Is it too difficult and too time-consuming to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to self-help programs? In the interest of sanity, check out the rest of these 7 tips before you toss everything into the trash. << MORE >>

Does your head start to buzz and your eyes start to cross every time you find yourself confronted with another self-help program? I don't blame you. So many people are on the self-help bandwagon that it has become too difficult and too time-consuming to separate the wheat from the chaff.<< MORE >>

Becoming aware of the steps and the rules is just the beginning. Like we said, the process is not easy. It requires work to put what you know into practice...<< MORE >>

Change requires your creative participation. As with any job, you have to learn the basic rules; then you need to determine what tools you have on hand; and if you're lucky...<< MORE >>

Nothing seems to change! Every year it's just more of the same. I’ve studied the books, gone to the classes, practiced the 3-step, 7-step, and 12-step programs for transforming my life, and I can't understand why things haven't really changed.<< MORE >>

Have you ever heard the expression “what you have to fight to get, you have to fight to keep”? It refers to the use of personal will to force an experience into your life. How can you possibly want something so much that when you finally get it, you have to fight to keep it? The answer to that question lies in your consciousness. << MORE >>

You can be in a rut even if you know how important personal growth is. Remember that old expression that speaks of "ten years of experience or one year of experience ten times?" Personal growth is hard work, and sometimes we decide we are just not up to it. Then we become comfortable with the level of understanding we have achieved, and that is where we live our lives year after year. << MORE >>

There are a lot of reasons why people choose to go into business for themselves. If you were to ask, some would tell you they didn’t like the restrictions in the corporate world. Others would say they always felt at odds with everyone even though they were just trying to do a good job. But for whatever their reason, they struck out on their own … • with the determination to put their ideas into practice in an environment where their ideas wouldn’t be ignored or passed over for some idea far less innovative. • with the determination to live in a world where risk of loss was not the issue, and petty jealousies were unheard of.<< MORE >>

As an entrepreneur, you have to take action to avoid mistakes that could be fatal to your business. Last time we talked about the importance of creating a vision for both near and long term goals. We made the point that if you don't break your goals into bite-size pieces, you may not be able to swallow them. In other words, you may not be able to accept them as realistic for you. << MORE >>

As an entrepreneur, you have to take action to avoid mistakes that could be fatal to your business. Action #1: Create a vision for both near term and long term goals.<< MORE >>

Risk (risk) n. exposure to the possibility of injury or loss or to a dangerous occurrence. When most people think of risk, they don't consider it the possibility of an undesirable event occurring. They consider it a probability! Why do we make that subtle shift and give support to the idea that risking will always result in loss? << MORE >>

What is the primary difference between a driver and a passenger? The driver has control. He can choose where to go and how to get there. The passenger goes along for the ride, but the thrill and the satisfaction of navigating the course and determining the destination is not part of his experience except vicariously. Do you take charge of your experiences or do you let others call the shots? << MORE >>

MINDSLAP!™ is a term we coined because it creates a visual for a life-changing discipline called conscious shock. MindSlap! (or conscious shock) refers to the spiritual discipline of deliberately shifting from a conditioned reaction to a conscious choice. This shift in attention gives you the time you need to make a choice whether to respond as a thinking, creative being or to react like a mindless machine. If your choice is to not be a machine, you need to know about conscious shock. << MORE >>