This Morning I Emasculated My Wife

Over the telephone, Anne cut a deal to join a heathclub for a year and felt good about herself for having done it. Right afterward, she told me about doing the deal and the deal she cut. My instant response was "no," thinking we could do a better deal. As I began to criticize the gym for their offer, I saw Anne's body sag in disappointment and she said, I had "emasculated" her, as she got the gym manager back on the telephone for me.

"Let Go Of Relationships That Have Run Their Course"

"Let go of relationships that have run their course." This came to me in prayer a few years ago but only now am I becoming comfortable in doing it. For it can be hard to say goodbye to people I enjoy but with whom they and I no longer have interests in common

Greed Rears Its Ugly Head, An Apology To Harry Line

Good Morning Harry,

You are doing an excellent job in selecting a target market for us (Woodbridge), a market our family likes very much. And thank you for providing a list of short sale listings. I had forgotten that only a day or two earlier, I had not selected a market other than Irvine, Laguna Niguel and adjacent areas, a huge swath of homes. I hold you in very high esteem and respect deeply what you have accomplished in business and as a family man, the latter accomplishment being one of the most important things any of us can achieve.

Greed Rears Its Ugly Head

In considering the purchase of an Irvine rental home, two days ago  I pressed our agent Harry Line, a very capable man, to move faster and to provide much more evaluative information, as if time is of the essence. I overlooked not having asked Harry for all that information in the first place.

Injured Knee Doctor Instructions

These are the instructions from Dr. Todd Shrader (2/24/12):

Injured Knee, No Self Pity And Perhaps A Blessing

Yesterday, my doctor examined my sore right knee and said I may have a small tear in my meniscus. He said the only way to know is to have an MRI but he doesn't take MRI's unless surgery may be called for and the wonderful news is that in this case, he doesn't feel that it is.

Insight from Tony Robbins And Oprah

On a recent Oprah television show (2/19/12), I watched life coach Tony Robbins make a presentation to over 4,000 people at the Los Angeles Convention Center, including Oprah and her senior team, and the following day, he discussed it with Oprah at a Bel Air hotel. Because it contains some valuable insight, I want to capture some key points:

Who Am I, Who Are You?

By the time we are 6 or 7 years old, from parental criticism and sometimes worse, and from other people and events that treat us harshly in our lives, we feel the pain they cause us and we lose our childlike innocence and candor and create a protective veneer. Within that protective veneer not only are we not necessarily honest with others, we may not be honest with ourselves.