Between your family, the demands of work, household chores, social activities, etc., finding the energy to keep up with all your commitments can be exhausting. Everything feels like it needs your attention now. You’ve got so much going on in your life that it’s just one great big juggling act. Getting things under control will …
It is a New Year and I want to wish you good health, long life, success and happiness. During the New Year, most people make resolutions but often very few are able to keep them. Psychologists reported that 25% of new year’s resolutions will be abandoned in the first 15 weeks; the average number …
Whether you are in your own business or an employee (or neither) — if you have a family and a home you are in the business of having a life. I’m betting that none of you went into business to become hot at shuffling papers and reams of e-mail. Eighty percent of the clutter …
I don’t need to be a gypsy fortune teller to tell your fortune. I can tell with a 95% certainty whether or not a person is (or is going to be) successful.All I need is 20 minutes of conversation or a few email interactions and I know. It is easy to do. You can do …
1. All or nothing thinking/taking on too much.“ I’m going to take a few days off from work and finally get this house/office together!” Doesn’t sound very realistic, does it? What usually happens? 2. Not having a plan.Fail to plan, plan to fail. Be specific about what you’re going to tackle. How long it will …
1. Stop All Criticism of Yourself. Negative feelings can spiral and become a negative affirmation. This drains your energy and makes it harder to take action. Instead, become your own best cheerleader! 2. Don’t Scare Yourself. Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts! Remember FDR? “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” And …
“Everything is self-evident,” said Rene Descartes, mathematician and philosopher. Everything is self-evident if you have high emotional intelligence and are good at reality-testing. If you’re clouded with emotions, stuck in the past, inflexible, inauthentic, or inept at verbal and nonverbal communication, alas, everything is not self-evident. When you develop your emotional intelligence, and the …
The fear of saying something silly and feeling embarrassed stops many of us from contributing more to discussions at work and when we are relaxing with friends. And ironically the more we worry about it, the more tense we get and the more likely we are to say something stupid. Let us a take a …
Who is the happiest person you know? Not the happiest person you know *of*, but the happiest person you actually *know*? Maybe someone you work with…? Maybe a friend…? Maybe a member of your family…? Maybe the hot dog seller on the corner…? Do they enjoy what they do? Now, obviously I can’t know who …
‘Surely you can’t control tomorrow, you don’t even know what’s going to happen!’ Oooh, good comeback! Ok, here’s what I mean… Obviously I don’t know what’s going to happen to me tomorrow, and I certainly don’t know what’s going to happen to you! It isn’t possible to always control our circumstances, but we can …
