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Have you ever wondered why many of your “significant others” seemed to have similar issues? Doesn’t it seem strange that in each of your relationships, the same set of needs went unmet? Have you ever found yourself saying, “Why are all men (or women) like that?” I sure did, and here's what I found out.In truth, they aren’t all like that! But, at the same time, it’s not just your imagination.

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In the last couple of days I've gotten two different emails complaining about candidate Obama's tax proposals, referring to it a "redistribution of wealth." I normally try to stay out of these partisan discussions, but this kind of thinking is so thoughtless that I feel like I need to comment.Now I do have a position on the election, a reluctant one because I don't have too much good to say about

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One thing I've been very conscious of during the election campaign is the division of groups into warring camps of "them vs us." This is really a low-consciousness and primitive approach to solving problems. I learned a better way from philosopher and writer Ken Wilbur.When he decided as a young man to undertake to integrate all of psychology, science, philosophy and spirituality (an ambitious

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Yeah, those are the two subjects that we're not supposed to discuss in polite company. Today, of course, in the good old USA, they seem to be tied together. Here's my take on it, as a student and teacher of Science of Getting Rich.First, both political parties have the same platform - "You're a victim and we're here to save you." The details vary, but the message is the same. This is disturbing

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It's easy to come up with lots of cool ways to build businesses and get clients, but why not try the basics first? The first basic is customer service. It's simple, for cryin' out loud. Just treat people the way you'd like to be treated.Here's a recent bad example. The last two times my wife went to get her hair cut, the beautician was 20 minutes late for the appointment! Not working on another

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One of the questions that a lot of people have is - how can you use "science" in the same sentence with personal growth, manifesting your dreams or spirituality? It would seem that "hard" science has nothing to do with "soft and squishy" human issues.For those of you who know me only as a newsletter writer, you should know that I have an engineering degree and spent many years in high technology

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Do you ever find yourself wondering "Why hasn't anything changed?"That was the #1 question for the preview calls for the Science of Getting Rich program last month. "I'm doing all this stuff that's supposed to create the life of my dreams and nothing's happening. Why?"If you've ever felt that way, you're not alone. So what's the answer? I spent a lot of time on the call with this issue, and

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The cover story for the Jan 28 Time magazine was titled "The Science of Romance" and featured some cutting edge neuroscience about attraction. While much of the science was quite interesting, Time managed to say almost nothing about the real reason we're attracted to the people we are.I've become somewhat of an expert on the subject, mostly because I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why

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You know, I've been writing for a long time now about important and serious subjects related to finding purpose and creating a fulfilled life. But I really haven't had an outlet for all the other stuff that I think is important and/or fun. So I've decided to dedicate my blog to the kind of stuff that will never make it into my newsletters.Let's start with a little history. One of the advantages

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I love to find correlations between widely different sources that explain bits and pieces of human behavior. This week I found something from cutting edge neuroscience that explains behavior written about by a Mexican Toltec shaman! This behavior causes all sorts of problems and has a big effect on your life so it's important to understand what's going on.First the neuroscience. Recent

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Just when you think that corporate stupidity can't get any worse, it does. The recent announcement by retailer Circuit City that they were going to lay off 3,400 higher paid workers so they could replace them with low paid new hires is the quintessential beancounter decision that can ruin companies. Here's a few reasons why:1. Lack of expertise kills customer service. My past experience with

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One of the most powerful things that we can do to create our success is to have a big dream that really inspires us. If the dream is seemingly impossible, so much the better. But it has to be something that touches us on a deep level, or it'll never happen. Here's an example:Barrington Irving is a young man who immigrated to Miami from Jamaica at age 6. Growing up in the disadvantaged

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I'm a great fan of films that deal with spiritual issues, expecially those exploring the nature of reality and the power of our minds. I love "What the Bleep?" and "The Secret" and I'm looking forward to seeing "Celestine Prophecy" and "Way of the Peaceful Warrior." So when I had the chance to see "Illusion" I jumped at it.This movie seemed to have two good things going for it. First, it had Kirk

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I was saddened to see the news items about the tragic death of Steve Irwin, the famous Australian "Crocodile Hunter" this weekend. Steve was one of my real heros, for several reasons. First, we shared a real love of wildlife and the outdoors, and secondly, he was authentic, the real deal. What you saw on film was exactly who he was, without any act for the camera, and I really liked that.The

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Last year I wrote a post about Science and Spirituality in which I deplored the fact that there was a shortage of people with open minds on both sides of the debate. For some people it might come as a shock to realize that scientists can be as blindly dogmatic as the most fervent religionist, but it's true.I got a chance to see that blindness in action again, documented, in a new book by Dean

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I'm always amazed how people try to do things the hard way.Let's say you want something (!) This can be anything from hiring the perfect employee, buying a new car, finding new office space or attracting the perfect, gold-plated client. Big or small. it doesn't matter.What do most people do? They apply some version of the conventional wisdom, which says, "Let's go see what's out there". What that

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I keep getting questions from people about their path and purpose in life, and they seem to take the same familiar form. Sometime in mid-life they begin to get more and more dissatisfied and restless. They change jobs, move to a new city, get divorced, go bungee jumping. Their cry is always something like, "I don't know what I want!"What it boils down to is that somewhere in the past they got

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One of the important laws we cover in the Science of Getting Rich is the Law of Detachment. What this law requires is that we let go of any attachment to the outcome of a situation, asking only that the result be for the highest and best for all concerned. I was thinking about that today and about how hard this can be when we're looking at a deal that's important to us.It's so easy to become

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If you're running a business, or if you are in sales (and who isn't?), then you need to know about copywriting. You may not want to become a copywriter - because it's tough work to become good at it and that may not be your interest - but you need to know what good copywriting is.If you don't, I can guarantee that you are pouring your hard earned advertising money down a rathole.Most small

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In the "Science of Getting Rich" program, we talk about a concept called "the impression of increase" and how creating that impression magnitizes us to success. What this concept means that people around us see us as succeeding and prospering, and they want to associate with people or organizations like that.So how do we create that impression? Not by bragging, for sure. Here's a couple of

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I just found out late yesterday that Internet marketing pioneer Corey Rudl was killed in a racing crash in California. According to an article in the LA Times, a sports car club had rented the Fontana Speedway east of LA for a day of racing. Corey was a passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT whose driver lost control at over 100 mph, went into the infield and hit a barrier.Corey was just 34, and

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As many of you may know, I've got an engineering education. Even though that's not what I do for a living anymore, I'm grateful for the benefits that the engineering way of thinking has brought to my life. My wife's grateful, too, because like any engineer I believe that I can fix anything. I'm not always right about that, but it never stops me from trying.One of the points of view that I bring

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Last night in one of the Science of Getting Rich classes that I am teaching, we were discussing the importance of finding your passion in life, and the subject of desire came up. This is something about which most of us are lied to when we are kids. We're told in one way or another that wanting stuff (desire) is selfish. Being the literal minded little buggers that we are, we then apply that to

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I find that one group of people that I deal with have a particularly tough time in figuring out what their passion in life is. That group consists of women with families. The reason they have such a tough time is that for 15-20 years they've been Mom 110%, focusing on the kids and the spouse, and never thought about what they might want to do or be.They come up for air, usually in their early 40'

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Last weekend I had the privilege of attending Harv Eker's "Millionaire Mind Intensive" in Los Angeles. It was a nice, quiet three days, just me and 2,399 other screaming maniacs playing at a level 10 from morning to night. You see, Harv knows how to create and maintain energy in a room, and that's good, especially when the room is pretty big!I did notice one unusual behavior pattern in some of

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