It is a well known fact that stress kills, or rather stress induced diseases kill.  But research has shown that in fact boredom kills more people every year in the western world than stress does!  So it is important to manage both your stress levels AND boredom levels at the same time.  That may sound [...]

Have you ever noticed just how much a little thing can affect you?  It has to be a very specific little thing, probably something no-one else would even notice.  And yet, it gets to you.  Gets deep inside you and starts gnawing away.  And if you’re not careful, it can leave you feeling flat at [...]

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 [...]

Stress relief comes in many forms.  One of the most useful in my opinion, and perhaps hardest to achieve at least initially, is developing a positive mental attitude.  After all, in today’s hectic and high stress environment, it is often easier to lapse into negative thoughts than to remain positive and happy, even when you [...]

“If you want to be happy, be” – Leo Tolstoy I have come to the conclusion that there are some people in this world who are just determined to be miserable and unhappy.  I don’t mean people suffering from clinical depressions or those fighting a seemingly never ending misery. No. I mean those people that [...]

This article by Sally Marks is wonderfully inspiring.  I hope you enjoy the sentiments as much as I did…. “I went for a stroll last night.  I thought I was alone, but I wasn’t.  As I walked down the sidewalk I heard the sound of munching.  I assumed that some type of critter was enjoying an evening [...]

I often receive a lot of emails on a daily basis.  Some or many are spam and deleted, others I read and act on and others I think about.  This was one of the ones I have been thinking about.  But as I am in the 7%, I decided to share it.  It was written [...]

So you’ve tried everything you know of to help you achieve your dream. You’ve watched ‘The Secret’, you’ve read all the self-help books, and done everything they’ve suggested, the visualisations, the affirmations, created a vision board and more, and still you feel no nearer to achieving your desired outcome. Maybe you’re even ready to give [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]