For Fun: 50 Movies - Breathing Space Blog

Just for fun: 50 movies that will stir your mind and emotions
Alive (Ethan Hawke)
Lost Weekend (Ray Milland)
Shadow Lands (Anthony Hopkins, Deborah Winger)
Twelve Monkeys (Bruce Willis, Madeline Stowe)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, Martin Landau)

The Year of Living Dangerously (Mel Gibson, Sigourney Waever)
Glory (Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington)
A Soldier's Story (Howard Rollins, Denzel Washington)
Full Metal Jacket (Matthew Modine)
Days of Wine and Roses (Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick)

The Next Man (Sean Connery)
Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, Katherine Herrold)
The Man Who Would Be King (Sean Connery, Michael Caine)
Real Life (Albert Brooks)
L.A. Story (Steve Martin)

Fail Safe (Henry Fonda)
Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen, Mia Farrow)
Far and Away (Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman)
The King's Speech (Colin Firth)
Apollo 13 (Tom Hanks)

Malcolm X (Denzel Washington)
Dances With Wolves (Kevin Costner)
The Trip to Bountiful (Geraldine Page)
The Sure Thing (John Cusack)
Enchanted April (Miranda Richardson)

A Month by the Lake (Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox)
Hear My Song (Ned Beatty)
The Local Hero (Peter Reigert)
Drugstore Cowboy (Matt Dillon)
Gallipoli (Mel Gibson)

The Marrying Man (Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger)
Restoration (Robert Downey, Sam Neill)
Millennium (Cheryl Ladd, Kris Kristoferson)
Honeymoon in Vegas (Nicholas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker)
Casa Blanca (Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman)

Dr. Zhivago (Omar Sharif, Julie Christie)
"Z" (Yves Montand)
Serpico (Al Pacino)
The 7 Beauties (Giancarlo Giannini)
Close Encounters (Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon)

Chariots of Fire (Ben Cross)
An Officer and a Gentleman (Richard Gere, Deborah Winger)
Time Machine (Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimmeux)
Day of the Jackal (Edward Fox)
It Happened One Night (Clark Gable, Claudet Colbert)

Women in Love (Glenda Jackson, Alan Bates)
Any Which Way you Can (Clint Eastwood, Sondra Lockwood)
Prince of Tides (Nick Nolte, Barbara Streisand)
The Usual Suspects (Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey)
The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis, Halley Joel Osment)

Competing Only with Yourself - Breathing Space Blog

Often the most effective way to compete in this world for jobs, lovers and whatever you covet is to not compete at all. Don't compare, analyze, or dwell upon what others are doing. Instead created your own path, follow your internal guidance system, and have faith that your way will work.

Balance - Breathing Space Blog

We must be as good at receiving as we are at giving so that we stay in balance.

Every Last Digital Scrap About You - Breathing Space Blog

As this article by Sara Marie Watson in The Atlantic reveals, Google is collects every last digital scrap about you and sell it to vendors with reckless abandon.

Book: Lions Don't Need to Roar - Breathing Space Blog

A classic worth revisiting: Lions Don't Need to Roar, by D. A. Benton, Warner Books (1992)
You could also say lions don't need to race around frantically, as well!

From a 26-year-old review: Leadership-development expert Debra Benton interviewed and observed more than 100 CEOs, COOs, and company presidents to see what made them successful. "Top people are not magical, blessed, or dramatically different from you or me. They simply have skills and outlooks that the rest of us may not have - but can get."

Far from stodgy, top people:
▪ Like to tell stories that convey a point;
▪ Smile and laugh often;
▪ Know when (and how) to physically touch others;
▪ Often ask for favors, knowing that it makes people feel important.

Benton also debunks myths. Plain old energy isn't necessarily a key to success, for example. People who project "frantic" energy -- those who rush about, maintain rigid time schedules, or wolf down their sandwiches -- don't get far. The successful develop a relaxed energy that lets them work long hours, concentrate on complex problems, and focus on the matter at hand.

World Population Crisis - Breathing Space Blog

An understated headline, to be sure: "Challenges loom as world population hits 7.6 billion."

Leave the Edge - Breathing Space Blog

For years, I stayed on the edge of my savings, my time, my resources, and my energy rather than storing these up for selective use when opportunities quickly presented themselves. As I began to formulate the Breathing Space principles, I realized my folly.

Get off the edge, put more away in savings, rest more often, eat properly and relax periodically throughout the day. Stop substituting motion for accomplishment.