Living a Life of Wisdom Instead of Foolishness ‘If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.’ Seneca (4BC – AD65) Some while ago I proposed something of significant importance to an individual whom I loved and respected, and yet their…
Depressive Suppression: Effects of Emotion Suppression on Multiple Emotions for Depressed Versus Nondepressed Individuals When one of my business relationships failed and I resigned as director of the company, my life plunged into despair and misery. In retrospect, I can now see that I was in fact going through a period of mourning. There had…
The Antidote to Fear of Failure: How to Take Action and Embrace Challenges When it comes to dealing with poisonous substances in your life you will often need an antidote to overcome the impact of that poison. An antidote is a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison. Failure is such a…
Stop Making Excuses and Own Your Actions So many people sacrifice their dreams by giving into their ‘small’ excuses. Small people make ‘small’ excuses like: ‘I don’t have enough money. I don’t have sufficient talent. I don’t have the right connections. I’m too old. I’m too young.’ STOP! Excuses are the nooses upon which many…
The Mirror Of Motivation: The Self-Guide To Self-Discipline The most correct study of mankind is man. Each individual is a mirror to us; and the more we peer into the lives of others, whether in the past or the present, we can learn more and more about ourselves. This is the power of biography and…
Throughout my life I have crossed paths with the name of the man whom I present to you in this blog. At one point I even found myself working for his company for a short period. But it was the books that he wrote that impacted me so much, and it is with great pleasure…
The Renewed Mind and How to Have It Be not a pauper in the kingly realm of your mind, for your mind has been born into royalty. It is the place for kings and queens who are positioned to reign supreme. For your mind is decked in gold – emblazoned castles clothed in majesty, might…
Possibilism: An Approach to Problem‐Solving ‘I’m neither an optimist nor a pessimist, but a possibilist.’ Max Lerner Anything’s possible if you believe it to be possible. All you need is an idea. And once you have the idea, the courage to initiate that idea, and the tenacity to stick with that idea until you see…
The Importance of Initiative: For he or she who initiates will stand amongst the greats The initiator refuses to live a life that is always put on hold – waiting for someone else’s permission to move forward. Know this – that the only permission that you require, to be all that you have been created…
Why It’s Important to Have High Self-Esteem The more I study successful people, the more I realise that success, or rather success as we perceive it and have thrust upon us via the media, is an incredibly fleeting thing. The True Nature Of Success To me, success that lasts a moment and then turns into…
What is Time Efficiency and How to Achieve it In the early 1900s when Ivy Lee advised the managers of Bethlehem Steel to list their top priorities and to then work on tasks in that prioritized order, not proceeding until a task was completed, he was rewarded handsomely. Charles M. Schwab, who was the head…
Why Is It Important to Stay Humble? ‘If you’d gone up the way you came down, you’d have come down the way you went up.’ Charles Spurgeon When one of Charles Spurgeon’s students proudly stepped up to preach, but came back down failing miserably, Spurgeon supposedly said something like, ‘If you’d gone up the way…
Self-Improvement: Tips to Be More Articulate and Speak More Clearly It’s no surprise that the way you speak can affect another person’s perception of you. Whenever you open your mouth to speak, people are judging you by the sounds that you make. Within minutes or sometimes seconds, people determine whether you are smart, funny, talented,…
Living in the Present Moment: Transform Your Life with Mindfulness ‘The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called ‘the present.” Anon There is nothing you can do to undo the past. You are not in control of the future. All that…
The Psychology of Forgiving and Forgetting, If you can forgive, it actually makes it easier to forget To forgive and to forget has been one of the most liberating habits that I have ever developed. The grandeur of it is as simple as the words reveal. Forgiving is for giving you peace of mind. And…