Posts Tagged ‘worry’
The limits of superstition
September 3rd, 2010
Silver skin shining like moon glow, it would have seemed more in place skimming the fast curves of Monaco than crawling the streets of my small American town. The driver saw me staring and noticeably puffed up. We don’t get many Porsches around here, and he was enjoying what he perceived as my vehicle-envy.
I was thinking: DEATH CAR.
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The struggle of worry
January 6th, 2010
It’s been one of those days.
Do you often find yourself saying that? I do. But when those words roll off my tongue, it usually has less to do with the amount of work, or the wild activity in my schedule, than the worry
When I’m fretting about business issues or family matters or household problems or health concerns, it seems to drain so much more of my energy and enthusiasm—and productivity than I spend on my usual work load.
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Are you the enemy?
November 2nd, 2009
British agent James Bond
Every James Bond fan knows the classic scene from 1964’s Goldfinger, the film named for one of 007’s most memorable nemeses. But though the rest of us aren’t secret agents caught up in international intrigue, we still have to contend with an enemy who is just as ruthless as Bond’s gold-obsessed adversary. And unfortunately, our enemy can’t be dispatched in the time it takes to play out a movie script.
That’s because the enemy is us.
Don’t be afraid of your money
October 17th, 2009
You know you’re one of the recognized experts in your field when a) you’re being booked by everyone from the morning news shows to CNN’s Larry King
But if you think Orman was born with a gift for understanding and overcoming financial chaos, think again. Orman’s earliest relationship with money wasn’t built on know-how, but on fear.
Don’t worry what people think
October 13th, 2009
Most of us spend way too much time worrying what others are thinking about us. But we really have no idea what’s going on in anyone else’s head—as I discovered one Christmas.
Our family had gathered at my brother’s and I was refereeing an argument between my then seven-year-old nephew and his younger sister. When I told them they shouldn’t bicker, my nephew announced, “But you and Mimi fight all the time!”
Now “Mimi” is what the kids call my mother, and she and I are exceptionally close. The only time I could remember us getting in a spat in front of the children was when I’d joined them in a wild game of hide-n-seek at her house and we’d nearly pulled down her drapes.
“We do not fight all the time!” I said, but my nephew was adamant. “Okay, then what do we fight about?” Without hesitation, he answered: “Food!”
Food?