We are thankful and grateful for our clients, friends and families that make up Freedom Personal Development.

“We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.”
~ Author Unknown

Have a joyous Thanksgiving Holiday.

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With Thanksgiving this week, take some time to think about what you are truly grateful for – that is the reason for the holiday right?

Make sure to enter our gratitude contest too!  All you need to do is answer this question:

What 3 “outside of the box” items are you truly thankful for and WHY?
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Here is a Top 10 List of Things to be Grateful for:

1. You’re breathing. You owe your life to the world not the other way around. How are you sharing you natural gifts with others?

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I was driving around last week listening to a guy named Andy Andrews in my car, and he said something that hit me right between the eyes.  Mr. Andrews (author of the book The Traveler’s Gift) was saying that if he was allowed only 1 minute on stage and one thing to say that would change someone’s life, it would be an easy decision for Read More...

We are thankful and grateful for our clients, friends and families that make up Freedom Personal Development. 

“We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.”
~ Author Unknown

Have a joyous Thanksgiving Holiday.

Be Free! Read More...

With Thanksgiving approaching, I thought it would be especially appropriate to discuss a defining characteristic of successful people that I’ve met worldwide. I’ve found that successful and joyous people are usually very skilled at counting their blessings. They focus on what’s right about their life instead of what’s wrong.

Why is this important?

It goes back to the incredibly simple but undeniably profound thought expressed in Earl Nightingale’s great album The Strangest Secret. He said that “you become what you think about all day long.” If you think about that, you’ll realize it’s true. The dominant thoughts that live in your Read More...

With Thanksgiving around the corner, I felt it quite appropriate to discuss the power of being thankful. We’re going to follow the six reporter questions of Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of giving thanks.

WHO? EVERYONE has many things for which they can be thankful. Do you feel like you are an exception? Well, I can think of at least two things for which you can be thankful-you are reading this blog post right now, so you can be thankful for your sight and ability to read! Especially this time of year, having sight allows you to see the smiles on your loved ones and the holiday lights.

WHAT? This is the fun part-you have NUMEROUS things Read More...

With the recession and gloom and doom clouds over Wall Street, a time out for gratitude is in order. It will lift your sprits through these tough times…..and remember, these tough times that WILL get better.

We’ve all heard that we should “Count our Blessings”. While this is a good exercise in gratitude, more importantly, we must realize that we are exactly where we are supposed to be at this very moment. As we realize that there is nowhere else that we are supposed to be then we can begin to understand how incredibly lucky we are to be there.

I could give you an endless list of all the differences between us in America and those in developing countries, we could discuss that a full Read More...

The grass is always greener on the other side.

It is a syndrome that affects all of us throughout our life from time to time. Wanting, wishing, and desiring things that we do not have.

Those pains of envy when your neighbor drives up in a new car or if they have a new house, or they bring home a new baby, or they have new clothes. All these things, these material things.

Realistically, it is all just matter of perspective because they are probably looking over the fence to your yard and at your life and at you going, “Oh, look at him. Look at what he has done. Look at who Read More...