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Month: March 2016

THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION

THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION

In 1960 an American plastic surgeon wrote a book he titled Psycho Cybernetics. It was a long time bestseller and influenced over the following years many other motivational writers and others to follow his recommendations and teachings. The premise of the book was that in spite of his surgical improvements he found that even after successful cosmetic surgery patients did not always have a  new and improved picture of themselves. In spite of the correction of the cosmetic defect there  was no change of…

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STEPH CURRY & THE SECRET TO SUCCESS AS A PLAINTIFF TRIAL LAWYER

STEPH CURRY & THE SECRET TO SUCCESS AS A PLAINTIFF TRIAL LAWYER

For those who are not basketball fans, the name Stephen Curry may not be someone you’ve heard about. Curry is a member of the Golden State Warriors professional basketball team. He is in another record setting season for points scored in a game. At age 28 he is averaging 30.5 points a game and 6.4 assists  while shooting an average of 51% from the field and 46% from the three point range. To qualify for a three point shot in…

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WE SIMPLY ARE NOT THE RATIONAL INTELLECTUALS WE THINK WE ARE

WE SIMPLY ARE NOT THE RATIONAL INTELLECTUALS WE THINK WE ARE

This Sunday’s New York Times article about a Texas candidate for the state board of education is an illustration about how human beings really make decisions and then justify them. Mary Lou Bruner, a 68 year old former kindergarten teacher, is running for an important seat on the Texas State Board of Education. Her Facebook posts reveal a strong anti-Obama, anti-Islam, anti-evolution and anti-gay bias. For example, she believes President Obama had worked as a gay prostitute in his youth, that the…

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