Have you ever been in a situation where someone asked you to do something, and you automatically refused, not because you didn’t want what the request would bring you, but because you were resisting the person doing the asking? This is called “demand resistance” and, not surprisingly, the behavior is closely tied with self-sabotage. Sometimes […]
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I was in the grocery store line and heard a little girl behind me pipe up, telling her mom, “When I grow up, I’m going to teach running because I’m really fast, and I’m going to teach singing because I like it.” The mom replied that she thought those were great ideas and that her
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We all know what it’s like to walk into a crowded room, whether it’s an informal get-together or a work conference, and have the instant sensation that there’s a good “vibe” going on. Of course we have the contrary experience many times, too, when we detect an energy of anger, sadness or upset of any
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Countless writers, inventors, and explorers have had to face this dilemma: do I push ahead with what I see in my mind’s eye, or do I let the scoffers win? I’ll be the first to admit it can be a challenge when you have a big idea, and you know that family, friends and
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I’m sure you’re familiar with the saying “We become what we think about.” It’s nothing new. It’s wisdom that has been around for thousands of years. And yet we go along through life as if our thoughts don’t really count. I think the problem is that we don’t take it literally—we get the idea it
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I’ve written three books so far on the topic of happiness—actually, all my books, whether fiction or nonfiction, hold the intrinsic idea that we are meant to be happy beings, but we are the ones getting in the way. But how do we manage to do that? With all the self-help books, blogs like
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Did you ever stop to think what a devastating thing it is to have an inferiority complex? It means the person fails before they even get started. The mindset of thinking that others can do things that you can’t is filled with beliefs about yourself that are hardly flattering, and less than useful. In
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Prosperity means different things to different people, and its meaning can change for us individually as we go through the stages of life, and perhaps change our focus on a bank balance toward wanting to experience fulfillment in all areas, not just financial success. However, I won’t argue that money isn’t important. It’s the
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Have you ever been in a situation where you had been hurt or damaged by another person, and your friends or perhaps a spiritual advisor warned you that holding a grudge was hurting you more than the other person, and you “should” forgive that person? When that happens, most of us have a knee-jerk
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Please take a moment to read the title again, and now repeat it out loud, “This is my life—and I love it!” Did you smile? Or did you instantly think of all the ways your life sucks? If your thoughts went to a laundry list of things you are upset or discouraged about, understand that
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