It’s so easy for us to be lazy and plop down in front of a television, neglecting everything that we could be doing: spending time with family and friends, getting work done ahead of time, …

There’s so much in our lives that drag us down.  Disappointments appear in our lives all the time, whether it’s having plans fall apart or being laid off from work.  We sit and stew over …

“ I can’t go back to school! I have to keep working to support my family.”  “There’s no way for me to become that musician I’ve always been. I don’t have the time anymore.”
The truth …

We have naysayers all around us.  We might be trying to land a very desirable job, but someone tells us that it’s incredibly unlikely that we can land it, discouraging us in the process.  Guess …

Goals are almost never easy to achieve.  We give ourselves lofty expectations, so it thus follows that we can have difficulty achieving them, often failing along the way.  It’s not easy to reach our goals …

In the face of adversity, it can be pretty easy for us to lie down and accept defeat.  If I repeatedly applied for jobs and were denied each time, I would be easily inclined to …

Let’s say, for example, you do nothing.  Let’s say you’re 22 years old, recently graduated, living in your parents’ home with manageable student debt for now.  You feel accomplished after completing college, so you’re going …

Work, meetings, family obligations, chores- the list can continue on and on for so many of us.  I see ourselves falling into an endless cycle of work and stress, inundated by innumerable difficulties.  This is …

You’re trying to reach your goals, hopes, and dreams.  How are you going to achieve them? You can’t wait around and expect yourself to attain greatness; nobody will decide to hand you your dream job …

This isn’t an ego thing.  If you believe that you are the best at whatever you do, you’re not being arrogant and overconfident; it’s a necessary belief to actually become the best.  When you truly …