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How to properly handle criticism

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“Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.“
 -–Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

In his best-selling book The Positive Principle Today, Dr. Peale shared many words of wisdom that can really help us through the low points of life, including the ones I quoted above.

It’s never fun when someone criticizes something we said or did, but there are times when criticism can actually be helpful if it’s given in a caring and positive way.  [Read more…]

Is the path you’re on leading you to happiness?

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“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
     –John Lennon

There’s some disagreement about whether this famous quote really originated with John Lennon.

While the Internet has numerous sources attributing these words to him, no one seems to be able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.

But regardless of who originally said it, the quote itself makes a lot of sense. [Read more…]

Reminder of the Obvious: Not everything you see or read on the Internet is true

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Back in pre-Internet days if you needed to research something you probably headed to the library and pored through stacks of encyclopedias, magazines and various other printed materials looking for the info you needed.

Needless to say, doing research that “old-fashioned” way was quite tedious and time-consuming.

But in today’s connected world we can research most any topic or current event with just a quick Google search.

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“Choices”

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“I’ve had choices, since the day that I was born.”  –George Jones (via the song “Choices”)

That line from that song has always resonated with me, because it’s so true.

Our Creator gave each and every one of us the ability to think for ourselves and make our own choices as we live out our lives here on planet Earth. Of course He also gave us the ultimate guidebook to consult as we evaluate the range of choices before us, but we are still completely free to ultimately make our own choices as we see fit.  [Read more…]

“For the love of the game…”

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“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.

He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off.

Gosh, I was proud.”
     -–Bob Uecker [Read more…]