Stage 4 Thor

"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge." -- Albert Einstein Recently in my house, we have been talking about dreams and what they mean, and while I don't personally consider my dreams to have much meaning outside of being random thought soup, it made me think about the dreams that are really important... The best dreams you have are the ones you have when you are awake. Your imagination and ability to see your future in a positive way can be powerful tools for success, but we've lost touch with that spark over the years. Somewhere along the way of becoming an adult, we stop imagining how life could be different in an exciting way. Sure, we can consider how much worse it could be, but even that should instill some gratitude in you. You can, and should, begin to dream about how much better it can be! The power of this lies in the fact that ou...

My last post got a lot of positive feedback but left a lot of questions as to how... How does one eliminate the noise and distractions in their life? Being overwhelmed might be more of a problem for organized, focused people than you would think. In my case, I started with a focused purpose, but as my resources increased, more opportunities and options came my way, making it harder to stay on task and ultimately diluting me in any one area. The minute you start to be the "go-to" guy for people, the more demand for your time exists. From there, you can easily become distracted from what your priority was or should be. You can see how this can be a slippery slope for people with the best of intentions. How can you begin to discover your priorities and/or get refocused on what is important? I was jettisoned into a desperate situation where I was quickly... continue reading

Seriously, do you? To show the power of suggestive questioning and the ability to implant memories into the human mind, researchers showed two groups of people in the same car accident on video.  Both groups witnessed the exact same thing. They asked one group "How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?" and the other group, "How fast were the cars going when they made contact?"  Changing only the verb used in the question.   The group that was asked about the speed of the "made contact" group estimated that the cars were going about 32 MPH whereas the group that was asked about the speed of the cars that "smashed into"one another at around 41 MPH.  Not that big of a deal, right?   When they asked the groups if they saw broken glass at the scene, the group that was asked about the cars "smashing" into one another recorded seeing broken glass 3x higher than the "made contact" group.  The problem here is tha...