The hardest crowd to please or succeed in is the one you’re closest to, normally your family, the people you live with or spend the most time with. These are the ones who see the worst moods, frustrations, and outbursts. Sometimes they even remind you of your shortcomings long after the fact. “You’re never happy. You're …
Create a Stop Doing List
How many things are you doing because you "ought to"? I already know I have a couple. That was easy to figure out. As a matter of fact I've known for quite a while that I need to prune one or two activities. They are draining me to the point I dread them. The hardest …
Who Speaks Into Your Life?
Who do you allow to speak into your life? Being intentional about who we interact with is critical to the right kind of progress in the direction we want to go. We tend to move in the direction of what we spend time thinking about and acting on. Who you ‘do life’ with matters a …
Your Move
But I can’t change jobs because I am the sole provider, I carry the insurance, my spouse is against the idea, I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up … Are you so focused on why you can’t that you are blind to what might be possible? I’m not saying you …
5 Minutes a Day to Peace and Focus
I believe the key to contentment is living intentionally. I know. I know. Everybody and their brother has the secret to happiness. But hear me out. First of all, we have to be careful not to confuse contentment with happiness. There is a big difference between the two. Happiness has to do with circumstances (external) whereas …
60-Second Shift to Positive Self-Talk
I have no shortage of negative self-talk and if I do happen to run low, I can always pull from the storehouse of mean or careless things other people have said. Or just pick up something from the bottomless pit of comparisons generated on social media. Can you relate? Negative self-talk is easy and cheap. …
Relational Junk Drawers
Can't everyone just get along?! Are you convinced that happiness awaits when you get all your relationships fixed? The reality is, there will always be someone mad at you or blaming you for ... {insert dramatic event or dysfunctional situation here}. If your goal is total harmony with the people in your life, you are on …
Bridges That Just Won’t Burn
What if you've already let go of the past, done the forgiveness thing and are happily going about living your life only to have one of the people you forgave punch you in the gut again with unkind words? Wouldn’t it be so much easier if they could just go back to not being a …
Dare Not To Compare
You've probably heard the phrase, "Dare to compare" used in advertising and commercials. It's a concept that definitely caught on. We are hooked, comparing everything we do, have and say with someone or something. Our entire being gets caught up in creating a picture-perfect life. We compare ourselves to others in every area of life: …
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