Goal Setting/Goal Achieving

What is the Diathesis-Stress Model?

Many doctors and therapists face a difficult challenge in trying to prescribe the same treatment to multiple different individuals for one particular problem. The reason for this, in part, is of course that different individuals are just that: different! To help explain the mix of factors that go into whether More >

Why Learning About the ‘Law of Attraction’ is a Waste of Time!

Just about everybody has heard of the movie, The Secret, and I have talked to countless different people I know personally who are still raving about the idea of the Law of Attraction to this day. In fact, I heard about the film way before the majority of the public More >

Creating a Life Transformation From the Ground Up

Most people are unwilling to change. The reason for the static nature of people’s own personal resolutions is that once you perform a specific behavior for long enough, it becomes routine and when it’s routine: it’s predictable. Predictability creates comfort and comfort is pretty addicting. Of course, people that are More >

Deserving

A thought recently came to mind as to whether or not “deserving” something made a difference as to whether or not it was given or gotten. When it all comes down to it, the whole idea of “deserving” is actually sort of a strange one in modern society and I More >

Why Steve Pavlina is WRONG!

Uh oh, I said it. Some of you may have heard about this guy, Steve Pavlina, because of his successful blogging ventures but more importantly because he is the author of a book which hit Barnes & Noble shelves a while back known as Personal Development for Smart People: The More >

Scott Free Thinking Questions – Introduction & Index

A lot of people have specific questions about specific issues, and sometimes writing entire articles is not always the best solution. So, I’ve come up with an idea. Instead of writing an entire article, I’ll go ahead and take a slew of different topics & issues that I’ve been approached More >

One on One & Group Development

I recently began a new initiative. It is a project that, unlike anything else I have ever done: does not involve writing, products, marketing, or anything of that sort. Instead, I’ve developed a goal to begin working with people as partners, students, and in a way: sort of apprentices or More >

Focus : The Warm & Cold Approaches

Imagine for a moment how a police officer might deal with facing an angry mob. You might even imagine that you are that police officer and you are forced to make a decision as to how to either get them to settle down, or if your own life is at stake: More >

Tweaking the Productivity Threshold & Mastering a Road to Better Finance

When it comes to time management, it is always a wonderful thing when you can get to the point of experimentation. Lately, I’ve been trying to experiment with how much time I spend on my business as opposed to how much time I spend playing music or even just leisure More >

Feeling Envious? The Five Elements of Performance

When I was younger, I used to be in high competition with my two older brothers. One of which I was especially envious of, his name was Jeremy. For those of you that know me, I am something of a high achiever, and when I ask people for help, some More >