What frightens you? What shadows of your past are lurking in the deep recesses of your mind? What monsters do you fear are blocking your path to your future? We all have fears. It is what you believe about them and how you face them that will determine your course in life. There is a
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could own cupid’s magic arrow with an arrowhead filled with love and shoot people with it when they are being mean, hateful, nasty, or spiteful. When the arrow hit them, it would spread love and joy throughout their heart and entire body. They would immediately turn into the kind,
Life is a succession of choices. You have the ability to choose. Don’t choose to spend your life wallowing in negativity, failure, ignorance, poverty, shame, or self-pity. Choose instead to let go of old hurts and old belief systems. Choose to raise your sights, develop new belief systems and reach for the success that you
Did you know the average work year has increased by more than 160 hours since 1970? And, guess what that means! Those are hours we used to have for leisure time, but no more. When we are short on time, what do we give up first? Usually the things that give us the most pleasure.
This is the game where you compare yourself to others and you almost always lose. It’s like you have a magnifying glass that always makes the other person and their accomplishments look bigger than they really are and a minimizing glass that you use to make your own accomplishments look smaller. This is when you
I just heard a term that I had never heard before…”self-dislike.” Wow. I have heard of a lack of self-confidence or a lack of self-esteem, but I had never even considered “self-dislike.” Yet, I know people who suffer from it. In a 1992 Gallup survey, 80 percent of the people who responded said that self-esteem
I was working with one of my coaching clients this week, when she said, "I have no self-confidence?" I asked her what that meant and she said, "I don't believe I can do things." "Like what?" I asked. "Like winning a beauty contest." Why didn't she believe she could? Because she's been programming her mind
It is absolutely essential we become problem solvers. Problem identifiers are a dime a dozen. Anyone can go around pointing out problems. On the other hand, problem solvers are worth their weight in gold. Far too few people spend their time and use their minds looking for solutions. Problems give us opportunities to be creative.
Change happens … every day. Our hair grows, we gain or lose weight, and we experience new things which change our perception of how things are. We live in a constant state of change. So, why is it that we go immediately into panic mode when we notice the winds of change blowing in our
Since this is the last day of the old year, why not stop talking about your negative traits. The more you concentrate on them, the more they hang on. What we put our attention to is what multiplies in our lives. Instead of criticizing, look for things you like about yourself. If you have actual limitations
