Owning Your Own Business

“It becomes increasingly easy, as you get older, to drown in nostalgia.” – Ted Koppel The word “nostalgia” is a Greek derivation of two root words: “nostos” that means to “return home” or “go back to one’s local land” and “algos” referring to “pain, suffering, or grief”.  Johannes Hofer first mentioned this condition in 1688.  [...]

Today is my birthday and I am not usually very sentimental about such things.  Birthdays are just another day, right?  Not this time.  This time I’m struck by how much my life has changed in the past year and how much I have to be grateful for.  So many times people get to my age [...]

There’s a crazy inner voice in my head that keeps talking to me but I don’t want to hear what it has to say.  It says things like, “you don’t know what you are doing”, “you should’ve let someone else do this”, “you don’t look good in that bathing suit” and other charming and supporting thoughts.  [...]

When I woke up today, the sun was shining brightly into my bedroom window.  I’d had a restless night and slept in much later than usual.  So here I was, Sunday morning, waking peacefully to a bright sunny morning, and it made me realize just how lucky I am.  I decided then to list the first [...]

By Michael Lee     In this eye-opening article, I’ll reveal some astonishing persuasion techniques to help you persuade and influence people to do what you want.Ever heard of the expression “You get what you expect?” It’s a fact supported by a persuasion law known as expectation, and written below are 4 covert persuasion techniques [...]

“Most people are extras in their own movies.” – Bob Proctor Are you an extra or do you have the lead role in your life?  If you think about it, the only person that appears in every scene is you.  Not only should you be the lead, but you should also be the author, editor [...]

In order to achieve success, there are 3 personal qualities you must build as a foundation. They say that success leaves clues, and if you model the behavior of successful people you can also become successful. Underneath the behavior are key characteristics of a leader that may not be evident at first glance. Master these [...]

Quitting your job puts you in a whirlwhind of emotions, and then there are some very real, concrete activities you need to do right away. You spend months if not years agonizing over whether to quit your job.  Once make up your mind to do it, there’s really no going back.  You start to shut down emotionally [...]