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Fair warning: This is going to be a short rant about assumptions people make pertaining to age. Just recently I…
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Author’s Note: Republished almost 16 years after I originally wrote it. Still just as applicable today as it was then.…
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This entry is a combination of an updated version of two blogs I wrote about 15 years ago. They have…
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“It’s not how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and still keep moving forward.” Sylvester Stallone…
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Throughout the course of my law enforcement career it has constantly caught my attention how many of my fellow officers…
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Most recently I had a conversation with a gentleman who is a Marine, a veteran police psychologist and an avid…
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A great many people believe that motivation and discipline are the same things. In reality they are drastically different. Motivation…
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As I type this entry it’s “Black Friday” 2019. One of the best memes I’ve seen recently is the one…
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As this is being written, the author is sitting comfortably inside on a Sunday morning. It’s 85F outside but about…
Continue ReadingWhat Gifts Do You Give?
Keep in mind that it’s Christmas Eve as I type this… This morning as I drank my coffee, sitting at…
Continue ReadingTomorrow As Motivation
One of my all-time favorite motivational quotes is: “I WILL do today what others WON’T so that I CAN do…
Continue ReadingThe Last Place You Look
There is a running joke in my family regarding this old and common event: Someone loses something (like their keys.)…
Continue ReadingTouching Another’s Soul
A long time ago a friend of mine told me that psychologists are just overpaid bartenders who don’t serve you…
Continue ReadingPreparing For and Making Opportunities
“It’s better to be prepared and not have an opportunity, rather than missing an opportunity because you weren’t prepared for…
Continue ReadingDon’t Tame Your Inner Monster: Harness It!
Have you ever had a thought and then wondered why it was so dark? Have you ever looked in the…
Continue ReadingMaking and Breaking Habits
According to brainpickings.org, it takes 21 days, at a minimum, to build a new habit. That’s 21 days of repeating…
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…Age Just recently, as many readers know, I’ve renewed my focus on my health. I am not participating in any…
Continue ReadingGood and Bad Expiration Dates
This morning I saw a quote that said, “Even bad days have an expiration date of 24 hours.” The editor…
Continue ReadingDefining Deity
I happen to belong to an organization that requires a “belief in deity” to apply for membership. Now very carefully…
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