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Every time you choose to be with someone, you're defining who you are. People have emotions and emotions are contagious. How you conduct yourself and what values you live by define your culture, just as they do the other person's. Businesses have cultures and so do groups, committees, clubs...

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." – a great philosopher So often I hear people say, "I can't afford to take time out of my busy schedule to plan!" To that I respond by saying, "If you are that tight on time, then you can't afford NOT to take time out to plan." I'll...

You've probably been hearing that emotional intelligence (EQ) is crucial to your success in your career and relationships. Just exactly what is it and why is it so important? Emotional intelligence is what used to be called "maturity," or "common sense," or "knowing how to get along." It's how...

The experts say that your unconscious doesn’t pay attention to the negating factor, the NOT in sentences like the title of this article. Knowing that, do any of these following scenarios pertain to you and your thoughts? Someone you know has fallen on some bad times, and their business goes...

The experts say that your unconscious doesn’t pay attention to the negating factor, the NOT in sentences like the title of this article. Knowing that, do any of these following scenarios pertain to you and your thoughts? Someone you know has fallen on some bad times, and their business goes...

Try to enrich your life at all times. Your life is a gift - so enjoy it to the absolute fullest. But when things are going well (or so we think), suddenly things go radically wrong and our whole lives get turned upside down. Why is it that certain people have fewer problems and are less ill...

I ran across an interesting quote recently: "We worked in those mines, waiting for our golden years. Well, now it's our golden years, and it's done nothing but cost us gold. This is no way to live."Those powerful words came from Jack Beeson, a retired uranium miner, who was testifying before...

Our doubt concerning our self-worth is the main obstacle to our emotional and inter-relational harmony. This doubt is the cause of our greatest fears such as being rejected, laughed at, ignored, unloved, and most of all, of being alone. Loneliness is the disease of the age, and its cause is...

Sure, it's easy to say, "Change your attitude and you'll change your life," but how do you do that if you don't know what to do? After all, if changing one's attitude was easy why don't more people do it? Especially if it means they could be happier, more joyful, and much more successful...

Have you ever been hurt by someone, yet found yourself unable to forgive that person for causing you pain? When the person who does the hurting is a close friend or loved one, you may feel especially betrayed. But in order to live a life filled with promise, success and joy, forgiveness is not...

Creating the serene life you desire is entirely possible. The secret is in knowing that you yourself hold the key to this achievement. Only you have the ability to build your future. It's not unusual to turn to others to fulfill your needs and wants. Yet unless you realize that you are the one...

Competition against others is an illusion. Winning is not what brings us deep inner soul satisfaction. Winning is not what makes us a good or bad human being. Being the best or first at what you do does not necessarily make you a winner or make you successful. Inside each of us there is a...

Setting goals are relatively easy if you know how to execute it. But sad to say, the problem with most people is that they DON’T set goals or they did not execute the plan correctly. Now, take out a pen and a paper to jot down your goals and the steps to achieve it, do not procrastinate anymore...

Depression is a far too common thing that plagues many people and makes living life a difficult ordeal. But there are ways to get help if you are depressed or if you know someone who suffers from depression. Many people struggle with depression on a daily basis. Sometimes depression can be an...

In our everyday, sad to say that we cannot live our life without some stress. So we must choose to handle stress in an empowering way in order to add some spice and excitement to our life. But if we treat stress in a negative way and it gets out of control, our health and relationships will be...

Be yourself and others will be motivated to help you reach your goals. The key is that your friends and mentors reinforce who you are inside. If it’s the other way around – that is, if you let others define you – you’ll lose touch with yourself and drain yourself of energy. You’ll become a poor...

There was a very disappointed man. He climbed a cherry tree and was ready to jump off the tree to end his own life. Just when he decided to jump, a school bell rang. A group of children ran over and saw the man standing on a tree. One child asked, "What are you doing on top of a tree?" The man...

Have you ever set a goal at one point and find yourself losing motivation at the other? If you recall, in life, you will be facing this type of happenings numerous times because giving up or quitting has already been developed as a bad habit. Even the motivated of us, you or me, even the people...

By taking control of your emotion is to identify the signal the message bring across, think through the meaning and take action. These steps will empower you to achieve a better personal growth. Emotion is simply the complex psycho-physiological experience of one’s state of mind when...

Self-confidence is the conviction that you can cope with a particular situation correctly. Self-confidence is to know that you don't lack of any of the necessary skills in order to successfully complete a task. How do we achieve it? 1. Make a plan to do something and then follow through to...