Top Tips to Ignore Everybody and Live Your Best Life (Part 2)
Don’t give a vote to people who shouldn’t even have a voice.
Top Tips to Ignore Everybody and Live Your Best Life (Part 1)
Don’t give a vote to people who shouldn’t even have a voice.
After an ADHD Diagnosis
By Megan M. Seckman Henry was never a stereotypically easy child. According to his mother, Scheri Mullins, he was excessively energetic and prone to tantrums. Although highly curious and intelligent (he learned to read before kindergarten), he wasn’t particularly verbal and had difficulty with fine motor skills. Scheri had him evaluated for developmental delays as a young child, before preschool even, and he had received speech and occupational therapies as a toddler. But he was a first child, and Scheri and her husband Chris were assured again and again that his behaviors were “normal” and [...]
Give Yourself the Gift of Simplicity
By Bob Mueller My wife Kathy and I love to travel. We have started a new tradition during the week of Labor Day visiting Kentucky and Indiana locations. This year we stayed at the Old Jailers Inn Bed & Breakfast in Bardstown, Kentucky. We did parts of the bourbon and wine trails. We revisited Bernheim Forest where we enjoyed our first kiss years ago. We sat on a park bench in the stillness of the forest and renewed our love. The highlight of our trip was the experience of the Trappist monastery Gethsemane of Thomas [...]
Until I can say what I want to say kindly, I try not to say anything.
By Bob Mueller In my school days, sarcasm was the standard mode of getting along with each other. No one thought sarcasm was unkind. Rather, it was a sign of wit and engagement. It was how a person fit in. By the time my schooling was over, sarcasm was imprinted on me and leaked out in many things I said.Out in the real world, I discovered that sarcasm as a method of communication rarely accomplished what I thought it would. It did not break the ice, it did not defuse tension, it did not make [...]
Seven Ways to Build True Grit
By Bob MuellerI have always liked the term true grit, which I first heard from the title of an old John Wayne movie. It’s apparent that true grit is a quality that people from all walks of life possess. It takes as much true grit to rise from homelessness to job stability and home ownership as it does to be a concert level pianist.Having true grit is applicable to accomplishing many important goals in our lives, particularly if we have long-term ambitions for ourselves that will involve years of hard work, persistence, setbacks, lack of [...]
