[October 30, 2022]  If you plan to talk about something, you must know a lot about your topic.  And, no, this is not common sense.  You need to know at least three or four times as much as you’re going to speak about it.  This means doing the proper background research (and sometimes analysis).  You must know what… Read More »

[October 29, 2022]  There’s something to be said for virtue and truth.  One of the things I’ve noticed about folks who are phenomenally successful; they do everything they can to live a truthful life, and you can get a long way in life by being honest. There are significant differences in intelligence among different people.  If you go… Read More »

[October 28, 2022]  There are always people out there who are doing far better than you on pretty much anything you want to imagine.  That came home to me during my U.S. Army training, the first day of taking a physical fitness test.  I ran a two-mile course and finished in under 11 minutes (which is an excellent… Read More »

[October 27, 2022]  Dr. Jordan Peterson is a psychologist who often speaks on the best way to make you a better person.  He does that often with insights into the patterns of behavior we humans possess.  He often speaks on the role men and women play in sexual selection.  An older video shows him discussing how women select… Read More »

[October 26, 2022]  If you have real friends and you tell them bad news, they’re actually sad for you.  You can tell them, and they will listen.  They will help you take the pain, will not tell you about some worse thing that happened to them defensively, or won’t secretly be happy that you got knocked down.  They… Read More »

[October 25, 2022] I have wanted to be in the U.S. Army since I was a child.   Doing so required a lot of sacrifice; that goes along with being successful as a Soldier.  Being a Soldier is a noble life aim.  My family and other people supported me socially because they thought it was an honorable enterprise, and… Read More »

[October 24, 2022]  U.S. Census data recently released tells us that for the first time, more than one-half of all women are childless.  Now that is a startling data point, assuming it is true.  And even if not true, I’m sure the trend is in this direction.  Part of the reason is that we have told young women… Read More »

[October 23, 2022]  For the last two days, I reprinted the last chapter of my newest book, “55 Rules for a Good Life.”  The idea here is to have a teaser that perhaps will encourage you to purchase my book.  Please order your copy today and give me an honest review on Amazon.  Thank you!  Today is part… Read More »

[October 22, 2022]  My newest book, “55 Rules for a Good Life,”  is about how to make yourself a better person, and you can do that by comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not to someone else.  Today is part 2, and I call it “a few things to think about.” You also have to act in… Read More »

[October 21, 2022]  A week ago, I published my book “55 Rules for a Good Life.”  I’m upbeat about it because the message is so positive.  And for that reason and because of my readership here at www.theleadermaker.com, I’m quoting from the last chapter.  Call this a teaser.  Or, call it just a way to continue philosophizing (I… Read More »