"Teaching You To Create Your Life, Your Way."
There will always be things that you will consciously decide you don’t want to do, for one reason or another. But it’s those things that you are not willing to do out of DISGUISED EXCUSES that will hold you back from achieving your goals.
Now I’m not talking about anything immoral, unethical or illegal. Hopefully you have good, valid reasons for not wanting to do anything like that!… Continue reading
In my previous post on balancing optimism and pessimism, I discussed the importance of using both optimistic and pessimistic patterns of thinking to identify and overcome problems that may arise as you go after your goals. Today, I want to look at a specific ACTION you can take in order to do this.
It’s called risk analysis, and you do it whether you realize it or not. It’s… Continue reading
Fear is designed to keep you safe. It’s a good thing to have, in situations where there is immediate danger. Unfortunately, we are rarely in any immediate danger, and fear that keeps us from our goals is not generally very useful.
But did you know that you may be reinforcing, justifying and validating your fears?
Did you know that you might be making your fears a permanent part… Continue reading
“I had a good day at school today, except for recess,” my son answered when I asked him how his day was. He looked dejected.
“What happened at recess?” I asked.
“Well, I just had no one to play with,” he answered in a small voice, looking at the ground.
“What do you mean?” I asked. It sounded strange to me that no one else would be… Continue reading
You can choose to believe whatever you want.
That’s a powerful statement, because it’s true. You can believe that there are no weeds in your garden, but that won’t keep your garden free of weeds. You can believe you can afford that new house, but that doesn’t mean you have enough money to buy it. You can believe you will get unexpected checks in the mail, but that doesn’t… Continue reading
When I think about many of the bad decisions I’ve made in my life, I find that many of them were made when my emotions where very strong. I lost a good friend once because of some things I said in anger. I bought a house I really couldn’t afford because I absolutely fell in love with it. I joined poor business opportunities because I was excited about making tons… Continue reading
