Author: Dr. Burnout

I would like to think I have always been in control, that I have always been the pilot of my own ship. Yet, I know it’s not true. Too many times I have given control of circumstances over to another, either deliberately or inadvertently. Why? The simple answer is, it was easier than me taking…

How many times have you been there, sitting on the fence unable to make a decision about something? I have wasted countless days, months and sometimes years in the throws of making a decision. Haven’t you? The question you must ask yourself is, not knowing the eventual outcome of the decision either way, what difference…

I ran across a great quote recently, quite possibly the best quote I’ve ever read. Like all great quotes the message it conveys is clear, concise, poignant, illustrative, brilliantly illuminating and true. I would also add poetic. It is by all measures, both a literary and philosophical masterpiece. Of course, that is just my opinion….

I am referring to the letter ‘t’ at the end of the two word sentence “I can” which makes it “I cant”. The implications and bearing one additional letter can shoulder is astounding. I can’t. These two words, simply stated, can hold people back or down of their own volition. They are dream stoppers and…