Yesterday I treated myself to a massage.  It was wonderful!  Fifty five minutes of bliss – Well pain and discomfort actually – but the bliss came later.  Massages are tremendous as a form of stress relief and I really do respond well to them. I really don’t get enough massages and I’m not sure why [...]

One of my favorite movies of all time, Jerry Maguire, features Tom Cruise as an agent with a major sports management firm.  He’s enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him.  But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there’s something wrong with what he’s doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with [...]

What triggers confidence?  Where does confidence begin?  Some will argue that they had a feeling within, right from the beginning, that they just “knew” that they would succeed.  Others will say that they just hoped that they would succeed and then “got lucky” and this indeed was the seed which their confidence grew from.  Either [...]

Is there something you really want to do?  Anything at all?  It can be something big, like moving to another part of the country.  Or something smaller, like taking an hour of time several times a week to go to the gym.  What’s stopping you? If there’s something you’ve wanted to do for a while, [...]

While I’m writing this article near the end of the year, I do know that you could be reading it at any time – which is just fine.  These suggestions work the same in late December, mid March, early summer or while watching leaves fall. Read this advice, and you’ll see the timing is universal. [...]

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion.  You must set yourself on fire.”  Arnold H. Glasow What a brilliant quote that is!  Interesting and inspiring!  It really captures how I feel about success.  But sadly not everyone feels the same way!  It’s a sad truth that so many people I have come across, heard of, [...]

We already know that we can’t avoid stress altogether.  But when stress gets out of hand, it morphs into a problem called stress disorder.  Stress disorder is something like a bad habit that needs to be broken.  You first need to recognize the disorder, then identify its causes and finally replace the bad habit with [...]

1. Excellence is a habit. Every session, everyday was a reinforcement of the basics of success.  Excellence is not a flash-in-the-pan (although in the kitchen it pretty much was!) but a continuous, upward spiral towards all that you can be. 2. Friends are family.  I treasure them even today and cannot thank them enough for [...]

These kinds of emotional stress issues can add up fast. Like a snowball, you pack on the stresses of your daily life and the next thing you know, you just can’t cope!

Stress is everywhere these days.  It can be all-consuming and it takes a pretty big arsenal of stress relief tools to combat it effectively enough to survive and thrive the way you want to.  One excellent way of doing this is by following Tai Chi. Tai Chi is based on an ancient martial arts form [...]

Typically, we see stress as a bad thing.  Stress equals disharmony and sadness.  It wreaks havoc on our personal and professional lives and it can even affect our physical health if it gets bad enough. But stress hormones aren’t always a bad thing.  Each individual is charged with a “flight or fight” stress reaction.  Adrenaline [...]

Is this familiar?  You wake up in the morning and you feel like getting back to sleep again.  Work, family life and everything seems to move like a merry-go-round.  You feel trapped in a routine.  Nothing’s new anymore and you’re bored to tears.  ‘Been there, done that” flows out as your mantra.  If you said [...]