We are ALL doing the best we can with who we are and where we are. I know that. But even reminding myself of that doesn’t help when I continue to encounter people who are at a different place than I am. I still get frustrated and even exasperated and hurt by their reactions. I was them once and I know what a pain in the butt I was, so I keep trying to remember that and be patient and compassionate. It’s my current lesson. I don’t know what the …

Friends frequently write to me (and I to them), to complain about how we’ve screwed up and how it’s going to ruin our lives, our job, our client base or whatever. Today it occurred to me as I was responding to someone that we’re on a journey, not a game show. We don’t have to race anyone to hit the buzzer first, or to have all the correct answers. We’re not trying to win a prize. We’re trying to become better people. Self-growth is a lifelong goal. You don’t get …

When’s the last time you uttered those famous words, “C’mon. It’ll only take a minute?” and three hours or days or weeks later that task or project still wasn’t completed. The first time I remember hearing those words was from one of my first dates, a mechanic. I was 16 years old and we were supposed to go to dinner and a movie. I was to meet him at the gas station where he worked when he got off - around 5 p.m. to save time since it was closer …

If you have poor boundaries, chances are you’re not going to accomplish your goals. Why? Because without good boundaries it’s hard to say “No,” it’s hard to stay focused, it’s hard to put the things you need to do first because you can’t set or enforce your boundaries. You end up feeling frustrated, angry, distracted and unable to move towards your goal.
Examine your values, learn to set and enforce your boundaries first, then focus on your goals.

The Pharmaceutical industry does not want to heal you - they want to keep you sick so you will keep buying their drugs. If cancer is cured - the drug industry will go broke. If AIDS, high cholesterol or any of the millions of diseases that COULD be cured were cured the drug industry would go broke. So they don’t cure people. They addict people. Don’t believe me? Then believe a former drug rep with 15 years in the industry who exposes the true goals of big pharmacy companies: