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How To Conquer Fluctuating Ambition in 5 Steps

Related to fear, low confidence will stop you from doing great things. Ambition the night before shows you want it, but it could be that deep inside you don’t believe you’ll get the results you want. If you don’t envision success, you’ll avoid action. Continue reading

3 Tips to Making Efficient Use of Your Time

“I don’t have enough time.” “I’m too busy.” “There aren’t enough hours in the day.”

On average, I hear at least one of these expressions twice a day. And quite frankly, I’m a bit tired of it. So I decided to make it my personal mission to rid the world of these phrases. Continue reading

5 Super Simple Ways to Build Momentum

What is momentum?

I’m going to use the same example that Darren Hardy illustrates in his book The Compound Effect (which you can read my review of here). Continue reading

5 Easy Ways to Be Nicer to Yourself

Years of observing people stumbling over the concept of self-compassion has shown her that we commonly think that treating ourselves kindly will result in being lazy, self-indulgent, and wallowing in self-pity. Continue reading

6 Tips to Being Happy In The Present Moment

We all want to be happy. But we have preconceived notions or beliefs about what needs to happen in our lives before we can be happy. Maybe we need to get that dream job. Or we need to have a million dollars in the bank. Or maybe we need to have the body of our dreams. Or we need the perfect relationship in order to be happy. Continue reading

The Power of Doing Good

Happiness, health, prosperity, peace, a better world for our children – we all want the same things in life. The key to gain these is within us, for ourselves and for the world at large – the key is focusing on good. By choosing to do good, you can find your place in life. Continue reading