As Joel Comm puts it, you need to allow yourself time to fail. For every successful venture, there are likely many failures which precede it. He stresses that while we do need to recognize a failure when it happens, we do not need to give in to fear of failure. Expect that sometimes your great [...]

This is John’s first of 3 Video Blogs or “vlogs” on achieving goals. He talks about setting a goal for the end of the year and then breaking it up into “small chunks” in the short term and then nearer short term to make attainable. He says to use “affirmations, visualizations and meditations” to grain [...]

Phyllis Mufson created much more than a “wave” of appreciation today. What was supposed to be a two hour event was still going after 3 hours plus! People kept coming and coming, thinking of new people to be thankful for. Kindness really does go a long way, especially in social media. More attention naturally goes [...]

Velma Gallant, the self described “Queen of Joy”, discusses the idea of overcoming negative self-talk in a brilliant way, comparing the human brain to a computer. It’s a charming and funny look at something we all are guilty of and she gives us concrete suggestions on getting rid of the gunk, so our computer can [...]

Kate Loving Shenk explores the spiritual nature of Dogs and Dolphins, their intelligence, and their easy connection to humankind on her Squidoo lens. With an entertaining combination of videos and resources on these two creatures, she discusses some of the things they have in common with each other, and with us. Rather than getting on [...]

I was on this call referenced by John Jantsch in the article linked below, and yep that is exactly what he said. He didn’t apologize for it or back down at all. It may be a “tough love” thing to hear, but it is also realistic. ‘Plain and ordinary’ don’t cut it in tough times. [...]

Warren Whitlock started a phenomenon with his #happy09 giveaway contest on New Year’s Eve via Twitter. What started out as an intention for just a few gifts turned into more than he could handle and a plethora of followers for anyone who tweeted #happy09. The best thing of all, according to Warren himself, was the [...]