Get Rice: Ronnie O'Brien Rice, Ph.D., Lawyer

Given the harsh times of high unemployment rates, poor housing markets and, just down right out, crap shoot of economy, I think it is important to for many people to widen their gaze. Revamping your lifestyle can increase a person’s lifestyle tremendously. Revamping your lifestyle includes making wise career decisions, start smart saving plans, making prudent investment options and diversifying streams of income. Career decisions are one of the best decisions that a person can make because it determines the personality of your spouse, ultimate family location, time that you spend at home, etc. I know people say that your career should be determined by your lifestyle, but I have found that it is the other way around. I don’t think that your career should dictate everything in life, but those who are involved in your life should be comfortable with the issues that come with your career choice. One way to determine the most fitting career field includes being honest with your self ...

As I get older, I realized that there are a lot of people who I spent my time on I don’t need to spend that same amount of time on them anymore. It is doesn’t mean that they are bad people; they just aren’t conducive to my new way of living. One way to know when you need to let certain people out of your life is simply to look at the value they bring to it. I am not saying that your friends or family needs to bring in some type of monetary value; however, they shouldn’t always be pulling from you. Family and friends are good for the tough times as well as the good times. I suggest you determine who are the folks who are with you during both periods of time. A good person brings wisdom, great advice and support during your different transitions in life. Also, I have found that you may argue with this person because they want the best for you and vice versa. Trimming your family and friends is one of the most valuable decisions you will ever make in life. I look back on my experie...

Two viewpoints in my life keep me in the circle of success:  Hope and Strategic Foresight. The first is hope for something better than my current situation. To many times, I find people in society failing to look pass their bills, job opportunities or relationship failures. If you do not learn to look at the positive side of every situation, you may find your self in the same situation years later. I encourage you to not fall into the victimized mindset of not being able to do anything about your situation. No matter how the job market looks like, or your relationship status with family and friends, you have a right to look at life as ‘the glass half full.’ Another mindset I think is important is planning for the future. This is not a free pass for one to forget or not to live in the present, but this is a call to plan for the future to live a better present. Planning for the future will help you look pass the current negativities in life. I have found that many people do no...

I have come to the understanding that your feelings are there for a reason. Some people may claim others to be too emotional or emotionless. And I feel that everyone is entitled to have his or her emotions. My major disclaimer is to not let your emotions control your whole life because emotions can become erratic. However, totally ignoring your emotions could mean the death of a relationship, the discontinuance of your dreams and ultimately living a miserable life. I truly believe that emotions are a gift from God to allow us to enjoy life even more. Emotions is the feeling of looking at a random butterfly on the beach and allowing a person to feel the complexities of life in one glance. It takes a lot of gale to listen to your emotions because they are telling you something about yourself that you may not understand at the moment. And emotions are quick to get out of hand if not adjusted in a timely fashion. Some times we either give into them too easily or try for years to ignor...

I came to the realization that most of things that have held me back were ill feelings towards others. Most of time, we think that as long as we say a prayer or talk to a spiritual leader that will settle the score. However, I think forgiveness is something you need to go deeper in regards to our heart. Our mouths and minds may say I have forgiven, but our hearts may say something totally opposite. I urge everyone who is reading this to look into the depths of their hearts and find what is holding you back from a great future. I have found that reminiscing about the good old times, even though they were not so good, and being stuck there without any sincere effort to move forward in life. The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.   ~ Jokes4Us.com I believe this joke is funny and true. When we dwell on the past, our present and future comes to a halt. Have you ever tried driving a car while only looking through the rea...