Do you want sculpted abs and firm thighs, but while enjoying this season’s finest holiday cookies, candy, and pie? Hahahahaha! You’re so cute… Let’s be real. It is impossible to indulge ’til your soul is content while maintaining your current physique. It is even more impossible to lose weight during the holiday season when you …
I used to harshly judge beautiful people who looked like they spent more time on their appearance than their character or education. That was a foolish way of thinking. It was foolish because I projected my self-resentment onto them. In other words, I was not pleased with my appearance and felt insecure as a result. Therefore, …
I read a quote on Pinterest recently that really stuck with me. It is a quote spoken by Winston Churchill: “You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Powerful stuff. We typically want people to like us. When people don’t like us, we feel uncomfortable and conflict can …
Positive thoughts can break a bad mood, encourage commitment, and help manage fear; but positive thoughts aren’t going to carry us through life without action. What smart people tell us “I think, therefore I am.” The famous quote by René Descartes. Descartes suggests that we are the product of our thoughts. What we think about all …
Judging people isn’t inherently evil. But judging people inaccurately limits our thinking and creates barriers in relationships. We tend to judge people based on how we feel about ourselves. We also tend to judge people based on isolated incidences instead of patterns of behavior. In Part 1 of our discussion, we reflected on our thinking …
In our previous discussion, Judging People: A Scientific Approach Part 1 – Our Stupid Way Of Judging People, we dissected our thought process when we observe and judge other people. If you have not done so already, I encourage you to read Part 1 before continuing. In this article we uncover the fundamental flaw of …
We all judge people. We can’t help it. Our brains are wired to observe, reason, and conclude. However, we do a very poor job of judging people accurately; and so I propose a new, scientific approach that will help us see people as they actually are and less as we mistakenly presume. Judging people inaccurately …
The trend of “buying local” in the United States is controversial and misleading. It ranks right up there with “going green” and “all natural flavors”. What is “local”? Is it your city, state, or country? Does it mean the food was grown within your county limits? Or does it mean that food was prepared by …
Justice and equality do not exist because of any law or policy or because of the lack of any law or policy. Justice and equality exist when a person looks at another person with acceptance, though they may be very different individuals. Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in January 2011 that tightens regulations on the public food supply in order to protect our health and safety. Two new rules are currently proposed that will increase regulations on imported food and create stricter requirements for international suppliers. These rules are …
