Category Archives: Great Books

“The Value of a Smile at Christmas”

Posted on January 15, 2019 by admin

In How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie talks a lot about smiling, as well as the positive impacts it has both for the person doing it and the people seeing it. This short entry from the book … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Writer’s Block

Posted on January 14, 2019 by admin

I frequently have difficulty coming up with new ideas for blog posts. Putting up a new post every day was easy for a while since I had lots of ideas clamoring to get out of my head, but now that … Continue reading →

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My Daytime Routine

Posted on January 9, 2019 by admin

Recently, I noticed I’ve developed a new routine during the day. This routine allows me to get a lot of stuff I need to do and want to do completed in my waking hours, makes my days feel longer, and … Continue reading →

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“Father Forgets”

Posted on January 7, 2019 by admin

“Father Forgets” is a short story by W. Livingston Larned. I found out about it because Dale Carnegie included in How to Win Friends and Influence People. It illustrates the importance of compassion, perspective, empathy, understanding, and forgiveness. I love … Continue reading →

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Always Do Your Best

Posted on January 3, 2019 by admin

The final agreement Don Miguel Ruiz covers in The Four Agreements is “Always Do Your Best”. Like the other agreements, this is one I try to follow even though I don’t always succeed, but an occasional reminder helps get me … Continue reading →

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5 Books That Will Help You Succeed This Year

Posted on January 1, 2019 by admin

Happy New Year! I hope you all had fun and safe celebrations last night. Since we’ve officially enter 2019 now, I thought I would dedicate my first post of the year to a subject I’ve talked about quite a bit … Continue reading →

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Reflections: My Favorite Things from 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by admin

It’s safe to say that 2018 was the best year of my life. So many amazing and wonderful things happened from beginning to end. Like every year, there were also challenges, but I was able to handle them much better … Continue reading →

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And Action!

Posted on December 24, 2018 by admin

I’ve had a lot of personal growth this year, probably more than any other year of my life. This isn’t the first year that I wanted to make progress or tried to do it, but it has been by far … Continue reading →

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Becoming Free, One Book at a Time

Posted on December 21, 2018 by admin

I’ve read a lot this year. As I write this, I’ve read twenty six books (twenty seven if you count my annual reread of How to Win Friends and Influence People) and, by the time the year ends, I’ll have … Continue reading →

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Mental Toughness

Posted on December 18, 2018 by admin

I’ve always been interested in people who choose to do things in a more difficult, uncomfortable, or even painful way. The people who work all day in blazing heat or freezing cold, push through immense pain to get where they … Continue reading →

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