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45 Quick & Easy Mood Lifters

We all feel this way from time to time. Often, all we need is a good distraction to shake us out of the funk.

Here are 45 quick and easy mood lifters that you can use right now: Continue reading

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The Seven Stages Of Failing At Self Improvement

When you resist the journey or try to short-cut the process to get their faster, you end up mostly spinning your wheels.

Frustration comes into the picture because you’re trying too hard to change your movie from Forrest Gump to Top Gun, instead of just making Forrest Gump the best darn movie it can be. Continue reading

The Upside of Failure

No one likes to talk about the dreaded “F” word. No…not that one. The meaning of the word Failure has joined the ranks of words and phrases that traditionally are regarded as lewd or vulgar – to the point that it’s almost taboo to discuss someone’s failures. Continue reading

Be a Peaceful CFO of your home

When we say we want our children to know about money, what do we mean? Do we mean we want them to know how-to make it and how-to spend it? If we teach them the why we make money and why we spend money, they will know how-to. Continue reading

The Case for Being Negative

We’ve all heard it. “Be positive” they say. “Focus on the good in life” they explain.
“Think, you could be in a much worse situation so you should be thankful for what you have” they command. Well, screw that. I say, forget being positive…being negative has its own virtues. Continue reading

7 Ways to Be Happier At Work – Today

Or maybe you don’t – you hate your job but you have to stick with it because you need the money.

Chances are you fall somewhere in the middle: you have good days and bad days, and you could definitely be happier than you currently are. Continue reading