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ARTArticleWhy Remodel?Introduction What is remodelling? Remodeling is updating or altering the appearance and functional utility of a building.Home remodeling is big business. It accounts for about 40% of all residential construction spending and about 2% of the U.S. economy. So to answer the question “Is it worthwhile to remodel my house?” Probably; however, there are many factors to consider. Why Remodel? First you need to determine what’s your motivation? Why do you want to remodel? Are you remodeling for your self and your families enjoyment or to increase your appraised value?ARTArticleWorkshops Generate Repeat Customers for Small BusinessesI have a friend who runs a doggy daycare business. Every once and a while, he’ll run a doggy obedience boot camp for his existing clients. He encourages his clients to bring friends. Those friends sometimes turn into new clients for his doggy daycare business. And the cycle repeats. This is a great example of how workshops can generate repeat customers. Here are some other examples of how small businesses can use workshops to do what my doggy daycare friend does: * Hair salons… creative hair braiding classes * Comic book stores… illustration workshopsr ARTArticleYoung'We’ve all had someone throughout our childhood who has help mold us into the person that we are today. I have been blessed with a large number of family and friends who are strong- willed and very determined people. Back in the day, when you did something wrong, an adult would grab a switch from a tree. Sometimes you even had to go get it for them, and then get hit with it. That was a time of both good and bad. It was also a time when someone's word meant something. A lot of things have changed since then.ARTArticleAre You A Worry Wart?Are You A Worry Wort? Byr William Cottringer, Ph.D. “You know you are in big trouble when you start worrying about how much you are worrying.” ~ The Author.ARTArticleBELIEFS & BEHAVIORBELIEFS & BEHAVIOR byr William Cottringer, Ph.D. You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. ~C.S. Lewis.ARTArticleEnemies of TruthEnemies of Truth byr William Cottringer, Ph.D. Truth is like the beauty of a great sculpture—all that is left when you can’t take away, add, or change anything more. ~Anonymous. At times there seem to be more enemies of truth than friends. If you are a real truth seeker, here are a few truth “enemies” of which to be more watchful: 1. The Brain.ARTArticleHemingway Award Winning Screenplay Seeking Producers“Blood Ties” by Wm. Hovey Smith was the Hemingway Screenplay Writing Award winner of the L.A. Live Festival in 2023. The citation for the prize commented “’Blood Ties’ is definitely a feature film that would attract large audiences at even larger venues. The Hemingway Award is our highest award for a feature length screenplay. We have many winners for category and genre for feature length screenplays, but only one yearly will win the ‘Hemingway Award’ our most coveted award for literary works of art in the form of a screenplay.ARTArticleIn and Out of RutsIn and Out of Ruts byr Bill Cottringer “It takes guts to get out of the ruts.” ~Robert H. Schuller. First of all, here are the two main elements of a “rut” that can help us arrive at a common understanding of what we are talking about here. • Being somewhere where you don’t want to be or not being somewhere where you do want to be and not seeming to be able to do anything about the situation. • Doing something you don’t want to be doing or not doing something you do want to be doing and being stuck in the situation.ARTArticleLife’s Ground RulesLife’s Ground Rules byr Bill Cottringer Reality is the composite of the a priori laws of the universe which are left over from when we strip away all the perceptions, beliefs, interpretations, and assumptions that have been made. ~ The author.ARTArticleNavigating Conflicts SuccessfullyNavigating Conflicts Successfully by Bill Cottringer Conflicts are an inevitable part of life and when they are not resolved, they often come back with increased velocity and vengeance to take a bigger bite from a part of the anatomy that really hurts. ~The author.ARTArticleSeven Learning Lessons from FailuresSeven Learning Lessons from Failures "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." ~Winston S. Churchill.ARTArticleSeveral Sound Sources of HappinessSeveral Sound Sources of Happiness Byr Bill Cottringer Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~Mahatma Gandhi. Unhappiness is easy to have, but having authentic happiness is one of life’s greatest challenges because of the many adversities that inevitably occur in our lives. In this article we will first go for the low hanging fruit and then work our way through the weeds to explore the more complicated ways to be happy. Happiness can simply be defined as what you get from what you are doing to get it.ARTArticleTen Essential Elements of Violence Trauma RecoveryTen Essential Elements of Violence Trauma Recovery byr William Cottringer Ph.D. There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.rn~Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss. Building Blocks (the basement). 1. Supportive Communication.ARTArticleUnderstanding ViolenceUnderstanding Violencer By William Cottringer, Ph.D. "Violence in an uncontrollable animal, which usually ends up attacking its own master." ~Renny Yagosesky. There are two main problems standing in the way of understanding violence. One roadblock is that the violence trauma event is strictly an emotional one that can’t really be understood or corrected with rational thought. This is because these two mental processes use different languages to process information.ARTArticleThe Success Team Formula WithinThe Success Team Formula Within Byr Bill Cottringer Effective teamwork between quality thinking, healthy emotionality, disciplined behavior, and spiritual intelligence invariably results in long-term success, along with authentic happiness, genuine peace of mind, and inherent satisfaction. ~The Author. Here is the simple Success Team Formula that tells you what to do and how to do it, with the why built in: Quality Thinking + Healthy Emotionality + Disciplined Behavior + Spiritual Intelligence = SUCCESS.ARTArticle“P” Point Power“P” Point Power byr William Cottringer, Ph.D. Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. ~Aldous Huxley.ARTArticleBe a Winner of the Conflict TrifectaBe a Winner of the Conflict Trifecta Byr Bill Cottringer Conflict is the beginning of consciousness. ~M. Esther Harding.ARTArticleChat GBT's Limitations on Screenplay WritingThe current Writers and Actor's strikes in the movie industry is partly out of a conce of the present and coming ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace working writers. At present Google's Bard does not work well with Final Draft formatted screenplays, but Chat GBT does. If you want to find out something, ask. I did. This is what Chat replied. What Limitations Does Chat-BGT Have in Screenwriting?ARTArticleGAP-CLOSINGGAP-CLOSING Byr Bill Cottringer Life is all the stuff that happens in between acknowledging our gaps and trying to deal with them. ~The author.ARTArticleGetting to Know Artificial Intelligence (AI)Many people are rightly conce ed with the present and exponential impacts that AI is having on work and life. There is no field whether in competitiveness in retail trade, manufacturing, military activities, law enforcement, education, health care, or in the creative arts where the impacts of AI are not already being felt and may become even more indispensable to modern life - much as the smartphone is today.ARTArticleIs The Goldfarb Chronicles the Worst Book Of the Year?Writers very quickly learn to take criticism. Almost any day any working writer will have his article, book, or screenplay rejected, and sometimes very harshly. Over the past half-century, this has happened to me many times, but yesterday I received a Kirkus review of my new novel "The Goldfarb Chronicles: Moving With Baby, The Solitario, Brewster County Law" that reached a new high or low depending on your point of view.ARTArticleNew Outdoor Books Reflect Changing Market ConditionsNew Outdoor Books Four recent books from southern authors can be used to illustrate changing market demands for hunting and fishing stories. This market is decreasing as pre-baby boomers and boomers are dying off, or becoming so sight-impaired they can no longer read, and the younger generations are becoming increasingly reluctant to read.ARTArticleThe Path from Nobody to SomebodyThe Path from Nobody to Somebody byr Bill Cottringer "Be a somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody." ~anonymous.ARTArticleThe Pursuit of HappinessThe Pursuit of Happiness byr Bill Cottringer Words can rarely capture the essence of an experience in life, especially common or over-used ones. Oddly though, the way you choose to define things like success, happiness, justice, freedom, and love, can often determine how much or how little of these things you actually have in hand. ~The Author. Happiness Lost What is happiness? Easier to say what it’s not— Not frustration, failure, or fiction, Or suffering, sadness, or sorrow, Have we hidden happiness, Just to enjoy finding it more? Seems harder to find,r ARTArticleUnifying the DivideUnifying the Divide byr Bill Cottringer A house divided against itself cannot stand. ~Abraham Lincoln.ARTArticleWhat Does Q-Tip Have to Do With Personal Development?Q.T.I.P. Is your curiosity peaked? You never know where or when an important message will present itself. Last weekend I heard such a message. Patricia Clason, a speaker and Business Coach, talked about different triggers you can utilize to empower yourself in any circumstance. The one that really resonated with me was the Q-Tip technique. We all know what a Q-Tip is and the many different uses for it. I’d like to share a totally new concept of a Q-Tip that I learned. First let’s examine the characteristics of a Q-Tip. Come on, bear with me here. ïr ARTArticleWhat is Our Basic Nature?What is Our Basic Nature? Byr Bill Cottringer He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts. ~Samuel Johnson.ARTArticleYour Level of PersistenceWe are all tested to find our persistence level. How dedicated are you to achieving your vision? Will you keep trying no matter how many times you get knocked down? Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steelr Napoleon Hill The basis of this is the power of your will. A combination of willpower, persistence and desire are needed to attain your goals. Know that you will achieve your goals, let no one deter you.ARTArticleA Serious Limitation with WordsA Serious Limitation with Words byr Bill Cottringer “Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” ~Rumi. Ever since being a young acolyte in the Episcopal Church studying the Bible and doing a book report on it for English class in high school, I have always been intrigued with the literal and metaphorical meanings of two declarations in the book of John. The first fiat is “In the beginning, was the Word”) (John: 1:1) and the second is “The Truth will set you free” (John 8:32). I’ll start things off with the Word and end with the freeing Truth.ARTArticleConflicts and HeartachesConflicts and Heartaches byr Bill Cottringer “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~William Ellery Channing.

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