The power of believing that you can improve Some years ago, my family was the recipient of a special award that was specially created and handed to us by one of our close friends. One of the facets of the award was ‘for believing’. We had just pushed through two years of drought in a […]

Motivation: The Scientific Guide on How to Get and Stay Motivated ‘The world cares very little what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.’ – Booker T. Washington Have you ever had one of those days where despite your best intentions you just can’t […]

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 […]

Taking Action: How to Get What You Want in Life The fact is that you are never going to please everybody all the time. Anyone who ever dares to take action is going to ‘cop flak’ at one point or other. Does that mean we avoid action? Does that mean we all hide in a […]

How To Set Goals And What To Do When You Achieve Them Did not Joseph – the savior of ancient Egypt– spend the good years storing up the excess – to the disdain of many of the people I can imagine, so that when the drought hit there was food enough for all? Did not […]

Simple Wisdom For Life’s Hard Question About Pain Lori Deschene – the founder of Tiny Buddha has just released her book that touches on the subjects of pain, meaning, change, fate, happiness, love, money, possibilities, and control plus a whole lot more. I have simply drawn some of her wisdom from her chapter on pain. […]