Optimism Isn’t Wishful Thinking: How Expecting Good Changes What You Do
Optimism is not a mood. It is an expectation that changes what you do. What the research actually shows, and five practices that build real optimism.
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Wanting Isn’t Deciding: How to Turn the Intention to Improve Into Action
Wanting to improve is easy. Deciding is different. The research on why intentions fail, and the simple if-then plan that closes the gap.
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Don’t Wait to Feel Confident: Why Confidence Comes After You Act
Most people wait to feel confident before they act. It works the other way. Why action builds confidence, why affirmations can backfire, and five ways to start.
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Foundations of Well-Being: The Four Practices That Actually Hold You Up
Self-care is not bubble baths and candles. The research keeps pointing to four plain practices: mindfulness, gratitude, connection, and rest. Here is how to build each one.
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Hope as a Discipline: What Helen Keller Teaches Us About Resilience
Helen Keller’s life is a testament to the power of hope. Before she was two years old, an illness robbed her of both her sight and hearing. Born in 1880 — an era when being a woman was treated as a limitation and disability was often seen as diminishing — she went on to become…
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Personal Mastery: Living With the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be
Personal mastery is not a finish line. It is the practice of holding a clear vision next to an honest view of reality, and refusing to lower the first to feel better about the second.
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“Do Your Best” Is a Bad Goal: How to Set Goals That Actually Work
“Do your best” feels safe, but decades of research say specific, challenging goals win. The four ingredients of a good goal, why too-high goals backfire, and six steps to set yours.
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10 Principles of Success
How do we define success? Webster’s dictionary specifies success as” the attainment of favor, eminence, or wealth.” I believe we would concur that Webster’s meaning is quite accurate in regard to how we take a look at individuals that we view to be “successful”. I wish to broaden your thing on this belief with the…
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Follow Your Bliss — But Don’t Wait to Find It: Why Passion Is Built, Not Found
“Follow your bliss” is good advice. “Find your passion” is not. Where Campbell’s line came from, what the research says about passion, and five ways to build yours.
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The Truth About Procrastination and Motivation
Chronic procrastination is usually a motivation problem, not a time-management one. Here is how purpose changes that.
