Don’t be Discouraged…

It’s easy these days to see things as not being all that good. It’s easy to hop on the band-wagon and whittle your time away talking about how bad things are. But is this really helping you?

The answer is that in the moment, while it may feel good to rant about this of that, you’re not doing yourself any good.

What happens when you rant and complain is that you begin to believe your rants, especially if you’re ranting with emotion! As times goes on, you’ll no longer be able to see anything but what’s wrong in the world and it’ll end up making you miserable.

Our brains can only focus on either the positive or the negative at any one time, but never both. And the good news is that you get to pick which one you choose to focus on in every moment of your life. Read more…

Celebrate the New Year in Style!

Welcome to 2010, the start of a fresh new year, and a new decade!

Every year at this time, I get tons of e-mail messages from people who are eager to tell me about their resolutions for the next year. While I am indeed impressed at what people plan on doing, what really does it for me is to see the RESULTS of what had been planned.

So as you look back over the past year, what did you accomplish? What goal did you set for yourself that you hit, and even exceeded? Or do you even remember the goals you set for yourself?

Like so many people out there, I too set goals for myself at this time of year. But I do it with a twist. Let me share with you what I mean.

Success Begins in the Shower!

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