Words have power. If you say, for instance, “Here are three reasons why your plan will not work…” you have just increased the chances that the plan will, in fact, not work.

I was a young lad attending a motivational rally, and the speaker had us repeat this phrase: “My brain is not a garbage can with a hairy lid!”

I receive many questions about how I work, how I manage my time, and what my “systems” are for working as a writer and consultant.

People are drawn to those who don't need anyone to be drawn to them. We seek that which we lack. What are some things that attract other people to us? Well, you can forget the external stuff; while you car, house or title might command attention, those things won't create lasting attraction. So what will?

The world is full of books, DVDs, and seminars that tout the “easy” road to success.

It is possible, perhaps even common, to get the desired behavior from another person for reasons completely different from your own. I offer this without commentary on what it might mean morally, or psychologically, merely as an observation.

What if you were braver than you thought?

Sometimes when we encounter a problem, especially in business, we ask the wrong questions. We ask questions that diminish our ability to overcome the adversity we face. We ask…

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In the very first episode of Star Trek ever filmed, there were these crazy aliens called the Talosians. They controlled the thoughts of their human prisoners, and the rules of the Talosian prison were simple: “Wrong thinking will be punished. Right thinking will be rewarded”.

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How many times have you heard self-help or business gurus talk about how they ‘uncovered' the ‘real secrets' of success? Hundreds? Thousands?

Things that are not improved by being made “instant”:

Maybe getting “laid off” is not a tragedy. Maybe it's a signal. A signal that now is finally the time to do something about that “great idea” you have. A signal to go ahead and do what you love and find out if the money really will follow. A signal to dare to attempt something great.

Friends are often just the people we need in our lives to give us good advice – especially when it's advice we don't want to hear. On the other hand, there are times when we shouldn't listen to our friends. Here are 3 times you should disregard a friend's advice:

In the past, I have scoffed at the idea of affirmations. You know, “I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me.” That sort of thing.