My Definition of Personal Development

Before I discovered personal development, I thought the whole self-help industry was a scam. I thought it was all about just selling books and tapes to stupid and emotionally unstable people. I remember being in a book store and seeing the “self help” section and thinking to myself, Read more

One-Minute Mentoring is HERE!

Well, after many months of creation, it is finally here! My One-Minute Mentoring program has been completed and is ready for you and your family, friends, teams and organization to enjoy!  Read more

How I Discovered Personal Development (Part 3 of 3)

It was a recording of a seminar that Jack Canfield did. Jack is the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, as well as many other best-selling books. And, later, he became one of the Secret teachers on the movie The Secret. I learned “the secret” of attracting anything you want into your life, way before there was a video about it.

I listened to those two tapes over, and over, and over. It was all so new to me, and so exciting. All this talk about positive mental attitude, positive self talk, affirmations, Read more

How to Get a Raise… RIGHT NOW!

As the economy gets softer and softer, more and more people are desperately seeking ways to bring home more income.  Are you one of millions of Americans who need extra money… right now? If so, what is your plan for getting it? Do you have one? Are you working more hours? Picking up a second job? A third job? Are you cutting back on your expenses? Are you selling things on eBay? Letting go of the second car? Backing down your minutes on your cell phone? Car pooling to work? Cutting back on the $5 Lettes? Turning off your heating and air? Packing a lunch for work rather than eating out?

Those are several ways of increasing your bottom line, but I have a better solution. Read more

How to Stop Failing & Start Succeeding! (PART 3)

and part two of this article to bring you to this point. You now know how to build a solid foundation for success. And with that, you’re ready to learn the recipe for success.

Billionaire, J. Paul Getty, of Getty Oil, summed up his recipe for success this way. Read more

How to Stop Failing & Start Succeeding! (PART 2)

In part one of this article we discussed how it takes a lifetime to fail, but only about six years or so to succeed. In order to begin succeeding, one must become prepared.

THE PREPARATION STAGE – PREPARING FOR SUCCESS

The Day of Disgust

One of the things that needs to happen in the preparation stage is for you to experience your day of disgust. This is a day when something bad happens to you that causes you to say, I’m not going to live like this any more. And that experience becomes the catapult that launches you into a better life. I’ll give you a few examples. Read more

How to Stop Failing & Start Succeeding! (PART 1)

Before you go any further in this article, or in life, I want you to STOP, and think this question through. And don’t read on to find the answer until you have come up with one that satisfies you first. OK? Here’s question…

Q. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FAIL? Read more

What if you had to do THIS to succeed?

Someone once said, “Success is easy.” Another said, “If it’s easy, it’s sleazy.” Though I think the latter comment is kinda funny, and makes me chuckle a little bit, when you understand the definition of easy in the former comment, the former becomes an agreeable philosophy. In the proper context, easy is defined as Read more

When Obama Wins, THEN Things Will Change!

“Change we can believe in!” That’s Obama’s campaign slogan. That combined with his charming good looks and his movie star charisma has launched him onto the world’s big stage as he battles it out for the White House. In my 35 years, I have never seen anything like it. He has become near deity to Read more