Tag Archives: Value

The Disease That Is Killing America

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: February 16, 2010
America is going downhill for one very simple reason: people seem to not be able to tell the difference between the disease and its symptoms. It almost seems to be common wisdom for people to think that treating a symptom of a disease is the same as treating a disease. In short, if the symptoms [...]
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A Secret To Stop Worrying About Money

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: February 9, 2010
How important is money to you? What does it mean to you? How much time in your day do you spend worrying about money? Is being rich one of your goals in life? Do you know why? These are all important questions that you should answer for yourself. I have come to the following conclusions in my [...]
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Exposed: The Major Source Of Unhappiness

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: February 1, 2010
I have been writing on a regular basis for four months now. Writing is a form of self examination, a way to express the ideas and thoughts that matter to you the most. Given enough time, you will start noticing reoccurring thoughts and ideas, which will eventually form patterns. I would like to share one pattern [...]
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5 Reasons To Ask For Honest Feedback

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: January 13, 2010
Have you ever set out to accomplish a fairly vague goal such as becoming better at something. That something could be speaking, writing, socializing, networking, basketball, programming and so on. Since better is a very vague word, it is inherently hard to measure our progress or know how we are doing. For example, I set out [...]
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Information Obesity

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: January 11, 2010
We are all fully aware after we eat too much, drink too much, sleep too much, work too much and so on. We know because our body tells us so. However, our body never really sends us a signal to stop consuming information. We are bombarded with information from the time we get up until the [...]
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The Truth About Money

By Tomas Stonkus | Published: January 6, 2010
“Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts.[1][2] The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value, and occasionally, a standard of deferred payment. – Wikipedia Sure. Money is all of those things and it is [...]
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