Confessions of a Mad Scientist Philosopher…

Not sure anyone actually carries business cards any longer. I haven’t used one for 20 years. But if I did, pretty sure it would list my occupation as Scientific Philosopher. That label would certainly rankle highly educated readers, since I’ve earned the same number of college degrees as your cousins Pookie, Scooter, and Ray-Ray.

Creating a Critical Thinking Mastermind

In this post, we discussed the importance of having someone in your life that you can count on to give you good guidance and tell you the truth. Then in the next post, I shared some thoughts on how you create those relationships. Now let’s look at creating an extended mastermind of critical thinkers you can draw on.

I See Dead People

In the last post I gave you the best advice for success I know. Here’s a key component of that advice: dead people. Not that I have anything against living people, mind you. I like them too. But my experience in success provides a great lesson for you.

10 Books that Transformed My Life…

Many of you frequently ask what I’m reading and what books were the most important in my personal growth and self-development. So I thought it was time to update the list of the top ten most influential books in my life.

Game Plan to Jump Start Your Self-Esteem

Last post we explored some of the ways to protect your self-esteem. Now let me offer you a 30- or 60-day game plan to jump start it to a better level. The plan includes looking at negative programming that could be lowering your self-esteem, recognizing erroneous beliefs that could lower your opinion of yourself, and exposing yourself to positive programming that helps raise your esteem.