Reinforcing Change
The finest professional animal trainers never punish their animals, except as a last resort or to prevent injury. They k...Read More »
The Winner’s Circle
Behavior Follows the Picture
A few weeks ago, we got into our goal-setting and visualization process. While you may not be seeing a great deal of cha...Read More »
Core Value: Responsibility
One of the most important things we can teach our children is a sense of responsibility. But have you ever thought about...Read More »
Life Strategy 101
Do you have a life strategy? It is not a plan, but more like a process. Let's look at this further and discover why it i...Read More »
Navigating Through Crisis
When you find yourself having to navigate your way through a crisis, what can you do to come out on the other side stron...Read More »
Roughing It Smoothly
The celebrated actress, Bette Davis, once had a pillow embroidered with, "Old age is not for sissies." The fact is that ...Read More »
The Secret of Success
Today we are going over the secret of success, in one word. Yes, one word, and that's a guarantee.
Since 1971, here a...Read More »
The Path to Happiness
Everyone wants to be happy. It's kind of engrained in us, because of the way our brains have been wired. Unfortunately, ...Read More »
Painting the Picture for Change
When young children get to that stage in their development where they have a pretty good idea of who they are and what t...Read More »
Change: Comfort Zones and Push Back
Yesterday, we talked a bit about change, and how it is easy to feel challenged by change. For some of us, "change" is a ...Read More »
Ain’t Nothing New About Change
"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it." This phrase has been borrowed from that old Roman, Marc...Read More »
Keeping Your Word
If we have been doing our jobs right this past week or so, you probably had an exciting time, experimenting with this wh...Read More »
Turning Goals into Reality
We set out to create some meaningful goals for ourselves for 2018. In fact, you were left with the "homework assignment"...Read More »
Wants Become Goals
You have your lists of wants, balanced in the different areas of your life. You have checked them against your values, a...Read More »
The Effectiveness is in the Balance
Now that you have your list of "wants" or "goals" in your different areas, it's time to check and see how they fit toget...Read More »
Balancing My Wants
Did you enjoy your experience of "mind wandering"? It can be a lot of fun. You see, by taking time to let your mind wand...Read More »
So, What Do I Want?
Let's go back a bit, and build upon the themes that have been introduced since the New Year. You are going to walk throu...Read More »
Combating Complacency
One of the things that bears constant reminder is to be very aware of the good things in life. It seems to be a part of ...Read More »
Becoming a Life-Long Learner
If all of us are born with a natural and active curiosity, how come so many of us grow up resisting learning? And, why d...Read More »
Past, Present and Future
Planning for the future is a valuable activity, but living in the future isn't living at all. Let's talk about where we ...Read More »
Where Am I Going?
Here is one question that begins to surface for many of us as we find ourselves at the beginning of a new year. It is a ...Read More »
Breaking the Glass Jug
We all know that people can be afraid of failure, but did you know that many people are afraid of success?
No one lik...Read More »
Nothing is Good or Bad
Here are some things that don't exist: A bad day, a boring book, a demeaning job, and an ugly dress (or shirt, or shoes)...Read More »
What Else Needs to be Done?
We have been working our way to some initial thoughts for this New Year, specifically those about comparisons. Comparing...Read More »
Where We Are Going
Yesterday, we talked about the value of setting goals, about how a goal creates a gap that our minds are programmed to c...Read More »
Where We Have Been
With the ending of one year and the beginning of another, it is certain that you've noticed the avalanche of the year's ...Read More »