Try the power of positive thinking for a little while

Try the power of positive thinking for a little while ‘Act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic? is the motto and teaching of Dale Carnegie programs. This is most often used in reference to selling. Change it just a bit and it becomes a teaching of life: ‘Act and talk positive and you’ll become more positive.? […]

Jim’s Jottings

‘Act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic? is the motto and teaching of Dale Carnegie programs. This is most often used in reference to selling. Change it just a bit and it becomes a teaching of life: ‘Act and talk positive and you’ll become more positive.? That’s my thought for this column. Today, I’m totally fed […]

It’s not doom and gloom, it’s anger of politicians

It’s not doom and gloom, it’s anger of politicians As person who sits down once a week to write a newspaper column, let me tell you it is very difficult this week to have positive thoughts. I’m facing a blank computer screen and all I think of are those incompetents in Washington, DC. On another […]

Jim’s Jottings

As person who sits down once a week to write a newspaper column, let me tell you it is very difficult this week to have positive thoughts. I’m facing a blank computer screen and all I think of are those incompetents in Washington, DC. On another day, I’d include Lansing, since we’re in the fourth […]

Lobbyists getting bad rap from candidates

According to Obama, McCain’s advisers are &#@*% lobbyists. According to McCain, Obama’s advisers are &%^$# lobbyists. Lobbyists are like &%$@# politicians pushing products and ideas for the sole purpose of getting reelected. In that way the two are alike. We can bad mouth both, and we can thank both. Lobbyists are the best informed people […]

Jim’s Jottings

According to Obama, McCain’s advisers are &#@*% lobbyists. According to McCain, Obama’s advisers are &%^$# lobbyists. Lobbyists are like &%$@# politicians pushing products and ideas for the sole purpose of getting reelected. In that way the two are alike. We can bad mouth both, and we can thank both. Lobbyists are the best informed people […]

Advice: when fear comes stop, wait and let it be

Prior to my undergoing back surgery some years ago, a body scan was ordered by the surgeon. That meant lying down and being shoved into a tube. As the nurses started to insert me, I panicked. I have claustrophobia and no way was I going to allow them to engulf me in that machine. The […]

Jim’s Jottings

Prior to my undergoing back surgery some years ago, a body scan was ordered by the surgeon. That meant lying down and being shoved into a tube. As the nurses started to insert me, I panicked. I have claustrophobia and no way was I going to allow them to engulf me in that machine. The […]

Awards for which there should be a Day

Awards for which there should be a Day Among the world’s great inventions — for which there should be a week of celebration — is the mute button. A day isn’t enough, give it a week. I don’t bother checking the background for such recognitions, I just know an inventive person came upon the idea […]

Jim’s Jottings

Among the world’s great inventions — for which there should be a week of celebration — is the mute button. A day isn’t enough, give it a week. I don’t bother checking the background for such recognitions, I just know an inventive person came upon the idea of silencing the room while watching either a […]

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