Doug Jones's (dougj) Blog

I have heard the expression, “It takes a village to raise a child.”  When we think about it, we realize the truth of the statement. None of us can raise ourselves and really none of us is self-sufficient.  We can be independent but at the same time we need to be inter-dependent._________________T...

I am posting 45 days of affirmations that I wrote in 2006 and recently found them in my garage. Day 14 will be posted this morning but in the meantime just for fun I asked AI to write affirmations for Realtors and here they are. Hello AI.Absolutely, affirmations can be a powerful tool for Realtor...

If I hang in there long enough things will usually turn out the way, I hope.  Sometimes my gains don’t seem to go as quickly as I would like…sometimes it seems I am going downhill.  The key is to sometimes, just hang on…_______________________I am capable of earning  a wonderful living and creati...

For most of us success comes so slowly.  It is the daily work; the little efforts that will eventually lead us to our success.  Remember when you learned to read?  Did you learn the 200th day of the 4th grade… or was it the 12th day of the 6th grade.  When did you realize that you could read?  Fo...

When Mark Twain was asked the reason for this success, he replied: “I was born excited.”  Sir Edward Victor Appleton, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics stated that the recipe for success is, “enthusiasm, I rate that even above professional skill. Enthusiasm- the origin means “inspired by God...

The unusual makes us joyous.  Yesterday while enjoying lunch at the Capital Club in San Jose, it began to snow.  The windows are ceiling to floor and the view from above San Jose is already spectacular, but the joy of seeing snow excited us all.  For 5 minutes everyone in the dining hall quit eat...

Why be upset with Republicans?  Or the Democrats? Or Catholics or Gays? Or Politicians or the weather?  Why blame anyone for anything at all?  The world is full of upset people…people who complain and see others as wrong.  I will do what I can to make my life OK.  if I can make something better t...

The Bible speaks about a tree of good and evil in the Garden of Eden.  Imagine the tree of good thoughts and negative thoughts and emotions in the garden of you own Mind.  Today I separated that tree into two trees and chopped down the tree of negativity.  I cut away anger, blame and guilt. I cre...

Remember the first time you discovered a magnet?  You were excited because things moved that were not touched?  It was pure magic.  That is the way life is…we are all magnets, and we attract positive or negative depending on what kind of energy we have.  If we change the magnet, we change what is...

 This morning, I read that Kirby Puckett a baseball hall of famer died suddenly at the young age of 45.  Dana reeves, the wife of Christopher, died and she was only 44.  We never know when death will visit.  Live each day as if it is your last. I give thanks for the gift of a new day.Today is ano...