“It’s not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” – W.T. Purkiser It’s anyone’s guess what the real story was behind that November day in 1621, when Puritans and Indians together, to celebrate what many believe to be the first Thanksgiving in the […]
Everyone makes mistakes. We know that. So why do some people make the same mistake over and over again, and kick themselves for it, while others are able to let it go, move on, and never make the same mistake again? We know that mindset and emotional intelligence play a major role on how […]
A while back, I shared a short video by Shawn Achor, author of ‘The Happiness Project.’ One of the things his studies revealed was that 75% of our success is dependent on optimism, a good support network and the ability to manage stress in a positive way. In other words, regardless of how […]
How many of you remember when a parent, or aunt or uncle asked you, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ Do you remember what you said? Did that answer change as you got older? How many times? Like the majority of us, what want to be is determined […]
27 Famous People Share Their Thoughts “My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?” – Charles Schulz The general consensus is that babies are born happy. Why shouldn’t they be? When they’re not, they […]
Tom Hopkins is a well-respected leader in the field sales training and executive consulting. In fact, he’s been doing it for close to 40 years. He’s written a lot of books on the subject too, all valid and insightful regardless of endeavor. My favorite quote of his is a very simple, yet opens up […]
“True progress is to know more, and be more, and do more.” – Oscar Wilde The majority of us began our careers working for other people. In many cases our experiences led us to strike out on our own, and start our own companies. Whether our tenure as employees was satisfying or […]
Do you think success breeds happiness, or that happiness breeds success? So many people fall into the trap of saying, ‘I’ll be happy when….’. When what? Why not now? Our minds have a way of playing tricks on us. We see a picture of a successful business person, with a big smile, exuding all […]
I believe in positive thinking. I learned early on in life that most people spent far too much time dwelling on the negative and very little time on what’s a positive. Since most negativity is the result of false assumptions based on past experience or ‘programming,’ I decided I didn’t want to be there. It […]
I realized the other day that I never met a successful person who had a bad attitude, or lacked confidence. In fact, their entire worlds seemed more positive than most – and infinitely happier. It made me wonder which came first – the success, the positive attitude or the confidence? I couldn’t attribute it […]