Thrive, don't survive... that's the key to how to be happy!

If you want to be happy and feel at peace, you need to stop worrying about how to be happy and just let yourself be yourself.

The problem is that you spend a lot of time in ‘survival mode’ trying to fix problems or just get by. This locks up a huge portion of your potential and keeps you stuck in a cycle of fear. There is no happiness there.

But all it takes is a simple shift in your mindset to open the door to your unlimited future. You see, when you shift from surviving to thriving, you change the way you see the world around you.

Rather than focusing on the problems in your life, you (read more…)

Are you letting fear keep you from reaching your dreams?

What is the number one thing holding you back and stopping you from reaching the life you dream of?

Can you say what it is? Can you put into words the reason WHY you are struggling to make the changes in your life that you desire?

Just ask yourself, “What is holding me back?”

If you answered ‘fear’, then you are not alone. Fear of one kind or another is almost always the underlying factor in a your lack of success in any area of your life.

In fact, fear is easily the biggest dream killer I know of. If you have been struggling, wanting to change your life, but finding yourself unable to, you are probably stuck in that vicious cycle of fear.  But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can break through your fear. You can (read more…)

How are you doing on YOUR new year's resolutions?

Okay, we are two weeks into the new year… it is time for a resolution round up.

The question is, how are you doing on all those fantastic New Year’s resolutions?

Are you still sticking with it? Are you still committed to making those changes that were so important to you just a few short weeks ago? Or have you fallen back into the same old routine, the same old rut, the same old habits as last year?

Far too many people have already given up on the biggest dreams that they had for this year. Yep, they have given up. It is so easy to let your dreams slide away as the excitement and optimism of the new year give way to the reality of your life.

It turns out that the new year (read more…)

How grand is your vision for 2011?

Do you have a vision of what you want your life to look like in 2011? Will the coming year be a GREAT year?

Or will you SETTLE for more of the same problems and setbacks that you experienced this year?

The choice is yours.

I know what you are thinking – who in their right mind would choose more of the same problems? Unfortunately, that is exactly what many people unwittingly do. They let their fear keep them stuck in a cycle of action and reaction, a cycle that keeps producing results they don’t want. When you are stuck in that cycle, it is easy to feel that next year will simply be more of the same garbage as this year.

But know this, this coming year will bring peace and prosperity to many people.  Regardless of all the doom and gloom that is out there, I promise you that in 2011 there will be an abundance of people doing all sorts of amazing things. There will be people finding love, losing weight, starting businesses, becoming millionaires, and achieving thousands and thousands of dreams – both big and small.

How will they do that? (read more…)

It doesn't matter how many times you fall down... as long as you get up one more time!

There is one quality that separates success from failure. One quality that divides happiness from despair. One quality that all achievement, both great and small, is based on: The ability to get back up after you fall and to start moving forward again.

You can reach practically any goal you set for yourself… if you are willing to get back up after you stumble.

This is one of those powerful ideas that you’ve heard many times before, but that you might not be applying in your life. Because the truth is that you will stumble, you will have setbacks. We all do.

That doesn’t matter. What matters is what you do when the setback hits, what you do when you fall down.

Some people stay down. They give up. These people (read more…)