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Confidence is an inside job. No one can make you confident. Your perception of what is going on outside you can help or hurt, if you let it. If you do a search about how to develop confidence, you will see many sites with lists to help you. I have a rather extensive list myself.…

I was on a call with my partners in believing this week and mentioned that I was putting together stories for possible speaking and videos. Judy said – tell me one of the stories. I briefly told her about my sailboat racing story. She responded – wow, I really needed to hear that. So, I…

I remember a story from grammar school… There was a city with a gatekeeper at the entrance. A couple walked up and said: “We’re thinking of living here. What kind of people live here?” The gatekeeper’s response: “What kind of people live in your last town?” “Oh, they were horrible. Mean. Very unpleasant.” “You will…

Why do we resist change? There are many reasons… Comfort in the familiar. Fear of the unknown. The way our brain is wired. The truth is change is inevitable. We are always changing. The world is always changing. When we embrace change, we can learn to be comfortable in the discomfort of the unfamiliar, take…

One of the top regrets of those at the end of their life? I wish I had let myself be happier. You see, happiness is a choice. It’s just as easy to choose to be happy as it is to choose to be miserable. Yah, but… No buts! It’s your choice. I invite you to…

There is a story about two boys who are at the edge of a wide, swift flowing river. They decide to swim across. They both jump in and start swimming. The one boy makes it to the opposite shore and turns around to talk to his friend. He is not there. He scans the shore…

We spend 95% of our day living from our subconscious. The part of our mind that just acts without thinking. Our subconscious works on learned patterns (paradigms). Patterns passed on from parents, grandparents, teachers, those around us when we were younger. We’re sleep walking, so to speak. We very often respond before we even know…

Happiness and harmony go hand in hand. When you are in harmony, you are happy. When you are out of harmony, you are stressed/off balance. Want to learn how to get back in harmony and create happiness? I invite you to try this… Notice your thoughts. Ask: are these thoughts creating happiness for me? Notice…

In the programs that I studied with Mary Morrissey, she had us do an experiment. She had us read four chapters (4, 7, 11, 14) of “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace Wattles every day for 90 days. If we skipped a day, we had to start over. Read for 90 consecutive days. It…

I recently watched a Darren Daily where Darren Hardy talked about life being like a puzzle. His wife loves puzzles. Him. Not so much. It reminds me of visiting my friend Katie. Katie is one of my mastermind partners. She always has a puzzle in the works. We spend time putting it together each time…