Keeping Your Attitude Up When Circumstances Are Down

Everyone knows that a positive attitude is key to the successful life. But what happens when things go wrong? What happens when circumstances deal us a blow? We have a tendency to let our attitudes take the dive along with our state of affairs. Life deals us setbacks, both minor... Read More

Whats Simple?

If you walk up to a stranger in the grocery store and ask them to define "simple," as in "simple life," they'll probably say something like "having less stuff." Or they might hit you with a frozen turkey. But probably they'll associate simple with stuff.The thing is that simple is... Read More

Why Not Reinvent The Wheel?

"Why go and reinvent the wheel?" It's a question that's been around for centuries; right? Here's a better question: Why not reinvent the wheel? As a Peak Performance Coach, I do a lot of personal development trainings for adults and children, alike. I love kids! They don't think like us... Read More

Mitigating Factors

Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 30, 2002I am writing for advice on a personal dilemma of the most personal nature. I am male, mid-40s, married 20 years.After all these years, I still long to make love to my wife two or three times per week, while... Read More

How I Made $10,000 In One Day By Swimming Underwater!

"Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering," RabelaisIf you want to be wealthy, it's best to get healthy. A salubrious lifestyle is worth the effort.Here's the wisdom:You need good health to think clearly, act intelligently, and schmooze diligently.Usually, the wealthiest people are... Read More

Create Your Own Self Esteem - Part 1

Self-esteem is something that we all wish we had more of. Some of us go through our entire life feeling "self-esteem deficient". The constraints placed on us by low self esteem can feel so impenetrable that we find ourselves shrinking back from our dreams and accepting something less than desirable.... Read More

A Resurrection Story

My mother often wound up in the hospital during the last decade of her life. She had good health insurance and a good many ailments, and she generally outstayed two or three hospital roommates.One afternoon she got a new roommate, her third. But not for long, I thought. Because this... Read More

Its The Little Things That Count

Have you ever been in the situation where you have become so focussed on achieving a goal that you have done so at the detriment of everything else in your life?The 'All or Nothing' SyndromeIn a coaching session I had with one of my clients this week, he realised that... Read More

Hope in Humanity

Let us renew our hope in humanity. It's so easy to lose faith when someone cuts us off on the highway, when a 'friend' blows us off (for the second time) and fails to show, when we get burned in a business deal, when a co-worker doesn't do what they... Read More

False Start

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 7, 2003.I was married three months ago, and I think I may have married the wrong woman. What do I mean when I say that? I thought I was in love, and while I have strong feelings of friendship and goodwill... Read More

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The Pledge

You know kids, one of the things I've learned by... Read More

Go Between

Direct Answers - Column for the week of June 16,... Read More

Life is a Mystery...or is it?

Being the last of three daughters, I was a suprise... Read More

Being An Adult

I have always thought that grandparents were the icons of... Read More

5 Notions That Americans Should Put Out To Pasture

Wisdom and knowledge come from the same family but are... Read More

Jerrys Yo-Yo

The blaring sound leapt under Jerry's skin and strangled him... Read More

The True and Magnificent Power of Giving

You've probably heard of the popular saying "It's better to... Read More

Forcing Inspiration

Most people, when they have to complete a creative endeavour,... Read More

Ways To Beat The Blues

1. Sit back and enjoy (or at least tolerate) the... Read More

Go On ! Give your Enemy a Hug

Another preposterous idea from yours truly, even the thought makes... Read More

A Bit Of Turbulence

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 1,... Read More

Brilliance in Balance

"For everything you have missed, you have gained something else;... Read More

If You Were an Angel... What Would You Do?

If you were an Angel what could you do to... Read More

For Inspiration Watch a Kite Fly Against the Wind

Given a steady wind and a properly balanced kite, the... Read More

Why Anyone Can Be Prosperous

In nature, when the season is right, all things flourish... Read More

Why Self Esteem Matters

A number of years ago I worked for one of... Read More

Maintaining Honesty and Integrity

(Excerpted From Cultivating An Unshakable Character)For a leader, honesty and... Read More

Lessons Learned Hard

Many of us seek consolation in the words of Frank... Read More

Ignorance and Fantasy

Are beliefs not often the children of ignorance and fantasy?... Read More

Create 10 Delightful Daily Habits

Practising extreme self-care in our life involves practising good "daily"... Read More

Beautiful Day Blues

The massive orb dominates the aqua crystalline backdrop of its... Read More

Anam Chara - Living A Life Of Value

Much of our lives we spend comparing what "me" has... Read More

Accept Every Invitation

How often do you decline an invitation because you have... Read More

By Now, Im an Expert at Memory Loss

I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but... Read More

A Plan Of Attack

Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 28,... Read More

Does Introspection Assist in Self Progression?

Why would we need to examine our lives? What benefit... Read More

Essential Ingredient

Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 15,... Read More

Re-Developing Your Vision

One of the most important things we can do for... Read More

What in the World are You Doing?

Here is the typical life ? typical, though not everybody... Read More

The Final Frontier

When all that you have done has not brought you... Read More

Breaking Bonds

I am just out of high school, and I have... Read More

It Wont Happen Again

Have you or do you know someone who has been... Read More

Crossing The Line Of Fear

Oh, this is a great topic! I remember when I... Read More