It seems that shifting to a new job with a different skill requirement late in our careers is not too bad at all. This book, “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” by David Epstein tells us that not only is it fine, but you can even excel at
November 27, 2025
November is the month dedicated to praying for the souls in Purgatory. Catholic tradition tells us that by the end of November a great number of souls would graduate from Purgatory and finally see God in Heaven because of the prayers and Masses offered for them by those relatives and
November 22, 2025
This is from a talk given by Shade Zarai. Do these following negative thought patterns sound familiar? (1) Overgeneralization: making sweeping conclusions on limited data. For example, you did not go to the next level of your job interview and you conclude that you’re not going to get another job
November 10, 2025
Our thoughts are powerful because they dictate our actions. Whatever is that action that we have done in the past, it did not happen by itself, but was thought out beforehand. It is therefore important to guard our thoughts because it is the control tower of our actions. In other
October 29, 2025
This is a new approach to creativity from one of the most creative minds in our century: Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon.com that dominated the on-line selling in the U.S. as well as cloud computing and smart home devices. The three fundamental mindsets that make Jeff Bezos a unique innovator
October 23, 2025
In the Gospel of St. Matthew, we hear our Lord Jesus telling us that we should be salt and light to the world. “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no
October 16, 2025
Based on a study the mind wanders 47% of the time. Imagine if you can make that 47% wandering into a 100% focus, your life would be more productive and enjoyable. And what if you can give a person 100% of your attention during a conversation, which is listening without
October 7, 2025
Catholic spiritual teaching defines lust to be a disordered desire for sexual pleasure, where sexual pleasure is “sought for itself, isolated from its procreative and unitive purposes (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2351).” In short, any use of sex outside marriage is lust or a sin against the Sixth and
September 29, 2025
This best-seller book “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time Tested Methods to Conquer Worry” by Dale Carnegie was written 70 years ago, but it is still pretty much applicable these days, because wisdom is beyond space and time. Knowledge, love and wisdom (knowledge about values) are the features
September 27, 2025
This best-seller book “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time Tested Methods to Conquer Worry” by Dale Carnegie was written 70 years ago, but it is still pretty much applicable these days, because wisdom is beyond space and time. Knowledge, love and wisdom (knowledge about values) are the features
September 26, 2025
Second lesson from the story of Naaman is that sometimes God humiliates us many times over to uproot our pride. Remember that the greatest sin is pride, it’s not greed or lust or envy, but pride, because pride makes us replace God and become god of our own. It is
September 15, 2025