Dear Kids: Here’s Why Your Parents Can’t Keep Up

Kids PlayingI just posted a new article on Medium.com. It begins:

“Your poor parents. They can’t help but be a little clueless. Though they may be peddling as fast as they can, it’s hard for them to keep up with you.

“When I was a kid, childhood seemed to last forever. Summers went on for what now seems like years. So naturally when my kids were growing up, I felt like I had forever to enjoy their childhood. I passed up on opportunities to do this or that with them, thinking there was always next week, next month, next year. Suddenly, so much of it passed me by. I couldn’t keep up with how fast they were growing”…

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“Dear Kids: Here’s Why Your Parents Can’t Keep Up”

Focus Fully and Then Let Go

Focus Fully and Let Go, Michael MamasEntrepreneur.com just published one of my new articles. It begins:

“Right out of veterinary medical school, I dived right into my practice. It overtook my every waking moment. I couldn’t stop thinking about it and even on my days off, I’d be in the clinic. Finally after a number of years, it got to be too much and I sold my practice.

“It’s taken me a number of years to really appreciate the power and importance of a very simple principle: Focus on what you’re doing and when you’ve done all that can be done at that time, just drop it. Go on to something else”…

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“The Limitless Power of Focusing Fully and Then Letting Go”

The Importance of Adapting Your Worldview to Reality

Adapting Worldview to Reality - Michael MamasEntrepreneur.com just published one of my latest articles. It begins:

“How exasperating it is to see how a person is “gone,” lost to a limited world they consider reality.

“Ken is a great coworker. He’s productive, intelligent and hard-working. But I see him over and over again, shooting himself in the foot with a lack of trust that permeates his world. It seems no situation or person can be trusted. Lack of trust is a constant red light that prevents him from moving forward. He views anything that ever goes wrong in business and his life as a justification for his distrustful perspective”…

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“The Importance of Adapting Your Worldview to Reality”

Feelings and the Intellect

Someone once said to the Guru,
“Intelligent people might be smart, but they do not have much heart. They have few deep feelings.”

To which the Guru replied,
“That is not possible. Feelings lie at the basis of the intellect. Without heart, without deep and refined feelings, the intellect can not be strong and clear.”

Feelins - Intellect, Michael Mamas