http://garoldlarson.com Master Your Mind, Body, Money and Relationships Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:21:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good morning! I want to talk about equating Self Mastery to a muscle. Think about the muscles in your body and how you go about exercising them. Have you have ever gone to a gym and lifted weights on a bench press before? Suppose you've never done this and you ... http://garoldlarson.com/2009/03/07/the-daily-hike-the-self-mastery-muscle/ Who you think you are has more to do with the way you behave than you realize. That's really the key - who you really believe you are. If you really believe you are a failure, if you believe you are bad at math, if you believe you are a ... http://garoldlarson.com/2009/02/03/who-do-you-think-you-are/ Good morning. I went golfing a while ago with a friend who I know doesn't earn a lot of money, yet he had a $500 golf set. His driver alone cost over $150. I asked him how many times a year he golfed and he said only once or twice. ... http://garoldlarson.com/2009/01/09/the-daily-hike-is-it-best-to-always-buy-the-best/ Do you ever come to the end of the day only to find the number one item you wanted to accomplish is still left undone? Somehow, someway, you got sidetracked. I imagine many people have the same problem. I know I have. Let's explore how this happens and what can ... http://garoldlarson.com/2009/01/04/master-your-priorities-stop-being-sidetracked/ One of the greatest tragedies in this world are those who fail to find and achieve their purpose or mission in life. This article will help you discover what your mission in life is.   A number of years ago I took my family to ride an old-time train powered by a ... http://garoldlarson.com/2008/12/31/an-overpowering-mission-in-life/ Several weeks ago I made a commitment to myself that I would exercise every day with my primary exercise being hiking. My goal was to get out there and go hiking every morning. I've been doing it very faithfully. My hiking morning goes something like this: I get on my hiking ... http://garoldlarson.com/2008/12/22/the-daily-hike-becoming-addicted/ I once had an old car that I drove back and forth to work. It was pretty beat-up, but it got me where I wanted to go. One day I noticed that the engine was getting awfully loud. So I climbed underneath the car to see what the trouble was ... http://garoldlarson.com/2008/12/19/quick-fixes-not-so-quick/ As Christmas approaches my thoughts are drawn back to the memories of Christmas past. When our children were young Christmas was a magical time of the year. The memories are sweet and comforting. One in particular comes to mind of many years ago. This was when my oldest daughter was ... http://garoldlarson.com/2008/12/18/christmas-memories-the-glue-that-holds-families-together/ When I was 11 years old I lived in paradise. Well, to me it was paradise. We really lived in an old farm house out in the country in Arizona. The nearest town was several miles away. There were farms surrounding our home. Cotton fields on one side, sugar beets ... http://garoldlarson.com/2008/12/17/the-lesson-from-the-bird/ I once heard a story about two brothers who lived in a small town in the country. The story goes that both of these brothers were caught stealing sheep. For their punishment they were branded on the forehead with the letters "ST," for "Sheep Thief." One brother was so ashamed that ... http://garoldlarson.com/2008/12/15/sheep-thief-or-saint/