Here Are 20 Success Traits You Can Use Today
Over at Dumb Little Man I’ve created a post about determining success. Check out 20 qualities for a successful life.
January 16, 2008
Too Many Choices and Alternatives
In today’s world, we’re faced with a perplexing amount of life choices, directions, options and alternatives. And the loyalty is simply not there anymore. Because of this relatively new, fend-for-yourself attitude, the only real structure or rules that exist in your life are whatever you lay down for yourself.
January 16, 2008
Looking for Happiness, Success, and Fulfillment? Try These Four Steps
There are four steps you can take, every day, to help bring fulfillment into your life, achieve happiness and help you attain success. Though it
January 15, 2008
Conflicting Desires: Knowing That We Have Enough vs. Always Wanting to Better Ourselves
From a very early age most of us are taught that we should always work towards bettering ourselves – through education, through our careers and through our family. For many people, the drive to succeed is part of who they are and there is no doubt about it, that trait can be very beneficial to them throughout their lives. Yet, at some point in our lives many of us seem to wander off the path of leading a successful, fulfilled life and fall into the trap of always wanting to do more, earn more, or get more. We lose track of those life goals we have set for ourselves and instead we get caught up in the mind trap of “the more I have, the better I am!”
January 15, 2008
Understanding the Role Humility Plays in Everyday Life
Do you ever wonder at one point you can consider life ‘finished’? At what point can you say you’ve truly done everything you’ve wanted? Check
January 11, 2008
Build a Legacy You Can Be Proud Of
Do you have a real desire for your “fifteen minutes of fame?” Most people would answer this question yes, without thinking about it. Of course we want fame.
But do you really want fame, or do you want a legacy? They’re not exactly the same thing.
January 11, 2008
Action or Inaction: Which Will You Regret More?
How many times have you heard someone saying, “I sure wish I would have…” or “If only I had taken the chance and…”. Our lives are full of decisions. And a decision we make every day is whether or not to do certain tasks. The question is which will you regret doing more – an action that you took, or an action that you didn’t take? For most us, we end up regretting the actions we didn’t take far more than we regret those that we did.
January 10, 2008
See How Easily You Can Handle Change
You know, we all have change in our lives. Most of us detest change, dread change, feel change is a real problem to deal with. I’m talking here about major changes.
But if you take a look at the major changes in your life over the last five years, up to about six months ago, you’ll probably see that since you’ve moved away from those changes, you can see that they were really beneficial.
Difficult at the time? Sure. No one’s going to argue with you about that. Change can be tough.
But it’s important to keep change in perspective.
January 9, 2008
Now You Can Have Quality, Not Quantity
We’re living our lives the “right way” – upholding our civic duties, serving as the model employee, being the attentive husband or wife, family member, friend. And yet, we’re biting off more than we can chew – and what we end up with is quantity, not quality, in all of our undertakings.
January 9, 2008
Don’t Become a Boiled Frog
If you’ve heard the parable of the boiled frog you know that you can only boil a frog if you put it in cold water
January 8, 2008
Building a Strong Financial Foundation
Working with financial planners and lifestyle coaches, one step at a time, will help you put together a complete lifestyle package to guide you through not only your financial future, but also your lifestyle – setting up goals and milestones to help you support your personal beliefs, culture preferences and values that define who you are.
January 8, 2008
A Better Life: Are You Willing To Do What It Takes To Achieve It?
We all dream of having a better life – finding a meaning in our life and pursuing our passions and goals. For some of us a better life means advancing our careers, for others it may be a path of personal discovery that leads to a better life. For others it could mean returning to school to get a degree so they can get the job they always wanted and provide for their families. A better life is achievable by anyone who wants to take the time and effort to do what it takes to attain it. A lot of people sit around talking about having a better life, but how many people are willing to put forth the effort required to actually achieve it?
January 7, 2008
If You Don’t Check Yourself into Detox Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later
Overwhelmed with information? Struggling to keep your head above water? It happens to teh best of us.
Trying to accumulate and/or consume too much information can be toxic to your mind and well-being. Eliminate some of those information toxins and avoid new sources of poison.
January 4, 2008
Success in 2008? It’s Achievable – And Here Is How You Can Do It!
How do you define success? Are you successful when you achieve your goals you set out in life? Or do you feel successful even when you haven’t achieved them all, but are working towards them and feel good in life? The truth is, for each one of us we have a different definition of success. There are even people out there who believe that they are never truly 100% successful in life – that it is a constant procession towards success that makes them who they are.
January 4, 2008
Are You Exploiting Your Strengths?
“Play to your strengths.” How many times have you heard that one? How many times have you heard it, and within one day had to do something you knew was not a strength of yours, because you felt you had no choice?
January 3, 2008
The Most Frightening Thing I Ever Did
I’ve been frightened in my life. We all have. But you know the most frightening thing I ever did?
It was giving up my job as a financial trader, working eighty to a hundred hours a week.
January 2, 2008
Are You Angry and Resentful? Try Acceptance First, then (Maybe) Forgiveness
If we find ourselves angry and resentful, it’s important to acknowledge that our anger hurts only ourselves, and we’ve inadvertently given other people the power to make us angry and resentful.
January 2, 2008
Instant Communication, Information, and Gratification
We correspond frequently, but we’re often rushed, preoccupied, and unable to give our full attention. If you feel overwhelmed and distracted in today’s world, take comfort.
January 2, 2008
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