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 […]
Sometimes the best business tips come from unexpected sources. Like “Alice in Wonderland.” To me, Alice takes the cake. Lewis Carroll wrote it in 1865. Adored by children – and adults – it’s themes are as valid today as they were back then. And, beyond its seemingly nonsensical story, it provides some pretty down to […]
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 […]
There are as many stories about the origins of Memorial Day as there are different states, counties, ethnicities, races and cultures. The only thing we thought we knew for sure was that it was once called Decoration Day, celebrated on May 30th and began in 1866 when people honored the country’s hero soldiers […]
“The most influential and frequent voice you hear is your inner-voice. It can work in your favor or against you, depending on what you listen to and act upon.” – Maddy Malhotra We know the words by heart. We’ve heard them all our lives. “We can be our best friend or our worst enemy.” In […]
“You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” – Edith Head Before you even open your mouth, people make assumptions about you. Is it fair? Of course not. Is it true? Maybe. Maybe not. What are you wearing? If ‘seeing is believing,’ how you dress defines how […]
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” -Arthur Schopenhauer What does it take to be a genius? Personally, I believe most of us have the makings of a genius within us, although we may not be aware of it. What we do and how […]
“Delayed gratification is a sweet lesson whose teacher knows the best is not right now, it is yet to be.” – Maximillian Degenerz Everyone craves instant gratification. It’s that little human urge we all have to ‘want it and want it now.’ But when we do we often find that further down the road, […]
“A bad habit never disappears miraculously. It’s an undo-it-yourself project.” – Abigail Van Buren Last week we spoke about habits and how they’ve become so routinized in our lives that we’re often unaware that at one point in time, we made a conscious decision that we would do ‘this’ (action), when presented with ‘that’ (trigger). […]