ReThink Success

Finally!  I’ve identified several old texts relating to success and have scanned them and converted them to an easy-to-read pdf format.  This involved alot of work and took me much longer than I anticipated.  This treasure-trove of information on what it takes to be successful is now available for the first time in electronic format and accessible to a wider audience.  When I read through these old texts, I was amazed at how relevant the material is in today’s world.  This is really timeless stuff and is as relevant today as was back then and will continue to be relevant for years to come.  Please consider purchasing these ebooks.  The price offered doesn’t come anywhere near the time and expense it took me to scan and format the books.  See here for more information on the ebooks and to purchase.

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Another from the ReThink File:

Senator Lugar says US must rethink Cuba embargo

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. policy of shunning communist Cuba by imposing a strict trade embargo has failed to prod the island nation toward democracy and should be re-evaluated, according to the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

“We must recognize the ineffectiveness of our current policy and deal with the Cuban regime in a way that enhances U.S. interests,” wrote Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., in a report dated Monday.

The report lends new weight to a bipartisan view in Congress that Raul Castro’s rise to power has opened a window for U.S.-Cuban relations.

President Barack Obama has promised a fresh look at the U.S. policy. He says he would be open to meeting with Castro, who took over as Cuba’s president for his ailing brother, Fidel. Obama also supports easing limitations on the number of visits and the amount of money sent to Cuba by family members in the U.S….

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From the ReThink file, here is a story about how conservatives should rethink their approach to handling immigration reform in the United States…

At What Cost? Conservatives should rethink their opposition to ‘comprehensive’ immigration reform

Conservatives should stop trying to remove 12 million illegal aliens from American soil, either by rounding them up or by inducing them to “self-deport.” In the Southwest, the West, the Northeast, and Florida, attempts to remove illegals have diminished the conservative movement, transforming a governing majority into a structural minority. To continue the effort will damage the conservative cause even more among Hispanics and entrepreneurs….

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From the ReThink file, here is a story about how countries are starting to rethink capitalism in the face of economic insecurity…

France Goes Postal: The rise of an unlikely politician highlights the country’s deep identity crisis.

From financial cataclysm to the greatest recession in modern memory, this global crisis has been a story of mass, mounting misery punctuated by a series of unthinkables. The collapse of historic banks, yo-yo markets, crash bailouts brokered overnight, world leaders of every stripe scrambling to summits to “rethink capitalism.”

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According to a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research, a University of Sydney researcher–Elizabeth Cowley–found that people often engage in too much positive thinking, selectively focusing on one win among hundreds of losses when they think back on the overall experience. According to Ms. Cowley, “When we want to justify engaging in an activity which could potentially be irresponsible–like gambling–we may need to distort our memory of the past to rationalize the decision…people who have frequently spent more money than planned on gambling edit their memories of the past in order to justify gambling again.”

This may explain why the free market, which is based on rational human behavior, is fundamentally flawed. It may also explain why I continue to attempt to play golf despite having a very large handicap–just one good shot keeps me coming back for more!

Source: University of Chicago Press Journals (2008, April 22). When Positive Thinking Leads To Financial Irresponsibility Like Compulsive Gambling. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 21, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2008/04/080421111630.htm

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