10 Simple Ways to Honor Your Uniqueness
One message we hear from the time we are children is that it is better to give than receive. It is best to be humble. It is best to not shine a light on ourselves. True, and not so true. We also need to recognize that until we honor ourselves with...

Comparison - The Great Destroyer
In speaking of comparison we need to be aware that we should never compare ourselves to others. No other person has our unique qualities. No one else has ever gone through the exact same circumstances or has had the precise physical characteristics...

It's Your Life - Take Control
If you seem to spend much of your life doing things for other people, if being ordered about from dawn till dusk is a normal component of your life, do something about it. Perhaps you love being with your children, but don't seem to have the time....

Joy Of The Lord
The word means different things to different people. Is it simply an emotion or feeling? Do we only feel joy when life seems to be going good, when our circumstances are favorable? Or is there something more? I'd like to explore what the Word of God...

How To Become A Polished Public Speaker In Just One (1) Day
The fear of speaking in public ranks right up there with the fear of death. I had the same fear myself until I was chosen to be an electronics trainer for the Air Force. It was only then I realized just how afraid and lousy at speaking I really was....

Are You A Procrastinator?
What is the dictionary definition of a procrastinator? It is one who delays, defers action, puts off until another day. At some point in our lives all of us have probably procrastinated over something we needed to do. This is human nature....

Overcoming Procrastination
What are the reasons that YOU procrastinate? Are you a perfectionist? Do you procrastinate on projects that you dislike? Do you over schedule yourself? Do you have fear of failure? Or maybe fear of success? Perhaps you dislike or disagree with the...

Step Out
Living your successful life requires you to step out. I remember as a teenager, right out of high school, learning this valuable lesson. Now - 15 years later - my life is the result of habitually stepping out. The scene is Naval Recruit Training...

Your Goals Are Unique
We have just begun another new year in our lives. It is time to regroup and rethink our goals and desires. Our goals may be partially dictated by outer circumstances. These are cases where we need more money for food, repairs to the home or...

I Am My Sunshine
"You Are My SunshineMy Only Sunshine You Make MeHappy When Skies Are Gray"(I remember this song from my childhood)"You Never Know ,Dear,How Much I Love You Please,Don't Take My Sunshine Away"And, doesn't that insinuate someone...

10 Passion Principles to Creating the Rest of Your Life
1. Take passionate action towards living your life by design. Talk is cheap. Action = deposits in the bank of a passionately authentic future. Without it, passion is void. 2. Commit to yourself as well as those you love to create powerfully a life...

10 Minute Tricks to Help You Get Organized
Whoever thought you'd be able to get organized in just 10 minutes?! Here are a few simple ideas. 1. 10 MINUTE CHORE BOX: Rather than spending hours organizing, and doing it all yourself, create a 10 minute Chore Box for yourself--and one for each...

On Uniqueness
Is being special or unique a property of an object (let us say, a human being), independent of the existence or the actions of observers - or is this a product of a common judgement of a group of people? In the first case - every human being is...

The Happiness of Others
Is there any necessary connection between our actions and the happiness of others? Disregarding for a moment the murkiness of the definitions of "actions" in philosophical literature - two types of answers were hitherto provided. Sentient Beings...

The Egoistic Friend
What are friends for and how can a friendship be tested? By behaving altruistically, would be the most common answer and by sacrificing one's interests in favour of one's friends. Friendship implies the converse of egoism, both psychologically and...

On Achievement
If a comatose person were to earn an interest of 1 million USD annually on the sum paid to him as compensatory damages – would this be considered an achievement of his? To succeed to earn 1 million USD is universally judged to be an...

Managing Time to Accomplish More
Time is inelastic. Despite what some of us persist in believing, it will NOT magically expand to accommodate all we have to do. So, in order to maximize the time we have available, we have to spend it wisely. Here's how to do that. STRUCTURE YOUR...

Guidelines For Choosing A Guru, Coach Or Mentor
The following tips are meant as a guide for those of you who wish to enter into a coaching or mentoring relationship with a Guru, Coach or Mentor. If you are not going to work with the individual you are paying, don't do it. You need to work with...

Break And Move Beyond The Length Of The Chains
"Never let fear, procrastination or the longing for approval from others to take possession of your mind, they become self-forged chains." ~ Ty HowardHave you ever experienced a moment in your life where you wondered "What to do...

Prioritize Your Life for Success
Today, it is hard to open an e-mail newsletter, a website, or an offline magazine and not see someone talking up the importance of time management. The time management gurus are going out of their way to teach us how to set priorities in our work...

Need a Boost? Take a Look at How Far You've Come
Too many of us are too hard on ourselves, always alert to that devilish voice whispering "you should be farther along in life". Smother that voice right now by reading this quote by Booker T. Washington:"I have learned that success is...

8 Practical Methods to Remain Empowered During Stressful Times
1. Acknowledge that requesting support, guidance and partnership is not the same as being needy. Allowing someone else to give freely to you primes the pump in the universal law of giving and receiving. There are as many blessings to the giver as...

The Top 10 Tips on Managing Conflict, Emotional Tension and Anger
To be a safe and predictable person for those around you at work and at home, it is essential that you are able to maintain your composure when you feel like your 'buttons' are being pushed. This strength will help you to achieve your goals in...

Your Most Important Appointment
An appointment is simply a mutual agreement to meet with someone at a specific time. You set appointments with doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants, contractors and hair stylists, just to name a few. Usually, appointments that are set actually...

How Much Is Your Time Worth?
Does Your Present Internet Filing System Work? Do You Really Know for Sure How Much You Earned? Do You Really Know for Sure or Just "Think So"? Do You Really Know for Sure Which Ads Work? Do You Really Know for Sure Where your URL's...