http://createpowersuccess.com No! I'm not! Really! Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:44:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have just spent that last two weeks in Whistler, working and playing during the Olympics.  It's a little bit odd coming back to the town that I called home for more than 19 years;  I feel oddly displaced.  And for some reason, when I see locals that I used ... http://createpowersuccess.com/fear-and-loathing-at-50/ So many of my contemporaries (in other words, mid-lifers) are expressing discontent with their working lives.  We all seem to be caught in what I call the "job trap".  We are unhappy either with our work, or merely with the fact that we have to continue to work.  It doesn't seem to ... http://createpowersuccess.com/the-grass-is-greener/ Much has been written about the Law of Attraction.  It is the concept discussed in the fairly recent hit movie, The Secret.  The idea is that you attract what you think about.  It's simple enough to understand - if you think negative thoughts or believe in negative outcomes for your ... http://createpowersuccess.com/law-of-attraction/ It's been a long time since writing my last post, and a lot has happened during the lapse.  Two months ago, I was living in Whistler and preparing to leave it for good, after 19 long years.  I can hardly believe it, that time just raced by.  Funny to think, ... http://createpowersuccess.com/cameraderie/ I have just had a very interesting visit with a friend, who over the years, has been my intellectual opponent on the subject of nutrition. He has some radical views about the poisons and toxins that average people consume on a daily basis without knowing it, and he has ... http://createpowersuccess.com/could-it-be-mercury-poisoning/ Definition "The term executive function describes a set of cognitive abilities that control and regulate other abilities and behaviors. Executive functions are necessary for goal-directed behavior. They include the ability to initiate and stop actions, to monitor and change behavior as needed, and to plan future behavior when faced with novel ... http://createpowersuccess.com/executive-function/ I have been remarkably shielded from death during my life... I hadn't really lost anybody close to me until a fairly close woman friend of mine died of cancer. We had a nice casual friendship, she often invited me for coffee, and she frequently adopted me, among her other ... http://createpowersuccess.com/losing-a-parent/ "Money doesn't buy happiness!" - I've heard this old saw many times in my life, and I think it's time to put some real perspective on this old piece of nonsense. While I do not advocate that money necessarily makes people happy directly, I would postulate that most of the people ... http://createpowersuccess.com/does-money-buy-happiness/ Sometimes I wonder if my computer is a time-wasting device or if it is a valid productivity tool.  After thinking about this today, after I had made a decision to do something productive with my computer instead of playing online backgammon on it, I had an epiphany. You see, I was ... http://createpowersuccess.com/computers-time-thief-or-productivity-tool/ OK, I've been lazy for the past two weeks keeping my blog updated, but I am in the process of trying to put out my first video post.  In the mean time, this little gem is worth reading. Written By Regina Brett, who is 90 years old 1. Life isn't fair, but ... http://createpowersuccess.com/45-rules-of-happiness-to-live-by/ Whew!  What a long and action-packed week it has been.  I've taken the week off after my birthday, and spent it with four of my old friends, and a few new ones.  We packed four guys, four cats, two motorcycles, four bicycles, and all our stuff into a pickup truck, ... http://createpowersuccess.com/status-among-friends/ Yesterday I went skiing with six friends. My 50th birthday was just a few days ago, and one of my close friends had made the 5 hour trip from his home in Vernon to attend. He decided to make it into a holiday, so he booked off the whole week ... http://createpowersuccess.com/be-careful-what-you-say/ Yesterday my topic was Goals and Distractions, and I talked about the importance of setting aside everyday distractions and using that time for moving towards a goal.  This morning a friend sent me an email containing an excellent article about how just one hour a day towards a goal can transform ... http://createpowersuccess.com/putting-in-the-time/ " The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose" – Ayne Rand If you want to be successful in life you must set goals. Now that statement might seem obvious, however we live in a time of many distractions, particularly in the western world. TV’s, ... http://createpowersuccess.com/goals-and-distractions/ This excellent article is by Willie Horton: "I was recently asked why authors such as Ekhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra and Tony deMello (and myself for that matter) place so much emphasis on the present moment. My reader also asked me to explain why living in the past or future can be ... http://createpowersuccess.com/living-in-the-present-moment/ I was listening to yet another of Eban Pagan's videos this morning, and he rang my bell quite loudly.  He talks about the modern phenomenon of multitasking - which oddly is a habit that people often boast about.  But multi-tasking is a by-product of our fast-moving times.  Even as I ... http://createpowersuccess.com/multitasking-the-enemy-of-productivity/ Neurosis: When we choose to do something that is negative but familiar, rather than something that is positive but unfamiliar. "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it only changes form" - Einstein. I am always on the lookout for inspiration.  I just became aware of another teacher whose main business is ... http://createpowersuccess.com/resolving-inner-conflict/ There's a new guru on the scene, Dr Daniel Amen. He has written a book called "Change your Brain, Change your Life", and the premise of the book is that your brain is vulnerable to all kinds of health issues that are entirely controllable. I like this kind ... http://createpowersuccess.com/nutrition-and-exercise-for-the-brain/ It truly is an unbelievably hard thing to do, to change.  Why would a person, being terribly unhappy with the way he is, persist in being that way anyway?  It's puzzling alright, even to the person so-afflicted.  I can tell you that from personal experience. Why, for example, would a person ... http://createpowersuccess.com/the-battle-within/ I watched the Michael J. Fox documentary on TV, Adventures of the Eternal Optimist.  Mr. Fox describes his battle with Parkinson's Disease, and wonders why he is still able to be optimistic about life.  It was definitely interesting to see a man who has not let PD slow him down ... http://createpowersuccess.com/michael-j-fox-the-eternal-optimist/ You know, I am notorious for avoiding doing homework, and lately I've been driving around in my car listening to my ipod plugged into my cassette adapter plugged into the radio (hey, don't knock it, it works just fine). So I've been listening over and over to Karim Hajee's 4 week ... http://createpowersuccess.com/affirmations-are-important/ I have procrastinated my whole life.  "There will always be time for that", I would say to myself.  Relationships came and went, jobs came and went.  Even my most productive years, businesswise, soon collapsed into several years of procrastination and mismanagement, until the business's ultimate demise, with my slothful hands ... http://createpowersuccess.com/procrastination-the-thief-of-time/ Recently I was watching an excellent PBS program, featuring Deepack Chopra.  He stated the 10 keys of happiness, and I scrambled for pen and paper so as to write them down.  Luckily, I have one of those PVR's that you can start and stop as much as you want, so ... http://createpowersuccess.com/deepak-chopras-10-keys-to-happiness/ Twenty years ago or so I read a book called The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck.  The first line in the book is "life is difficult".   That line has always resonated with me, to the point where I never forgot it (and I forget things).  What does Dr. Peck ... http://createpowersuccess.com/resistance-to-change/ I have been listening to my Creating Power audio tracks, and I really like the lessons that are taught in this course. Today, I have been listening to week two, which talks about replacing negative thoughts with positive ones. Now, this is an incredibly difficult thing to do. If you ... http://createpowersuccess.com/the-mind-is-a-garden/ Today I feel great! I set a goal, I set a deadline, and I am actually ahead of schedule... this is great news for anyone who is ADD! My goal was to create a blog using Wordpress, make some blog entries, research SEO for my blog, quit smoking, and shut off ... http://createpowersuccess.com/tv-sucks/ About fifteen years ago, I remember reading an article in CompuServe magazine about ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder. It was like the light came on, reading that article, I suddenly could see clearly that I wasn't alone in my distracted thinking, my short attention span, and a lifetime of unfinished ... http://createpowersuccess.com/bye-bye-dexedrine/ OK, despite my initial optimism about the future, this morning I woke up wishing I could just go back to sleep.  The nature of my work is that I work when the phone rings.  Of course, I could always go out and do some marketing work... but that has never ... http://createpowersuccess.com/this-is-going-to-be-hard/ Transformation.  That's what this blog is about, my personal journey, which starts today.  Actually, it started months ago, but this is my first post and it is here that I reveal my true intentions as a blogger...  I am a 49 year old single man who has struggled with depression and ... http://createpowersuccess.com/hello-world/