In our everyday life, we often run into stress events ranging from deadlines at work, traffic jams and dealing with uncooperative people. Life events such as a new baby, a death of a loved one or moving can add even more pressure.
Unmanaged stress can lead to high blood pressure, ulcers and even heart attacks. Often times we cannot control the events that lead to stress, but we can control our response to it.
For this month’s contest, we want to know your advice on how to deal with the stressful events – big or small.
To enter, simply type you name, email and your answer Read More...
Man, there were some great entries for this contest - I especially enjoyed the ones where people are quoting me 
! This was tough to pick just three out of all the really great ways people start their day, but here goes:
1st Place and winner of an Expect Success Book (filled with positive quotes) is Marty P (#42), for its sheer thoroughness:
First thing I do is my 7 morning questions (got Read More...
Nido Qubein taught me that there are fundamentally two kinds of people. There are those who wake up and say “Ooooh, good morning God!” Then there are those who say “Oh, good god…morning.” Which are you?
During the day, there are 2 times that your brain is most receptive to “programming”. One of these times is as soon as you wake up (the other is before you go to bed.)
Whether it is conscious or unconscious, the first few thoughts you have when you wake up will set the tone for the rest of your day. Spoken out loud they can be even more powerful.
So, how do you start your day? Do you say something positive (either to yourself or out loud) or are you grumbling about having to get up?
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It was super inspiring to read the dreams people had for themselves and entered in the contest “Where do You See Yourself in 5 Years Contest”. I am confident that if you set proper goals and work towards them, those dreams will become a reality before you know it.
And now for the winners!
First Place and Winner of a Freedom Personal Development Laser Pointer- Anita Carrel with Comment Read More...
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? It is the kind of question that seems to come up in job interviews, but when was the last time you asked yourself that question?
I recently lead a discussion with some highly motivated people on clarifying and crystallizing what dreams, visions and missions we all had for our lives.
The fact of the matter is, if you don’t have a dream for your future, you will wake up in 5 years and realize you are in the exact same place you are in now.
And if you do have a dream, the more you can see in detail what you want, the more you will attract people and opportunities into your life that will bring you closer to that vision. In fact, the more you can share Read More...
I trust everyone had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends!
Hopefully our November’s contest spurred some interesting conversations over Thanksgiving dinner on what outside of the box people, places and things your loved ones were grateful for.
Thank you to everyone that participated in our Outside the Box Thankfulness Contest.
It was an amazing experience for me to read each comment and it is so evident how gratitude (yours or someone else’s) is incredibly contagious.
To everyone who shared something they were thankful for, I loved Read More...
Happy November! As Thanksgiving is several weeks away, this month’s contest focuses on gratitude.
When it comes to giving thanks and being grateful for the people, places and things in our lives, there are some obvious items that are usually ranked first on most people’s lists. Family, health, food, clothing, housing, job, church/spirituality and good friends regularly top the lists.
For this year’s contest, we want to go past the obvious and explore some the lesser-mentioned items that we are grateful for.
The question to answer this month is:
What 3 “outside of the box” items are you truly thankful for and Read More...
Thank you everyone who participated in our What Would You do if Time and Money Were No Concern Contest. I know that I felt inspiration just reading your answers, so I can’t imagine how good it felt to write these.
In coming up with a Top 3, I faced a daunting task. If it were possible, we would make you all winners.
Let’s be very clear here, if your response isn’t in the top 3, you should know that just about everyone of them was a tie, and the ones chosen as winners had some points for a different way of saying things that others also said, or had Read More...
Many of us are bogged down in our day-to-day life with too many concerns. Not enough time and definitely not enough money.
This month’s contest is based on a very easy question. But this question has led many people to profound answers and discoveries of things that they did not even know about themselves.
If you decide to participate in this contest, you will gain some clues into what your purpose is on this planet and where truly meaningful goals will come from.
The question is:
What 5 Things would You Do if Time and Money Were No Concern?
(enter by posting a comment below)
Really let your imagination run wild, but one guideline Read More...
With students returning to the classroom this month, we wanted to focus this month’s contest around education.
Education is the cornerstone to professional success and if you continue to invest in education over the course of a lifetime, constantly improving your skills, the heights you will reach personally and professionally are limitless.
So, the question to answer for this month’s contest is:
What is the most important concept you learned in school and why?
This could be anything that you learned in grades K-12. It could be a particular subject that has served you in adulthood, a life’s lesson a teacher taught you or a kernel of knowledge that has Read More...
