Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Conroyisms – Part 7

  • Always lead with love.

  • Self-actualized people can spot each other in a crowded room.

  • Do you want my assessment of your unsolicited advice or shall I spare your feelings?

  • If the other party in a discussion leads with their feelings leave the discussion with good-mannered expediency.

  • Productivity equals self-esteem while a lack of productivity equals death of the human spirit.

  • No government sponsored social program has ever created self-esteem.

  • You are unique, just like everyone else.

  • Expectations are critical: too low and your abilities are squandered; too high and your happiness is impossible.

  • Apparently, every society has to try progressivism/socialism/communism at least once to see if it might work this time.

Friday, December 30, 2016

Until Debt Do Us Part

Our immediate gratification, consumption-driven culture never ceases to amaze me.

Apparently, somebody has statistics to show that a good marriage is built on a solid foundation of debt. Oh, and they are in the loan business.

"Big hat, no cattle" is a scenario for a doomed marriage.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Conroyisms – Part 6

  • You can never save enough on a want to rationalize the purchase on price alone.

  • What does the early bird do with all of those worms?

  • Happiness takes effort and without effort the default is misery.

  • Isolation and apathy are poor substitutes for contentment.

  • When making plans the best tactic is to be flexible.

  • If a task is not worth a 100% effort then give it none.

  • Proficiency at prioritization is a prerequisite for progress.

  • When in doubt use logic instead of emotion.

  • Faith can be more powerful than logic but it comes with a price.

  • Show me a broke person and I’ll show you a person without a life plan that has poor budgeting skills and a victim’s mentality.

  • Our ability to rationalize a poor decision is both a virtue and a curse.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

What Could Go Wrong?

While driving on 1-35 I noticed Pyro City Fireworks in Eagleville, MO. It is a gas station that sells BBQ in the front and a fireworks store in the back. 

They do have a no-smoking sign on the building. I hope people pay attention to it!

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Conroyisms – Part 5

  • A “near miss” is actually a hit.

  • Defining oneself by the type and brand of alcohol consumed is an example of effective marketing meeting low self-esteem.

  • Everyone I follow on Facebook that is a runner eventually gets a serious injury–do they not notice the correlation?

  • Atoms do not actually touch each other as their electrons repel each other and this force increases exponentially as the distance between them decreases. So when you sit in a chair you actually levitating above it- just not very high.

  • It is your ability to transform your dreams into goals, and your focus on them, that will determine your happiness in life.