Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – Negative Nancy
I was having lunch today with an associate of mine, and all she wanted to do was to tell me about all of the nasty things that have happened to them over the past five years. She had started a business that crumbled, tumbled and went away; the stress because of no...
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Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – Money is the Root of All Evil
Have you ever heard that “Money is the root of all evil.”? Do you believe it yourself? I have to apologize, but, no, it’s not. The love of money is the root of all evil. I believe that’s what it says. But money actually is a very, very important tool in the toolbox of...
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Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – Lack and Limitations
Did you ever want to start a business, but all you could focus on was all the reasons why you couldn’t do it? Did you ever really want to do something and you instantly go to “oh I can’t” or “how could I do that?” It is so common for us to have a great idea and then...
read moreDon’t Feed The C.A.T. – Imagination
Tim Burgess here. In Napoleon Hill’s classic book, “Think and Grow Rich,” there’s an entire chapter on one of the most important subjects that we can ever talk about – imagination. You know, most people, if they use their imagination at all, use it completely...
Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – How
Do you ever wonder, ‘how’? How is this going to happen? How is that going to happen? How can we afford to do that? We have all been caught up in the “how’s” of life at one time, or another. Then question I have is why do we get so tied up over the “how’s” when we...
Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – Desire
One of my favorite books ever is Napoleon Hill’s classic “Think and Grow Rich.” What an amazing book and it has truly made a dramatic impact on my life. In one of the first chapters, Napoleon Hill talks about the importance of “desire” in our lives. So the question I...
Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – Children
Have you ever woke-up in the morning and tripped over the kids’ clothes, or maybe stepped on one of their toys, or maybe walked into the child’s bedroom and the bed wasn’t made? Did you think to yourself, “gosh, why can’t these kids pick up after themselves? Why is...
Don’t Feed The C.A.T. – Adversity
Have you experienced adversity? It’s kind of a silly question, isn’t it? We’ve all experienced it at some point in our lives. But, what happened as you were dealing with the adversity? Maybe you were dealing with the break-up of a relationship, or a failed business...
Don’t Feed The C.A.T. (Counterproductive Attitudes and Thoughts)
What happens when a stray cat shows up at your back door and you decide to feed it some milk? Don’t you find that it just seems to keep coming back for more? Ultimately it can be very hard to get rid of. Did you ever notice that the same applies to your thoughts,...