Keeping Friends
Having friends you feel close to makes you feel better about yourself. The absence of friends can lead you toward temptation and depression and dull your imagination, ambition, and self-esteem. A true friend is one who will do whatever it takes to make the other person feel good physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and to […]
20 Excellent Tips for Making Good Conversation
20 Excellent Tips for Making Good Conversation Talking is how we teach. And listening is how we learn. Here are 20 tips to keep your conversations moving along in the right direction: Never say anything bad about yourself or another person. Practice being outgoing, warm, and friendly with everyone until it is natural for […]
INFECTIOUS FRIENDS
The thoughts and manners of your friends are contagious. You begin to catch what they’ve got almost immediately. Get around those who will infect you with thoughts and ways that will make you a better person. When you have friends you are close to, it makes you feel better about yourself. What good is success […]
Radioactive Reactions
Your reactions to a situation can cause more damage than the situation itself. You cannot go ballistic without giving yourself permission to do so. The emotions you use, you choose. Almost always; when you give yourself permission to hurt the other person by unloading or going ballistic, you have said things you would love to […]
Convert Blurting into Bonding
When a person can’t describe their problems or feelings, they hold them in. Often they come out too forcefully at the wrong time with the wrong words and emotions. But blurting is a good way to release pressures. Blurt: to utter suddenly or inadvertently; to divulge impulsively or unadvisedly. This is going to sound clumsy […]
Care Less (AKA Killing with Conscientiousness)
Most people know that prolonged anxiety can and does shorten lives. What they don’t know is that being overly-conscientious is an octane booster for their anxiety. The more they care the more it hurts the sender and the receiver. When we set out to shed our anxiety, it seems like we are being asked to […]
