Do you often feel frustrated and just want to throw in the towel, and give up? Frustration can cause you to make mistakes and give up on yourself and your dreams. Your life becomes uninteresting and controlled by others. You can take back control of your life and live the life you always wanted if you learn how to identify and reduce or eliminate the causes of frustration in your life. This...
Becoming a daring person is not for everyone but the rewards are great for those that can manage this change. We all live in a comfort zone and most are well liked just the way we are. For some however, this is not a great way of living and they want to do more and experience more of what life can offer. These people need to become more daring in their choices. This doesn't mean that they do...
Our motivation is not constant and is constantly changing levels throughout the project, the day and our activities. How do you stay motivated when you just want to throw up your hands and walk away? There are many ways to rekindle your motivation and once you understand them and incorporate them into your life, you will find that you can restore your motivation levels and reach a successful...
Changes. You will encounter many people, jobs and phases over your lifetime. These can be either changes that we make ourselves or are made as a result of someone else's decision that causes us to decide how we will adjust or ignore it. We often feel that we do not have a choice in these situations. You may have to move because of a job offer in another city. You need to work more with your...
How many decisions do you make every day? Are they simple decisions like what to have for breakfast or are they more difficult like deciding to bid on a project that could make or break your business? Making any type of decision can be made simpler when you use a decision-making process. There are two types of decision-making processes. One for the hard decisions where you have to really think...
If you are like most people, you have probably tried to either change a bad habit to something more positive or tried to add a new habit and experienced some failure. It isn't you. Most people try to change too much all at once and either lose their motivation or willpower and just give up. Changing habits is hard and takes time and in today's fast paced world, who has time. We want everything...
Focus, why is it so easy to lose it but so difficult to regain it again? In today's world we are constantly being bombarded with events and actions that can distract us from our daily work. We have notifications going off on our electronic devices and people just stopping by, all leading to us not being able to maintain our focus. The good news is that there are things that you can do during...
Do you believe in yourself? Have you ever experienced self-doubt? Life is rough and our path to success is difficult and there are negative people and feelings all around us. We can just quit or we can decide that we can do what we want and be totally successful in achieving our goals, both personal and professional. Self-belief is a powerful force that can hep you overcome the negatives and...
In order to accomplish extraordinary things in today's world you need to have a strong sense of self-belief. Unfortunately for many people this is not true, right now. They lack the confidence to take on uncomfortable tasks and they forfeit some control over some aspects of their lives. It doesn't have to be this way. Self-belief can be improved by understanding what self-belief is and the...
People who succeed in life are people who take risks. Many rich people often lose large fortunes on the chances that they take, but they keep going because the next risk may pay off. If you continually listen to your amygdala or "lizard brain" you cannot be successful because you will also give in to your fear. Instinct tells us to run and flee from risk. We are programmed to fight change and...
To lead a successful life you need to have a success mindset. While this sounds easy to accomplish, we live in a world full of negativity. The news, movies and even the people around us are negative. Sure there is a small portion that are positive, but we learn from an early age that negativity seems to be the norm in life. You can develop a success mindset by setting goals and making changes...
Life doesn't always go the way we think it should and sometimes we just wish we could give up and start all over. By understanding our own life and how we control, or not control, our own decisions we can make changes to our life for the better and live our lives to the fullest. This volume of Life Reflections provides thoughts and observations on 30 different areas of everyday life and shows...
Confidence is something that we all need but many of us feel that it is lacking in our life. Confidence can be built up and strengthened if you know how and apply the various confidence building methods that you learn. This is the difficult part, applying the information. Finding the information to improve your confidence is not that difficult actually, there are many sources. This book can be...
Do you sometimes feel that you are just a face in the crowd, following everyone else's suggestions and advice. You really don't have a life of your own and you are frustrated. People tell you to go to college, get married, have a family and more. But what if you don't want any of those things right now or even later? What if you want to go down your own path, get outside of the lines that other...
We all have limitations and what is really unfortunate is that most of these limitations are self imposed. We learn our limits when we are young from people who mean well such as parents, friends and teachers, but they don't realize what they are doing to our future. You can push through your limits if you first understand what they are and where they came from. There are methods that you can...
We are well acquainted with emotions and emotional responses as we are human. When positive events occur in our lives, we feel happiness and joy. When negative events occur, we feel sadness and fear with equal strength. We are guided through rough waters and into safe harbors by our emotional responses. In this sometimes-chaotic world, they give us a foundational mental platform that can...
If you find it hard to keep going or even get started on projects, maybe it is a sign that you have lost your momentum. This can be caused by a number of issues and it seems that once it is gone it is impossible to get it back. This is not true. You can regain your momentum and successfully complete you projects and at the same time have a more successful life. This book helps you to understand...
There are times in your life that you just want to press pause, delete everything and start over with a new page. It is possible to do this. Getting a fresh start first involves knowing what you want out of your life. What goals do you have for your professional and personal lives that you really want to achieve that will make you satisfied and energized? Once you have those goals prioritized...
Have you every wanted to just quit! Life can be difficult and there are challenges that need to be solved either at work or in the home. Sometimes you just need to take some time to be by yourself and reflect on your life and the problems and how you can solve them. As you reflect you begin to realize that you have been successful in the past and you did overcome the challenges you faced. This...
Stress. We are all exposed to it daily, some more than others. Learn how your health is affected by exposure to chronic and excessive stress. Discover how your body reacts to the daily stress that it is subjected to at work and by life in general. Learning what is happening to your mind and body when experiencing chronic stress is the first step in identifying the triggers the are causing you...
You have been taken advantage of at work or by your friend and possibly even your family for too long and you want to change all of that Now! How do you go it without causing you and your relationships too much stress? You need to set personal boundaries. These boundaries give you control over all aspects of your life and enable you to enjoy a happier, healthier life than you are living now...
We have all taken a look at our lives and found areas that we would like to change. Why haven't we made those changes in order to make our lives better? For most people change is difficult since they are comfortable with their habits and change can be scary. There is always that chance that you may not like the change or that you may not be successful in having the change become part of your...
The best year of your life is within your reach, when you know what you need to do and you have the confidence and motivation to reach out and grab it. Success doe not come easy, but when you know what you want and have a plan of how you will go about achieving it, you can do anything. Yes, there will be obstacles and setbacks along the way, but by understanding them and preparing for them, you...
We all have had occasions when you lose your focus when you are working and you just can't get back to being productive. We are easily distracted by our phones and social media and because of this our ability to focus on what is important in our work, relationships and friendships is lost. You can get your focus back but it will take some work to fight through the distractions in our day-to-day...