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Drink of the week: The 200Percent margarita
This week’s drink of the week ( a little late, unless you are an alcoholic or don’t have to work tomorrow morning) is theclassic Margarita done 200Percent Style. The Margarita It’s hard to beat the Margarita. It’s easy, its refreshing, and I daresay it’s healthy. To make a classic Margarita, simply combine the following ingredients:…
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Top Five Ways to Stop Worrying
Here is how you can stop worrying today.
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Drink of the Week: the Negroni
A Negroni…with a lime wedge instead of an orange wheel.
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The Intelligence Trap: Being a Thinker Beats Being Smart.
Being intelligent doesn’t mean that you are a good thinker. Sometimes, intelligence can actually lead to poorer thinking. This post tells you how to change that.
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What is Purpose?
I’ve read and thought widely and deeply (you can be the judge on how successfully) on how one can live their best life. This pursuit seems important now when we seem to be focused on so many of the wrong things. We seem consumed as a society by division, tribalism, materialism, and distraction. Our world…
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“I said enjoy life not end your life.’
Yours truly enjoys a ranch water Ozzy Osbourne famously was asked about the lyrics of the song Paranoid. His answer, the title to this post, provides the kind of hard-hitting philosophical truth that only Ozzie and Yogi Berra can deliver.  What Ozzy recommended and what many of us fail to practice is the conscious…
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The Morning Routine
I’m a big believer in the power of the morning routine. It can help you focus on your goals for the day and give you confidence. It also helps instill discipline and routine, both of which lead to a feeling of control. I like to wake up around 5:00 a.m., take a cold shower, meditate…
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Practicing Gratitude
I was in Memphis this weekend at a soccer tournament for my oldest son. This morning, as we were about to head out to the fields, I discovered that my rear passenger tire was flat. I pump some air back into it to see if I could determine what was wrong and discovered that it…
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Using Inspirational Stories to Develop Resiliency
We all have things that we tell ourselves that affect our outlook on life. The way that we talk to ourselves internally is called our internal narrative. One type of narrative involves the story that we tell about ourselves. However, the type of narrative I’m going to discuss today is called the comparative narrative. A…
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My Power Breakfast
Most pre-packaged meals and other items that you buy in a grocery store are not good for you. Eating healthy can take some planning. One way that I cut planning time is by having go-to meals for breakfast and lunch. One of my favorite go-to meals is my breakfast shake. It has had a tendency…
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