Self-discipline can seriously surprise you when you put it to the test. You may believe you have a really good grasp on it because, well, you stick to your routine and schedule and produce remarkable results on a day-to-day basis, but how robust a discipline is it if that only happens in the controlled environment [...]
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Welcome back to Episode #20 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is by a request from a listener and a friend John Kowalski who asked me to talk about controlling our internal energy. How do you interact with yourself, your thoughts, your mind and your wealth of ideas when your excitement is just over [...]
I have been in Australia for a week now, a beautiful unforgettable week here in Melbourne, a lovely laid-back city that has everything you could need plus an easy, happiness-inducing feeling about it. Yesterday, we drove to see the 12 Apostles. The pictures in this post are from the scene of these stunning rock formations [...]
This is the first Halloween in I don’t know how many that I didn’t take out my dearly beloved witch statue out of the garage for prominent display. I told myself I’ll do it the day before, and then on the day of, and finally, immediately after Halloween, especially since the house next door still [...]
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the Astonishing Light of your own Being. ~Hafiz It turns out there is after all a name for that irrational, incessant and intrusive behavior which we so precisely insert between ourselves and success. It doesn’t take a psychology degree to recognize this [...]
Welcome back to Episode #3 of the Smart, Opinionated and Fabulous podcast. In this episode, we talk about the difference between love and understanding. Yes, they are different and one does not come with the promise of the other. Our need to be heard and understood is a natural human desire, but when it goes [...]
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ~William James You probably even experience the fatigue without knowing the real reason because procrastination is tricky business; it plays on your weaknesses and emotions but has no arm of logic supporting it. Let me prove it to you very simply:
Why I Hadn’t Talked About Financial Freedom as a Smart Habit? Sometimes the most obvious escapes us! Of all the smart habits and rich living ideas and opinions I have shared with you in nearly 300 blog articles, how is it that I have not yet talked about the single most important habit of all, [...]
I had a headache that lasted 3 days. A headache that made it hurt to think, something I like to do all day long, everyday and nonstop. And a headache that brought me face to face with the demon that is better known as stress! During those hours, a lot happened to me but nothing [...]
The 10 Minute Daily Invigorator is LIVE now! Our bodies were meant to be strong, healthy, happy. Our bodies were meant to move, to dance and to breathe life in. Our bodies were meant to be an expression of life force and vitality. Does your body move and breathe just as you want? Does energy [...]
Pushing past your limits. Breaking through your boundaries. Crushing all barriers in your way to keep the momentum going. This describes my modus operandi the last few weeks. It’s exhausting, exhilarating … and remarkable as always when I get into these phases. Do you ever feel this way?
Smart habits are the cornerstone of a successful and satisfying life. Smart habits make for rich living. Seeing how that is my tagline , I was thinking it might be a good idea to tackle the topic. I tackle it indirectly in every blog post but today, I want to take it to the next [...]
It’s not what you give up; it’s what you gain that counts! Just for good measure, I will say it again: It is not about what you give up. It is all about what you gain. That is how I have been able to take some of the bravest and greatest steps in my life [...]
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Everyone has them. Things we should do; things we should stop doing. Or things we could be doing, creating, producing, changing, enhancing, trying, living, or just dreaming. It does not take a special person to think of ideas. Even little kiddies have ideas – mostly bad ones with consequence [...]
Twice now I have heard this feedback – one from an email subscriber who shared it sadly as a reason for leaving my mailing list and another from my devoted client during our 1:1 coaching sessions: “Feeling overwhelmed with self-improvement and personal development.” Oh I can more than relate to these feelings; personal development bloggers [...]
