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Today we celebrate America’s Independence, but what about your independence and freedom? Are you independent? Are you free? Freedom is the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action. Meaning you have control over yourself and your own destiny. Before I became aware of this fact, I would look for reasons things didn’t…
Read MoreWhen you get to the end of your day, today, what do you hope to have achieved? How many mornings do you think about that? How often do you have goals that are more than get groceries, pick-up dry cleaning, get to the office on time, go to the kids’ soccer games tonight, make dinner?…
Read MoreRecently I ran a Facebook Ad to promote Change Your Thinking, Ignite Your Life. One of the statements was “Learn about the power of positive self-talk and how to incorporate it into your life”. I have to admit that I was thrown off by some of the comments I got (granted it was only half…
Read MoreIf you’ve read Change Your Thinking, Ignite Your Life or any of my previous Blog Posts you likely know that I tend to not endorse living in the past. While the past is filled with valuable lessons, it is not a healthy place to live and dwell. So, when I was asked recently, what would…
Read MoreMy son is a senior in high school as I write this and plays varsity basketball. I live 400 miles from where he does but try to make as many games as possible. About the time that he asked me to make sure I could attend Senior Night, I started to think about the reality…
Read MoreSo many people have asked me how I wrote “Change Your Thinking, Ignite Your Life: What Are You Telling Yourself?” but very few have asked why. The reality is that the why drove the how. I had to have a strong enough “why” to make me want to find out “how”. Had my “why” not…
Read MoreYesterday while meeting with one of my friends, I overheard the discussion amongst a group of people about how great things were in the “good old days”. They discuss how much easier things were before everything was online and how they used to call and actually talk to people and not machines. Hard to argue…
Read MoreSince you can’t control the passage of time your actions are the only thing that can determine the outcome of the changes that happen in your life. This is the hardest thing to accept because we want to have control over everything. We want what we want when we want it and that when we…
Read MoreToday I have been inundated with wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year! And reminders that we now have 365 New Chances for Happiness! Admittedly, these wishes frustrated me at first because on page 122 in the Chapter “Change: A Process That Leads to Progress”, I point out that ” Every day is the…
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