Most of our successes don’t look like success when they first show up in your life in response to your goal-setting. That’s why some people don’t recognize them as what they asked for…because it’s disguised in work clothes…or even tragedy. Sometimes people who have gone through a lengthy or terminal illness realize suddenly what they Read More

Many, many people have no clue whatsoever what they to do with their lives. I see it often and I have been there…done that. But…let me tell you about a friend of mine…I’ll call him…”Jerry”. Jerry was adrift in life. He ricochets from disaster to disaster without any clear purpose or seemingly any feel for Read More

Desire and passion comes from inside you… for you and belong to you alone. No one can want anything for you and you can’t want anything for anyone else. It just deoesn’t work. You may want your partner to be more sensitive, or be a better listener, or to lose weight…yet…unless your spouse wants the Read More

Many people only have a vague idea of what it is they want. They may want what others have, or what they see in a magazine, or a different job, or whatever the latest trent declares is desirable. The conversation goes like this: Do you know what you want? Sure. I know what I want. Read More

Getting to that special genius inside of you and bringing it into the light of day sometimes requires that you think and do things differently. Since we know that more of the same simply brings you more of the same…especially when it comes to thinking…you have to break out of old habit patterns of thinking Read More

Sometimes you are absolutely certain that you need to change. You feel it in every cell of your being, but you have no idea what you should do. If you find yourself in this situation, sometimes even random enthusiastic activity will pay off. Try ‘something’. ..try ‘everything’…until something works. We all know that Thomas Edison Read More

In the interest of constantly embracing change…a powerful technique I use frequently use consists of sitting quietly with pen and paper and writing your major problems, challenges or goals down in the form of a question to yourself. The question might be: “How can I use my time more efficiently?” or “How can I be Read More

I embrace change. I love change. Instead of the universally held opinion that things will be worse off as a result of the change. I feel that everything will be better…sooner or later. I even borrow ideas for change from other fields to adapt to my needs to make change a constant in my life. Read More

I’ve always been different. When I was younger, sometimes that fact that I was different made me feel uncomfortable and ill at ease. Not anymore. I revel in being different…I love the fact that I think differently than most…that I see the world from a different slant…it makes me who I am. Dr. David Weeks, Read More

Imagination and humor are two of the most important elements of human development. The healthiest and happiest people possess both these traits in abundance. Dr. Norman cousins in his book Anatomy of an Illness describes how laughter helped him recover from ankylosing spondylitis, a painful and crippling collagen disease that attacks the connective tissues of Read More