Self improvement and how-to motivation by James Clear. Executive Summary The holy grail of habit change is not a single 1% improvement, but a thousand of them. It’s a bunch of atomic habits stacking up, each one a fundamental unit of the overall system. Awareness comes before desire. A craving is created when you assign meaning…
CleverJourneys is proud to present the full text of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s speech at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference. We think you will find her words to be honest, uplifting and important! One of our personal highlights, being newlyweds, was on July 3, 2020 as Dodie and I witnessed Marine One fly…
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Returning only twice since the 1970s, I first learned about hiking up the highest location in my state from my Texas State University Journalism (then Southwest Texas State University) professor, David Yates, in 1977. Guadalupe Mountains National Park He published, for a .90 to $1.50, an 11 1/2″×14 3/4″ newspaper, Cedar Rock, for poets and…
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Hasbro has come to their senses and reversed their decision on Mr. Potato Head. After formally announcing the plastic toy would be gender neutral, the company received negative feedback and ridicule. In a tweet Hasbro said “Hold that Tot – your main spud, MR. POTATO HEAD isn’t going anywhere! While it was announced today that…
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Small Changes Work Movement and action are among the best strategies for fighting depression and fatigue, but many of us could benefit from making just small changes in what we eat. “Food choices can have a substantial benefit on your energy levels and outlook,” says Loralyn Dennis, retired Arizona Registered Nurse and Health writer. “Simply…
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Summary of Tracy Goss book The Last Word on Power: Executive Re-invention for Leaders Who Must make the Impossible Happen I first met Tracy Goss, one of the foremost experts on transformational leadership in the late 1990s, as an executive at H-E-B Food/Drugs in Texas. I had been warned that grown men and women, people…
Healthgrades released its 2021 America’s Best Hospitals lists Feb. 9. America’s 50 best hospitals represent the top 1 percent of hospitals in the nation. Healthgrades used 2017-19 Medicare data to evaluate the performance of nearly 4,500 U.S. hospitals in the treatment of 32 conditions and procedures, including heart attack, pneumonia and sepsis. For more information on the…
Life should be about doing what we want rather than what we have to do as dictated by politicians, news casters, Hollywood and social engineering. Certainly we have obligations and responsibilities to God, our family, our traditional American values and work, but mastering the art of simplicity and doing more of what I want to…
by Loralyn Bailey Dennis Here in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, over an hour northwest of San Antonio, we look forward to the spectacular wildflowers each Spring. In the 1960s, First Lady Ladybird Johnson worked to improve the beautification of Washington, D.C. by having bulbs and trees planted along roadsides to call attention to the…
A beautiful moment at the foothills of the Texas Hill Country about 20 minutes from San Antonio offers an example of goodness and inspiration. Local resident Jack Morgan stopped at a Boerne, Texas gas station and convenience store along IH-10 at Johns Road on Thursday, January 4, 2021 when he noticed the “guy with the…
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New discoveries in nutrition science and health can help men and women with irritability, lack of energy and mood swings. A person doesn’t have to be diabetic, they can be very healthy, athletic or thin, and still suffer the consequences of surging blood sugar. When we eat, the food makes its way through our digestive…
The Millionaire Next Door (by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko) is different. It is built on years of research, on a body of statistics and case studies. It doesn’t make hollow promises. Instead, it profiles people who have already become millionaires. This is a subtle but important difference. Summary The general premise of…
