Making Lemonade is a Lifestyle Choice
“Stuff” happens in life. You can make yourself miserable and dive into the well of dispair, or you can pick up the lemons and start making lemonade.
Newsletters Updated
I finally caught up with posting old newsletters to the Relax Focus Succeed web site. Check out the RFS Newsletter Page If you haven’t seen all of the newsletters for the last year, check them out.
Life Happens – Remember the Big Picture
Sometimes we let life get ahead of us. We find ourselves responding to the moment instead of keeping track of our own long-term vision about life. Unfortunately, I have rheumatoid arthritis, an immune disorder in which the body attacks the joints. Fortunately for me, I just passed my tenth anniversary with this disease. Fall of […]
A Few Words of Encouragement In Tough Times
One of the elements of a “defining event” in history is that millions of people share some experience in common. Unfortunately, we’re having one of those moments now. The economic turmoil in the U.S., and around the world, is truly unprecedented. And while it was caused by a very small band of people (a small […]
Promotion Monkey Goes Live
It’s finally here.The Promotion Monkey newsletter — Monkey Business — is finally here. Please sign up today. Signing Bonus When you sign up today, you will receive our super-bonus inaugural mailing. This includes A 12-page Promotion Monkey Newsletter A 60-minute audio CD on creating spinoff products and marketing them on the Internet Printed PowerPoint slides […]
Welcome Back To School!
Wow. I can always tell when school is back in because there’s an explosion of activity on one of my articles: The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living. You’ve probably heard those words before. They’re from Socrates, at his trial for corrupting the youth by encouraging them to think critically about the government and society. […]
A Busy Mind is not a Disorder
Let me be very clear here: I’m not a doctor. I don’t play one on TV. I don’t hand out medical advice. I just find myself thinking about the world around me and I can’t help “thinking outloud” on the web. I’ve heard the term “ADHD” — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — but I’m not […]
If You Need Patience, Try Gardening
There are many great aspects of gardening. One of the greatest is patience. You simply cannot garden quickly. In fact, one of the most important skills a gardener needs is the ability to do nothing: – Don’t prune when it’s not needed. – Don’t fertilize when it’s not needed. – Don’t plant when you shouldn’t […]
The First Habit of Success
Goal-Setting Part 2 I talked Last Time about developing a goal-setting strategy that you can maintain for the rest of your life. Before you can do anything else on the path to success, you need to develop a habit of daily quiet time. It is literally the the first habit of success. It is first […]
Retreat Report
I mentioned my annual retreat in my newsletter. Got several emails asking more about my annual retreat. So here’s the goods. First, read this article: Introduction to Retreats = https://relaxfocussucceed.com/Articles/2004010002.htm —– My annual retreat takes place at the local Passionist Retreat Center near Sacramento, CA. We gather on Friday, catch up with people we haven’t […]
