This week’s external resource is from a favorite author/researcher: Heidi Grant Halvorson. A link to her interesting and useful article is below – after I blather on a bit: *** So many people believe that 1) they are too stressed and 2) that stress is bad for you. They are right and wrong, sort of… They…

Change the belief, and the thinking automatically changes. Change the thinking, and the action changes. Change the action, and the result changes. So here’s the key: depending on the results you personally want, align your beliefs with the desired outcome. – John Assraf There’s really little I can add here, other than: if you are…

I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the sixth one I…

Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes – goodwill among men and peace on earth. – Albert Einstein Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the…

I hear a lot of people say “Follow your passion and the money will follow.” Unfortunately, many people do this and make little-to-no money. I’ve seen so many solo-preneurs struggle, end up broke and eventually resort to a “day job.” One explanation is that our passions are either not terribly lucrative or not aligned with…

This week’s external resource is an inspirational video, an excellent reminder that with uncertainty comes opportunity and from challenge comes growth. What we focus on matters. We create our realities by the thoughts we think, and especially, the thoughts we repeat. Enjoy the video, be inspired and take action on your dreams…  

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams. – Emerson Ideas are nothing, really, without action. I would put a slightly different twist on Emerson’s words by saying ideas not worked through the minds, hearts and bodies of men are mere fantasies….