Today is a “weather perfect day” in Las Vegas. This day followed a record breaking rainfall for any day since records have been kept for Las Vegas. As I began my 7 a.m. walk, the air was crisp, the birds were singing, and the leaves on the trees gave enough cover to feel a bit...Read More
One of the 24 Values In Action from Positive Psychology research is Persistence (Perseverance and Industriousness)(p.229). This weekend I stopped to buy a glass of lemonade from two children in my neighborhood. I had backed out of my garage and did not notice the lemonade stand until I was about turn the corner. I pulled...Read More
Today, September 5, 2012 marks an anniversary of sorts. Today is the one year anniversary of the day I stood up in a church as an officiator was spewing hatred from the pulpit and slowly and repeatedly kept saying, “Father, please stop speaking.” Eventually, he stopped. The security guard came to remove me, which was...Read More
As August, 2012 comes to a close with the light of a Blue Moon, I wanted to re-post this offer that expires this Monday. Have a safe and wonderful Labor Day Weekend. If your travels take you to Queens, NY Resorts World New York, Gary Russo will be performing free at the 360 Bar, Sunday...Read More
Nothing brings back your vitality than vacation. So that is what I am doing for the next eight days — mixed with just the right amount of business connections and re-connections each day. Most of all I plan to keep up my Random Acts of Kindle Kindness. It has been a delight to hear the...Read More
One year ago today, the events that became the book Don’t Die with Your Song Unsung, began to unfold. To celebrate, the Kindle Edition of Don’t Die Unsung will be available for FREE if you are an Amazon Prime member — or for the silly price of 99 Cents if you are not — for the...Read More
This TED video is going to make you Thank God It’s Monday. Shawn Achor is an incredible presenter. He had me hooked with the title: The happy secret to better work, but when he said the line, “The reason I am here today and the reason I get up excited each morning is Positive Psychology!”...Read More
Forgive Focus Future Forgive the past. Focus on the present. Create your future. Need I write more? Peace is a process – whether it is world peace or personal peace. Thank you, Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD http://www.linkedin.com/in/drsuccessphd https://www.facebook.com/DrSuccessPhD P.S. I took this photo at the Stanford Shopping Center in September 2011. I titled it in...Read More
Marissa Mayer’s appointment as the CEO of Yahoo! has created a lot of conversation. Initially, I was saddened at the focus. I felt the stories were paying attention to Marissa’s personal life in a way that would not have happen if a 37 year old male had been appointed to the position. Then I needed to...Read More
Don’t Die Stupid, Stupid! is the working title of my next Don’t Die book. I can remain quiet no longer. The number of people making “unintelligent decisions” or “acting in an unintelligent or careless manner” is too great. I have come to the decision that the choice to be stupid and act stupid is standing in...Read More
