Sometimes a single word can make all the difference and “problem” is one of those words. I've often wondered if I would have done better in math if they had called them math "puzzles" instead of math problems. Using the term problem evokes such a...
No matter how dark things are right now, the light that shines in you can never be extinguished. It is in there flickering, but you need to let it shine brightly. When you were a child, what made your heart sing? What caused you to...
Most of us have doubts about ourselves in specific areas. I used to be afraid of public speaking, so I took a course in college which helped me a lot. Do you have one or two areas that cause you to doubt yourself? If so,...
After the storm, many of us were faced with hiring services to clean and remove the wet, moldy remains from our homes and basements. A service I used came to me after and said that they would double the fee on the bill so that...
The only way you will ever grow and eventually reach a goal is through COMMITMENT. And this means committing to your goal on a daily basis. There is no "once in a while", "maybe Tuesday", or "when I have more time". Even if you take...
Never give yourself a "label". You are not a failure just because you don't succeed at something right away. Choose to see mistakes and rejections as learning opportunities View a failure as the conclusion of Scene One in your life's Play. . not the end...
Even though you are only one out of billions in the population, you are somebody, and that makes you as good as the next person. There is absolutely nothing in this life that you cannot do, and there is no goal you cannot tackle with...
We don't need approval anymore. When we were children, the approval of our parents, teachers and coaches were important and made us feel validated if they were proud of us. On the other hand, if they disapproved of something we did, it made us feel...
Energy from others is contagious. Believe it or not, the people we spend time with have a huge effect on what we do and how we think and feel. If you spend time with people who complain about life's events, inevitably you will start doing...
I recently heard someone say that she has "no luck". Why do others have all the luck and not her? Well, my theory is that there is no such thing as "luck". The crux of luck is opportunity, so it makes sense that the more...