Gordie Howe entered the National Hockey League in 1946 at the age of eighteen. Entering the NHL at 18 has been common among many young professional hockey players throughout the decades, but what Howe did in his career was anything but common. Howe played in over 2,400 games, scored over 1,000 goals and over …
The other day I was reading a very interesting article concerning a shark attack that occurred way back in 1916. It played off along the North East coast of the U.S. and concerned a great white shark, that had been had been terrorizing the New Jersey beaches. Now everybody knows and accepts that a …
If you’re having trouble getting inspired, it may be simply your choice of verbs. Here are 5 action verbs that can help get you inspired and get you out of your rut. We’ve all been stuck in that place where things just don’t seem to go forward. We have trouble getting motivated and our …
Easy to identify, yet probably difficult to define, conceptualize, and measure – what exactly does “self-confidence” mean? One of the main requirements to success, happiness and reaching your goals is confidence. Having enormous self-confidence will also be useful in just about every part of your life. Let’s get straight to the point you were …
On a crisp June night I’m lying in my sleeping bag at 10,000 feet in the Sierra’s Desolation Wilderness. Here, far from the light and haze of the Bay Area, the sky is deep black, but thick with twinkling dots and dim wisps of cottony light. When I look from the corner of my …
The functions of the right and left brain are only a small portion of the potential that comprises THE MIND. The mind and the brain are two very different things. You can think of the brain as the hard drive of the computer and the mind as the software. Your mind is the intelligence …
There are some old sayings that can be traced back to the Bible and the Golden Rule: “It is far better to give something or yourself to others than to get something from them.” And also, “we must always do unto others just as we would like them to do unto us.” Those aren’t …
FOR EVERYBODY? You may or may not be surprised to hear that not everyone in this world is always aware of how they fit into their community or what they want to do with themselves. There are many people who have such amazing minds and can accomplish so many things yet they are never …
What dreams, goals, or desires do you have that are always being put off for some reason or another? I was at a meeting the other day where a good friend of mine gave a presentation about some things they have been doing in their local community which are having a great impact. They …
“Welcome to my morning, welcome to my day. Yes, I’m the one responsible, I made it just this way.” (“Farewell Andromeda,” John Denver) The alarm clock goes off, and a deep sleep unceremoniously crashes into another morning. Bleary eyed, after a speedy debate over 5 to ten more minutes of blessed “snooze alarm time” …