“When weeds come up in your garden, it does no good to say, ‘There are no weeds, there are no weeds, there are no weeds…’ It doesn’t help to pretend they’re not there. It doesn’t matter how much you focus on the beautiful plants that are growing. The weeds aren’t going to disappear until you Read More

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” – Norman Vincent Peale Read More

In the previous week’s post we started to talk about assets you can build as opposed to assets you can buy. It is the assets that you build that allow you to utilize the assets you buy. Three assets you can build are: Your brand. Permission Expertise Read More

“Do work and get paid once.” Build and asset and you get paid for as long as it lasts.”—Seth Godin—If you are a self-employed business owner, entrepreneur, solo professional or in the corporate world you certainly have bought assets. But the most important assets are not the ones that you buy. They are the ones Read More

We can dodge our responsibilities but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. To be a good leader whether it is in your own personal life or in an organization you must embrace responsibility. Read More

What are you focused on? I may irritate some people with what I am about to say. I have a friend and she is deathly afraid of germs. She does everything to be healthy yet she has more incidence of sickness than most people I know. Read More

“Do you need something? Do you desire something? There is a huge difference. First let’s look at need. You cannot attract what you need if you have a sense of urgency or desperation. Why? You are radiating fear. And fear repels the very thing you need. On the other hand when you desire something you Read More

“Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, Read More

“It doesn’t matter if the song of life that you sing is simple or complicated. All that matters is how much you put into that song. Your life is controlled only by what you give to it. You won’t get anything from it if you don’t put feeling into life. That’s why people fall in Read More

“If you really want world-class success, decide today to stop caring what other people think and keep your own counsel. Others may or may not have your best interests at heart, but you always will. Calm down and listen to the little voice inside and have the guts to follow it. Trust yourself and know Read More