Viewpoints: There's still time to specialize in happinessSource: The Sacramento Bee
My 14-year-old has discovered the Who, courtesy of the television show "CSI." From her iTunes playlist comes the question written by Roger Daltrey and put to music by Pete Townshend way back in 1978.
Whoooo are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?
Two Wrongs Make Another FiascoSource: The New York Times
Let's be clear: Those who demanded that America divert its troops and treasure from Afghanistan to Iraq in 2002 and 2003 — when there was no Qaeda presence in Iraq — bear responsibility for the chaos in Afghanistan that ensued.
Obama loan relief plan hits goal earlySource:
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's mortgage relief program has hit its goal of helping 500,000 borrowers, almost a month ahead of schedule.
Is Depression American?Source: Gawker
Based on the results of a new study, psychologist Randolph Nesse has developed a hypothesis linking depression to the ability to discard unreachable goals, which, apparently, is an American specialty.

It is no easy feat putting two strangers in the same space and asking them to become a single couple when they are both complete individuals with their own perceptions, beliefs, identity, aspirations and behaviour patterns.

The achievement of goals define true success, no matter what those goals are. But many people fail to achieve their own goals because of some basic omissions.

You might hear a lot about how to achieve success and, especially on the Internet, there are zillions of advice as t how to reach personal goals. But the simple steps outlined below shows how we interact with success and how we can help it to materialise.

The Most Important Role Of The Manager

When the Spanish conquered America, pretty soon gold was all that mattered. It was like finding cash. Spanish coffers were brimming with the stuff, never had the world seen such wealth. Then they went and blew it all on the Spanish Armada and castles in the sand.

I'm indulging in a bit of narcissism with this article. Not newsworthy, just felt like putting the things I fantasize about accomplishing in print. In no particular order of importance, these are things I would like to do or to witness before I am gone:

Four hundred years ago, Sir Walter Raleigh, British explorer extraordinaire, successful courtier and poet, fancied by Queen Elizabeth the 1st, suffered a crisis of conscience.

Being Good News Wednesday, tips on how to make each day a masterpiece have sprung to mind. The one thing we regularly do in our life is to take people for granted: our loved ones, our friends and those who care for us.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the genera Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish th …

What is your dream? Is there something that particularly want to accomplish or experience in this life? Or I should say, what do you particularly want to accomplish or experience in your life? Because everyone has some kind of dream, some kind of major goal that they want to a …
Is your diet making you fat?Source: msnbc.com
If you're trying to slim down, you've probably amassed a menu full of calorie-cutting tips and tricks. So it may come as a shock to learn that many of the ones you've sworn by are actually keeping you fat.
7 Ways to Work from HomeSource: education.yahoo.net
Highly educated workers were the most likely to telecommute, according to the BLS study. If telecommuting is your goal, career training can be a good first step.

Stuck….
"I'm not afraid of anything in this world, there is nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard, I'm just trying to find a peaceful melody, a song that I can sing in my own company." – Bono

Each year at the beginning of January, we embark on a quest for perfection. A tradition that sets us apart from all other living things on the planet, we engage in what I have come to believe is a rather cruel and unusual past time.

I'll be sixty-eight this month (January) and for some reason I hvae been bumping up against mortality lately. "How much time to I have left?" is a question that hovers over me a lot. So I'll take a stab and say I have around ten years left.