How To Build Confidence – Get Yourself From Zero To Hero With These Simple Steps

Confidence is like a drug.  When you have it, you can move mountains.  When you don’t, you can barely get out of bed. We all lose our self-confidence from time to time.  It’s part of life.  Part of growing.  And part of learning how to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and move ahead. So we need […]

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The Creepy Crawlies in the Basement of Your Brain

Extended free time can be a blessing and a curse.  When you have lots of free time–I don’t just mean a week or two of vacation–the creepy crawlies start crawling up out of the basement of your brain.  That is, some of the unresolved emotional issues from the course of your life start bubbling up to your […]

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Confidence And Faith Are Your Friends

There is a subtle interplay between confidence and faith.  If you think about it, to some degree having confidence is having faith–faith in yourself, in life, and in the future. With confidence and faith, you stop having to plan out every scenario, consider every possibility, and think through every contingency.  Each day becomes a flower rising up and […]

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Self Discipline Or Regret – You Get To Pick One

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.” ~ Jim Rohn

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“I Am Stuck” – What To Do When You Are Feeling Stuck

Feeling stuck?  Here’s a suggested approach if all your efforts only dig you deeper into the hole.Stop Trying So HardIf you are stuck, stop trying.  Let the Dao take over.  All this trying and effort will cut you off from life and deeper reality. Just ​stop and sit there and be for a moment.  See what happens. I […]

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Mental Strain – Here’s A Simple Technique To Reduce The Pressure and Tension In Your Mind

If you are experiencing ongoing mental strain, I have a simple technique that may provide you temporary or even permanent relief.  You can deprogram these expectations and mental habits fairly easily and release some of this tension from your mind.  Here’s how.”I Have To” Thinking – One Major Contributor To Mental Strain And TensionStep One […]

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Don’t Expect Perfection – Instead, Strive For Greatness

Here’s a lesson many of us learn the hard way in life. Don’t expect perfection.  Yes, this is a cliché, but so many people suffer from this.  We expect physical perfection in ourselves, emotional perfection in a partner, perfect alignment between our innermost being and our careers, life to turn out just the way we expect.Life […]

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James Allen Quote – Unhappiness And Success In Life

This James Allen quote is worth pondering.  Not just once, but over time:”So in life, men may think they are living rightly while they are continuing, through ignorance, to live wrongly; but the presence of doubt, perplexity, and unhappiness are sure indications that the right way has not yet been found.” ~ James Allen

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You Don’t Have To Solve Anything…. 

“You don’t have to solve anything.  You don’t have to solve life.” ~ TomJohnston.org

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The Power Of Focus – The Most Underrated Trait in the World

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett reportedly both gave the same answer when describing the single most important factor to the success they achieved over the course of their lives: focus​ I love this trait.  Here’s Why.The Power Of FocusFocus allows you to batch effort.  This allows you to make tremendous progress without flitting around from one thing […]

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