How to Live More Creatively: Train Your Brain to Be More Creative As a student at school I often struggled. The only reason I ultimately ended up in the A classes in high-school was because I made a conscious decision that I wanted to stop failing, and at that point in my life I decided…
How to Live Bright In Spite of, Well, Everything When I was young, I admired many things that one would think out of reach for a poor child. I made wishes. I had dreams, and of course it was weird at that time. Or so I thought. Born of a local church priest who was…
How to take responsibility for your life and Change What Isn’t Working Responsibility is the ability to respond and act accordingly. You must understand that leadership is responsibility. Often times, most folks want to attain a high position in their job or life, but they are not ready to take the responsibility that comes with…
How Can We Have The Mind of God? ‘I want to know God’s thoughts…the rest are details.’ Albert Einstein There’s a funny thing about opinions. Everyone has one. Then there’s everybody’s viewpoint on things of a religious nature. It’s often hard to discover a point of agreement. One man can read a piece of spiritual…
How to boost your motivation? I live, walk and breathe motivation. I write about motivation. I teach about motivation. So I am often asked how I maintain my personal motivation. I am also asked why I write motivational material. My response is simple, ‘I needed it more than most.’ So please allow me to share…
How to listen and communicate with the sound of silence ‘God’s one and only voice is silence.’ Herman Melville Yesterday I took myself outside to the back of my house, which overlooks the beautiful Australian bush, and was met by two colorful lorikeets. As I sat down and simply outstretched my hand in front of…
Can You Really Have It All? We live in a world filled with unlimited opportunities, radiant sunshine, breathtaking scenery, and boundless experiences. We also live in a world with crushing poverty, warring nations, corrupt politicians, and rampant drug abuse. There isn’t a day that goes by that somebody somewhere doesn’t fulfill their wildest dreams, nor…
How to Gain Wisdom ‘Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.’ Anthony De Mello The over-riding and enduring evidence of someone who is wise are the foundations of integrity and humility that have been forged throughout the years within the fabric of their beings. The more they grow the less…
How to “Never work another day in your life!” For seven years I owned and operated a successful web design company. Having no knowledge of how to create a website, but a vision for a profitable business, I stepped out on my first day of business walking from factory to factory, in a local industrial…
How to Get and Stay Motivated You’ve been struggling with this project for a while now and have suffered some challenges and setbacks but this latest difficulty is almost not worth overcoming. You’re at the end of your rope and all you’d really like to do is cope with a cheesy pizza, a drink, and…
How To Find Your Way When You’re Lost ‘If we don’t get lost, we’ll never find a new route.’ Joan Littlewood Life is a discovery. Life is a journey. Life takes you places that you and I never planned on visiting. That’s what makes it so exciting. Getting lost can at times lead you and…
Things That Make Getting Out of Bed Easier This post was inspired by David Wright who shared with me that the motivational quote that changed his life was the one that his dad told him, and I’m sure he heard it more than once, and that was ‘Get out of bed!‘ There have been days…
Develop A Winning Mindset: How to Think Like a Champion ‘A blind man with focus can see better than a man with perfect sight, but yet has no vision.’ A scientist marveled at how a seemingly harmless magnifying glass could create such intense heat, when the sun’s rays passed through its glassy surface. He asked…
How to Find True Happiness and Be Happier in Life Stress and unhappiness seem to have taken over a lot of our lives. We wake up early, feeling grouchy and then go to work unhappy. We’re tired all day and our minds are filled with wishing for a better life, like being our own boss…
How To Find The Motivate Yourself to Work Out With so much to do in everyday life, demanding jobs, busy kids, endless home errands and so on, finding the motivation for exercise can seem daunting. It’s not always easy to reach for your gym pack and head out of the door—even if you’re well aware…