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Hate Is Emotional Attachment Linking You To The Object Of Your Hatred

Hate Is Emotional Attachment Linking You To The Object Of Your Hatred

Hatred poisons the hater more than the hated. (Shutterstock Image licensed to Author) # 86 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: Hate is way too powerful an emotion to give to the people deserving of it. It attaches you to them the way love does. This is not a good thing. Hate attaches you to the object of your hatred. Both hatred and love define us in terms of a relationship, whether or not the…

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If Your Kids Ask Your Opinion — Then You've Been A Good Parent

If Your Kids Ask Your Opinion — Then You’ve Been A Good Parent

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash # 98 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: Parent so your kids seek your advice;  If your kids ask your opinion, you have been a good parent. As the father of 7, five girls and two boys, I think I’m qualified to speak on this. My kids range from 34 to 17 as of this writing, all born of the same mother. Parents reading this don’t have to be told how challenging the…

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You Can Sip Tequila — How to Savor and Enjoy It Without Training Wheels

You Can Sip Tequila — How to Savor and Enjoy It Without Training Wheels

Photo by Garreth Paul on Unsplash # 26 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: Tequila can be sipped, savored, and enjoyed like a fine scotch or bourbon if you get an Añejo. Save the blancos and reposados for mixing. When I was coming of legal drinking age, tequila meant shots, usually with a salt and a wedge of lime. Bartenders refer to these accompaniments to a tequila shot as “training wheels” or…

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You Should Never Pay For Top-Shelf Liquor In A Mixed Drink

You Should Never Pay For Top-Shelf Liquor In A Mixed Drink

Photo by Mathew Benoit on Unsplash # 25 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: Never pay for top shelf liquor in a mixed drink. You’re only going to taste the mix, anyway. Use house (well) liquor for any mixed drink. Every bar or restaurant that serves mixed drinks will advertise cocktails that feature high-end, top-shelf liquors. But those high-end, higher priced liquors are wasted in a mixed drink,…

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Do The Hardest Thing First — Always Be Working Toward Easier

Do The Hardest Thing First — Always Be Working Toward Easier #productivity #timemanagement #lifeadvice #lifelessons

Shutterstock image licensed by Author # 96 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: Do the hardest thing first. Move the heaviest thing first is like it. Always be working towards easier. “Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” ~Mark Twain Here is a link to a fellow Medium writer,Saimadhu Polamuri’s, book review on the business productivity tome, Eat…

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Do Not Borrow Problems Not Yours To Solve

Do Not Borrow Problems Not Yours To Solve #busybody #nosy #problemsolving

Photo by Olav Ahrens Røtne on Unsplash # 97 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: Do not borrow problems not yours to solve. Life will give you enough to do. Do you know what the biggest problem facing most people is? Their biggest problem is that they don’t know what their biggest problem is. Maybe this is you. We all know people who make it their life’s work to stick their nose into other people’s…

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Why You Should Be Motivated By Hope

Why You Should Be Motivated By Hope #motivators #psychology #hopes #fears

Photo by Don Pinnock on Unsplash # 94 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: As much as lies within you, be motivated by hope more than by fear.  For your entire life, two great underlying motivators have debated and fought over all your decisions — hope of gain and fear of loss. These two combatants, working in opposition, have driven you to do, or not do, to opt for, or against, every choice having…

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There Is A Grand Canyon Between You and Jesus

There Is A Grand Canyon Between You and Jesus #Jesus #WatchmanNee #Christianity #truth

Photo by Christine Roy on Unsplash # 35 on my 99 Life Tips–A List is: There is a Grand Canyon between you on your best day and Jesus on his worst. Being “Christlike” is a fallacy. Genuine Christianity has never been about imitation or method acting. A Grand Canyon of Difference Take honest inventory of your spiritual life, and you’ll realize there is a Grand Canyon between you and Jesus. Even…

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