Let’s pick up from where we left off with Brian Tracy’s talk at genuisnetwork.com on his ideas for a successful business whether you are just starting or have been in business for many years. Worst Possible Outcome This is a kind of thinking that not only prepares you for the
July 23, 2025
Another set of nuggets of wisdom from self-development and entrepreneurship guru Brian Tracy on how to set-up your business that is fail-safe and successful. This is from his lengthy talk at genuisnetwork.com conference and this would need two articles to cover it. FOCUS When Bill Gates, his father and Warren
July 17, 2025
There used to be a belief among the Jews in the time of prophet Ezekiel that a son can be punished by God because of the sins of his father, and likewise the son can be protected from punishment because of the virtues of the father even if the son
July 4, 2025
By Engr. Carlos V. Cornejo This is a wonderful book on coming up with a business idea, how to position your product or service in the market and how to generate buzz to attract attention for that product or service and eventually make a sale. “How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from
June 28, 2025
In St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, we read “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor?” (Rom 11:33-34) God is
June 23, 2025
The actual title of the book is “Hell Yeah or No: What’s Worth Doing” by Derek Severs. I changed the word “Hell” to “Heck” because I have other articles about “Hell” or the place for damned souls after death that I don’t want my readers to get confused with. The
June 10, 2025
Irrational means going against reason or logic or common sense. In other words, we are trying to describe here God’s crazy love for us highlighted in these two parables of the Lost Sheep, and the Lost Coin all in the Gospel of St. Luke. The Lost Sheep “Then Jesus told
May 28, 2025
More wisdom from Brian Tracy from one of his self-development seminars. Here are his four enemies of success that we must defeat and overcome to make our lives better and more exciting. The Comfort Zone The comfort zone is an area or thing in people’s lives that they are comfortable
May 20, 2025
This is from one of the last broadcast recordings of C.S. Lewis in BBC radio in England back in 1941 to 1943 during the World War 2 when England was under periodic air raids by Nazi Germany. The series of talks, originally under the title of “Right and Wrong: A
May 13, 2025
This book redefines the definition of toughness, “Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Toughness”. The common notion of toughness is to be confident when facing up to difficulties. But the author, Steve Magness, after studying toughness for many years based on his experience
May 8, 2025
Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine and author of this best-selling book “Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier”, is trusted advisor to tech leaders, has been dubbed the “Real‐life Most Interesting Man in the World” by Tim Ferriss. Kelly lived with the Amish, biked across America
April 28, 2025
Here’s a unique view on discipline that will help us achieve our goals in life. This book “Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual” by Jocko Willink is a mega-bestseller in 2017. Jocko is a decorated Navy Seal who wrote five self-help books in five years and has a YouTube channel that
April 21, 2025