Do I tend to my money first, or the money I owe?   Only so much time in the day and I cannot do both; so…which do I do first?   The carnal side of me says, “My money” first; later I will tend to the money I owe.   Problem is that didn’t set well with me… As I was listening to myself think through the actions of the moment, in the blink of an eye I caught myself.   I caught myself going against a core belief (a priority) that I have defined in my life. The core belief comes from my “Spiritual Cylinder” (refe...

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  Quarrelsome nagging, a steady stream of unwanted advice; this IS a form of torture.   A mentor of mine once put it this way:   In business, you create an advertisement. If it doesn’t work then you change the advertisement. In relationships, you create an attempt to communicate. If it doesn’t work, you try it again, and again, and again (never really changing, just repeating)…only to become the nag.   People nag because they think they’re not getting through. You must catch yourself on this because na...

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Self-Efficacy is the belief you have in you.  Do you believe you are capable? Your capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage specific outcome.   Your belief in yourself (self-efficacy) influences your decisions, your efforts, your feelings…even the degree in which you will persist when confronted with obstacles (failure, setbacks).   This belief in you comes from four (4) sources 1) Mastery Experience 2) Vicarious Experience 3) Verbal persuasion, and 4) Physiological States.  ...

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Words are like water.  They can nourish and give life, or they can drown and take life. What are the lyrics to your favorite song?  Like the software silently running in the background, so too are the words to our favorite songs.  Let us all be aware to the words that resignate in our hearts and minds. --------------- "River of Deceit" by Mad Season My pain is self-chosen At least, so The Prophet says I could either burn Or cut off my pride and buy some time A head full of lies is the weight, tied to my waist The River...

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20He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' 21For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "