On February 13th 1997 due to a song by Leonard Cohen called the future I learned about a dark philosophy of reactivity and negativity that currently plays the society that's why I dropped 4th this often is a realism and at the same time encourage you to get vaccinated from covid-19 which I call the devil virus

I first discovered Dr. Stephen Covey when I purchased his book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People in early March 1997
In this episode Dr. Stephen Covey and I talk about how a paradigm shift can bring about synnergy and colaboration to make more proactive solutions..

May 1997: During a brief interim in my 9 month depression a month and a half before my wedding, Keith helped me create a vision that would carry me through 11 months in marriage.
One common place I would go to dream back then in 1997 was an old lecture hall called Mass Comm 101, because in many ways friends like Keith and Kevin saw me as this speaker/teacher. What a visionquest!

In this episode, filling in for me is my alter ego, JR Hendrick discussing some practical things to do when you feel burned out by people's demands and other stressors.

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Late October 1996 to Earlyy February 1997.
DUring a phone call from Dr. Jerry Merchison, he was perplexed to hear me announce my withdrawal from the Society of Professional Journalism. At the urging of Keith and his mother, I was ditching the reactive culture.
Sometimes the reactive culture gets to us, dashes our hope, and clouds our success. We all sometimes neec corrective stretch to receive some hope.
Keith's Latter-day Saint approach to humanity was beginning to rub off on me.

February 1997, my best friend Keith gave me a big pep talk to help me stave off the reactive culture in the world.
He also commented that despite his reactivity, Dr. Jerry Merchison was still a good person, this he judged by listening to one of his lectures on tape in October 1996

March 1997, Visiting Keith in Dallas/Fort Worth, I learned a quick trick indirectly from Keith, but more confidently from Delatorro McNeal II, and yesterday a close friend of mine helped me further my stance of emotional authenticity and intelligence.
Only if you understand this flip switch concept can you take off to the succes and signifficance you desire.

In this episode I talked to you about how a simple little toy that my buddy Keith had propelled me to moderate you to walk towards your dreams