Scott F. Paradis

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Self-Improvement

The Power

02nd May 2012
Copyright (c) 2012 Scott F Paradis Nothing is quite as heavy as a word to which people ascribe profound and potent meanings. Rhonda Byrne, like she did with "The Secret," uses loaded words in "The Power" to express fundamental truths in a simple, rich... Read >
Self-Improvement

Success Is Not An Accident

13th March 2012
Copyright (c) 2012 Scott F Paradis You are an original - a one of a kind. You are a masterpiece, with an unrepeatable opportunity to create and become what has never been before. The knowledge, tools, and insights to excel are readily available. The... Read >
Business

Good To Great

14th February 2012
Copyright (c) 2012 Scott F Paradis Profit in NOT the fundamental goal of a great company. Going from good to great is all about the people - the right people doing the right things, consistently and effectively. Jim Collins, coauthor of "Built To L... Read >
Self-Improvement

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

10th February 2012
Copyright (c) 2012 Scott F Paradis Stephen Covey in, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", lays out a road map for excellence. In concert with Aristotle's declaration, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." Co... Read >
Legal

Salesmen Rule

10th February 2012
Copyright (c) 2012 Scott F Paradis Every few years we engage in an extraordinary ritual of grand political theater - a government sale. The electorate gets to entertain the salesmen. The ultimate power game is on. At the end of the fracas the people... Read >
Business

The Ultimate Boardroom Lie

02nd February 2012
Copyright (c) 2012 Scott F Paradis America is locked in a relentless struggle against a toxic, pervasive idea. The idea infects seemingly thoughtful, intelligent individuals ultimately setting those people and their organizations on a course to self-d... Read >
Self-Improvement

What Is Your New Aim In Life?

26th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis Are you where you want to be? Are you as accomplished as you had hoped to be at this point in your life? Are you pushing beyond your comfort zone? Are you striving valiantly and giving generously? Are you more than co... Read >
Self-Improvement

Leveraging The Universe

11th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis In the newly released "Leveraging the Universe", Mike Dooley offers seven steps, as a bridge of sorts, to help readers move from old-school methods of growth, namely goal setting and positive thinking, to supercharged... Read >
Legal

America's Choice: Poverty Or Prosperity?

09th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis Recognizing, "All achievement begins with thought." We Americans are left to ask ourselves: "What were we thinking?" We have set ourselves on the fast track to ruin and the best we can muster, politically and persona... Read >
Religion

Thoughts Are Things

09th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis Be careful what you think and say, wrote Prentice Mulford in his 1889 classic: "Thoughts are Things", thought runs in currents as real as those of air and water. What you think in mind and empower in speech you attrac... Read >
Self-Improvement

The Secret

04th January 2012
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis No eye has seen, no ear has heard, nor mind conceived what splendor is prepared for those who know. For the ones that understand a secret, soar like eagles, journey without tiring, and laugh with earnest abandon all t... Read >
Religion

The Law of Success

21st December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis "Success" is a concept not often associated with law. Success has too many variables. Success is dependent on luck or fate or conditions beyond control. Not so, says Paramahansa Yogananda. Success is as reliable as gr... Read >
Self-Improvement

How To Win Friends and Influence People

19th December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis We would like to think people have changed, we have evolved. We're more sophisticated, intelligent, and magnanimous then people used to be, but we'd be wrong. Though technology has advanced and society become more com... Read >
Self-Improvement

Who Moved My Cheese?

08th December 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis When confronting change are you likely to sniff out opportunities and scurry into action, adjusting your attitude and your habits to the new circumstances? Or are you likely to hem and haw, rail against the change and... Read >
Self-Improvement

Ask and It Is Given

18th May 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Scott F Paradis "Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will open. For the one that asks, receives; the one that seeks, finds; and the one that knocks, opens." Matthew 7:7-8. When you are burdened an... Read >
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