Realizing Success Through Empowerment
So many times when things go badly in our lives we find ourselves wondering how we ended up in such a bad situation, or who is to blame. These are self-defeating mindsets that limit our ability to recover, or to succeed.
Instead of developing a defeatist attitude when something goes awry, try to adjust to a [...]
Experience Required: 8 Ways to Get Experience for that Job Listing
For the new job seeker or prospective career-changer, the idea of getting hired in a new field can be daunting.
You’re looking for a job listing like this:
“Exciting company seeks enthusiastic entry-level employee. Competitive salary, great benefits, will train.”
…but what you’ll find is probably more like this:
“Established company has an opening in the ABC department. Prefer [...]
All We Need is Love? Wrong! Here are 6 Ways to Improve your Relationship
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ve all heard it before. The Beatles sang about it, thousands have written about it, countless young hopefuls have pondered it….
‘All you need is love’.
(Or, so they say).
With today’s divorce rate climbing faster than you can swallow a slice of wedding cake, it seems that we need a lot more than just [...]
The Moment of Truth
The following is an extract from one of my fave movies - A Few Good Men (or as it’s known here in Australia - Three Grouse Blokes):
Jessep (Jack): “You want answers?”
Kaffee (Tom): “I think I’m entitled to them.”
Jessep: “You want answers?”
Kaffee: “I want the truth!”
Jessep: “You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a [...]
7 Steps To Get Past The Good Intentions And Get Results
Every person on the planet has been a victim of this phenomenon at one point or another.
I call it a phenomenon because it seems counter intuitive to me how a perfectly intelligent person could know which direction is right for them and then walk the other way.
Define What you Really Want. Many of us say [...]
Laugh Your Way to Good Health
Positive Convulsions
Kevin Lee Smith bounds to the front of the room, grabs a microphone and utters a few words. Then something comes over him: A cascade of chemical messengers in his brain throws Smith into convulsions.
For several seconds, he loses voluntary control over most of his body. His legs, arms, back and chest tense. His [...]
The Ultimate ‘Success-O-Meter’
The thing with us Personal Development types is, we’re always talking about creating our best life.Success.
Whatever that is.
We know that success is represented by different things for different people, but society teaches us that success is typically about money, position, attractiveness, power and influence.
Some more evolved souls have philosophies like:
“We make a living by what [...]
The Incredible Power of Contentment
While many readers have noted my efforts and articles on self-improvement, what I haven’t stressed as much is the beauty of becoming content with what you have and who you already are.
I’m definitely a goal-oriented person — I always have my eye on a goal, whether that’s writing a book, running a marathon, improving my [...]
Flip Your Karma: 8 Tricks to Turn the Bad Into the Awesome
It’s inevitable: sometimes, life just doesn’t go your way.
Your schedule gets all messed up. You fail to follow your exercise plan. Someone is mean to you. You feel like quitting something. You want to curl into a little ball and cry.
Life deals out its blows, and leaves us discouraged, angry, frustrated, depressed, drained. And once [...]
20 Qualities for a Successful Life
How do you define a successful life? Is it by how much money or stuff you have amassed, or is it by the legacy you leave behind? All too often we equate a successful life with material possessions. Yet, there are millions of people out there who lead successful, fulfilled lives who may be of [...]
