Relationships can be challenging. The quality of our relationships has a big influence on the quality of our lives. Relationships are like living organisms. They require attention and energy to thrive. When they’re ignored, they degrade and wither away. How many friends have drifted away from you over the years? Enhance your relationships and your life: Are your relationships everything you’d like them to be? Meaningful relationships are one of the key components of happiness. […]
What does success mean to you? You might define it as having a stable job in a large company where there's an opportunity for growth, or owning a home. Or maybe your vision of success includes owning your own business or backpacking through Europe every five years. Your personal success goals most likely also include spiritual, relationship, and other life aspirations. Whatever your perspective may be, one of your primary tasks in life is to […]
As you seek success in your business, love life, or any other venture, it helps to take stock of your level of self-assertiveness. Assertiveness is the ability to honestly express yourself without undue self-doubt or anxiety. If others think they can walk all over you, they tend to view you in a negative light. While some are born assertive, for others self-assertiveness is a cultivated skill. Learn how to become more self-assertive by following these […]
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 […]
