Motivation is powerful, but not entirely necessary. Motivation makes it easier to take action, but you take plenty of actions without the presence of traditional motivation. Without motivation, it’s also easy to procrastinate. Motivation is tricky. What exactly is motivation? Is it enthusiasm for an action? Or is it just a situation where taking an action has become more desirable than not taking action? You might not be excited about doing a report at work, […]
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If he had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He will listen. He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart. What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem?
Listening is nothing more than giving a reflection back in a mirror of what you are hearing. Listening ignites relationships. Getting transparent. Breathe deeply for a few seconds to get centered in the moment. Become clear and get the junk of the day out of your trunk. The thought about being in the NOW… Everything is working exactly the way it is supposed to today. Everything that happened to you this week is exactly how […]
The power to hold on in spite of everything, to endure, this is the quality of a winner. Your greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fail. It's your constant and determined effort that will eventually break down all resistance and sweep all the barriers before you. Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that's necessary to reach your goal. All great achievements require time. Endurance is the crowning quality of success.
Happiness is a byproduct. You cannot pursue it by itself. You were built to conquer your environment, solve problems, and achieve goals. You'll find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. Happiness is in activity. It's a running river not a stagnant pond. Happiness is not in having or being, it's in doing something you love. The secret of happiness is in having something to do. Best of all, a worthwhile, predetermined goal.
Energy, what is it and how important is it to our bodies? Over the years I’ve heard of how our bodies are made up of energy and without energy, we are dead. But what happens as we age. Do we lose our energy? I hear we get tired easier, have low memory recall, not as motivated to do what we did one to two decades ago. What is it? Well I started doing some research […]
The victim, the persecutor and the rescuer triangle is a powerful set of three that we could all experience at one time or another. It is often found in dysfunctional families and many other interpersonal relationships. The problem with this triangle is that no one can ever win because the roles shift and there is never a balance. For example, a friend came to me and shared of her upset with her husband. She felt […]
Your mind is your true essence. How things look on the outside of you always depends on how things are on the inside of you. Your thoughts have brought you to where you are today. Your actions always mirror your thoughts. Take a good look at where you are and what you're doing, and you can understand what you've been thinking. Your behavior is the perpetual revealing of yourself. What you do, tells everyone who and what you are. Change your […]
The ability to compromise makes our lives and relationships run more smoothly, even if the concept sometimes seems challenging to implement. Here are some of the advantages of compromising as well as some techniques for finding a middle ground. Good Reasons to Compromise Techniques for Making Constructive Compromises Learning to give and take helps everyone to wind up with more in the end. Stay true to yourself while being open to making accommodations that create […]
You cannot have the success you seek without some failures too. Any experience can be transformed into something of value. Everything depends on the way you look at things. What appear to be stumbling blocks and defeat before you can be stepping stones to victory if you remain determined. In all of your adversities lie the seeds of equivalent advantages. In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the next time. View your problems as […]
