3 Invisible Factors that Affect Your Mood

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Do you ever wonder why you just happen to be in a particularly bad mood sometimes? It turns out that lots of unseen factors exert a major influence on our moods every day. Once you know how to notice the 3 invisible factors below you can develop habits to counteract some of the invisible mischief [...]

Change Your Body Image

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Walking through life with a dislike for your body is like having a big black cloud hovering over your head. Everything feels grey and oppressive and you feel trapped inside a body that you, at best, tolerate. When you’re at war with your appearance and you constantly engage in wishful thinking, you put a limit [...]

Cut the Comparisons: 3 Ways to Embrace Your Unique Path

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A few weeks back, I checked a book of short stories out of the library—a book which had won many prestigious awards. Over the next few days, I read those stories whenever I got a chance, snatching moments out of my day when I probably should’ve been bathing my kids, or washing dishes, or ironing [...]

Failure Contest

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“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -Michael Jordan This quotation is so recognizable that it’s almost like [...]

How Doing Something Stupid Can Change Your Perspective

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I had never been so afraid to leave the house before. Could I really step out the door like this? Finally, I worked up the courage to turn the doorknob with the hand that was wearing a weight lifting glove, open the door, and step outside. This was it, no turning back now. What was [...]

Don’t Do These 15 Things If You Want To Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

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Ever feel like your dreams are never going to become a reality? It’s not like you’ve completely given up on your dreams. You occasionally think about how awesome it would be if you achieved them, but there are so many other things in the way. Your job. Your boss. Your kids. Your parents. Your finances. [...]

How to Say No and Still Be the Nice Guy

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Many times in our daily lives, we face situations, where we should say “no” to a request. However, we find it to be a very difficult thing to do. We are afraid to think what others are saying if we decline. We might also think that saying “no” will hurt our relationship with that other [...]

The Truth about Becoming a Winner

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If you’d like to become a winner, you’re not alone. Winners are the icing on the cake of society, the cherry in the cocktail of life and overall just the coolest people on earth. But what is a “winner”, actually? Is Bill Gates a winner? How about Mother Theresa? Or Gandhi? What about Vincent van [...]

7 Powerful Actions to Bring Your Life in Balance Today

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How complete is your life? Can you say that you are 100% satisfied with the direction that your life is going, with your relationships, your goals and your health? Some people call this type of life completion “control,” others call it “inner peace” but I call it “life balance.” It really doesn’t matter what you [...]

From Stress Head to Peaceful Warrior

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‘I think you need to find a way to let go Karen, let go of control and learn to just be,’ Kelly my coach gently suggested. Images of dull, lazy people ran round my head, people who never get round to anything, people who have no sense of drive or ambition. Imagine. How awful. This [...]