Object: Cargo of a Red Cross Plane bound for HaitiReason: Delivering food, medicines and supplies to an area ravaged by an earthquakeCargo Weight: Over 40 tons Conclusion: Sometimes being heavy can help a lot.

So you’ve been staring at  your to do list, right?  The one that you made to help you cope with panic.  And maybe your list had 47 things on it, like my “Stuff I gotta do before I go home…

There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.The apples from one tree can fill 20 boxes every year.Each box weighs an average 42 pounds.So one tree can produce 840 pounds of applesConclusion: The apples from one…

So, we recognized panic, took a mind clearing walk, stopped to engage our brains and we made a list.  Outside of eating that paper list out of sheer frustration, what’s next?  The next step I usually take in managing my…

One of the simplest ways I’ve found for coping with panic is to formulate a plan.  Often this plan starts with something as simple as a piece of paper, a pen and 15 minutes to write a to-do list.  I…