Originally from Pennsylvania, I was raised in a small town where farms were more common than streetlamps. This is a great place to grow up, of course I didn’t think so at the time! I had an ideal childhood, two terrific parents that taught me how to be kind, polite, respectful, and a hard worker. I also had two sisters (still do!) that I got along with quite well, believe it or not.
For me, staying in that small town would have been torture, so I fled (hitchhiked, really) to Florida after leaving college in Harrisburg. Life in the sunshine state was no picnic, and my computer skills didn’t get me a job right away. I realized quickly life was harder in the “real world”. I finally settled down, got married, and had a terrific son. Everything is going great, right? Not really…
Fast forward to 2006, I’m now divorced and wondering how to find true happiness – if that’s even possible! I started reading self-help books, probably Anthony Robbins book “Awaken the Giant Within” first of all because it was the only one I owned at the time (I now have a nicely stocked library). Slowly I absorbed enough from all of the books to realize I had to change – which meant taking massive action! Happiness for me is a journey, not a destination, and I’m still headed in the direction that will ultimately lead me to help thousands of others find happiness as well. That is the reason I’m here at SelfGrowth.com, and within the next year you will probably hear much more from me. If you get a chance, stop by and say hello! I will gladly do the same. Until our paths cross, be happy
“I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness…” the Dalai Lama
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“People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.”
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- “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
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- “When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.”
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- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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- “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
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