As you live the great experience of today, have fun. Laugh. Smile. Whatever you’re doing, enjoy it. Life is difficult, but it is not a chore. Make it an adventure. Make it fun. There is joy to be found everywhere you look. Work can be just as fun as play. And it doesn’t really matter what you do. Attitude is the key. Decide to enjoy yourself, and you will. Don’t let others dictate to you what is fun and what... Read more

With just one single action that you take right now, you can create powerful consequences that stretch far into the future. So, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Well, it depends. It depends on what the action is. Whatever it is, whatever action you take, you can be sure of this: time will magnify whatever you do. So even if right now it seems insignificant, later, as time goes on, it’s going to grow into something important.... Read more

When a drinking cup is dirty, what do you do? You rinse it out with fresh water. You put so much water into the cup that it pushes out the dirt. You put so much fresh water in that there’s no room left for the contamination. You can do the same thing with your thoughts. You can put so many positive, empowering thoughts into your mind that there’s no room left for the negative, doubt-filled thoughts. And then you build... Read more

Get momentum on your side. Get moving and keep moving. When you’re standing still, it’s somewhat difficult to get going. Yet when you’re already moving, it is much easier to keep on moving. So start each day early with positive, result-oriented action and keep it up all day long. That will enable you to get the most from your time. Imagine traveling 100 miles in your car at 60 miles per hour. On the freeway, it would take you about... Read more

In the open ocean, away from sight of land, you fall off a small boat into the water. You’re a good swimmer, and are able to begin treading water after a moment or two. But there are six-foot swells in the sea and you can’t see over them to determine where the boat is. Even though you’re only about 25 feet away from the boat and could easily swim that distance, you don’t know which way to swim. In such... Read more

Don’t ruin the quality of your effort by trying too hard. When you act out of desperation, your actions lose much of their effectiveness. When fear of a particular failure is constantly at the front of your awareness, you give energy and vision to that concept of failure, thus helping to bring it about. Instead of acting out of desperation, act out of love. Give the dream of positive achievement such prominence in your awareness that it crowds out the... Read more

Your thoughts shape your life, and you have the power to exercise complete control over your thoughts. Every action you take begins with a thought. Everything you know is filtered through your own unique set of thoughts — the thoughts you choose. Do your thoughts build your life or do they hold you back? Thought is the starting point for everything you do. It takes no more effort to think positive, creative, uplifting and inspiring thoughts than it does to... Read more

If you expect your troubles to continue, they probably will. However, when you expect that something good will eventually come from every situation, that is precisely what will happen. When you develop an attitude of “everything happens for a reason” then you can realistically expect good things to come even from difficult and painful circumstances. Those positive expectations have great power because they affect your thinking and your perceptions. When you expect the best, you’ll very likely get it. Your... Read more

Five ways to keep yourself in motion: (1) Constantly remind yourself of why you’re doing it. There is a purpose behind what you are working toward. Visualize the fulfillment of that purpose in rich detail. Plus, imagine how the fulfillment will feel. Imagine it so intensely that you feel it in advance. Then imagine how it will be when you don’t have to use your imagination to feel it, when you can feel it in the reality of your experience.... Read more

Have you ever been on the top floor of a skyscraper when a strong wind is blowing? It can be disconcerting because when the wind blows, the building will sway. It’s perfectly normal, though, and really no cause for alarm. Tall buildings are designed to do that. A completely rigid structure would be knocked over by the force of the wind. A little bit of sway enables the building to reliably stand even when the winds are strong. At some... Read more