The C.A.T. Principle

The Road to Sacramento, the Road to Change… Like Albuquerque, Sacramento is a place name we might hear on a cartoon, but not a place we’d ever expect to visit. So were my thoughts while traversing the vast flood plain…

Self-Respect and the Empty Soul (Part II) The words “empty” and “soul” do not belong together. Soul, by its very definition, entails emotional and spiritual warmth, while empty means, well…empty. Yet no two words describe more succinctly those people we…

Self-Respect and the Empty Soul (Part I) Childhood memories have a way of mesmerizing events into our psyche. We’re young; the world is new, and we’re mold-able. It’s as if a sculptor etches his creation into our minds. We may…

Happy 1st Birthday C.A.T. Blog! A year has come and gone and twenty-eight blogs later the C.A.T. Blog is still kicking! Did you think you’d make it this far? Did you think when your inaugural C.A.T. Blog, Santa Barbara Days,…

Defeat: An Opportunity to Never Lose Heart… There isn’t a sports team right now in the world feeling the daggers of defeat more than the Brazilian national soccer team at the FIFA World Cup. The 7 to 1 thrashing at…

Creativity: Life’s Most Enduring Reward… Walk into any classroom or board room and at some point the word creativity fills the air. Read any newspaper or magazine, and somewhere buried among the typeset the word creativity holds court. Since the…

Self-Discipline: The Cornerstone of Meaningful Action… In a society catering to reality T.V., where we act upon every whim and have a “do what we want, whenever we want” attitude, the concept of self-discipline seems to be fading into the…

Odds Are You Won’t Read This… Like letter writing, has reading become a lost art? That’s not to say we’re not capable of reading (albeit in many parts of the world that’s the case), but do we take the time…

Create a New Mindset, Create a New Horizon… Adjust the sail of a boat, and the boat follows a new direction. Like in sailing, like in life – create a new mindset, and we create a new horizon. “We are…

  Don’t Fear Failure, Let Failure Fear You… Failure is a topic we prefer to avoid. Attend any cocktail party and you’ll see what I mean. When we hear people talking about their misfortune, whether bankruptcy, job loss or a…