How often do you catch yourself checking out that cute girl or guy across the room? It seems our eyes and attention are magnetically drawn to the people we deem attractive.
In a study titled “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You: Attentional Adhesion to Mates and Rivals” conducted at FSU, researchers found heterosexual people of both sexes spend most of their attention and eye contact on people they considered a potential mate or competition… Read more…
An old adage states: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
Building and maintaining a strong social network is a major key to success.
This C2G Challenge aims to rekindle old friendships and strengthen bonds that have been worn down by time and neglect… Read more…
I have to give President Obama credit. He is a phenomenal public speaker and orator. His ability to inject emotion and passion in his words is uncanny
The examples and rhetoric he uses make it very hard for anyone to disconnect with. He tells stories that force you to agree with in fear of being labeled heartless and uncaring towards suffering people
Obama’s ability to market his ideas and message has rarely been seen before in a President. All marketeers should take lesson in how Obama orchestrated his path to the white house. It was pure marketing and persuasive genius.
These skillful tactics that Obama employs make it easy for people to rally emotion behind. Unfortunately, Obama’s messages seem to be more fantasy than truth. More idealistic than feasible. It seems that more and more people are beginning to discover that there may not be much substance behind his powerful rhetoric, as seen in his tanking public opinion poll numbers.
His promises and plans all seem great when he talks of them. Not once did he explain how his plans will actually work. He only stated his intended outcomes; not the necessary leg work, sacrifices, and risks involved.
Proper health care reform is critical for this country. Unfortunately reform can either take us in two directions. Either to a more efficient and effective method to support our citizens; or towards a more bloated, debt-ridden, corrupt system that burdens our future.
I personally do not know the answer or plan to solve this country’s health care crisis. However, I do recognize that people must learn to pull the wool off their eyes and examine the facts and concrete plans that lie underneath the rhetoric.
I found the GOP response by Rep. Boustany quite interesting and I encourage you to check it out. You can find the video here.
Here is another essay on the Obama’s address last night that examines the promises he made in more detail.
The past, the present, and the future. Two of these exist only in your mind.
Don’t walk (click) away just yet… Indulge in this way of thinking for a second.
The only thing that ever truly matters is what is happening in the moment.
The past is a collection of passed moments and the future is a series of moments that you anticipate to happen. Neither have ultimate control over you.
Many people allow these nonexistent past moments and hypothetical future moments to dictate how they live their life. This is the basis for each of our Egos.
The truth is, you do not have to live this way. This principle is found in many spiritualities around the world. You can read about it in Eckart Tolle’s books.
The way you choose to interpret your past and anticipate your future directly impacts your reality. Read more…