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Archive for March, 2011

Why Doing Good is Selfish

What a wild and groovy discussion going on the last post and the original post that started it all.  I promised that we’d pick up on the topic of how doing good was selfish…

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How You Save the World

In yesterday’s post I was called everything but a child of God for suggesting people adopt a behavior of selfishness and recommending Ayn Rand’s book on the subject.  Some wanted to twist my words and suggest that I was against helping the disadvantaged.  So let’s dial down the drama and the rhetoric and look at the real issues…

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Food for Thought on Selfishness

Predictably, the last post rankled some, shocked others and gave some serious food for thought.  And I’ll admit to using some language designed to create exactly those reactions.  Because it’s an important issue that creates a lot of problems, for millions of people.

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Keeping Others Happy

Many people, they think it’s noble, spiritual, or righteous to make serving others your purpose in life.  I believe nothing could be further from the truth.

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Living with Gratitude

It was fifteen minutes after midnight, and I was driving home after two ballgames, and having a bite to eat with a teammate.  Exhausted, and ready to go to sleep.  Then I remembered something…

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Living by Spirit not Illusion

Poverty is an illusion. Live by spirit and experience bountiful supply.

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The Life You Want

First let me express my heartfelt gratitude for the way so many of you spread the word on the Japan relief post this weekend.  Please keep it up for a few more days, as you are really making a difference.  Now I’d like to go back to our discussion from last week on how your self-preservation instinct can sabotage your success…

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Bringing Prosperity Back to Japan

If you have learned how to be loving, prosperous, and giving, you have learned little.  But when you have become loving, prosperous, and giving, you have unlocked the secret of the life triumphant.  And today’s post gives you just such an opportunity…

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Self-Belief for Success

Some great comments on the last post about how you overcome negative self-beliefs that trigger your self-preservation instinct and cause you to hold back from attempting great things. But you do know you are meant to attempt great things right???

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The Dangers of Self-Preservation

We all like to survive.  Survival is a good thing.  And humans have a hereditary self-preservation mechanism to protect our survival.  But sometimes that survival mechanism actually becomes harmful to you…

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