"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
*-- George Eliot 

"I define love thus: the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth."
*-- M. Scott Peck 

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."
 *-- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 

How To Become Bullet Proof From Criticism
Let me first say that ‘criticism can be useful. In fact, we need to be able to hear and process this kind of feedback in order to progress in life. Otherwise we would be ‘legends in our own lunchtimes’ and it would be hard to improve our.........

Five Essential Secrets of Managing Your Energy Successfully
When you're having a good day, things don't bother you like they do when you're having a stressful day. The same event can happen on each day, and you react differently.  Why is that? It's because on a good day your energy levels are...........

Top Reasons Why You're Not Living Your Dream
Maybe you’re over 30 and settled in your career. You don’t even want to think about making a move somewhere else. Besides, at this point in your life, you’re supposed to be doing what you want, right?  For some reason we seem........

Not Letting Go of Your Past Hurts Your Future
If, for example, a series of painful experiences throughout your childhood, like verbal or sexual abuse, always seem to haunt your ability to progress in your interpersonal relationships. In turn, you subconsciously sabotage these......

How Much Dysfunction You Allow Into Your Life
A parent who consistently talks down to their children in the attempts of suppressing their self esteem would be a perfect citing of dysfunction.  It is quite obvious that none of us can escape dysfunction. Television and media cater to.......

Addiction To Your Self-Judgment
Pointing out to them that they are causing their anxiety with their self-judgment doesn’t not necessarily stop the judgment.   This is because self-judgment is often an addiction. An addiction is a habitual behavior that is intended to protect......

Children Of The Star
One day the Sun too will die, incredible to think, and it probably won’t happen for another 5 billion years, but just the same it means our little Earth story will come to an end. I doubt very much that the story of the Universe will ever end......

Future Successes Are In The Realm Of Creativity
Who cares about how good you know the systems of finance? The question now is: How are you going to innovate and create ideas that further society and incite others to participate in your areas of interest? Artists are now being........

Was Tsunamis in the Bible
On that eventful Sunday of 26th December 2004, I was attending Mass at our local church. At approximately 0900 hrs, I could feel a very slight tremor while I was listening to the homily delivered by our Parish priest.  The tremor was........

How To Double, Triple, or Even Quadruple Your Reading Speed
Find some reading material to practice with, such as an article in a magazine, or use a chapter of a book. Set a timer for a short period, such as five or ten minutes. Start reading at your regular speed, and see how far you can get in the........

How to Milk Another Hour or Two Per Day
Here are several time management tips that will help you to use those few precious hours that you do have wisely;  Get organized! - I can't stress this enough. This is the first thing that absolutely needs to be done to improve.......

You Really Are Unique
Have you ever thought about the way you describe yourself? When you are asked who are you? What do you reply? Do you start with your occupation or your role? If you did you replied in the way you have been trained by.......

All These Are The Signs Of The Times
Without spirituality life becomes an empty experience devoid of real meaning, purpose and true joy. Spiritual living is the difference between living consciously and unconsciously. It’s the same difference between moving around in.....

Imagination Is A Power-Tool For Success
When you create a physical thing, you always do it twice – first in your imagination, then in reality. This two-step process is so natural that you are often unaware of it. Used frequently, skillfully and with purpose, you can direct your.......

Make Your Dream Reality This Year
When you have a dream or goals JUST GET STARTED! Just getting started means that once you are sure of what you want, star walking towards your goal. Do not think about it so much and instead of focusing on the reasons why........

Tsunami Thoughts That Can Get Your Mind Around
For God knows how many thousands, their last day came without the slightest warning.  Who knows how many of us will someday depart without notice as well. However, if we live every day to its fullest, we will have enjoyed our.........

The Power of Visualization of Stephen Hawking’s
Professor Stephen Hawking possesses one the world’s more formidable minds locked in one of the world’s most useless bodies. A victim of Lou Gehrig’s disease, Hawking has lived for decades with an almost total loss of........

Growing Beyond Limits - Shifts that Make an Impact
Be open to the idea that you were uniquely created for a grand purpose. What do you think is limiting you? Is there a label that is holding you back? Let go of thoughts that restrain you and imagine anything is possible (even if it's not)........

The Addiction to Talking
Talkers are often needy people who attempt to assuage their emptiness by trapping people into listening to them. For example, I’ve seen people telling a bank teller their life story, while the trapped teller doesn’t know how to......

Perceive and Believe It – The Power of Vision
On a regular basis, step at least “1 inch” outside your comfort zone. That is where all the action is! In fact, everything you have ever wanted and have thus far been unable to obtain, is more than likely located “outside” this comfort.......

Path To Success Only Need 10 Seconds Each Day
You must choose the right ones for you, phrase them the right way, and say them with strong feeling and in a deep state of relaxation. When you use affirmations correctly their impact will last for at least a few hours - long enough.........

The Recipe for Alchemy
Deep emotional and karmic releases. Breakthroughs with money and love. Spiritual awakenings. I always ask myself, "Why do some people heal, open or wake up after only one special experience—and for others it takes 20 to 30 such.......

Cultivate Motivational Operations
Motivationn is not something we can do to somebody else. It is always something that that someone else does to themselves. Look back over your career, and you will see that the motivator and the "motivatee" were always the same.........

The Root Cause of Problems is Miscommunication
Now why would people prefer to keep their complaints and criticisms to themselves? What's holding them back? It's because they do not want to be rejected. Most, people, if not all, would like to be accepted and to be..........

Just Do It For Today
Now I'm usually able to get things done when I need to, but I've noticed that there are a few things that I have a hard time bringing myself to do especially when I need to do it consistently. I usually have good intentions; but good.......

Stress Lessons From A Tea-Pot
What's fascinating about this to me is that this teapot can teach us a lesson or two about how pressure/frustration/stress builds and accumulates in our own lives. What's even more deadly about this is that we often don't know how to.......

Does Introspection Assist in Self Progression?
Have you ever sat and stared out at something beautiful like a glassy lake or a foggy mountain and simply thought about your life and what it seemingly means? This, simply put, is the nuts and bolts of introspection. To introspect is, in........

Imagine Having $42,000,000 You Can’t Spend!
No matter how carefully you plan, remember “What can go wrong, will go wrong.”  Expect it. Welcome it. Summon up all your confidence and think fast when it happens. You will surely find a way to turn Murphy’s Law to your........

Work is the key
I studied the likes of Tiger Woods and Bill Gates. Of all the successful people I have studied, to the last one, they are hard workers. We often dream of living a life like Tiger Woods must surely lead. But Tiger's work on golf started........

How To Be Motivated To Create The Life Of Your Dreams
Be honest! Is it true you sometimes insult yourself, curse yourself and say horrible things about your abilities? If you spoke like this regularly to the people you care about they would leave and never talk to you again. There is no excuse.........