I did everything I possibly could to get the job. I had been through 3 interviews, all of which went well. My audition was well received. And I was told that I had made the short list. A veteran of the radio business, this was my chance to become a TV anchor. I wanted the […]
He said Freud was an unhappy old man who never considered the human spirit in the health of the mind. Abraham Maslow, who died in 1970, was a different kind of psychologist. Rather than studying what goes wrong with a person’s mind, he chose to study what made the mind right. He called this state […]
Many people these days are in a foul mood. They look grumpy. They complain…a lot. They’ve become meaner than they used to be. The stress of the recent U.S. election and all of the many negative issues it raised, the sagging economy, the state of world affairs – it’s all viewed as a mess. And […]
So many of us lead our lives feeling unworthy. We are convinced that all life has to offer is not really for us. We are worthy only of a little bit of success. But a lot? That’s for others. How wrong we are. It is amazing how our belief system – what we think of […]
He did poorly at school, was suicidal, and was beaten daily by his domineering father. Despite it all, Ludwig van Beethoven became one of the world’s greatest composers – surprisingly writing his best music when he became deaf. Beethoven believed his music would do more than entertain people – it would enlighten them and give […]
It’s time to stop hoping for a better career and a better life. Successful people don’t believe in hope. Instead, they have faith. The hope-to-faith transition will have a powerful impact. Definition of Hope: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Definition of Faith: Complete trust or confidence in something. […]
According to Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, we humans feel much of our pain needlessly, inflicting it upon ourselves. The words of Epicurus bring comfort and logic to a world that has become unhinged. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the […]
I had been hired as a radio newscaster about to do my very first newscast. I cautiously entered the news booth, my newscast in hand – a collection of 12 stories, each on a separate piece of paper. The booth, a tiny quiet room with a microphone, desk and clock – looked intimidating. But I […]
In 1982, he was paralyzed from a serious car accident. But Harry Wayne Casey survived, re-learning how to walk, dance and play the piano. Today, Casey is not a household name. But the musical group he created – KC and the Sunshine Band – was famous the world over during the height of the disco […]
She was driving down a long winding road and suddenly suffered a heart attack, losing control of her car and plunging 120 feet down a mountainside. It was a tragic end to the amazing life of Grace Kelly, a famous actress who gave up the limelight for love. Grace Kelly did what many of us […]
Cory Galbraith 