I suck at sports. I want to be good at them, but I don’t have any talent, so I’ve avoided sports most of my life. It wasn’t until I was over thirty that I learned a technique I could use to improve my athletic performance.
This poor performance led to a lack of interest in athletics, […]

Do you ever think about how connected money and self-esteem are?
Many of our interpersonal anxieties and social problems revolve around a dysfunctional belief that money is a measurement of fairness, equality, and human value.
I read this article from the Naked Economist last week and this section jumped out at me:
There’s a very interesting strain of […]

The other day when I was eating lunch alone I thought of these questions:

Is failure a prerequisite to success?
I mean do you have to fail first to succeed later?
And if you do have to fail, how bad does the failure have to be?
If you succeed the first time, have you learned anything?
Is the term failure […]

Do you compare yourself to others? I used to compare myself to everybody. I realized that this obsession was a symptom of low self-confidence and poor self-esteem. Today I’ll share some thoughts about the danger of comparing yourself to others.
Building confidence and self-esteem is a popular self-help subject. But why do so many of us […]

I was planning on taking a few days off, but I heard a story today I couldn’t wait to share with you.
I spent today with my 4-year-old son at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Both he and I love the place.
Kids over 8 can do experiments in the laboratory. The museum was quiet today, so […]

Sochiro Honda – founder of Honda Motor Company said – Success is 99% Failure.
What did he mean?
When I first read this quote I thought – what a pile of BS double talk. But as I grew, I understood consciously and intuitively what Mr. Honda meant.
To understand Mr. Honda, I turned my attention to my own […]

Do you make completely rational, logical decisions when you purchase items? Do you compare prices and features and make the best decision based on the facts? Are these decisions free of emotion?
I don’t think so. They are entirely emotional and I’ll explain why.
A letter writer to Will Femia’s Clicked blog wrote this in response to […]

This blog was born on 9-17-2006. 30 days latter it surpassed the 100,000 visitor mark.
I know this blog has a long way to go, but we are off to a good start. I am not an expert. I don’t have the experience. I gleaned good ideas and/or inspiration from each of these people and sites. […]

I’ve been a chronic paranoid worrier most of my life and this week I discovered a couple of things I want to share with you about combating worry, fear, and anxiety.
On Saturday, we moved our Oracle e-Business Suite (hardware, software, and data) from our corporate server room to a data center thirty miles away. We […]

The power button on my flat screen monitor broke yesterday.

My first thought was - How stupid, a little #%#@! plastic button has ruined my monitor.
My second thought was - I am such an idiot. I know better than to keep turning the monitor on and off. I know I should leave my […]