Mark Twain had this to say about travel: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” What this means is that if we spend all our life in the same place doing the same things with the same people, we tend to see nothing … [Read more...] about A Good Reason Why We All Need to Travel More by Ross Reck
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One Way to Make Your Life More Enjoyable by Ross Reck
One of the best ways to make your life more enjoyable is to make it easy for people to be kind to you. And the easiest way to do this is to be kind and positive. People absolutely love to be kind to positive people because it’s pleasant and fun. When you approach them, they greet you with a smile and say something like, “Hi! It’s good to see you! How have you been?” They make … [Read more...] about One Way to Make Your Life More Enjoyable by Ross Reck
Growth Can Only Happen Outside Your Comfort Zone by Ross Reck
Many people view their comfort zone as a wonderful and cozy place where life is easy, familiar, and totally risk-free. While this may sound like an ideal environment, it’s impossible to grow as a person if you stay inside your comfort zone because there are no opportunities to try new things, make mistakes, experience failure, and learn from those experiences. If you expect to … [Read more...] about Growth Can Only Happen Outside Your Comfort Zone by Ross Reck
What Others Think of You is None of Your Business – by Ross Reck
Far too many people worry about what other people think of them. Instead of living their life on their own terms doing things that bring them joy and happiness, their primary motivation is to impress others. This determines the kind of car they drive, the clothes they wear, the neighborhood they live in and so forth. Some people have even chosen a career based on other people’s … [Read more...] about What Others Think of You is None of Your Business – by Ross Reck
An Example of Someone We Should All Aspire to Be Like by Ross Reck
An article by Chelsea Bailey, which was posted on bbc.com, featured Hody Childress, a life-long resident of the small rural community of Geraldine, Alabama. Mr. Childress was known as a humble man, “who would often send handwritten get-well cards and share vegetables from his garden with neighbors.” One day, when he was in the town drugstore, he asked Brook Walker, the … [Read more...] about An Example of Someone We Should All Aspire to Be Like by Ross Reck