I graduated from an “okay-enough” high school—not bad, but without the kind of ranking that impresses college admission committees. I was a serious student with great grades and serious aspirations despite a most disruptive learning disability. Spend half a day with me and watch how I mix up left and right. Balance a checkbook? Forget about it. I often see the number 3 as number 8, and number 5 as number 6. And I can turn the plus sign … [Read more...]
What We Can Learn about Our Love Intuition from Investigation Discovery’s “He Lied About Everything” about Benita Alexander and Paolo Macchiarini
Emmy-award winning NBC investigative producer Benita Alexander became the subject of her own investigation when she discovered that her fiancé, the internationally respected transplant physician Paolo Macchiarini , was not what he seemed. With the help of Discovery Investigation she learned the truth about his lies. She was also a single mother of a young daughter, and at the time that she met with the famous and very handsome Paolo … [Read more...]
Your Intuitive Guide To Successful New Year’s Resolutions
If you rolled your eyes, felt a pang in your stomach, or winced at the thought of making—and keeping—New Year’s resolutions, then your intuition is already working! Why? Because most of us know from experience that we break our New Year’s resolutions before the end of January. Here are some tested tips: 1. Your intuition probably allows you to recite by heart the main tips in keeping these resolutions: Break up your resolutions into … [Read more...]
Your Intuitive Guide To Growing “Grit” For Success
Sometimes the road ahead looks long and bleak. Choices seem to fade into just a few shades. You want to give up your dream—it feels stupid, really, to you. Experts might say you need more “grit.” But what is it, you wonder, where did it come from—and how do I get it? The term grit probably came from the military to indicate “what it takes” to get the job done regardless of the odds. The word grit is often used to mean “perseverance.” But that … [Read more...]
Your Intuitive Guide To Benefiting From Your Mistakes
Successful people make lots of mistakes! The American inventor Thomas Edison is famous not just for inventing the light bulb, but also for going down thousands of wrong roads and taking countless wrong turns until he found the right path for inventing a light bulb that would glow a long time. And, just as important, he began each new approach with excitement, but also fear and doubt. Okay—you are not an inventor. But—wait—yes you are: You … [Read more...]