Are you one of George W. Bush’s Canaries in the Coal Mine?

I felt the hair go up on the back of my neck reading one of my earlier April posts called Sparks Fly Between White House and EPA Over Recent Smog Standard Reduction.
The gist of the article is that, instead of reducing the EPA mandated acceptable smog levels from the what was then 80 ppm to […]

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The Dope On Stagflation

(This is a repeat of an article I published March 1st, with some modifications)
From 1969-1982 the United States experienced its worst economic slow down since the depression. Deemed as a period of stagflation (stagnation + inflation),Richard Samuelson, in a recent Newsweek article, described it this way: “a spiraling combination of high (or rising) inflation, high […]

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How Well Do You Deal With Change?

Dramatic changes in your life can be stressful, reeking havoc not only with your life, but with your health as well. It’s not the changes themselves that causes health issues, but your reaction to these changes.
 
 
This diagram provides a nice overview.
Stress

Mental Anguish

Physical Response (fight or flight hormones released at chronic levels)

Illness
 
Let’s […]

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Debt Can Ruin Your Health In More Ways Than One

People with newly acquired extreme debt also reported having a higher percentage of stress induced illnesses than those without extreme debt.
A recently conducted AP-AOL Health Poll found that:

27 percent had ulcers or digestive tract problems, compared with 8 percent of those with low levels of debt stress.
44 percent had migraines or other headaches, compared […]

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My Dog Ate My Coupons - or Some Days Being Frugal is Harder Than Others

The grocery store closes at 9 PM. I zip through the red light and into the parking lot. I have a full schedule tomorrow, nothing without blue fuzzies on it in the refrigerator, and two hungry dogs at home circling their empty dog food bowls like vultures. They’re not happy. I’m […]

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“Snap” Sunday Sermon - Boondoggling

Words of wisdom in a snap.
I don’t want to get preachy here, but after all, this is a sermon.
For those of you not familiar with the term:
boon·dog·gle /ˈbunˌdɒgəl, -ˌdɔgəl/ Pronunciation Key [boon-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl]. noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
–noun
1. a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the […]

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The Psychology of Money: Low Self-Esteem is Like Driving Through Life With Your Hand-Brake On

So said Maxwell Maltz, author of the classic visualization book, Psycho-Cybernetics.
One proven technique for overcoming low self-esteem, and other defeatist thoughts that inhibit our success in life, like identification with failure, or poverty mentality, is a tool known as visualization.
 
 
The visualization techniques I’m about to describe were developed by a Jewish holocaust survivor and […]

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The Dope on CEO Blogs: 41 Blogs By, About, or For, the Great and Not-So-Great CEOs

Who would have thought that Lee Iacocca would sit at his bells and whistles lap tap and blog? And why does Jack Welch not have one?
Is it real, or is it their personal secretary? Or perhaps they have become philanthropic in their old age. Who can really know. But, nevertheless, I’m enjoying getting into […]

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