Christmas is two days past now, and in just under a week a bright new year will visit itself upon us. 2012. The much vaunted, much promoted, much feared 2012 is coming, and ladies and gentlemen, whether we’re ready or not, we’ll find ourselves having to deal with it… just as we have every year [...]

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Over the past few years I’ve bought stacks of products which, if had actually used them consistently, would have reprogrammed my mind almost automatically. Heck, I’ve even created a couple of products like that myself (which I have used somewhat more consistently). But every one of those automatic mind reprogramming products – mine and everyone [...]

Want more prosperity in your life? Okay, but first, you gotta stop thinking it’s all about money. That may be hard to accept when the bill collectors are beating down your door, but truly, money is just a symptom, not a cause. You’ll need to make a mental shift in areas that you may not [...]

Bubbling over with confidence may not come naturally to you, but it is something that you can consciously create with just a little persistence. Here are six tips that, if you’ll consistently use them, will help you build confidence and self esteem in yourself. One word of warning – if you want more confidence, understand [...]

Following my speech at the Expats Club here in Chiang Mai yesterday, the audience asked a lot of good questions. But one – the very last – struck me as especially important. “You told us,” one audience member said, “that you’re selling an audio product, and that you sell it for $44. That seems high [...]

Learning to understand and master life’s challenges is usually a matter of finding the right perspective… the viewpoint from which all the pieces are visible and their relationships obvious. Until we gain that proper perspective, we keep on misunderstanding, trying one inadequate solution after another, which of course fail to work. But what if someone [...]

Probably the biggest persistence killer (and the subject I get the most questions about)is procrastination. Simply put, if you’re not moving forward on a project with maximum energy, you’re probably procrastinating, putting things off until later (or never). At the risk of sounding callus, I think this subject of procrastination is highly over-rated in terms [...]

Usually when we discuss persistence here, we’re talking about how it impacts our own lives and successes. But for a moment, let’s back away from our personal concerns and examine how this trait of persistence might impact our children’s lives. After all, anything we can contribute to the next generation is arguably more important – [...]