There's something about the word "failure." It looks sad. It looks depressing. It literally reeks of the smell of...well...failure. The mind is a marvelous thing. Although I would contend it is unitary, we can define that aspect of the mind that takes care of everything we're not aware of as the unconscious. This unconscious does a lot of things. It controls our balance. It keeps the heart going. And wow, does it remember things! Even things you are not consciously aware of, it remembers. And it acts on them. And it's powerful! If you think you are a success, it will help you achieve success. But if you think you're a failure, your will sabotage your actions and lead you to wrong

There is a famous song by George and Ira Gershwin called "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" which they wrote for the 1937 movie, Shall We Dance? It was originally sung by Fred Astaire. In the song, they lyrics discuss two people who argue over the pronunciation of common words: "You like potato and I like potahto..." I remember seeing a comic who did a routine about this song, wondering what it would be like if a singer who was hired to sing it had never heard it before. Instead of the differing pronunciation, he sings: "You like potato and I like...potato." I still remember the uncomfortable look on the comic's face as he pretended to be the singer trying to figure out what this all meant. I

There are laws against theft. In fact it seems as if as long as humans have formed groups, the standard has been to make theft illegal. Theft, according to my dictionary, is "the action or crime of stealing." And by posting that, I just committed a theft. What? Somewhere, an individual or group of individuals spent their time to come up with that definition. Somewhere, an editor made sure grammar and appearance were accurate. Somewhere, a typesetter entered that information. Somewhere, another editor looked over everything and gave a final "ok." Somewhere, a manager oversaw the entire project. Somewhere, a printing company took ink and paper and turned all of that information into

Have you ever noticed that there are people who want to tell you how to breathe, usually beginning by telling you that the way you are breathing is all wrong? I don't know about you, but I've been breathing all my life without their instructions, and have been very successful with it. There are many ways of breathing, and all of them have certain good and questionable qualities. So in this post I'm not going to tell you how to breathe. Instead, I'll show you some of the ways we breathe, their advantages and disadvantages, and give you the choice. Personally, I think the ideal thing is to practice all of these methods and be able to choose the one you need at any particular time. This