Relationship values and romance go hand in hand. Romantic stories start with attraction and admiration. The thrill of having a fling usually accompanies it, and then if both click, dating flourishes. But what’s dating? Dating is engaging yourself with a person to form another level of relationship with the hint of attraction, love, and intimacy….
A belief is your brain’s way of making sense of this complex world and navigating it. So, if you believe in something strongly, and if you truly believe it, it’s true for you. The factual accuracy of your beliefs is of far less importance than you might expect. Evidently, what you believe is true is…
The red herring logical fallacy is a common error in how we think and communicate with others. This is when we start with the intention of pursuing one topic, but get distracted or misled down a different path. This can easily happen as our brains are pretty good at bouncing from thought to thought and…
We live in a time when we believe anything is possible in our lives. You can have anything you want. Become anything you want. Your parents encouraged you to chase your dreams, reach for the stars and ‘never settle’. Never settle in your career, relationships, leisure, finance or any other part of your life. All…
Feeling foggy headed with poor concentration and a lack of clear thought, that you know you are capable of, is pretty common. Brain fog isn’t a medical problem specifically, it is a symptom that tells you something isn’t right. Like if your elbow hurts, that pain is a symptom and there might be a variety…
Some people are pretty good planners and see clear benefit in organizing their thoughts and ambitions in life. Chances for success are dramatically improved by establishing specific goals, milestones and actions for achieving the desired outcome. Most people, however, just kind of wing it, to their detriment. I don’t think they know what a good…
I suppose I have always been goal oriented, recognizing as a young man that the best stuff in life was unlikely to simply fall in my lap. If I wanted something good to happen, I would have to dream it up and make it so. Over the years, I have grown less ambitious about what…
There is a Mark Twain quote I have always liked, “It’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so”. Have you ever noticed the answers to some questions seem so obvious as to make answering them seem unnecessary? We just know some concepts…
Procrastination is intentionally delaying tasks that need to be completed even though you know it will come at a cost. Non-procrastinators may assume that procrastinators are lazy and not interested in getting the task done, while others may think that procrastination is a character flaw and impossible to overcome; both are wrong. So, what is…
This article is going to be a character traits list and a companion post to ‘What Is Character‘, a discussion about the qualities, values and beliefs of men. I value character in myself and others and appreciate who I am as a person and the values that I choose to live by. Making decisions that…
