Last week my friend, Dave, and I took a three day bicycle trip along the C & O canal next to the Potomac River. He and I usually take week-long motorcycle trips each summer. Bicycling was different. We were surprised at our being able to talk to each other while we rode side by side […]
24
Jun
2010
Flexibility Saves the Day
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
27
May
2010
Memorial Day
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
For five years I had the honor to work as a contractor for the Army Reserve. Being a Reservist, especially now, is one of the most difficult jobs there is. As a Reservist, you are called a double citizen. Not only do you perform your regular day job but you also serve your country one […]
17
May
2010
Thank Your Teacher
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
My dad once told me a story about how he decided to become a doctor. It was because of his 10th grade science teacher. Here he was, the 9th of 10 children, going through school with no particular distinction. Years earlier, his mom had lied about his age and had gotten him into first grade […]
20
Apr
2010
Disney’s Amazing Discovery
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
When Disneyland was first created, it was designed to be a place where people would feel happy – happy about reliving the best moments of their childhood, happy to see their children enjoying themselves and happy to learn new things about science, history and technology. Soon after the park’s grand opening, they found that despite […]
24
Mar
2010
Who’s In Charge Here?
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
I’ve always been curious and fascinated by the period of time that all humans spend in the womb. There is really nothing else like it in our human experience. In the womb, someone or something is managing our entire existence for us, protecting us and loving us, making sure we have an environment is which […]
10
Mar
2010
Everything Is Working Out for Me
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
My brother called me the other day very excited about a new mantra he just started using. It wasn’t really a mantra in the way we usually think about them—some word that you say over and over again in your mind during meditation. It was more like a little expression or affirmation he could repeat […]
10
Mar
2010
Oh Baby, You KNOW What I Like!
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
This was the tag line of a wonderful song from the early days of rock and roll by a performer who called himself, The Big Bopper. It was called Chantilly Lace. In the song, the Big Bopper (Jay Perry Richardson) describes in this baritone voice how his young girlfriend walks and talks and dresses and […]
02
Mar
2010
The Beatings Will Continue…
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
There is an expression in the workplace (also found on tee-shirts) that says, the beatings will continue until morale improves. It refers to the absurdity of management expecting people to feel better about their job and about themselves (morale) by constantly criticizing and shaming them (beatings). As crazy as this notion is, I find that […]
15
Feb
2010
Communal Adventure
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
I live on a quiet little street in North Potomac, MD. Most of the time, this is an advantage. Very few cars come by because we aren’t a thoroughfare to any other street. The one disadvantage is that we usually are the last street in the county to get plowed when it snows. This last […]
03
Feb
2010
The Law of Attraction and Emotional Maturity
By: Dr. Jim Goldstein
The Law of Attraction has been around for years (maybe forever) and has recently received a lot of attention in the media. The criticisms of this basic “you get back what you put out” principle range from it being too simplistic to it being too materialistic and superficial e.g., “I just kept envisioning a check […]
Recent Posts
Archives
- January 2016 (1)
- January 2014 (1)
- October 2013 (1)
- September 2013 (2)
- February 2013 (1)
- January 2013 (1)
- October 2012 (1)
- May 2012 (1)
- April 2012 (1)
- December 2011 (1)
- October 2011 (2)
- September 2011 (1)
- August 2011 (1)
- April 2011 (1)
- February 2011 (1)
- November 2010 (2)
- August 2010 (1)
- July 2010 (3)
- June 2010 (1)
- May 2010 (2)
- April 2010 (1)
- March 2010 (5)
- February 2010 (4)
- January 2010 (5)
- December 2009 (1)
- November 2009 (2)
- October 2009 (1)
- September 2009 (1)
- August 2009 (2)
- July 2009 (4)
- June 2009 (1)
- May 2009 (1)
- April 2009 (2)
- January 2009 (1)