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The Roadmap for the Mind

I'm an "ideas person". There are dozens of them floating aroundin my head - all at the same time which , when they're notcolliding with each other, tends to result in a kind of mentalgridlock. You reckon voices in the head are creepy? Belie...

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Becoming an Excellent Human Five Great Ideas from Aristotle

It was Socrates who said that the purpose of philosophy is to help each of us become “an excellent human”. That seems like a respectable and reasonable big-picture goal for every person on the planet. But what about the specifics? How do we becom...

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Have You Stopped Dancing

Have You Stopped Dancing?By: Janet L. HallI want you to think back to the last time you really, REALLY danced.Who were you with?What song was playing?Where were you?How did you feel?Maybe you're still dancing BUT many of us get caught up in the ...

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The Distributive Justice of the Market - Part II

Philosophers tried to specify a "bundle" or "package" of goods, services, and intangibles (like information, or skills, or knowledge). Justice - though not necessarily happiness - is when everyone possesses an identical bundle. Happiness - though not...

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Finding Your Life Purpose

Finding Your Life PurposeYou have a purpose in life. You have a unique gift or special talent. By using this to gift to benefit others you raise your spirit to it’s highest. This is the ultimate… the dream of all dreams and the point where you ca...

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The Most Powerful Knowledge Available To Man

In this article you will learn the most powerful knowledgeavailable to man.It is with this knowledge that Andrew Carnagie, a laborerfrom Scotland, became one of the world's first self-madesuper tycoons.It is with this knowledge that Thomas A. Ed...

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Be A Man! Create!

General George S. Patton and John Quincy Adams were poets. Churchill was a painter. Karol Wojtyla, the Polish priest who became Pope John Paul II, was, in his younger days, a playwright, director and stage actor, as was Vaclav Havel. Cardinal Joseph...

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Dump Those Negative Tapes

Every time something doesn't go quite right (rather frequently for some of us), we start berating ourselves. We can be the soul of courtesy and forgiveness to those we care about and then turn and savage ourselves in the most brutal fashion. How...

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Have You Appreciated Someone Today?

I invested some time with Mother recently and drove her to the hospital to visit with her sick sister-in-law, my aunt. While I was standing in the doorway, a nurse came by and introduced herself as Ruth and said “hello” to us and said “hello”...

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Happy Earth Day

What can you do to make a difference - pick up a copy of our book, Trash Talk, and well show you a myriad of simple ideas to reduce consumption of resources & new ways to manage your contribution to the landfill. (okay - forgive us for the little plu...

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