Articles from April 2009



Real Truth about Meditation

Meditation is too often a crutch, and it is too often something people use as a semi-religious practice. One of the useful things to recognize is all types of meditation are tools. And like all tools they can and will get old. They are not ends in themselves. They are not where your focus should [...]

Secrets of Success Stay Secret

The principles of success are almost unknown.  Most of what is written about success is really what sounds good, not what works naturally. There is almost no real science research about why people are successful, especially financially. The self help industry is an industry of illusion spinners.  They sell what people want to believe, not [...]

Why Doesn’t Goal Setting Work?

Why does goal setting require so much reinforcement?  Why do people have to spend so much money on continually getting pumped and re-pumped by the latest book, CD, video, or seminar and have to force and force themselves some more to set and pursue goals? My hypothesis is goal setting is totally and completely unnatural. [...]