How to Invest in Yourself & Your Future From the moment our hand swipes the side of that alarm clock in the morning to the time we tuck ourselves back under the covers at night, we are constantly on the move. Parts of our days we rely on routines. Whether it be to conserve mental…
The Power of Storytelling: How to Use Story to Inspire Action Have you ever wondered why Kindergarten teachers captivate through stories while your eyes glaze over at a college professor’s reciting of facts and figures? Or why you easily remember your child’s birthday but can’t remember the years of the First World War or the…
How To Turn Adversity Into Opportunity ‘Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.’ Leonardo Da Vinci Life is filled with obstacles. Experience has taught me that when we are pioneering towards a fresh dream, a new venture, or a heartfelt…
How To Grab Life By The Throat If you want to change your future, and yet continue to do what you have done in the past – right up to your present – you are sadly mistaken. In order to jolt yourself out of your complacency, and a future that will simply be a replay…
Develop an Action Plan When You Have No Goals It has been suggested that we should live our life free of goals. That’s right – no goals. But may I add that by even making a decision to live your life with no goals, you have in fact set a goal. Goal setting for many…
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 Fall in Love With Work Again Let’s face it: there are times when we just don’t want to do the work. It’s not that we’re not capable. It’s just that we’re either exhausted, frustrated, or have just plain fell out of love with the work that we do. Any of these can happen…
You grow through what you go through: embracing failure There is the famous quote, “What would you do if you could not fail?” We’ve heard the question so often that we never answer it. So, how would you answer it? According to the dictionary, failure means “not achieving the desired end”. Embracing Failure: The Journey…
How to Be the Best Version of You And Live Your Best Life ‘First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.’ Epictetus What is the point to live a life below your potential? What reason can you and I give ourselves if we never rise up to…
Top Traits of Successful People Successful people are defined by what they say, what they do, and by who they are. Become Successful and Achieve Your Life Goals So here are three outstanding qualities demonstrated by the lives of those I perceive as being successful people. It doesn’t take long to determine whether someone’s successful…
Practicing to be Nobody-But-Yourself ‘To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight; and never stop fighting.’ e.e.cummings I resolved many years ago that I would be the me that I had been…
Importance of Defining Success in Your Life We live in a media-driven world where many stereotypes of success are relentlessly thrust at us. At times these stories and these images can confuse us, and we can find ourselves at times pursuing a pattern of success that is not correctly aligned to what we have been…
Things To Remember When Life’s Really Kicking You In The Ass I hear so many people whingeing about the economy – that they are unable to get a job, that there is no opportunity or that they don’t seem to be able to earn enough money. The overriding word evident in their vocabulary is ‘CAN’T’!…
How To Avoid The Premature Birth Of Your Dreams and how To Birthing Your BIG Dream Successfully One of the challenges that those of us who have dreams often face, is to clearly understand timing. But as an avid vegetable gardener (and I even have a stainless steel shovel to prove it) I have come…
How To Avoid The Leaders Who May Mislead Follow the leader? Sorry can’t always. I must follow my heart. I must trust my conscience. First we must reach into the very depths of our being and ask ourselves the question. For what reason have I been born? For what purpose greater than myself have I…