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There are many important decisions that one must make in life. While you should learn to make such decisions on your own, it's never wise to jump into something without having any prior knowledge about it. Here are five decisions that you should only try to make after receiving advice from an expert. Read more »

We’ve never had more tools at our disposal to work more efficiently, and yet we’ve never been more distracted. We spend most days trapped in our inboxes and shuffling around our calendars, only to be left wondering where the day went. We overschedule, overload, and overstimulate ourselves so much that it leaves us very little time or mental energy to get real work done. But what if you could clear your schedule, take fewer meetings, and say “no” more often? You might actually accomplish something. By eliminating these common habits from your daily routine, you’ll feel happier, less stressed, and more productive. Read more »

In those insanely busy, hectic times, don’t you wish you had something like a simple 3-step process to organize an effective and productive week? It is clear that when things are planned and organized, you can manage to do much more! If you find it hard to fine-tune your time management skills, or if you have times when you feel overwhelmed by everything you have to do, then this is for you! Everyone suffers from the same chronic problems - stress, tension, haste, lack of patience, etc. This is not just about your life at work – today, people want to shine in every aspect of their life, and they strive to keep up with all their many responsibilities and roles.   Read more »

When I was 19, I could eat whatever I wanted and not worry about the intake of calories. Fast-forward a couple decades and those “glory days” are long over. However, losing weight isn’t as difficult as it may seem. Even common household items you have in your house right now can help you burn calories and lose weight without ever hearing the dreaded word “diet”. Below are a few of my favorite household items that can help you consume less calories. Read more »

I've been thinking  about the excuses we make to avoid the work it takes to better ourselves. I think they fall into three categories. 1.    Know I Need To, But 2.    Don't Know How 3.    Legitimate Excuse That's it. Plain and simple, every excuse we have falls into these three categories. We have millions of different excuses, but when it comes down to it, they're all one of these three. Read more »

Why do you think that so many New Year resolutions are never achieved? Is it because you simply lack motivation? Is it because you found it too difficult to achieve? Is it because you thought it would be a nice to have a New Year resolution but didn’t really believe in it? Potentially. These are all valid reasons for why you may not have achieved your New Year Resolutions in the past. There’s many reasons why New Year resolutions are not achieved, however there are some simple things that you can do to ensure that for 2014 you will actually achieve them. Essentially, there are 5 critical steps to ensuring you are successful in achieving your New Year resolutions. I can probably guarantee that you have not done all 5 of these steps when you have previously set a goal or have previously set a New Year resolution. Undertaking the 5 steps below when you set your New Year resolutions will skyrocket your chances of success. Let me take you through them now. Read more »

So you’d like to become a big shot, right? You want to be successful, admired as a leader in your industry or niche? You’ve probably heard a great way to become successful is to surround yourself with other successful people. As Jim Rohn famously said, you are the average of the five people you hang out with the most. It sounds so simple: make friends with VIPs and successful people, and you will be more successful and earn the income you deserve. You now have the magic formula! Huzzah! Read more »

Buying a house can be a dream come true or your worst nightmare. There are many factors to consider before you decide you are ready for homeownership. Aside from financial considerations, such as mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, maintenance and increased utility costs, you should decide if you intend to remain in the same home for three or more years and if you are ready to deal with all the responsibilities homeownership entails. Read more »

Do you ever feel that you have so many 'life rules' thrown at you that you can’t even remember them, let alone make sense of them? You’re not alone in feeling like that. The ‘rules of life’ that have stuck most easily with me have come from movies – perhaps because they're not only visual, they're visceral. There is a scene in The Last Samurai where Katsumoto and Algren are about to advance to almost certain death and Katsumoto says: “Do you believe a man can change his destiny?’ Algren answers: ‘I believe a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed to him.’ There’s Buddha right there, a philosophy of life you can live by. Perhaps one of the greatest movies that provides some of the greatest rules for living well is The Godfather. Michael Corleone lived a Shakespearian tragedy. But if he had taken his own good advice and that of his family it might all have been so different: Here are 9 Corleone rules you could build a good and happy life on: Read more »

American lyricist Eubie Blake once said, “I don't have any bad habits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they're all right for me.” That's an attitude that might make you feel more relaxed, but it's not an attitude that will help you make the most of your personal and professional opportunities. The first thing you need to do to take conscious control and target your bad habits is to acknowledge their harmfulness. Believing there’s nothing you can do to fix them only postpones the damage these bad habits do to you. Read more »

Do you believe that a calorie is a calorie? What I mean is, in terms of weight loss or gain, do you take the position that it doesn't matter where those calories come from? It would produce the same result anyway? Well, let's look at the fundamental truth here - the first law of thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Calories are simply a measure of energy. They therefore cannot be created, nor can they disappear. So if you eat something, you either burn it or you store it, right? Read more »

I really wish things would change - I want to be happier – I’ve had enough! We all long to feel happy and can feel that something is just not working in our lives and that it isn’t right for us anymore. We usually know what would make us feel happier, even if we have a tendency to lie to ourselves; out of fear and the guilt of being selfish. We try to ignore it, or pretend that we don’t know to delay the truth, until we just can’t take it anymore… Change is scary… It is a step into the unknown, which can go hand in hand with the fear that we might hurt someone else if we think about ourselves - and “what if I fail and it wasn’t worth it!” So we self-sacrifice and use up the one commodity that it totally precious and irreplaceable - time, because we are afraid. Read more »

by Jack Canfield Everyone has a dream. Many of us simply lose sight of it or let it go because of some earlier disappointment, rejection, or lack of progress.  The natural tendency is to protect ourselves from getting hurt again, so we deny our dream, afraid to reach out for the people, resources, and opportunities that could support it. I want to share a quick story about my friend