By Abdul Waheed Zafar If you want to be successful, positive affirmations should be part of your morning ritual. For example, if you are a business professional, you can get ready for professional meetings using morning affirmations. This will help you face challenges, reduce your frustra…

By Ian Pinto I'm sure you have heard people prattling about being positive, thinking positive and changing your life. Honestly, I was a skeptic for sometime because it seemed rather magical. I mean how is it that just thinking about something makes it a reality? Experience seems to sh…

By Richard Brody Although, many individuals, either, are elected, selected, and/ or, ascend, to certain positions of leadership, no one, earns the right, to be considered, as a genuine leader, until/ unless, he can be counted on, to effectively, LEAD others, in a meaningful, relevant, …

By Susan Leigh Whether we work for ourselves or for others, are still in education or are even moving towards our later years, many of us will have occasion, wherever we may be on our life's path, to feel motivated to better ourselves. We may aspire to greater heights educationally …

By Christie Geiger The Google dictionary definition of prosperity is "the state of being prosperous". Synonyms listed with the definition include profitability, affluence, wealth, opulence, luxury, the good life, milk, and honey, (good) fortune, ease, plenty, comfort, security…

By Jennifer Pearson The black smoke is all over the city, the houses do not look glamorous anymore. The big clock on the tower is incessantly giving commands and almost everyone is running behind time. People are gradually turning into mobile machines that only follow instructions. This…

By Kelan Ern A couple years back, a client was talking about acting. They had performed in plays most of their life. They told me how much sweat, blood, and tears goes into one single play. The hours and HOURS of learning the material... memorizing their lines... and getting ready for …

By William T. Batten What makes someone successful? Many things help, there's no question. Seeing what other people don't. Being lucky. Having the courage to try things even when they're risky. Money. Connections. Specialised training and all the right certifications. If …

Those of us that are passionate about self-development and self-help understand that the quality of our lives is determined greatly by our thought patterns and attitudes.  The philosophy of stoicism centred heavily on this and other ways of thinking that enabled people to cope with an…

There are three places where you can live your life: 1. In the past - People who have regrets and are "stuck" thinking about things that cannot be corrected often experience depression. Some therapists believe that anger turned inward becomes depression. So, when you combine p…

By Stephen Russell-Lacy How keen are you to get up in the morning and follow your ordinary day? Have you the enthusiasm needed to do what is fulfilling and good? "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm". (Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher) With inspiratio…

What is the key to changing our life's external circumstances?  We've heard before that the answer is that we need to change our thoughts.  But, how do we do that and why does it seem so hard to do?  The answer is that we are often trying to change our conscious thoughts and b…

By Iris Fanning This past week has been filled with highs and lows. My husband, Ken, traveled to San Diego to bring our son home for the summer from college. I was looking forward to spending some time with our son, Sean. This same week our beloved Boston Terrier Mix dog, Lucky, beca…

All confidence is born in a tiny, fleeting easy to miss moment. These moments happen hundreds of times a day. Confident people have taught themselves to (1) spot these opportunities, and (2) once spotted - to give birth to their confidence. All confidence is not fixed, but it's in a…

What is it that so many people are missing in their lives?  Why is it that so many people have trouble feeling 'fulfilled' in what they're doing?  This video gives an insight into how we find that thing we need to be doing in order to feel fulfilled.   Jim Carrey shares h…

I recently I posted on how to achieve a changed mind-set; from a negative one to an optimistic one.  Here's some more great help in that area from the great Tony Robbins!   Our thinking determines everything else in our lives; whether we'll be happy or not, whether we'll h…