Becoming discouraged when things aren’t going the way you want is normal. You wonder sometimes how you’re going to keep going. Does it at times seem like it’s all just too hard? Or there’s too much to do and you don’t know how to do it all? You can break through all of that.

Building a high level of enthusiasm and passion for your desired outcome assists in keeping you moving toward your goals. A desired and worthwhile goal combined with passion, helps you manage the rough spots and keep going. Read more »

Building rapport and connection with others is a central part of life. The better you do this, the more successful you will be in every area of your experience. Eye contact is one of the most powerful methods for building your connection.

Diversity is everywhere. Daily you will cross paths with people who grew up in a different country. They may speak a different language, live with different customs, enjoy different foods, and so on. Read more »

Conflict is normal for humans on planet earth in the 21st Century as it will be in the next century, and the one after, and all that came before now.

All conflict is only of two forms: external conflicts, those you have with others, or internal conflicts, those within yourself. In these two areas of life where you experience conflict, there are only four kinds of conflict you can experience. Read more »

You have a large body of knowledge from your experience. Use it. You don’t have to start from scratch when entering into a project.

Draw on what you know—but don’t limit your doing to be exactly like every other time. Give new ways a shot.

Brain research shows that altering the way you do your routine, or experimenting with doing new and different things Read more »

With every journey, plateaus are inevitable.

There will be fruitful times and there will be dry times. Situations quite often don’t go exactly the way you’d planned. These are the experiences that show your character and build your resourcefulness. This is when you have to get creative to accomplish your goals.

The way you’re doing things right now is probably the way that you’ve done things for quite a while. It’s often easy to continue Read more »

Even if your life is crazy busy, and you don’t have much time for play, find wins inside of what you are doing.

Instead of just racing to get the report done so you can then blast off into the next project, find some good in what you just achieved or completed. (As the saying goes, take time to smell the roses along the way Read more »

The statement, “other people are necessary in our life”, is not wholly true for everyone, but does hold true for most of us. Human companionship and interaction is good for us, and helps keep us sane, happy, motivated and healthy.

With this said, it can be easy to want to help and take care of others, sometimes putting the needs of others before our own. There is nothing wrong with assisting or caring for others Read more »

If you pause and think about it, challenging yourself to live up to your best may be more difficult in many ways than competing with others. As you deepen your skills you’ll experience an emotional uplift that is sustaining.

As a challenger of your past successes (or screw-ups in some cases), when you improve, you deepen your confidence and Read more »

The majority of people are their own worst critics.

When things don’t go right, humans have a tendency to beat-up on themselves—even if the issue is actually due to the mistakes of another. They spend a huge amount of time comparing themselves to others, and how they ought to be performing.

A healthy sense of competition is a good trait, but if you are overly competitive continuously, the majority of people you’re around will get tired of it. Besides, competition is stressful, and if carried on too long Read more »

You become much more attractive to good stuff, and tend to repel the bad stuff. Your relationships work more effectively, and overall you feel more on top of your game. When in this state, you are planting the seeds of abundance.

People don’t put enough faith into what they are able to accomplish with their self-talk. Self-talk is just what it sounds like Read more »