A friend of mine and his wife once started a weekly newspaper in a very rural area. She was a graphics professional and he was a former newspaper reporter, so it was a natural fit. Before their launch date, the wife hit the back roads and visited all the local businesses selling ads and setting […]
If you roll a ball along a flat surface, it will simply continue in the direction you’ve pushed it, unless it hits something – or something hits it – to change its course. People are basically the same. We continue along the path we’ve chosen unless something outside of ourselves changes our direction. We are […]
By Dan Coughlin Most people I know are busy. They are busy with work, busy raising kids from newborns to college-age, busy doing volunteer activities, and busy trying to squeeze in some time to exercise. It almost seems they have no time to dream, except maybe to dream about a special vacation or a new […]
This may be a dumb question, but have you seen the new “Star Wars” movie? Considering the amount of money the movie has earned, I don’t think there are too many of you out there who have not yet sat through its 135 minutes of action-packed sci-fi drama. The epic plot of the “Star Wars” […]
By Dan Coughlin In 1961 Albert Ellis and Robert Harper wrote a book called A Guide to Rational Living. It is certainly one of the most powerful books I’ve read. Their main point was that our irrational beliefs can generate sustained negative emotions (anxiety, fear, rage, pessimism, hopelessness, and helplessness), and we need to consciously […]