“Selfish.”
The word has such negative connotations. It’s seen as a tremendous character flaw – the type of insult that someone may yell out in a heat of passion only to stop a conversation dead in its tracks, as the receiving party takes tremendous offense. Continue reading
Where in your life is stress a noticeable concern? Maybe you get stressed out from work, family responsibilities, or financial concerns.
Whatever leads to stress in your life, even with your best efforts to manage it, if you have too much going on it can catch up with you.
When stress catches up with us, it can take a toll on our physical and emotional health.
Stress can lead to tension, headaches, irritability, fatigue, and lack of concentration just to name a few, and it can spill over into our relationships and professional life. Continue reading
We live in a success and money driven culture. If you doubt the truthfulness of that cliché, I’ll refer you to competitive reality TV, your office, the lottery, and just about any marketing or money-based blog on the web. From the first day that we understand its power, we’re made to believe that money is the end-all of human happiness and achievement.
Unfortunately for young professionals with big career ambitions, the mantra of “more money means the good life” leads to more sorrow than it does to happiness. Continue reading
It’s just one of those days, right? You’re sitting there with a big to-do list and no motivation to get started.
This happens to all of us from time to time. Such a day can struck with no warning. Sometimes even immediately after a highly productive day.
… So now what? What to do to save it and get some work done despite the adversity? Continue reading
You’ve probably read over and over (ad nauseam) about the power affirmations and positive self-speak have. Pick up a number of resources or talk to the experts and chances are you will hear about them in some form.
While I am one who strongly supports optimism, ambition, and aspirations, often there is something very important that is left out of the conversation when talking about affirmations. Continue reading
I woke up one day a few years later and felt miserable with my life. There were so many other things in the world to see and do. Yet I had already achieved my childhood dream, what else could there possibly be?
Looking back, I think it was around that time a shift happened in my soul and perspective about life; that regardless of what I achieved, I would always feel unsatisfied.
Life became something to endure, not live and love. Continue reading
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