by Jeff Price | Mar 15, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Happiness, Life & Career Success
In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, author Victor Frankl talks about how some victims of the Holocaust were able to find meaning in their lives. Frankl’s book is now very well known, as is his strategy for surviving one of the worst travesties in the...
by Jeff Price | Mar 13, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Happiness, Life & Career Success
Many of us are raised with the notion that we should work, and work, and work so that we can achieve, achieve and achieve, because once we achieve, we will be happy. This is the rat race. At some point along the way we were sold a bill of goods that if said, if we go...
by Jeff Price | Mar 11, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
Our brains also look for patterns and connections – people who are good at recognizing patterns can be successful in many endeavors – those who cannot, tend to repeat the same mistakes over and over, and wonder why they do that. Ever hear the...
by Jeff Price | Mar 9, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
Remember the movie The Mighty Ducks? There is a scene in the movie when the lead character played by Emilio Estevez decided that the only way to win was to have his team fake penalties and injuries. The team battle cry became take the fall, fake the injury, get...
by Jeff Price | Mar 8, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
Okay, well DiSalvo talks about the “what the hell,” effect but WTF is a stronger hook. Ever been out to dinner with people, maybe a business luncheon or dinner, and despite your best intentions to stay with your diet, you end up eating everything you can...
by Jeff Price | Mar 7, 2013 | 50 Books in 50 Weeks, Brain Matter, Life & Career Success
When I was about nine or ten years old, I had just finished cleaning my room. It looked so good it could have passed inspection by R. Lee Ermey himself (this is my bedroom, there are many like it, but this one is mine. . . ). Well, shortly after the great cleanup, I...
