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Choking on Thought »

Posted March 8th, 2010 by admin in category Achieving Success

Our brain is divided into two parts: the rational, analytical side. And, the instinctive, emotional side. For hundreds of years philosophers and scientists presumed that if we could just gain more control of our rational side (think Dr. Spock), our lives would be less chaotic and even happier. But, there is a downside to allowing our

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Follow Your Gut »

Posted January 4th, 2010 by admin in category Achieving Success

There are a lot of people (including me) second-guessing decisions made in the last decade. Here are a couple of my reflections: 1. Forget the old saws - "Stocks in the long term always go up" was disproved as we ended the decade with all major indices lower than they were in January, 2000. If you add in the effects of inflation, the

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