I was so enamored of the ant farm idea I went in search of ant farms tonight so I could get one myself. I want to watch these same creatures that infest my office from time-to-time in search of crumbs as they tunnel and build. I found a webcam of an actual ant farm and watched it for almost 30 minutes. http://www.stevesantfarm.com/ TOTALLY amazing…a little like watching grass grow, but only until you figure out what’s happening.
I noticed what I called the “slacker ants” to the right, that appeared to …

This past month I’ve been reading 9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life: A Psychologist Learns from His Patients What Really Works and What Doesn’t Okay, I love Dr. Cloud’s books. They are ALL so good, so very, very good. This is one of his best.
And, I’m on Principle 5 of the 9 things (principles) you must do for a happy and successful life. This is a tough one. His advice is “don’t take the shortcuts.” By that he means, quit looking for a quick …

I blog about homelessness over at Change.org. And I’m not shy about expressing myself or my opinion. That of course brings a lot of criticism and negativity – particularly from those who like to be critical and negative, who enjoy being victims and who enjoy analyzing and criticizing everything I write simply because that is their nature.
So I caught myself tonight and realized I’d fallen back into the old trap of believing that negative people want to change, or that it’s my job to change them. They don’t really …

There’s nothing like success to make you a loser magnet. A friend of mine recently won a pretty prestigious writing award. He was excited, but then a week or two later when we were talking he was feeling kind of bummed out. He was shocked at the amount of criticism and pettiness and envy he was getting about his win. I reassured him that the negative reactions were a sure sign he was a success. Nobody hates you unless they see you as a competitive threat. Being attacked for standing …