Grady Harp

A new way of observing our own behavior and responses, Mar 18 2013

Early on in his book SUCCESS THROUGH MANIPULATION Colin Christopher lays it out: `Conventional thinkers spend little time making conscious decisions. They spend much of their time doing conventional repetitive tasks that require little to no thinking or decision-making.......Unconventional thinkers spend more time learning, thinking, gathering new information and then applying that information to current situations and new problems. They spend time coming up with creative solutions and they spend more time creating. Their decisions are based on new learning or the acquisition of new experiences and knowledge to create wisdom. They apply this wisdom to override or compliment their current… Read more

Overcoming `Environmental Noise', Feb 17 2013

This review is from: Stop Sabotaging Your Life: 3 Steps To Your Full Potential (Paperback)
We are often our own worst enemies. We keep ourselves from moving into the life we could achieve by repeatedly telling ourselves we are not strong enough, good enough, smart enough, good looking enough etc etc etc - all excuses because we are not aware of our inner selves - our potential, our manner of looking at and responding to the world. What Bruno LoGreco offers in this succinct `self help book' is the role of a guru who asks us to do the work to stop the negative feedback and move forward.

The steps he suggests are addressing the following: Self-Awareness - undo the doing and… Read more

The Trilogy of Remembrance, Part Two: So much is in the title, Oct 5 2012

Mary E. Martin continues her survey of the life of England's finest landscape painter Alexander Wainwright in this, the second volume of the Trilogy of Remembrance. If the reader has discovered the fascinating and engrossing writing style of Martin while reading The Drawing Room (Volume 1) then much of the energy that book engendered is passed into this second foray into the author's investigation of art history and the place of art in history, and the characters who create that art. While it would be beneficial to read The Drawing Room first, Martin is cautious in presenting each of the now known characters anew for the sake of those who have yet to become acquainted with the unforgettable… Read more