A lot of successful people will tell you that one of the keys is getting up early in the morning. They don’t just get up for the sake of getting up, though. The idea is to rise early and accomplish more by noon than most people accomplish in a full workday. Ideas like this are … Read more
You take the time to plan out all the details. You want to make sure nothing is missed. Then, stuff happens. Sometimes, no matter how prepared you are, things don’t go as planned. So, what do you do next? Get disappointed and give up? Or use your new environment to plan your next step? I … Read more
There are two different ways you can live your life, as a movie, or as a game. What you decide will make all the difference. How do you win this Game of Life? If you choose to live your life as a movie, you are watching events as it happens. You feel like you have … Read more
You won’t always like the cards you are dealt. You cannot always control how many resources are made available to you. Every time you are faced with an obstacle on the road, you have a choice. A choice to look at that obstacle, do nothing and grumble. Or, to choose your behaviors and take action … Read more
We all face it on a regular basis. Sometimes in certain situations, we may face it daily. When faced with it, how you choose to react to it can make a huge difference in achieving sustained success. What am I referring to? The title obviously gives a major clue. FEAR. How do you turn fear … Read more
You have a dream or several dreams that you would love to see come to fruition. You’re an idea maker and you are sure that this idea, is “the idea” that will change your life. You chase your dreams in your mind. But, that is only step 1. The difference between just envisioning … Read more
A lesson I learned the hard way is how sometimes it is necessary to take care of you and walk away from situations or people that are draining your energy. Sometimes, that means walking away from negativity. Even if that means walking away from someone close. Other times, it means that you just simply cannot … Read more
Self-doubt plagues us all. Sometimes it is not those around us that cause our biggest self-doubt but ourselves. You may question how you can believe in yourself when that voice inside you says different. It has stopped me many a times from going after something I wanted. Fortunately, self-confidence is a quality you … Read more
Some books educate, while other entertain. Once in a while a book reaches out and touches your heart and even soul. Bronnie Ware was a palliative nurse who recorded the most common regrets of the dying. She turned these recordings into a book called, “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying”. Regret is a … Read more
What is one of the ingredients to a life worth living? Do we feel really happy? Positive psychologists, most notably Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.–argue that your ability to enter the flow state on a regular basis is a key component of happiness. By learning how to enter the state of flow you can increase your … Read more
When it comes to your success, how does your age contribute to your chance of achieving it? Is there an age factor? Some of the most successful stories of Entrepreneurs are about young go-getters who had a vision at an early age and gained wealth. Full of energy, vision and determination, it is easy to … Read more
As a kid, I grew up seeing acts of bravery on T.V. The hero that saved the Princess from the monster was brave. The Fireman who ran into a burning building to save another person defined bravery for me. As I grew older, I realized that being brave actually means so much more. Those heroic … Read more
What do Athletes, Musicians, and Singers engage in that most of us don’t? They know the power of being a life long learner. They understand the importance of practicing and honing your skills. I was talking to someone about a book I read the other day. I recommended this book to this person and got … Read more
You hear it all the time about the importance of learning from failure. That you don’t avoid failure but embrace it because if you learn from mistakes, you become stronger. The logic is there but how do you get over the fear of failure? I was watching the latest Guardians of the Galaxy movie from … Read more
No matter how carefully you plan your steps or how diligently you create goals, obstacles will always come before you. Even if you decide to play it safe, eventually you will be faced with difficulty. Whether it is a difficult conversation that you are avoiding or a setback to what you had planned, it will … Read more