Back in 1980 or 1981 I had the tremendous good fortune to hear a lecture by Dr. Leo Buscaglia. I was living in Albuquerque at the time and he was there one night speaking about love and he usually did. A friend asked me to go to the lecture and to this day I’m glad […]
Peer Pressure Isn’t Always Bad
We usually teach our kids to not be swayed by peer pressure. However, it’s the negative peer pressure that scares us. The peer pressure that might make our kids drink alcohol, take drugs, or engage in other risky behavior. How many parents have uttered the phrase, “If everyone else jumped off the bridge, would you […]
Keep Setting Those Goals
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. — Tony Robbins
Trust Yourself
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wins Out of Losses
To find happiness, turn losses into wins is an excerpt from Olympic Gold Medal winner Scott Hamilton’s book The Great Eight: How to Be Happy (Even When You Have Every Reason to be Miserable). Take some time to read this excerpt. To your happiness!
Piece by Piece
How are your goals coming along? If you made resolutions, this is about the time that you’ve forgotten them or just given up. If, instead, you set goals, you most likely are trying to figure out how to accomplish all of those worthy goals by the deadline you set. Are your goals starting to seem […]
Goals in 3 Words
Chris Brogan had an interesting post about goal setting to start to the New Year. Chris suggests finding 3 keywords that sum up the goals you have for the year. To someone else the words you select might not make sense, but to you they make sense and help you easily remember what you’re trying […]
Be Happy With You
Have you ever known people who always compare themselves to someone else? They judge their worth based on the success of other people. “That person has more money than I do.” “She drives a nicer car.” “He lives in a better house than me.” “Why can’t we have what they have?” People who think like […]
Open The New Book Tomorrow
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. –Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Can’t Stick To A Goal?
I mentioned the other day that setting goals is better than making resolutions. But sticking to a goal is difficult. Tony Robbins says you need to get leverage on yourself — you need to have a powerful reason to reach your goal. Sometimes you can get that by telling someone else about your goal. Other […]
