Abundance cannot be stolen or hoarded. It must be lived. Too often we see wealth as the result of a “getting” process. We waste an enormous amount of time figuring out how we can “get” this or “get” that. In reality, wealth results from a creation process that transforms life’s ever-present abundance into some specific and useful form of value. That kind of creation comes from giving of yourself. You have much within you that is valuable and unique. You... Read more

Passion can infuse everything you do with added zest and energy. For this to happen, you must make a conscious connection between the everyday activities of your life and the passion that is available to power your actions. Grocery shopping can be a bothersome chore if there is no passion in it. Yet when you connect it with the passion you have to provide your family with healthy, nutritious food it becomes an important and fulfilling mission. Similarly, things such... Read more

A rich and beautiful life requires nothing more than what you already have. Fulfillment depends solely on your decision to accept and experience it, in the moment where you are. There are some achievements that may take a lifetime to reach. Yet at any point along the way, from the very moment you begin, you can know fulfillment. Reaching any goal is a matter of commitment, discipline, intention and effort. Fulfillment itself is immediate, for it is a matter of... Read more

When you feel empowered, you are in fact empowered. When you feel creative and productive and effective, you are indeed creative, effective and productive. It may seem that your feelings are automatic reactions to the world around you, but that’s just because you’ve allowed them to become such. You can choose the way you feel in any situation. Go out into the world and you’ll see that this is true. It is easy to find large groups of people sharing... Read more

It’s easy to come up with excuses for not taking action. That’s the bad news. The good news is, you can put those excuses to positive and valuable use. In fact, you can re-direct the energy of those excuses so they’re pulling you forward instead of holding you back. How do you do that? It can be as simple as using the word “but.” It’s a word that very effectively negates anything preceding it. When you tack the word “but”... Read more

Are you running low on energy? Where do you find the energy to move forward? It’s all around you! From every situation, you can draw energy. From whatever happens, you can get new energy. You’ll find energy in joy as well as in frustration. There’s energy in peace, in conflict, in hope and in sadness. The powerful thing about all this energy is that it’s completely fungible and able to be redirected. No matter where the energy came from, you... Read more

Are your limitations really hard and fast limitations, or do they hold you back because of the way you perceive them and respond to them? Every person on this planet is constantly under the influence of a powerful limiting force called gravity. Gravity makes difficult the lifting and movement of massive objects. It makes our feet tired and actually causes us to become shorter as we age. Although gravity is a powerful limitation, we would not want to be without... Read more

Are you concerned about making a mistake? Good! The situations where you’re most likely to make mistakes are also situations in which you have the greatest opportunities to make progress. When you have something on the line, there’s much to be gained. No, of course you don’t want to set out with the express purpose of making mistakes. What you do want to do is to put yourself in circumstances that challenge you to grow. Whenever there’s the possibility of... Read more

Think of what it feels like on the day before you leave to go on a long-awaited and eagerly anticipated vacation. It’s a day on which nothing can get you down. You’re happy to work more diligently than usual, because you want to make sure you arrange for everything to continue smoothly while you’re gone. In fact it may be the most productive day you have all year. That’s a good thing, because you have no choice but to get... Read more

There are many choices available to you. What’s the best choice? The best choice is to make a choice. The best choice is to make use of your power to choose. Yes, it can be difficult to figure out which option to choose, and sometimes after looking back on a choice you made you’ll realize you could have done better. But that’s no reason to avoid making a choice. It is through the choices you make that you get your... Read more