How to Accomplish Your Most Important Goals

According to my calendar, there are only 100 more days left in 2011. Isn’t it amazing how time quickly passes? Are you on track to achieve the goals that you set in the beginning of the year? Perhaps your goal was to get in shape or to learn to speak Spanish. You may have wanted […]

Are Your Highest Values Reflected In Your Daily Priorities?

In the midst of your busy day, it is easy to get side-tracked and forget what is most important. Relationships are not just an important part of your life, they are your life. The Apostle Paul wrote in the Bible (1 Corinthians 14:1) “Let love be your highest goal…” If love is your highest goal, […]

An Overlooked Secret to a Happy Life Part 2

In case you missed my first post in this series, start here. Did you know that the Dead Sea is a body of water in Israel that is below Sea Level? Water is able to trickle into it, but no water is able to flow out of it because it would have to fight gravity […]

How To Stop Worrying and Start Living

Webster’s dictionary defines worry as being distracted or pre-occupied by something unpleasant that could happen in the future. Worry comes from the Old German word “Wurgen” which means to choke or to strangle. Worry can choke or strangle the joy and enthusiasm from your life. Medical research has found abundant evidence that chronic worry is […]

An Overlooked Secret To A Happy Life

Do you have an “inner critic” that drives you to constantly do more and achieve more, so that you can feel good about yourself? If so, you need to say “no” to the unrealistic expectations that you have of yourself. Always remember that you are a person of value and worth for who you are, […]

How to Become Happier in Only Three Minutes per Day

One of the most powerful habits for cultivating happiness is practicing gratitude. Gratitude is simply the feeling of being grateful or thankful for a positive outcome. It is a pleasant emotion that is often linked with contentment and happiness. Practicing gratitude does not mean that we ignore or deny unpleasant circumstances. Gratitude is all about […]

A Powerful Priority for a Happy Life

You may have read the book or seen the movie, Tuesdays with Morrie. It is the true story of sports writer Mitch Albom, who by his own confession was a multi-tasking workaholic. His life was a series of rushed appointments, phone calls, and last minute sprints to catch flights. But then Mitch’s life starts to […]

The Power of the Pareto Principle (Part Two)

In case you missed Part One, click here. “Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.” -Lin Yutang A common characteristic of all successful people is that they have the ability to focus on their highest […]

The Power of the Pareto Principle (Part One)

According to a recent Harris poll, more than half of 23,000 people surveyed indicated that were frustrated and dissatisfied with the small amount of work they actually accomplished each week. (The other people surveyed were probably so distracted that they misunderstood the question or accidentally checked the wrong box). If you often feel frustrated by […]

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