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Have you ever seen “The Godfather” trilogy? Come on, you gots to see this. If you have, I’m willing to bet you’ve watched them more than once, maybe a dozen times (sorry to admit, I’m guilty). Now, let me just throw this out there. I’m certainly not for glorifying the mob or mafia at all. Regarding the movies though, there’s just fantastic lessons and acting. I mean, come one, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Anyways, this isn’t a Go

A year ago, when I heard about the book “The Secret,” I was skeptical. Having studied success and successful people for more than thirty years, I knew that there was no such thing as a single secret that could enable people to achieve all their goals. \ When I finally relented and ...

Can a simple statement really get you motivated to start, do, or improve something you’re putting off? Let’s find out. Think of something you desire to be different, or feel challenged about following through on. See or feel it in your mind’s eye. Really connect with it. Now, say to yourself, gently and truthfully: “I can do better than this.” First things first—remove any critical self-judgment from the picture right now. It isn’t useful.

If you're tired of setting goals and not achieving them, then maybe you need to set SMART Goals. SMART is simply an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. I will explain each one in detail so next time you set a goal, you will be SMART about it. Specific The more specific your goal is, the more likely you will achieve them. Why? Because it shows that your vision is clear. You know exactly what you want. Unclear goals lack focus. Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Don't just say I want to lose weight.

Whoopee! I get to go to the circus tonight! I can hardly wait. Pardon my excitement. It’s not even a “real” circus – not a Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey type circus. But I’m excited anyway. My daughter called while we were having breakfast to tell me that Josh, my middle grandson, wanted to be sure that I knew that his circus is tonight. Each year, his school puts on a circus. The little kids, from pre-school to about the third grade, put on costumes and become circus a

A Goal: a mark set as the outcome of a race; an aim, a purpose; an object toward which play is directed. Over the years, much has been written about goals and their importance. Yet the majority of us still don’t take the goal-setting process seriously. Oddly enough, some individuals are now teaching that we should live without goals and be in the moment—and stop living life for the future. So who’s right? I would say both. Let me explain the latter notion first.

Problems or opportunities, how are you looking at the events in your life? Are you seeing everything that is going on in your life as a problem? Or are you seeing everything that is going on in your life as an opportunity to get better? I hope you are looking at the events in your life as an ...

I’m a solopreneur who enjoys what I do; so I was amazed when I woke one morning not wanting to do any of it! I had to assess what had happened and flip it. It started the prior week, and proved to be a needed reminder of what I’d discovered about to-do vs. inspired-to-do, and temporarily forgot. I had my usual projects and tasks to attend to, as well as new ones. Added to this were conce s about several people I love. It was easy to become involved emotionally (stressed). When stressed, our tendency is to attempt to do everything as though nothing is different.

I am not on top of the latest and greatest news the way that some people seem to be. I have a tendency to get things a little later than hot off the presses. However, I happened to watch the Bruce Jenner interview pretty much as soon as it was available. It was a fluke really. While I am very concerned with equality for and understanding of all types of issues especially those related to gender, I was relatively oblivious to all of the press. Yup, that is the truth. I don’t

Deciding whether senior home care is ideal for your parent can absolutely be difficult and emotionally testing. Naturally, you and your parent may have anxieties about a caregiver entering your home and fears over losing an independent lifestyle. One good thing is, senior home care has come along way in the past decade. Seniors can now live conveniently in their own home, thanks to personalized senior home care plans that make day-to-day living less complicated. Here are some

You know it never ceases to amaze me when talking with people regarding living life to the fullest, how the majority of people perceive that it must happen. When it comes to money, the majority believe that you must work longer, harder, or be luckier than the next person if you are to ever ...

It’s not enough to want change, you have to take risks. You have to be prepared and motivated enough to leave the comfort of what you know and move willingly into that very scary place… the unknown. Yikes! That sounds ominous doesn’t it? It really isn’t all that scary but there are some very real hurdles one needs to overcome. One of those hurdles to successfully making a habit change is the fear of taking a risk.

Dearest Darling Readers, Authentic is a very powerful word. Being authentic is being real. It is being genuine. It also is a process of being honest to yourself. It is in finding alignment with our hearts’ desires, to our values and in ‘not pretending’. It requires courage. It is uplifting. It may be tough but it is worth every bit of it. It is in taking a stand point for our beliefs and in not escaping unpleasant situations. It makes us love ourselves even if the world do

My wife Michelle read the bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and has transformed our house over the past few months. I’ve enjoyed and appreciated all that she has shared with me about the book, and especially all that she has done to de-clutter and tidy up. However, until this past weekend, I hadn’t really engaged in the process much myself. But, starting with my clothes and then moving onto my books, I had a transformational experience over the past few days going through everything and letting go of a LOT.

You’ve heard people say that affirmations don’t really work and that when you say them you are basically lying to yourself. After all, how can you state, “I am prosperous and living a life of leisure and joy,” when you are actually in debt and working two jobs? In ...

Search Your Own Field\ The first strategy is to find a new product or service in your own field or skills. You may have a million dollar idea in your own mind. Many people have had the experience of having an idea for a product or service nag at them over and over again, and you keep pushing it ...

Inner peace is closer than you realize. You don't have to do any thing. In fact, it is your tendency to need to do something that is driving peace of mind out of reach. We have been taught to separate our self into pieces. Be one way at home and one way at office. One way at church or temple and one way with our friends.

We’ve all been there before. - You see a friend with a split in their pants, a stain in an unfortunate location, their zipper down, or some kind of wardrobe malfunction…Do you tell them? - A potential business associate keeps mispronouncing your name in meetings…Do you correct them? - A fellow professional has misspellings on their website, social media posts, or blogs…Do you let them know? - An acquaintance or even a stranger at a bar has something green in their tee

The former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Anan once said “When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately; families are healthier and better fed; their income savings and reinvestment go up. And what is true of families is also of communities and, in the long run, of whole countries.” Here are eight reasons why women make great entrepreneurs:

Quantum Mind Information: A Series of Articles on the Quantum Theory of Mind and Soul Evolution The Duality of Quantum Mind and Soul of the Universe In order to create a holographic universe that is conscious from within, the consciousness prime energy had to create a duality without separation. By focusing the universal consciousness to be both universally wide while also being of infinite numbers of finitely-limited individual consciousness points, this was achieved.

The Mechanics of Changing Your Mindr Step 1- “The Buy In” It happens to even the most creative and vibrant of us. We’re going along and suddenly feel…unsatisfied. It’s time for a change but it’s just so darn comfortable where we’re at. Getting more uncomfortable by the minute. So how do you change direction without waiting for fate’s wrenching kick in the pants?

I get asked a lot about how fast the manifestation process is. Well, there are several factors involved but it obviously varies from person to person and how much energy they're putting into their manifestation processes. If you didn't get very excited about your visualization then you may want ...

It is easy to mistake something else as advice. Understanding advice and its purpose is necessary if you want to use it to increase your success. What does advice sound like? - It should always encourage you to move in the direction of your goal. - It should inspire you to keep going. - It should give you another way to accomplish your goal. - It should open up another door that you didn’t think about before. - It can challenge you to move out of your comfort zone. - It

rnPOW’s during World War II lived in some of the most unbearable living conditions imaginable. Those who survived the Bataan Death March were among the most ill treated people on the earth. In his biography, Russell A. Grockett, Sr. tells of some of these horrible circumstances. He was on the Bataan Death March from April 1942 until August of 1945. During that time he faced starvation numerous times, often times having to eat food that virtually no one alive today would con

I have a love-hate relationship to conflict. I love it when things “work out,” but hate it when they don’t.

Nowadays, it seems that many people are experiencing some sort of change such as moving to a new state, loss or creation of a job, personal issues coming to the forefront or maybe family challenges. These are all changes that happen as a result of something. The challenge is how to successfully manage the change, which often times comes quickly. Here are 10 ways to manage change. 1. Expect to be uncomfortable. It’s normal! 2. Focus on the now. That could possibly mean letti

In my coaching practice, I hear it time and time again: "Ugh, it's wintertime. It's cold and dark...and I feel stuck!" Entering into the winter season can bring up a lot of fear, anxiety, and struggle for you if you "fight" against it.

If you are finding success to be elusive and difficult to reach in relationships, money and careers, or happiness in general, you might be asking the wrong question. Often we as human beings ask “What’s in it for me?” whenever we are faced with any given opportunity. It seems to be this way in ...

Your alarm goes off – too early, much too early. As you struggle your way out of your warm comfy nest, you say to yourself: “Another day, another grind,” and off you go, to the land of work. It doesn’t matter what kind of work, whether in an office, a factory, a home or on a space ship, you’d ...

One of the most universal desires we have as human beings is to find love. Most of us want to find romantic love. To find a soul mate, someone with whom we can share our innermost thoughts and feelings. Someone to share the joys and sorrows of our daily lives and to walk beside us in this great adventure called life.

RISK- chance, opportunity, uncertainty, possibility We are creatures of habit for the most part. The average person likes stability and routine. It provides a level of perceived security. However, deep inside of everyone there are hopes, dreams and aspirations longing to be realized. Those desires many times get buried under layers of fear and doubt. Life is a game of chance. There are no for sure things out there, but one thing is certain you can never achieve your goals unless you are willing to step out and take a chance. Without RISK there is no REWARD.

One of the greatest challenges we have as human beings is the pre-programming that we have gone through in our past. It is this pre-programming that creates so many blocks to allow us to fulfill dreams, wishes, and to manifest the positives that we desire. What we need to realise is that the ...

Many clients come to me telling me I am the last resort for saving their relationship. Talk about pressure! They say they feel angry and resentful. Some say they have given up hope or feel numb to their partner. They tell me that I am their last hope before contacting the lawyers. Sometimes, it is too late and the walls are up and can’t come down. Sometimes I can see a spark of caring still there, and the relationship can be saved and improved.

Are you facing challenges in your life or your business right now? These days, there are some real challenges facing many of us - at work, at home, in relationships, with money, with family, with housing situations, and much more.

- Have you ever procrastinated long enough for an elephant-sized pile of to-do post-it notes to congregate on your desk? - Have you ever taken on a project that is just to big to tackle? - Are you backed into a corner overwhelmed at the giant-sized task before you? Uh-oh. You have an ...- Have you ever procrastinated long enough for an elephant-sized pile of to-do post-it notes to congregate on your desk? - Have you ever taken on a project that is just to big to tackle? - Are you backed into a corner overwhelmed at the giant-sized task before you?

I have been pushing past my point of comfort for a long time now. It doesn’t come easy to me but somehow I need to keep doing it. Two parts live in me: The Unstoppable Go-Getter and The Rocking Chair Woman. The Unstoppable Go-Getter is the one who dreams the dreams and carries them out. She has the compelling visions of what and where I could be…who I could become. And she knows how to get things done too, big time. When she is in charge my intuition is strong (you may call

When you come to understand that you really are the creator of everything in your life, at first it can appear quite uncomfortable because in the past or present you’ve experienced bad things and you know that you would never intentionally hurt yourself or cause bad things to come to you, ...

This is a different approach from some popular philosophers of the moment, but stick with the thinking here, and perhaps you’ll join the ego-lovers, too. Without an ability to understand yourself as an individual consciousness, you cut yourself off from the fun of this time-space reality ...

What is Personal Power? Many people shy away from the power word. In their minds, they conjure up the image of a bully or a business takeover, a victim and a victor. Power over others is not true personal power. Instead, it can cover-up not really feeling powerful at ...

Stop wasting energy that drains your sense of self and forces you to deal with false scenarios, but do not confuse mundane fantasies with the true use of your imagination. Imagination is what keeps you going and creates new opportunities that free you up to visualize ideas, essential and germane, to your accomplishments. Imagination is a requirement for the ascension to new levels of consciousness, but make sure to avoid any form of mental reservation that impedes your progress.

Everyone has dreams. Many times they are simply a thought that floats through the mind and exits as quickly as it came. Other times the dream may linger a while or even re-occur from time to time, but still gradually fade away, totally disintegrating. Some dreams hang in there, remaining a ...

Wow! It's the beginning of February... one month already behind us... It sure does seem like time is flying... but if you're working toward any particular goals you may think that things aren't changing fast enough... Let's face it... we all would love to have accomplished our goals yesterday. If you want to make mo

As human beings, we are often pushed by what we perceive as our issues. Equally important, we are also pulled forward by our dreams, visions and inspirations. Often, we tend to focus on our issues due to their pressure, and don't invest in the process of creation. Without asking the question: "What do I really want?"; and, without taking the time to reflect and discover what is true for us, we are likely to repeat childhood patterns of living someone else's plan for us.

It might sound conceited or arrogant for you to say that you make a difference in the lives of others every day, but it’s true. The real big question is what difference, positive or negative, are you making and to whom? You don’t have to be a global leader like Barack Obama to impact the lives of others every day. I believe that you are always making a difference, every day, in ways that you might not be aware of. As soon as you leave your home you become a cause in your life and the lives of others, probably without ever realising it.

My friend Rich came over to my office last week and we had a wonderful and authentic conversation about what's going on in each of our lives right now. I'm so grateful to have people in my life like Rich whom I can talk to and get real. Authenticity creates freedom and having people around us we can truly be ourselves with is so important. Rich and I talked vulnerably about our relationships, our challenges, the things we're most excited about, and some stuff we'd both like to change about ourselves and our lives.

7 Ways to Know When Your Intuition is Speakingr Intuition vs. Out-tuitionr I am often asked, what “intuition”… is the other day, someone else asked, me “do I even have intuition??? Everything on the planet is energy, all vibrating at different frequencies, science tells us this… and we know this right?r

It's about Appreciation, not Achievement Have you ever found yourself waiting for something “good” to happen so that you could be happy? “When I get that promotion, lose those ten pounds, fall in love, graduate from school, pay off my debt, have a baby, buy a house, accomplish that big goal, ...

“Empowerment's in Trusting… God doesn't give you the people you want... God gives you the people you NEED... To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you... and to make you into the person you were meant to be.” (Taken from one of the many emails I receive) Have you ever noticed that whether it is in your immediate circle of friends, at work or just going through life’s everyday events you tend to find yourself attracting the same types of people into your life? Sometimes it can be a very good experience.

The other day, a good friend of mine gave a talk in which he described how he overcame his addiction to alcohol, and it basically came down to this: he decided he had a choice. To ease the pain of life by drinking, or to choose happiness. To stop looking at everything that didn’t work in his life, and deliberately look at what was working. In other words, to shift his focus. Now, this wasn’t a magic wand he was waving. His whole life didn’t radically change from one day to t

Before you get to any of the steps, you need to know one thing. You can’t read this and gain self-esteem.rnSelf worth is not something that you can achieve for yourself by reading an article, book or watching a video. It comes from taking action. It comes from doing the inner work necessary to clear the negative thinking patterns you have developed and then stepping out of your comfort zone and using the unique talents and gifts you have inside. Even if you don’t feel not