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New research suggests that the best way to reach a goal is make a specific plan and follow it, but for those striving for several goals at once, planning is not as effective. The study which appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, compiled results from several experiments, which found that people…

A Central Florida conservation group, while incubating milk snake eggs, discovered one milk snake with two heads. It only has one body, but about 3 inches from the front end, the snake branches into two heads. Biologist Daniel parker said the snake has two brains, which command a single body. They will…

A 69-year-old Michigan man decided to delay surgery to install a pacemaker because he did not want to miss an important college football game. Major Hester was scheduled for the surgery on the Thursday before the big game. He asked the doctors to wait until after the Michigan State game and pushed the…

A student once asked Albert Einstein, "Dr. Einstein, how many feet are there in a mile?" The student was amazed when Einstein replied, "I don't know.” Sure that he was only joking, the student pressed him for an answer. Surely Einstein would know a simple fact that every schoolchild is required to memorize.…

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees knew one another well. When Steinbrenner died, Giuliani had this to say about him, "The one thing about George you could always count on was, there were no ulterior motives. It was all about winning.…

A counseling center hotline used the following voicemail message: “Thank you for calling. If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly. If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you. If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5 and 6. If you are paranoid-delusional,…

Steven Lawson tells of an experiment the Texas A&M football team tried during spring training. The coaches mounted a small video camera on the helmet of the quarterback. They then proceeded to attach a set of goggles on his face mask with an infrared light that followed the focus of his eyeballs. Hence,…

Against better judgment and much advice, I occasionally show up to play basketball early in the mornings. Several guys play here at 5:30 a.m. Of course we sleep walk for the first 15 minutes, then play for another 45. It has been my unhappy privilege on some occasions to guard Carl Bradshaw. Now he’s…

DISTRACTIONS A Texas man says a low flying pelican and a dropped cell phone caused him to damage his expensive sports car. The man was driving a 2006 Bugatti Veyron (the fastest and most expensive production vehicle in the world) north on a frontage road about 35 miles southeast of Houston when the bird…

Before 2008 begin Robyn Okrant decided to see if there really was one simple path to satisfaction in life. She decided to set aside the many voices offering happiness and fulfillment and focus on the advice of one person for an entire year. Every day in 2008, Okrant focused on the advice of talk show…

“Any occurrence requiring undivided attention will be accompanied by a compelling distraction.” Author Unknown

The great thing about the QPS (Quality, Price, Service) Triangle is that you can be successful with a mark anywhere in it. (You can even be successful with a mark in the center, though it is difficult.) The key is putting your emphasis mark far away from the marks of your competitors. The easiest place…

Focus On September 1, 1999, after eight stellar seasons with the White Sox, Frank Thomas hit rock bottom. He'd lost the edge on the baseball diamond-his last two years were mediocre at best. The Chicago sports beat writers were pounding him, many were writing him off. Thomas knew he had to do something,…

At one track meet, athletes ran in an important relay race. Two of the teams began very well. The runners for these teams blasted out of the blocks, and both teams received solid performances from their second and third runners. As the two leading teams turned the corner for the home stretch, they were…

You meet four kinds of people on the ocean of life. Those who drift just go with the flow. The wind and the waves control their speed and direction. The drifter quietly floats along and says, 'Whatever.' Those who surf are always riding a wave, the next big thing. They stay excited until the wave fades…

A family who had moved to a new neighborhood got a late start one morning, and as a result their six-year-old missed her bus to school. Though it would make him late for work, the father agreed to take her to school if she could give him directions. They left their neighborhood, and the young girl began…

Christopher Columbus faced incredible difficulties while sailing west in search of a passage to Asia. He and his crews encountered storms, experienced hunger and deprivation, and dealt with extreme discouragement. The crews of the three ships were near mutiny. But Columbus persevered. The account of…

Editor and publisher Elbert Hubbard wrote: A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. Successful people forget. They know the past is irrevocable. They’re running a race. They can’t afford to look behind. Their eye is on the finish line. Magnanimous…

God loves us for ourselves. He values our love more than He values galaxies of new created worlds. --A. W. Tozer

An amateur photographer was invited to dinner with friends and took along a few pictures to show the hostess. She looked at the photos and ommented "These are very good! You must have a good camera." He didn't make any comment, but, as he was leaving to go home he said "That was a really delicious meal!…

California Milk Processor Board put up billboards that emitted the smell of chocolate chip cookies to advertise milk. As one blog reader mentioned, "NPR did person-on-the-street interviews at one of the shelters, and nobody wanted milk; everyone wanted cookies." -- Yahoo

Late For Class Years ago on a seminary campus a New Testament professor was lecturing on the parables. This professor was known for his strictness. He often penalized students even if they were tardy! After spending a fair amount of time on the parable of the Good Samaritan, he posted a notice on the…