Are we Safer: Part 1 – Passenger and Carry On Screening
Every year about this time THE question comes around again – it’s been X number of years since 9/11 and Are We Safer? This is the first question that I always ask in my Aviation Security class at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Usually, about...Sleep and Grow Rich
My family calls it “stupid money.” Stupid money means we have so much money we could just do stupid things. Buying planes, boats and major remodeling on the house tend to fall on this list. According to Joseph Murphy, author of The Power of Your...You got to get over that wall! (and here’s how)
The vast majority of your mental life is subconscious; your subconscious processes are always trying to help preserve you from harm (Murphy 97). Your subconscious builds your body and maintains all of it’s vital functions; your subconscious is on the job 24/7...My Demon Haunted World
There was a time I was haunted by demons in the night. It usually occurred somewhere between 1 and 4 am. These were not the kinds of demons that possessed Regan in The Exorcist nor were they the kind that populated the Paranormal Activity movies. Or maybe they were....Success by Intent
One of the things I’ve consistently noted over my life is that thoughts, whether they are good or bad, that I hold in my mind tend to generally come true. Even while I have taught more goal-setting workshops to more students than I can count, some of my own...Aren’t people who talk to themselves crazy?
Growing up as an only child I was frequently told that talking to yourself was the sign of a lunatic. I kind of figured that internal talk was okay but actually talking out loud was a little nuts. Years later when I watched Bob Dole run for President I figured that if...The Love Languages: Can you be bilingual
While we all may have a primary love language that does not mean we don’t like to occasionally “speak,” some of the other languages. Also, there are some cases where two of our love languages are tied or so closely together that it is hard to tell...When is doing the dishes not enough?
This is a good time to talk about the different dialects in our love languages. The fourth Love Language, according to Gary Chapman author of The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts is Acts of Service (Chapman 92) and the fifth is Physical Touch. Acts of...TSA: Sleeping on the Job
A recent Government Accountability Office report (click here for the report) showed TSA personnel sleeping, showing up late to work, abusing leave time and other lesser infractions, but along with those they also found TSA personnel guilty of theft, and allowing...
