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The Most Critical Hour of Your Day: How to Set Yourself Up for Success

Sometimes, those sixty minutes will drift away while you surf the internet, flick from channel to channel on the TV, and struggle to get started.

The really critical hour, though, is the first one of your day. Continue reading

20 Tips for a Positive New Year

1. Stay positive.
You can listen to the cynics and doubters and believe that success is impossible or you can know that with faith and an optimistic attitude all things are possible. Continue reading

Life Awash: 5 Principles I learned At Sea

In life, as with the sea, you never know when the good or bad will hit. I have come up with five principles I learned at sea that mirror the lessons I live by on land. Much can be learned if your diving mask is rubbed clean and your outlook on life is as open minded as the open sea. Continue reading

Day 79:How To Unleash Your Inner Power

When you understand that you don’t have to live under other people’s definition of who you are, it’s mind-blowingly liberating. You know longer have to waste time worrying what other people think about you or trying to live up (or down to!) their expectations. Continue reading

Day 81: 10 Things Your Mom Said That Were Actually Right

It’s natural for young people to go through a period of doubting what their parents say and to lack the perspective to see the truth in the things they told us. But as we mature and grow older, we can look back on what our mothers (and other elders) told us and appreciate how right they were. Continue reading

Goal Setting 101: Get to Where You Want to Be

Either way, just having a goal in mind isn’t going to get you far. You need to set goals in the right way – setting yourself up for success, rather than half-heartedly aiming for a vague dream Continue reading