musings

Recently, I read about a simple formula regarding choices we make. The guiding precept is that what we choose need not depend on what we think is possible. WOW! How many times do we seem to make choices from a list of possibilities? Why not choose what we really want? Here is a simple formulaic…

Ask people what they want and the answer is always more.  More of anything and everything.  In fact, they don’t want more, they want it all. Let’s think about this in regard to money.  Most people need enough.  Enough to prevent problems, pain, loss, and suffering.  Enough to pay bills and meet expenses.  True needs…

Today, I saw an ice cream truck; the operator obviously swamped with business.  When the thermometer hits 100 degrees, and an ice cream truck rolls slowly down a residential street where families with young children occupy every house, it would be impossible to fail.  To repeat the same action in the dead of winter would…

Potential, what an interesting word!  It is having the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.  Let’s think about your potential and how to determine what it represents. Here is a simple way to think about potential.  Look at an electrical outlet before anything is plugged into it.  You know that it…

Today, on the occasion of my wife’s birthday, I was thinking about the passage of time.  It is said that time flies, especially as we get older. Maybe that is because we realize that we have fewer years ahead than those already past. However, none of us can ever know how much time will be…

Last week, we mentioned the “push-of-needs” that can help overcome inertia.  As commissioned insurance professionals, we are virtually unemployed every morning unless we have an appointment with a new or existing client.  Without an appointment, how do we get motivated to get going? We may have some pressing needs to get busy and produce income;…

Have you ever wonder where internal motivation comes from?  Research tells us that all human achievement springs from Constructive Discontent. This state of mind is responsible for our continuing upward spiral of achievement. Discontent is a source of inner motivation: the inner urge to make a positive change.  The intensity of inner motivation is directly…