Brian Weiner

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    Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. The value of an education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.

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    July 18, 2025
    Don’t just teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything. The value of an education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.

    GEORGE CARLIN Did they teach you critical thinking in school?  How do you know for sure?  Was that a statistic that they made you learn?  How would you know if you were actually critical thinking?  Our ability to discern truth from fiction is imperative to our ability to survive in…

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    In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take. 

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    July 17, 2025
    In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take. 

    Do you have moments that you look back on your life and wonder what might have happened if only you had done one thing differently?  When we evaluate these moments, we cannot help but look backwards with a certain degree of speculative quandary.  When large chances arrive on your doorstep,…

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    Inside a person you know, there is a person you don’t know.

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    July 16, 2025
    Inside a person you know, there is a person you don’t know.

    When you look at someone whom you believe that you know very well, do you believe that you know all or most of what there is to know about that person?  Would it surprise you to discover that you probably only know a segment?  When we are presumptive that we…

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  • Changing The World One Thought At A Time., Lessons From The Mountain

    Life is under no obligation to give us what we want.

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    July 6, 2025
    Life is under no obligation to give us what we want.

    Life is under no obligation to give us what we want. What exactly are you entitled to? Now ask yourself this question… What exactly do you think you should be entitled to? Is there a difference in your answer? The United States was founded on the proposition that “all men…

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  • Changing The World One Thought At A Time., Lessons From The Mountain

    It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

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    July 4, 2025
    It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

    It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. GEORGE WASHINGTON Do you enjoy…

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  • Changing The World One Thought At A Time., Lessons From The Mountain

    The abuse did not make you strong. You overcame it because you’re already strong. Let’s not give abusers credit for making us strong.

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    July 3, 2025
    The abuse did not make you strong. You overcame it because you’re already strong. Let’s not give abusers credit for making us strong.

    The abuse did not make you strong. You overcame it because you’re already strong. Let’s not give abusers credit for making us strong. Was there a specific chapter in your life in which you felt abused? Abuse takes many shapes and is delivered to people through countless different relationships. It…

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    You never lost your power. The one who did it before is still within you.

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    July 2, 2025
    You never lost your power.  The one who did it before is still within you.

    You never lost your power. The one who did it before is still within you. The one who believed anything is possible is still there. The one who dreamed big, trusted, felt motivated, had hope, and knew the magic side of life still exists within you. You never lost your…

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    You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice.

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    July 1, 2025
    You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice.

    You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice. How many choices have you made in which you are bearing the consequences that you had not forecast at the outset of having made that choice? In the course of our lifetime we probably…

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  • Changing The World One Thought At A Time., Lessons From The Mountain

    The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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    June 29, 2025
    The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

    The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. WILLIAM JAMES How many ways have you used your attitude to alter your life?  When you stop to think about it, this is one of the earliest lessons that we…

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  • Changing The World One Thought At A Time., Lessons From The Mountain

    Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

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    June 28, 2025
    Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

    Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. DALE CARNEGIE When was the last time you gave something your supreme effort? I am not speaking of giving something the “good ole…

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I’m Brian

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I believe it is truly possible to change the world, one thought at a time. If anything I have written connects with you, please share it with others. My goal in creating this is to help others with ideas that are thought-provoking, stimulating and cathartic.

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  • Don’t wait for things to get better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now, otherwise, you’ll run out of time.

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  • The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, can no longer ponder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead.

    The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, can no longer ponder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead.

  • These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

    These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

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