No, not really. The self help industry is safe for now. But this video clip begs the question, “Should it really be that hard to solve your problems?” Maybe this video about self help oversimplifies things just a little bit… but then again… maybe not!

Enjoy this classic self improvement clip from Bob Newhart on the MadTV television show and decide for yourself!

Okay, now that you have watched the video… (read more…)

Decide to Succeed!

Are you clear about the direction you are heading in? Or are you simply taking whatever life throws at you? If you find yourself struggling everyday you are probably stuck in the first step of the manifesting process, which is deciding exactly what you want your life to look like.

Now, you might say that deciding what you want is not the problem, you know what you want… you are just having a hard time getting it to manifest in your reality, but the truth is that knowing what you want is not the same as deciding what you want.

We all have dreams. We all have wishes. We all have desires. But none of those will become a reality for you if you don’t (read more…)

Create Your Day!

You can learn to create your day, you can learn to improve the very quality of your day, simply by deciding to. You may not believe it but you are the one who is really in control of how you perceive your day to be.Are you having a good day today?

Or is today one of those days… you know, one of those days that seem to drag on and on, one of those days where one thing goes wrong after another, one of those days where you can’t wait until the day is finally over?

We all have those days, don’t we?

The problem is often that you have too many of them. It can feel like nothing ever goes your way… like the sun never shines.  It can feel like you have no power to control the quality of your day… stuff just happens ‘to you’ that brings you down and ruins your day.

Would you like to have less of those kinds of days? You can. Just by (read more…)

Confused?

Is the universe sending you signs and signals?  If it is, are you aware of them?  Are you taking advantage of them?

I started thinking about signs and the role that they play in our lives after a reader sent me an email about an article I have posted on my site.  You can read this article about signs from the universe by clicking here: www.bobcrawfordonline.com/articles/002-signs.html.  It’s called “Signs: Coincidences or Messages from the Universe?”

Anyway, this reader was troubled and confused by the apparent contradictory signs that she received from the universe regarding her personal situation.  She was looking for a way to make sense of the mixed answers she was getting.  Although I answered her email personally, I felt that her questions raised a few good points that all my readers could benefit from.

I believe that there are two main areas where you can get hung up when it comes to interpreting signs (read more…)

When it comes to dreams and goals I have one hard and fast rule…

There is no dream too big!

That’s right!, your dreams are your own.  One of the greatest truths that we have discovered is that YOU get to decide what you want to become or experience in your own life.  You get to choose your own path through life by choosing which of your desires to go after.

People around you, like your friends and family, can put labels on your dreams and tell you that they are too ‘big’ or too ‘small’ or some other such nonsense, but only (read more…)