Archive for November, 2008

Nov 26 2008

The best defense…

Published by Shaun under News, Views & Insights

…is a good offense.

I had another little epiphany this morning about fear. I’ll combine it with a few other thoughts and quotes here for a nice fear potpourri.

Fear is our brain’s attempt to protect us from danger. Sometimes fear is good and has probably saved our lives on multiple occasions. More often than not, though, fear is not our friend because it gets in the way of living fully and getting what we really want.

“Our fears are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win……
by fearing to attempt.”

– William Shakespeare

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Nov 25 2008

How to be happy.

Published by Shaun under News, Views & Insights

When you boil it all down, there are only four ways to be happy. Each works in different situations and to varying degrees. Here they are:

  1. Outwardly
  2. Outside-in
  3. Inside-out
  4. Inwardly

How to be Outwardly Happy

Outward happiness is pretty much what it sounds like. You smile, you laugh, you keep up appearances that all is well whether it’s true or not. Continue Reading »

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Nov 04 2008

And the winner of the “Most Influential” contest is…

Published by Shaun under News, Views & Insights

Hollywood.

I swear. Everyone gets so up in arms about the presidential race when maybe they should be putting some of their effort and energies into the place where many more opinions are formed and influenced. Continue Reading »

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