May 23, 2010

Dear Friends,

Expanding spiritual capacity requires subordinating our own needs to something beyond our self-interest. Because we often perceive our own needs as urgent, shifting attention away from them can prompt very primitive survival fears. If I truly focus…

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Dear Friends,

Over the time I have been aware of who we are as a nation I have been asked from time to time just what it means to celebrate the 4th of July. It’s not just the mantra of the…

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Dear Friends, there is no true path without purpose.

Purpose is not something that is granted to one person

and not another.

Purpose is not reserved for only the great or

near great. It is not something impractical or

mystical. When you…

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April 30, 2009

Dear Friends,

Most change programs fail, but the odds of success can be greatly improved by taking into account these counterintuitive insights about how employees interpret their environment and choose to act.

In 1996, John Kotter published Leading Change. Considered…

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These are no ordinary times. Here are some facts:

• The venerable independent Investment Banks Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns no longer exist.
• Central Banks and finance ministers, working in concert, are battling to keep up with events.
• China’s government is pumping hundreds of…

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From the desk of: Jim White PhD

Monday, January 12, 2009

Did you know that the U.S. job losses in December could be the worst in almost 60 years as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country’s economic…

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December 22, 2008

Dear Friends,

Affirmations are the most positive self-talk. An affirmation is an announcement in present tense of some condition you want to create in the future. Affirmations are effective ways of bringing the power of positive thinking to bear…

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Values are morally neutral. There is no right or wrong, nor is there good or bad; there is only different. Stop judging yourself for your values even if they may be different from the values of those around you. By…

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THERE was a time, in my childhood when I was hungry, abused, forgotten and wrote off as a human being. I was fortunate that I was born with the survival gene and a strong sense of right and wrong, a…

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