Asserting Your Self

Asserting Your Self

In laying out the perquisites and privileges of licensed caregivers, California’s Business Practices Law yet recognizes that the consumer retains final authority in their pursuit of physical and mental ease. While this leaves license for unscrupulous self-promoters,...
Competitive Trance

Competitive Trance

If you are working in a high-stress environment, you are using adrenaline to compensate for the fact that most of your mind is hidden behind a protective barrier to the subconscious. In his books “The Talent Code” and “The Culture Code,” Dan...
Taking Charge of Change

Taking Charge of Change

The psychologists love to argue about whether it is nature (genetics) or nurture (society) that determines who we are. Really, what difference does it make when nature has provided us with everything that we need to thrive in society? If you would like to understand...
The Pain of Being Right

The Pain of Being Right

We are social creatures: our survival depends upon the reliability of our partners. Unfortunately, “reliability” is a contingent quality. Every display of support for us is an advertisement. Some onlookers might offer a greater reward, others might seize by force....
Ideas are Good

Ideas are Good

If you feel like you are struggling against hidden resistance, take this to heart: think of ideas as friends. They are strongest when they are shared. You may not always get credit, but the best ideas will gather around you. Eventually, the truth will...
Character Isn’t Always the Answer

Character Isn’t Always the Answer

In creating the Mental Bank (TM), a comprehensive motivational therapy, John Kappas recognized that American culture conditions us to believe the money equates to security. The method awards fantasy dollars to the subconscious for its support on the intermediate steps...