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5 Reasons Passion Means Everything

Passion is a funny thing. We all say we want it and a lot of us claim that we have it. And with that, we automatically assume that having passion means we're happy and contented with life. I'm one of...

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How To Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a type of depressive disorder that affects an estimated 5 percent of the U.S. adult population. Most people who experience SAD begin to feel melancholy at the...

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The Best Solution for Your To-Do List Stress

Ever wonder why to-do lists make you feel so guilty? Even though to-do lists are useful for keeping track of tasks and for clearing up mental space that’s much-needed for focus, I’ve never felt all...

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6 Action Tips in Attending Meetings with Confidence

Do you find yourself in a meeting where you are a significant attendee because of your role in the team, family or company, but quietly listening and falling into a wallflower mode especially because...

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Beyond Reading a Book: 3 Hands-On Methods of Self-Education

When you’re trying to learn a new subject, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the information you read in books. However, reading a book isn’t always the best way to learn. Less the 22% of men...

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Experience: When Truth Comes To Light

How many times have you been so certain of something, but for it to turn out to be the completely opposite of what you thought? Where you've had a belief so strong, but then years down the line you've...

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6 Entrepreneurial Skills You’ll Need to Suceed

In the past few years the world has witnessed an a growth in small businesses. This growth has been caused partly by the spreading of the internet, and partly because of the instability of...

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The 5 Most Common Pitfalls To Success

How many times have you already dreamed about big time change? For example, have you ever wanted to eat better? Be more positive ? Increase your energy levels? Decrease your stress levels? Live more...

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How Action Beats Inaction

Life has a funny way of working, people complain that life is not fair, yet they celebrate when they triumph over others. Perhaps life isn't fair for a reason, maybe life isn't fair because life...

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How To Break The Wheel Of Monotony

School: Art project to history project. Maths test to geography test. Period 1 bell to period 4 bell. Tennis lesson to piano lesson. College: Biology course work to chemistry coursework. Mock exam to...

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Finish What You Started: 4 Tips to Effectively See Your Projects Through

Do you have a pile of unfinished projects inside your drawer or computer? You know, half-baked ideas, incomplete blog posts, or projects that never left the “work in progress” stage?  If so, keep...

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Why Finding Freedom Is One of the Scariest Things You’ll Ever Do

What is it about life? What is it that makes us afraid of what could happen or what is round the corner? Why do we try to control, try to make things fit the way we want them to fit? It seems mad to...

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Thanksgiving: A Time to Do You

As you arrive at home to see the family – eager to fill your belly with Turkey, cranberries and maybe a bit too much wine – it’s important to remember the people who fill your life. But do you know...

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Want to Fail? Do These 3 Things

Over the past two years, I've embarked on a journey to live every single day as if it's a vacation. As you can imagine, the society in which we find ourselves doesn't make that kind of lifestyle...

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3 Simple Strategies for Clearing Your Mind

After coming home from a long day at work, your mind tends to be overloaded. Tasks at work, chores at home, and goals you've been neglecting are fighting for your attention. Clearing them out would...

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How To Coach Yourself Through Life

Life coaches are somewhat of a controversial issue, with supporters crediting every aspect of their success to their coach, and doubters often being surprised that the concept even exists. But no...

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7 Powerful Truths That Can Improve Your Life

“Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.” - Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort How you live is determined by your beliefs. People who change the world tend to believe...

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5 Thoughts For Those Struggling With Depression (Or Life)

There is an old quote attributed to the writer Henry James where he tells his nephew Willie, “There are three important things in human life.  The first is to be kind.  The second, is to be kind.  The...

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How To Be More Present With Your Family in 3 Steps

You have set your workspace to be at the corner of your kitchen table. Although this place is far from optimum, you are still getting your work done. You tend to wake up earlier than your family so...

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5 Simple Steps To Immediate Happiness

Everything you do in life, everything you try to achieve, all the actions you take, all the dreams you pursue… you do, because you think it will make you feel better. Everything you do is motivated by...

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