BY MITCH HOROWITZ The following piece is adapted from Mitch’s latest book, The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim (Gildan Press/Hachette). There is a special power to going about your business carefully, meticulously, and unceasingly—persevering at the work that is uniquely your own. Life is composed of cycles and when a cycle of opportunity reaches…
BY HARV BISHOP Many people put an inspirational saying on their refrigerator, or a post-it with an affirmation on the bathroom mirror. But what if these posted affirmative sayings were approached as a serious spiritual mindfulness practice with the dedication of a Tibetan monk or nun mediating in a monastery? Terri Orr, who found herself…
BY MARYJANE OSA Annie Rix Militz, like Napoleon Hill and Norman Vincent Peale, believed in the power of thought to bring a person’s dreams of material success into reality. Her vision diverged from later positive thinking, however, in its embrace of a collective good as an important part of an individual’s prosperity. Happy are the…
BY TIM BOTTA The idea that we are becoming more and more divided and polarized is in the air as the differences between us seem to grow and we are alienated from each other. Some, perhaps alarmists, speculate that worldwide civil conflict is imminent. Is it the destiny of our species to become further divided?…
By MITCH HOROWITZ America in the 1840s was awash in liberal spiritual and social ideas – particularly the principle that the everyday person could forge his own relationship and communication with the Divine. Many Americans saw the young nation as a place provided by God – an “American Israel” where a new people was entitled…
