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Live For Today! In your life, everyday, there are a myriad of things all around you in the universe that can provide you with inspiration and motivation - IF you are ready and willing to receive them. The concentrated, conscious and aware person is ALWAYS on the... ( added 86 days 16 hours ago.)

Only 3% Of People Achieve Their Goals One life strategy that I recommend and reinforce, time and time again with my clients and the readers of my world-wide newsletter, is to have a written list of well-thought-out goals for everything and anything that they want to accomplish in... ( added 93 days 19 hours ago.)

The Secret To Happiness In Today's Stressed Out World You were born into the world with an innocent mind, heart and a pure, unblemished, open spirit. You had no prejudice, no preconceived notions, no anger, fear, anxiety or stress. However, over the course of your life, the pressures of society and... ( added 108 days 19 hours ago.)

The World Is Out To Get Me I'll bet you have at least one or two colleagues, friends, acquaintances, clients or a spouse that is chronically miserable, gloomy and cheerless. Regardless of whom it is this person has something to whine about every day of the week. Correct? Or... ( added 118 days 18 hours ago.)

You Can Put Lipstick On A Pig It seems this colloquial saying, "You Can Put Lipstick On A Pig, But It's Still A Pig", is in the news - and causing quite a row - during the current U.S. presidential campaigns. According to the "Urban Dictionary", this saying is slang for when... ( added 119 days 21 hours ago.)

When The Chips Are Down... You may have heard or made this statement before, "You can always count on him or her, when the CHIPS are down". If you made the statement, it was because you knew that the person would get the job done, no matter what the odds, challenge or the... ( added 120 days 18 hours ago.)

You Are Your Own Worst Enemy You interact with them every day - at work, at school, at the supermarket, in the newspapers and tabloids, everywhere it seems. Who am I talking about? For example, you may have recently observed someone at the office complaining to everyone... ( added 133 days 21 hours ago.)

Are You Ruled By Your T.V.? It's Not Too Late To Change! In a 2007 program on National Public Radio (NPR), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discussed how in the U.S., people know more about "events" like the results of the "American Idol" show(on the 10 or 11 p.m. news!) and celebrity "gossip" (insert name of... ( added 140 days 10 hours ago.)

Nice Guys (And Girls) Always Grab The Gold Medal How many times have you heard the saying "Nice guys finish last"? If this statement were true, then the world would certainly be in a sorry state of affairs my friends. Henry James, the 19th century author and novelist once said - "Three things in... ( added 141 days 18 hours ago.)

Your Heroes And How You Can Find Motivation From Them A few years ago, I wrote down this quote in my journal... "Everyday of your life, from the cradle to the grave, you will face challenges and obstacles. It's a law of the universe in which we live!" - Keith A. Shaw It IS a fact of life that every... ( added 143 days 3 hours ago.)

Failure Is Not Final "Failure is not an option" was the tag line for the popular film, "Apollo 13". As you may recall the Apollo 13 mission was the one that, if not for the quick thinking and action of the Mission Control team and the astronauts on board the space... ( added 149 days 19 hours ago.)

Don't Just Wish And Hope! Do It! "Be careful of what you dream, because it may come true". My high-school football coach, Coach "Pic" would tell us this every day in his motivational speech as we prepared for the upcoming game. His objective was to get each and everyone of us to... ( added 150 days 5 hours ago.)

Even When You Lose, You Win No matter who you are, or what your current position in life is, there are going to be those times when you believe that nothing is going in your favor. Just like you, I certainly have had my fair share of downs. It may be just one bad day.... ( added 155 days 22 hours ago.)

How To Make A Powerful Impression Making a powerful impression is critical for setting the right tone - during a job interview or even when you are introduced to someone for the first time. And, in the far majority of cases, the first impression is the only impression you may make... ( added 176 days 20 hours ago.)

The Word That Is Like An Anchor Around Your Neck In prior motivational and inspirational stories I showed how your choice of words, such as "Can't" and "But" disempower you, contradict what you really mean to say and in some cases also demoralize others. In short, they will knock you off your... ( added 178 days 2 hours ago.)

Look At Yourself On going self evaluation, self reflection and honesty are critical in determining where you are on your success quest - from the starting line, right to the finish line. From experience I find that most people truly believe that they are doing far... ( added 192 days 2 hours ago.)

Big BUT? Here's How To Lose It In one of my prior motivational stories, I talked with you about getting rid of the word "CAN'T" from your vocabulary. You see to me, "can't" is the one of the most disempowering words known to humankind. In this story, I'd like to inspire you to... ( added 198 days 18 hours ago.)

Is The World Out To Get You? Albert Einstein once defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Yet, many of you have done this time and time again. You unfortunately bring your past knowledge and beliefs into every situation... ( added 202 days 21 hours ago.)

Why Do Some People Always Get The Job Done? All the things in life fit together, much like pieces of a puzzle. These pieces fit together to form the complete picture of who you are - what your current situation in life is, how you spend your time (whether work or play), your level of joy... ( added 203 days 19 hours ago.)

Make Decisions Quickly And Get More Of What You Want An inherent weakness that we all have, in both our personal career lives, is S-L-O-W decision making. You know you that need to do something that will take you closer to your goals, but for unknown reasons, you procrastinate. Maybe it is less... ( added 259 days 15 hours ago.)

Ride Your Way To Success Remember one of your first big challenges growing up when your were young? I'll bet one of them was learning how to ride a bicycle. As a child, how many of you learned to ride a bicycle? Hey, that's quite a lot of you. Now, close your eyes and... ( added 260 days 18 hours ago.)

Size DOES Matter! Motivation Lessons From A Mosquito It is a human condition for us to feel "less than" others. Perhaps it is the need we feel to "keep up with the Joneses" or our own lack of self worth ot lack of self esteem. For instance you may have recently been to a party, social event or... ( added 261 days 17 hours ago.)