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Recently, I spent some time in Belize doing some humanitarian work.  You see, while there are some villages that are geographically isolated and don’t have access to the internet, Belize hasn’t typically been poor enough or problematic enough to attract a celebrity the way that some African countries can.  Therefore, I decided to give these villages the benefit of a celebrity visit.

In the village of Santa Theresa, I met a Mayan snake doctor, or what you might call a witch doctor.  He asked me what I did, and I said …

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It’s been a little while since I’ve jotted down my thoughts to you folks.  I spent a number of days at the International Psychology Conference, where I gave a lecture entitled, “Regaining Things In Your Life That You Stupidly Lost.”  You see, when we’re young and we haven’t been burdened with all of society’s limitations of what we can achieve, we tend to reach far and, in many ways, accomplish quite a bit.  Over time, people continue to tell you what you can’t do.  If you’re older, you can’t be …

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I was in Toronto recently, for a book promotion and a public speaking tour and to just generally be amazing in a new place.  One day, I was on the Toronto public transit system, which is called the TTC, when I noticed a sign that said, “One TTC employee is assaulted every day.  That’s one too many.”  I found it a rather odd message, because it seemed to suggest that while the behavior was wrong, it was an expected daily occurrence.  One might take from that message that if you …

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I know it’s been a while, folks, since you heard from me, and I apologize for that.  I’ve been on a book tour lately, selling the highly popular bathroom reader: “Just Stop Having Problems, Stupid!”  If you don’t have your copy yet, then obviously you don’t like going to the bathroom.

While on tour, I spoke at a conference about not being stupid about money.  And I gotta tell you, there are a lot of people who are stupid about it.  Right now there’s this whole economic whatsit going on, and …