Life...By Your Own Design - Creating a Conscious Custom-Fit - By Anne Aleyes

"Life," said John Lennon, "is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." He should know. The claims of New Age gurus aside, you can't avoid life's potholes and pitfalls. Surprises are part of the game. Some are wonderful. Some are fun. Some are funny. Some start out bad and turn out ok. And some, as with John himself, are tragic and not at all our conscious choice. But lives have

A Hard Day... and then Work All Night and Weekend on Your Dreams... A Nightmare? - By Kevin Hogan

You work all day and it’s a HARD day. You come home. You cook for the kids. You cut the lawn. You do the laundry. You clean the house. You trim the shrubs.….and now it’s time to work on your dreams?THAT is the reality of what most self appointed guru’s are asking you to live your life doing.Here’s a fact:It isn’t going to happen like that.Not in real life.One of the biggest reasons people feel

Risking Everything - By Tommy Yan

The movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape takes place in a small sleepy town of Endora with the storyline built around a poor, fatherless, dysfunctional family. While you may be familiar with Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Steenburgen and Juliette Lewis, the star who stole my heart was Darlene Cates. She played Momma, a former beauty queen who, because of circumstances, became a 500-pound

The Art of Changing Your Mind Before You Change Your Life - By David Bohl

In a recent issue of my newsletter, Lifestyle and Workstyle REFLECTIONS, I touched upon the concept of a strategic lifestyle plan. Much like the strategy an entrepreneur might use to develop a sound business model, the strategic lifestyle plan serves as a tool to manage one's life more effectively. The key, of course, being that the lifestyle one carves out for oneself is harmoniously aligned

Are You A Procrastinator? Find Out Now... - By Melissa Glenney

Is procrastination preventing you from being the successful person that you should be? If you are the type of person that takes action and creates time to handle your responsibilities, then procrastination should not be an issue. Newsflash: Tomorrow Never Comes, Does It?Procrastination habits like this can have extremely negative consequences on both your life and the lives of others around you.

What Is Your Greatest Purpose? - By Maria Moratto

In the film "Chariots of Fire" the British Olympic Committee Chairman is speaking to the whole group of athletes on their way to the Olympic Games in France. He asks the question: "What is Your Greatest Purpose and How Can You Attain It?" This is a question we should all ask ourselves.What happens to most people is that they go through life without a plan. One day follows the next and they keep

What Do You Say When You Talk To Yourself? - By Devon D. Harris

Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing wrong in talking out loud to yourself; even in public. It’s when you begin to respond that you should have cause for concern. In fact, every minute of the day we engage in a continuous internal conversation or “self talk,” which is ultimately reflected in our moods, attitudes, actions and habits. By monitoring and exerting control over this inner

Who's Driving Your Bus? - By Phil Evans

Who's Driving Your Bus?If we think about our own lives as being a journey on a bus, surrounded by a great variety of people, all with particular positions on our bus that relate to where they fit into our lives. Some are right there next to us; some behind us; some in front of us... but all are important in playing some role in how we are "positioned" in their lives, and they in ours.As I write

Why The Heck Bother With Decluttering Your Home? - By Lou Smith

Has a self-enforced captivity within your own home finally made you urgently open your eyes to the obstacle heaps hogging the living space you pay for? So, you’ve finally noticed it. Brrr. If you feel a resistance to do something about it, and most clutter folks do, read on.If you’re reading this line, then it at least means that you want to grab a hold of your life before the clutter rams it