I read somewhere that the key to success is to “start with the end in mind”.  The argument was broadly that unless you know where you want to end up, how can you possibly get there?  After all, the organisers of a marathon can only plan the entire route by deciding first where they want [...]

I believe a positive mental attitude is key in achieving success, however you define success.  But getting and maintaining a positive mental attitude in the face of doom merchants and naysayers can be hard, even downright difficult.  One of the commonest blocks to success has got to be the negative attitudes and projections of the very people you [...]

Everyone online is looking for the key to success.  Like everyone who has been trying to make a living online for any length of time, I find myself on several people’s mailing lists.  And from time to time, I really connect with someone, their way of thinking or their writing style or both.  And when [...]

Everyone I have ever met has complained at some point, that they are feeling stressed out.  In fact, stress is the great equalise.  It cuts across race, religion, social class, age, gender, sexuality, occupation etc.  The great and the good as well as newborn babies, teen, the elderly etc all get stressed. 
The only differences between all these people (newborn excepted!) [...]

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, AND [...]

“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, read [...]