What have you done to step outside of your comfort zone recently? It is far too easy for us to get too comfortable, even lazy. We tend to think I can pay my bills, I like my work, my family is perfectly acceptable, I have a year’s worth of Fruit Loops in the cupboard, and all is good. Then we sit back on our laurels and relax. Relaxing is good. I’m all for relaxing, but when you get too relaxed you stop growing. [Read more…] about Confronting Your Fears Will Help You Feel More Alive … Just Saying
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Meditation Will Make you Happier, Healthier, and Help You Achieve Your Goals
I’m not a seasoned meditator by any means. I only started meditating roughly six months ago. I tried my hand at it before that, but was never very successful. Sitting quietly trying not to think about anything whilst beating myself up because I keep thinking and then worrying that I’ll never be able to get this right was the kind of meditation I was doing before. All of that changed recently though, and now I want to tell everybody, including you, about meditation. I want to stand on the mountaintops and yell, “You should be meditating, gosh darn it.” [Read more…] about Meditation Will Make you Happier, Healthier, and Help You Achieve Your Goals
How to Start Writing
Writing is hard work. That’s why so many people who say they want to write a book never get around to doing it. It takes discipline and determination to sit down and confront that blank page day after day.
Most people are completely capable of that kind of discipline. Most people could write a book if they really put their minds to it, but most people don’t have a strong enough reason to do it. You find the courage to write if your reason to write is strong enough. [Read more…] about How to Start Writing
How to Reclaim Your Creativity
The buzz of an alarm clock woke you up this morning. You showered, dressed, saw your family off to school and work, before joining the masses commuting to their nine to five jobs. You sit in traffic listening to the radio and wondering when your life turned into this.
Why are you spending most of your days at a job you don’t care about anymore? Why are you working so hard to build someone else’s company? Whatever happened to your ideas … your dreams? Whatever happened to you? [Read more…] about How to Reclaim Your Creativity
What’s Your Motivating Principle?
What do you believe in? What is the motivating principle behind what you do? What is the idea that makes your soul hum? Do you have one? I’m sure you do, you just haven’t acknowledged it yet.
Having an overarching principle that you stand for will help motivate you when times get tough. It will help keep you focused when you start to drift. [Read more…] about What’s Your Motivating Principle?