When the tragedy of the Costa Concordia started to unfold my wife and I had in September taken a cruise on Costa Cruise line to visit the Fjords in Norway.

As I watched I noticed the side of the ship that was in the ocean was the side our stateroom was on. All I could do ...

"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought” Peace Pilgrim 

In life, you are always filled with choices. You may opt to have a pessimist’s view and live a self-defeated life or you may decide to take the optimist’s route and take a challenging and fulfilling life.

Strange as it may seem, our life is made up of a series of “sales presentations”. Sales may not be your gig, but if you’re the boss you’re making  presentations everyday. Be it a pitch to your Board, announcing a policy change to employees, selling an idea to  your spouse, or just trying to win others over to your point of view – you need to punch up your people skills for winning pitches.

Author Michael Jeffreys personally interviewed 15 top motivational gurus in 1997 for his then upcoming book. After talking to gurus from Brian Tracy to Dr. Wayne Dyer, he distilled 8 Secrets to Success they all agreed upon. These secrets are still good today and ...

I was working with one of the people I mentor and he was stuck. He had one foot in the past and one foot in tomorrow. What I had him do was focus on the now. I asked him to answer this question... What do you really want in life?

You know most people don’t discover what they want ...

I’m really excited about launching my new program in a few weeks. What I want to do is help you make this the year you really begin to accomplish your goals. To do this takes  planning and here is some ideas you can begin to do today.

Setting up strategies to improve your personal life is only one ...

I shared with you that I have been working on my new program called “The Motivation System” and one area that often gets in the way...is just not starting.

Let’s face it, dealing with the obstacles of day to day living can drive us a little crazy. Without proper organization, this could make rolling out of the ...

To excel in any selling situation, you must have confidence, and confidence comes, first and foremost, from knowledge. You have to know and understand yourself and your goals. You have to recognize and accept your weaknesses as well as your special talents. This requires a kind of personal honesty that not

everyone is capable of exercising.

A trait of highly successful people in sales, leadership and in life share one thing...The ability to develop new habits and get rid of the ones that are no longer work. When I teach my workshops, speak to groups or coach someone this is one of my goals. To help them develop a new habit...that in time becomes a core discipline.

Here are ...

I was just listening to the latest CD that is included in Success magazine. Darren Hardy the publisher was interviewed and he advocates stop listening and watching the news. Why? Because of the constant barrage of negative input.

He talks about filling your mind with positive thoughts like reading books or listening to MP3 recordings instead.This is his way to maintain a positive feeling and outlook for ...