If we listen to all of the journalists who are trying to paint a picture of what “retirement” will be like for the Baby Boomer generation, we could easily become depressed. If we really take seriously everything some of the commentators are saying, we must believe our future is going to be 30 years . . . → Read More: Not Going Gently into Meaninglessness
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In case you missed it, there was an interesting article in the February 16, 2010 issue of U.S. News & World Report by Emily Brandon, entitled “10 Ways Baby Boomers will Reinvent Retirement.” It is a good article, and I hope you will read it, as well as some of the related articles to . . . → Read More: Consider the slant on what you read If you have implemented the first three keys to building confidence, you should be moving along the way to living more fully in the present and not allowing past mistakes and the negative messages of others to undermine your confidence. Now it is time to change your thinking from a focus on failure to . . . → Read More: Three more keys to building confidence A focus on accomplishing your goals and fulfilling your dreams is essential to success. We all know that; but that focus is difficult for many of us to maintain. There are often voices in our memories or in our lives telling us we cannot succeed, calling us failures, or undermining our self confidence in . . . → Read More: Three keys to building confidence “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaull Starr Whether you call them dreams, goals, aspirations or something else, make them big; make them profound; make them worth your best effort. Let them draw you out of your past, away from your . . . → Read More: Pamela Vaull Starr on Dreams “First, say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus, Discourses Who do your dreams call you to become? How will fulfilling your dreams transform you? If fulfilling a dream will not make you better or stronger is it worth pursuing? I am convinced that as . . . → Read More: Epictetus asks "What would you be?" “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Throughout our lives we dream of a future we would like to design. From childhood dreams of a world filled with lollipops and cotton candy, available to us every moment, our dreams change to what life would be . . . → Read More: Eleanor Roosevelt on Dreams “There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” – Victor Hugo Human history glows with the truth of Hugo’s words. Human civilization has progressed through every age because courageous people dared to dream a better future and then dared to make it true. If you doubt it, pick up any novel by . . . → Read More: Victor Hugo on Dreams |
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