From Workaholic to Achievement Junkie to Husband, Father, and Friend
Read my post over at IWillChangeYourLife.com, titled changing habits: from workaholic to achievement junkie to husband, father and friend.
February 6, 2008
Here’s a Method That’s Helping People To Live Their Lives Today
You’ve probably done one of those exercises where you imagine your own funeral and what people would say about you, in an effort to determine what parts of your life you might want to change now. You may have also been asked, and even thought seriously, about what you would do if you knew you only had a few months or a few days to live. I’d like to suggest an even more extreme exercise right now.
February 6, 2008
2 Dirty Words: Discipline and Perseverance
It takes hard work and perseverance to go from overbooked and distracted, to productive and effective. We must first learn to overcome obstacles – old ways of thinking, defeatist patterns of behavior, fears and so forth. But through patient persistence and gentle guidance, people are able to discover their own unique ability to define and create ideal lives for themselves, against all odds and despite what everyone else is saying.
February 6, 2008
Let Life Excite You
Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in a ‘rut’ and forget that we need passion and purpose in our lives. Check out my post, don’t
February 5, 2008
My Podcast Interview with Mike Vardy of EffTD™ is Up
Check out a fun podcast interview I did with Mike Vardy of EffTD™. Mike has a great sense of humor and shares it with us
February 5, 2008
Personal Development: Can We Grow in Troubled Economic Times?
Lately the news has been full of negative things about mortgage issues, a weak economy and rising energy prices. Is there a way we can
February 5, 2008
Happiness Through the 90% Rule
Have you heard of the 90% rule? You live on 90% of your income and save the other 10%. Easy isn’t it? Nope, not in
February 4, 2008
A New Generation Sees a Better Life by Throwing Out the Status Quo
They are being called Millennials: the otherwise known as Generation Y – those born between roughly 1976 and 2000. They may come from different races, backgrounds, and socio-economic statuses, but one thing is for certain – they are ready for change.
February 4, 2008
Happiness Quote for Today
“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.” Albert Einstein Conflicting Desires: Knowing That We Have
February 3, 2008
My Next Guest Appearance on ‘Money Sense’ Radio Show
I’ll be making my fourth appearance on Karen Ellenbecker’s Money Sense radio program. My appearance is scheduled for Sunday February 3rd, but don’t worry there
February 2, 2008
What Are You Passionate About?
Let’s assume you had five minutes to give a speech. You would receive a very large sum of money if you gave a speech that the judges considered “passionate.” You choose the topic, you write the speech. You give a passionate speech, you get the money.
What would you talk about? More importantly, would what you talk about in that speech be what you’re truly passionate about, or would you try to fudge and make people think you were really excited about something you think is “important,” because you think that’s what they want to hear?
February 1, 2008
Feeling Out of Control with the Frenetic Pace of The World
Admittedly, it’s tough to just suddenly pull up the emergency brake on a life in the fast lane. Many people feed off the adrenaline rush and frenetic pace of today’s hooked-up, turned-on world. But the truth is that if you don’t get control of your own future, you’ll eventually crash and burn. I know this for a fact because I was this close to facing a dire situation in my own work and life.
January 30, 2008
My Podcast Interview with Mike Vardy of EffTD™
I did a really fun and unique interview today with Mike Vardy of EffTD™. Mike’s satircal sense of style and humor was a real hoot.
The podcast will be up shortly.
January 29, 2008
12 Techniques for Happiness
Have you noticed the explosion of happiness articles? I read at least 30 or 40 of them last week alone. I think it’s fantastic, so
January 29, 2008
Everyday Creativity and Personal Growth
If you don’t think of yourself as creative, I think you’re missing a great opportunity to grow as a person – to become who you really are and who you want to be.
January 29, 2008
Can We Get Better at Being Happy?
I don’t know how many articles I read on the subject of happiness last week, but, if I had to venture a guess, I’d say it was 30 or 40. The way I’d sum up the articles is, “The good news about happiness is that it seems to be a skill we can acquire and develop.”
The bad news is that most of us are not as happy as we could be.
January 28, 2008
You Can Find Emotional Maturity in 3 Simple Ways
Emotional maturity is not something that is automatically given to someone when they turn 18. Emotional maturity is something that we must develop in our lives by knowing how to respond to situations in a mature and responsible manner.
January 26, 2008
5 Tips for Living a Complete Life
Is a complete life simply one where you’re achieving your goals and achieving things?
There’s more to it than that.
January 25, 2008
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