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Just print it!: Moving from contemplation to action 16 May 2012 | 10:55 am
Long-time readers are aware that Steve Pavlina was one of my mentors when I first set up this site, and that I have continued to reference his work from time to time. I read and enjoy his blog regular...
Rock your Roku screensaver 21 Apr 2012 | 09:41 am
TBYB!’s favorite way to deliver personal ads is to insert them in a slideshow that plays automatically somewhere in my life. I’m currently using a Roku screensaver to display my slideshow on the TV in...
But wait! There’s more! 3 Apr 2012 | 08:23 am
TBYB! has intentionally operated as more of a static resource than a blog for the last couple of years. I stopped publishing new material for two main reasons. The primary one is that I felt I had exp...
Occupy your head 2 Dec 2011 | 11:07 am
TBYB! has always been about the fight to resist corporate influence in our lives. Specifically, we’d like to wrest back control of–or at least participate in–the unconscious discourse in our own heads...
Reboot 8 Jul 2009 | 08:36 am
Take Back Your Brain! has come full circle. About three years ago I set out to discover whether it was possible to influence my own behavior by advertising to myself. Apparently it is! In fact, one of...
Dear Brain: What kind of ads will motivate me to exercise? 30 Jun 2009 | 08:03 am
Dear Brain, I think the self-advertising concept is GREAT! I need to exercise more – conveniently, that’s what Lynn wrote about. But I have a question: would I be more effective to myself to have pho...
Change your mind with a Belief Board 4 Jun 2009 | 03:59 am
Personal development guru Steve Pavlina recently published an interesting article about how he displays affirmations and other statements on a bulletin board to change his beliefs. His “Belief Board”...
A picture is worth 1000 sticky notes 23 May 2009 | 06:06 am
There’s a reason we see so many pictures in commercial advertising: they work. Several people have told me lately that they’re really excited about the material on this site and plan to immediately s...
Dear Brain: How can personal marketing help me stay clean and sober? 1 May 2009 | 11:34 am
Dear Brain, I’ve been struggling with a drug addiction for 7 years now. I have quit several times only to find myself coming right back once I’m starting to get comfortable in my own skin again. When...
Remind yourself to be present 16 Apr 2009 | 09:39 am
I’m currently reading The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters (which is excellent, by the way). Much like TBYB! applies the principles of commercial marketing to our own growth, The N...