I have always thought that the way to go about life was through innovation.  This interview makes me question, but I’ve resolved to believed that, as with anything else, it is a bit of both.  However, I am thankful that this short quote will make me stop and reconsider changing paths without contemplating refinement of what I have, or others, have already done.  From An Interview with Art Garfunkel: I’m a mathematician who’s anal-compulsive. So I don’t want to freshen up the song each performance. To me, singing is execution. You don’t throw out what you’ve learned to execute. You refine what you’ve learned. And I run into a difference of opinion with Paul on this. When we tour, after the eighteenth show Paul invariably goes, “Now we know it. I’m tired … Read entire article »

Read this. It will help you succeed in life. The basic premise is that in order to become great at anything, you must put in 10,000 hours of practice. And it must be deliberate practice, where you go beyond your comfort zone to make yourself better. You also must have mentoring or coaching. They dispel myths regarding those stories of people of made it overnight. When they looked at this people, they found that they had practiced over and over again until their hands bled in order to make "overnight" success. It's a good read. … Read entire article »

It’s taken me years, but I think I got The Secret figured out.  For those of you who don’t know, “The Secret” is a book/movie that advocates for the notion that whatever you believe and imagine about your life becomes your reality.  So, if you image that you own a beautiful mansion, you will eventually get that mansion. Their motto is, “ask and the universe will provide.”  There is one caveat however.  It works for things you think about not wanting as well.  Hence, if you imagine and believe you are a loser, that is what you will be.  Back to my discovery.  I’ve witnessed that the ideas behind The Secret worked but I couldn’t accept that it was simply magic or metaphysical will.  Today I spent the whole day … Read entire article »

If you think back on your experiences you will notice that the outcomes of a particular event, or your whole life for that matter, have been determined by how you were feeling about yourself. For example, job interviews go better if you are feeling like you are on top of the world than if you are feeling like your life is doomed. In general, life is determined by our psychological state. The problem lies in knowing how to change our perception of ourselves or of our lives. How can someone go from feeling like a failure to feeling like a winner YOU HAVE TO RETRAIN YOUR MIND. The way you retrain your mind is by daydreaming or imagining yourself as a winner and not a failure or by imagining an optimal … Read entire article »