Most people’s affirmations don’t get past the end of their nose.
Mine never used to. There was a point in my mid-thirties when I had read so many books, with so little results, that I finally and firmly determined to grab my affirmations and MAKE them work.
I set up a work space, got a 3-ring [...]

Although the details vary, there’s really only one way to influence the future — the active and vivid imagining of events.
If we’re imagining desirable events, we call this attraction work, doing affirmations, praying, doing requests or programming our minds.
Whichever term you use, this is the method you’ve been trying to master for some time now.
But [...]

Anger causes a lot of problems. But the underlying motivation for anger is the urge to break through real or perceived communication blocks.Flaring tempers are a sign that we don’t think we’re getting through to someone else. So anger doesn’t necessarily CAUSE problems, but it is a sure indicator that there ARE problems, and it [...]

Recently I stumbled upon Donald Latumahina’s excellent Life Optimizer blog, and this article in particular grabbed my attention:
15 Tips to Stay Positive in Negative Situations
Though it’s not easy, it’s important to stay positive in negative situations. Latumahina recommends 15 positive things you can do so you don’t succomb to the negative that may be going [...]

My friend Walter once told me that every summer evening he’d go out in the front yard and sit and wait for a UFO to come pick him up.
As far as I know, he never got the ride he was waiting for.
I also know a LOT of people who’re waiting around, just like Walter, for [...]

by Dave Navarro
Problem: “I know I have potential, I’m not as insanely successful as I want to be.” – You
Solution: “I am not the smartest, but I surround myself with competent people.” – Henry Ford
I think it’s safe to say that Henry Ford had more than a mild degree of success. Love him or hate [...]

Tom “Bald Dog” Varjan calls himself an Organisational Provocateur.
You or I would call him a consultant – he’s the guy who walks into companies, at their invitation, and stirs things massively till they get better.
Tom is exceptionally good at stirring. He’s called in when others are finding results hard to come by. He’s a hard-ass [...]

On July 2nd, at 12:00 noon, half the year will be behind us, half still ahead.
I’m writing this on Friday. On Monday, just three days from now, we will have reached the middle day of the year.
So let’s talk about the things you intended to get done this year. How’re you doing with them? Just [...]

Patricia Zulkosky’s blog is inspiring in an unusual way.
A few days back she wrote:
“I am noticing that I often lead my life like it is a run-on sentence. No punctuation. No beginning, no clear end point, and no time to take a breath.”
Her blog, titled “Why Do I Love My Life So Much?”, is an [...]

How much life do you have left?
Think back with me for a moment, back to the days of our youth, and recall how you felt about all those things you’d surely do in your lifetime. The books you’d write, the fortunes you’d make, the fame, the empires, the travel.
In the years since then, have [...]