Apr
22
2020
Behavior is the result of a person's beliefs. In my early years coaching basketball and counseling families, it became clear to me the most important key to effective education is knowing this principle: If you wish to change your life,...
Apr
21
2020
Shame is the demon that haunts all of humanity. When you name it, you can beat it.
Years ago, I was in a master's educational psychology class.
One evening, the professor asked an elegant question. Elegant questions do not have...
Apr
20
2020
The year 1999 is the year the gratitude story began. The world was in disarray. Brilliant minds predicated the world economy was going to collapse because the world of technology was not equipped to deal with a new century....
Apr
19
2020
MEMENTO MORI is the Latin for "Remember your death." Three important men of the past reminded us of this.
St. Ignatius of Loyola encouraged and inspired us through his example of imaging himself on his death bed before making a...
Apr
17
2020
Most people make emotional decisions and try to justify them with logic.
The crucial decision-making question is, am I making an emotional or a logical decision?
The ideal is when emotions and logic match up, yet in reality, this is a...
Apr
16
2020
I am sure you have discovered, as I have these past years, that having a fulfilling profession, a joyful marriage, doing daily exercises, and staying away from diet no-no's can all be difficult. I have also discovered that everyone...
Apr
15
2020
Settling for the story: Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama 1977 a conversation between Fred Crowell, Basketball Coach & Dr. Joseph King, 88-year-old professor emeritus ensues.
"Good morning Dr. King," smiled Coach Crowell. "And a good morning to you coach," DR. King...
Apr
14
2020
If we don't protect our minds and hearts the negativity of the world will rob us of our positive mental attitude!
If the news you receive, the people you spend time with; the activities you do... if they rob you...
Apr
13
2020
The world's pandemic has forced isolation upon us with a heartless vengeance. This isolation for the vast majority of Americans changed our lives in dramatic ways; some positive; some negative.
How we respond to "fiery trials" determines if we have...
Apr
07
2020
Sir Winston Churchill, given to depression, called it the Black Box. This Black Box is too deep to climb out of by sheer human strength and effort. The sides of the box are slippery, the walls, high. Ropes...
