Think Daily by Larry Janesky
Rationalize – Rational-lies

Most of us rationalize bad behavior and habits.  We justify.  We tell ourselves rational-lies so we don't feel guilty and can feel superior and smart instead. But this is our ego making us do this.  Our ego wants to be right, even if we aren't. The first part of being…


Why I still write Think Daily each day

I have been writing Think Daily and Think Daily for Businesspeople faithfully each weekday for over 15 years.  It has taken a lot of time and thought and countless hours from my mornings, mostly on Saturdays and Sundays.  I do not make any money at all from it, though I…


Saving others

In my life I have jumped in and tried to help others - to "save" them in some cases.  In some of these cases, I have gone all in and dedicated considerable resources to take someone's problems away. I looked at their situation and assessed it as a disaster, an…


Genius or Good Character? (revisited)

Last week I posed a question - "Would you choose genius or good character?" If I had to choose, I'd choose good character.  Without good character you will have many problems in life. Fortunately, having good character is a choice.  Being a genius - less of a choice.  (Being well…


Would you choose genius or good character?

If you had a choice to be a genius with bad character flaws or have good character, which would you choose? The genius will not have many friends and be frustrated that his talents will never be fully appreciated or used because people don't want to work with him. The…


Wise Thinking

Positive thinking is great.  It will allow you to do far more than if you did not have it.  But positive thinking alone won't keep you out of trouble.  You have to think about what could go wrong and ensure it doesn't or be ready for it. Positive Thinking +…


Take action to get motivation

Action is not always the result of motivation. More often it is the cause of it. Do the thing you should/ought to/ that will bring you closer to your goals, and soon enough, you will feel like doing it.


The time is now…

"A man who began so young and strong, only to surrender..." - Jackson Browne, "The Pretender" This chance won't last forever. Take it.


Skills – Use it or lose it.

But if you never TRY to use it, you won't have it in the first place. Everyone that's ever done anything, did it for the first time. We are all unqualified at first. Do it.  Learn.  Do it again and again. That's how you become qualified/good/an expert/not afraid or uncomfortable…


Freaks of Nurture

Your personality is your tendency, not your destiny.   You can learn to apply character and values in situations that are not inherently natural for you. Be influenced by the right voices. Work on it every day.   I do.


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