Most of us seldom reach the point where we realize that the conformity-jacket we've been wearing is not a one size fits all, as we were led to believe. While conformity may be good for an orderly society, that same society also gets…

I must respectfully disagree with Sir Winston in his assessment of attitude as a "little thing. " Of all the things that influence our success or…

When you decide on what your next life goal is, leave plenty of stretch-room because you will find that some of the skills you currently have will require stretching before…

It takes a lot of courage and determination to change things about ourselves that need to be changed. If we are trying to overcome a tendency to procrastinate, forcing ourselves to …

The true measure of how strong your desire is to achieve something, can easily be measured by how much opposition you are willing to…

Many of us grown-ups have been battle-tested by life and are therefore capable of withstanding and overcoming its many challenges. Numerous other adults were shielded from many life challenges and appear to be less…

Observing myself and other people has been a lifelong hobby of mine. It has been interesting and enlightening to notice how some of us seem to…

A good memory can be a blessing, or a curse. Likewise, a poor memory can also be a blessing or a curse. The ability to recall the name of every person who ever slighted me or mistreated me handcuffs me…

Our view of ourselves is a great determiner of how high we aim in life. Some of us were fortunate enough to grow up in a family situation where we were encouraged to do well and perhaps learned that we actually could do well. Some of us were not that fortunate and maybe…

For all of those future champions out there, I would just like to encourage you to keep clawing and scratching and dragging yourself forward until…

While it may appear to some that the concept of true love is fading, I would posit that the concept is…

When was the last time you stepped out on faith and did something that made you a little afraid? The exhilaration, you felt whether you succeeded or not; that sense of accomplishment is still…

High expectations are a good thing, if we don't beat ourselves down with them. We can't win every race, nor always be the best at…

An abundant and happy life requires a lot of pre-thinking. Whether we are talking about a career, a relationship or life in general, it is…

Why is it that some people seem to be full of life, while others seems to be full of...

What we say to others and how we say it, conveys a lot about who we are. Caring people do not…

The big picture of who you are, at your core, and who you want to be in the future, is the key ingredient to…

Bad things have to happen to us, how else would we recognize when things are good? It's because of the darkness that we can…

Have you ever tried to go somewhere and you were not sure where somewhere was? Then you know the frustration of looking for…

It is through experiences, good or bad, that we learn how to calibrate and adjust our responses to similar future circumstances. Without those opportunities to learn, we would…