration. Not only does this equation explain the relationship between matter and force, but it also explains the relationship between product and force. Force = Mass x Acceleration teaches us that accelerating or enlarging an object increases its force. Likewise, it teaches us that accelerating or enlarging a product increases its force.

Promotion Force = Product Number x Production Acceleration.

Promotion Force: It is the extent that a product promotes itself, attracting customers to buy. The greater the promotion, the greater the customer attraction, the greater the sales, the greater the force.

Product Number: It is the number of products produced. The greater the number, the greater the availability, the greater the promotion. For example, if only one electromagnetic automobile was produced, chances are most people would not know about it. However, if one billion electromagnetic automobiles were produced, chances are most people would know about it.

Production Acceleration: It is the increased speed of product production. The more speed increases, the more products are produced, the more products are available, the more products are promoted. For example, the fast-food restaurant McDonald's produces hamburgers faster than most hamburger restaurants. Almost everyone knows about McDonald's. Almost everyone ate at McDonald's.

Indeed, Promotion Force = Product Number x Production Acceleration.

Common Sense: In addition to using the above equation, you should ensure that your product is better and cheaper than competing products.

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Do Your Best, Talking Little, Working Consistently

2007-01-27T20:45:00.000-08:00

Make yourself indispensable and you'll be moved up. Act as if you're indispensable and you'll be moved out.
-- Anon.

The Cub Scout motto, "Do your best," is the key to making yourself indispensable. Most people follow the path of least resistance by doing the minimum. If you follow the path of most resistance by doing the maximum, you will be noticed quickly. Being noticed, you make friends and enemies. Your friends attempt to further your goals; your enemies attempt to hinder your goals. If you continue doing your best, you will achieve your goals, become indispensable, and move up.

However, in moving up, there is a dark side. The dark side is after becoming indispensable, you act indispensable. In acting indispensable, you lose self-restraint and self-control. Intoxicated by success, you begin arrogantly talking too much and slothfully working too little. Then a competitor hungrier than you takes your place, ousting you out.

Therefore you should do your best, talking little, working consistently.

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Time Is The Great Equalizer

2007-01-26T18:48:00.000-08:00

Karma basically means that in doing good things, good things will come to you; and in doing bad things, bad things will come to you. Karma generally applies to all human behavior.

Some examples of bad karma are if you disrespect others, others will disrespect you; if you murder others, others will murder you; if you cheat others, others will cheat you; if you steal from others, others will steal from you; if you deceive others, others will deceive you.

Revenge, though not a virtue, is part of human nature. People naturally anger at injustices done to them. In serious criminal acts, the justice system attempts to punish the perpetrator by matching the punishment to the crime. For example, a murderer receives death (execution) or the death of his time (life in prison). Also, a court-ordered fine takes a thief's property or imprisonment takes his time.

Some examples of good karma are if you respect others, others will respect you; if you help others, others will help you; if you are honest with others, others will be honest with you; if you give to others, others will give to you; if you are loyal to others, others will be loyal to you.

Gratitude is part of human nature. People naturally feel grateful for favors bestowed upon them, and seek to repay the favors. For example, a neighbor would be more apt to give you food and shelter, if you gave the neighbor food and shelter in the past. Also, a coworker would be more apt to give you a loan, if you gave the coworker a loan in the past.

Oftentimes, evil deeds get rewarded and good deeds get punished in the short run; and evil deeds get punished and good deeds get rewarded in the long run. For example, a dishonest bank robber is richer than an honest banker in the short run. But in the long run, the honest banker is richer than the imprisoned bank robber. Indeed, time is the great equalizer.

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Mental Energy

2007-01-25T22:08:00.000-08:00

According to physics, the interaction of mass and velocity produces kinetic energy. Changing mass or velocity changes kinetic energy. Changing Mass: A car hitting you at 50 miles/hour will do more physical damage to you than a housefly at the same speed, because the former has more kinetic energy than the latter. Changing Velocity: A car hitting you at 50 miles/hour will do more physical damage to you than the same car at 5 miles/hour, because the former has more kinetic energy than the latter.

Likewise, the interaction of environment and behavior produces mental energy. Changing your environment or behavior changes your mental energy. Changing Environment: Living in a slum will mentally depress you more than living in luxury. Changing Behavior: Resting away aimlessly will mentally depress you more than striving toward a goal.

Hence, the interaction of luxury and goal striving produces heightened mental energy.

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Viewing Affects Doing

2007-01-24T18:22:00.000-08:00

Success, which is something so simple in the end, is made up of thousands of things, we never fully know what.
-- Rainer Maria Rilke

Success is simple; it is also complex. It is simple, in that success consists of accomplishing your goal. It is complex, in that there are thousands of things you must do along the way to goal accomplishment. If you view success as simple, you persist confidently. If you view success as complex, you hesitate alarmingly. The former leads to accomplishment, the latter to procrastination. Therefore the trick to getting anything done is to view it as easy rather than difficult. Viewing affects doing.

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Action versus Inaction

2007-01-23T23:52:00.000-08:00

Nature gave men two ends -- one to sit on, and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.
-- George R. Kirkpatrick

Action equals success; inaction equals failure. Action or inaction begins in thought, working its way to behavior, ending in success or failure. Actively thinking about accomplishing your goal generates ideas on this. You may make many wrong turns on the road to your goal; but if you keep driving, you will get there. Oftentimes, trial and error teach best, especially if there is no road map to guide you. In contrast, inactive thinking generates nothing. You are parked, going nowhere. Trial and error play no role, since you never begin driving.

Sitting on your rear brings failure near; thinking with your brain brings successful gain.

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To Believe or Not To Believe

2007-01-22T17:50:00.000-08:00

Self-trust is the first secret of success.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of the many secrets of success, self-trust is principal. Without self-trust, the other secrets become useless. Self-trust is the absolute belief that you can accomplish a particular goal. Absolute belief causes you to act boldly, molding your environment to your liking.

The following New Testament story makes this point. One day, Jesus' disciples were boating. Suddenly, the disciples saw a human figure walking on the water to them. Initially, they thought the figure was a ghost and panicked; but realizing the figure was Jesus, they were relieved but awestruck. Then Jesus commanded one of his disciples, Peter, to leave the boat and walk to him. Absolutely believing that he could walk on water, Peter walked on water to Jesus. Indeed, Peter was doing the impossible, until he began doubting his ability to walk on water. Doubting, he quickly sank in the deep water (Matthew 14:22-36).

Whether you think this story is fact or fiction, it reveals a universal principle. Believing, you rise; doubting, you fall.

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Failures Don't Like To . . .

2007-01-21T14:16:00.000-08:00

The secret of every man who has ever been successful lies in the fact that he formed the bait of doing those things that failures don't like to do.
-- A. Jackson King

Failures don't like to persist, especially during challenging conditions. They like to take the easy way out -- by getting out. To persist, your inner motivation (bait) must be greater than outside hindrances. Your inner motivation must be strong enough to persist your behavior through outside obstacles. Oftentimes, behavioral persistence creates environmental resistance. Yes, people in your environment will attempt to dissuade you from persisting -- the greater the goal, the greater the dissuasion attempts. This is human nature, and should not be taken personally. Like attracts like; distinguishing yourself from your peers repels them.

However, if you continue to persist, achieving your goals, you attract like-minded people. Positive-minded peers arriving, your negative-minded peers depart. Positive environment arriving, your negative environment departs. Persistence, initially causing resistance, finally overcomes resistance.

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The Giving-Getting Paradox

2007-01-20T16:28:00.000-08:00

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
-- Henry Ford

You have three choices. You can meet, surpass, or disappoint others' expectations. Each choice leads to a particular circumstance. In meeting others' expectations, your needs are met. In surpassing others' expectations, your needs are surpassed. In disappointing others' expectations, your needs are disappointed.

Business success, just-getting-by, and failure depend on the extent that you meet your customers' expectations. The more you give to your customers, the more your customers give to you. The less you give to your customers, the less your customers give to you. Indeed, giving is getting.

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Success Habit

2007-01-19T15:31:00.000-08:00

The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. -- Donald Riggs

Habits are daily behaviors, determining success and failure. Habits begin mentally, progress emotionally, then behaviorally, and finally environmentally. For example, successful people habitually envision their goals, feeling confidently, behaving motivationally, succeeding environmentally. In contrast, failing people habitually envision their obstacles, feeling diffidently, behaving curbingly, failing environmentally. Therefore success and failure are really mental habits, expressing themselves in physical reality.

Rene Descartes, one of the most important Western philosophers, stated "I think, therefore I am." In other words, thinking is being. You think yourself into being successful. For more success information, go to http://www.theguaranteedcure.com/