Entries Tagged as 'Life'

Monday, September 7th, 2009

How To Achieve The Impossible

The impossible is what nobody can do until somebody does.

Teleportation is the new air travel.  Humans can walk on water.  And there is a cure for cancer.  These things will happen eventually because, quite simply, the nature of progression dictates that they must happen.  And because there are people on this planet who believe they […]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

This Is Why You Are In Debt

The only way to get out of debt is to understand why you’re in debt in the first place.
And the truth is…
You will not save money when you get your next raise.  You will not save money when your car is paid off.  You will not save money when your kids are supporting themselves someday.  […]

Monday, August 24th, 2009

40 Modern Nonfiction Books Everyone Should Read

I credit a fraction of who I am today to each of these books.  Many of these titles challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities.  And together, they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully.
If you haven’t taken the time to read them, do […]

Monday, August 17th, 2009

How To Be The Best You Can Be

 
This guest post was written by Celestine, author of CelestineChua.com.
Do you expect nothing but the best from yourself?  Well, you are not alone.  As someone who’s highly committed to personal excellence and growth, my motto in life is to ‘be my best self and live my best life.’  I strive to uphold this motto […]

Monday, August 10th, 2009

I Am My Own Worst Enemy

A petite, light-skinned Jamaican woman sits with her husband in a crowded beachside ice cream shop in San Diego.  Although she doesn’t speak loudly or occupy much space in the room, people notice her.
Her hair is long, flowing and black like a windy night.  Her lips are soft and red like rose petals.  Her curves […]

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

32 Thought-Provoking Life Stories

Sometimes the most random everyday encounters force us to stop and rethink the truths and perceptions we have ingrained in our minds.  These encounters are educationally priceless.  They spawn moments of deep thought and self-reflection that challenge the status quo and help us evolve as sensible individuals.
On our new sister site, Makes Me Think, we […]

Monday, July 27th, 2009

How To Save You From Yourself

This guest post was written by Jacob Inman, author of Revive Your Life.

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
-Charles C. Noble
It’s not unusual for intelligent people to get themselves stuck in a deep rut in life.  By rut, I mean a somewhat extended period of time flooded with low motivation, poor moods, […]

Monday, July 20th, 2009

A Love That Is Free Will Forever Be

Ten years later, they’re still together…
The Girl in the Mirror
She looks at herself in the full length mirror that hangs from her bedroom wall.  Completely naked and exposed, yet confident.  She’s older than she was five years ago, but feels much younger.  And she thinks momentarily about the different men who held her in front […]

Monday, July 13th, 2009

50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind

These questions have no right or wrong answers.
Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Which is worse, failing or never trying?
If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t […]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

How To Live a Life of High Adventure

This guest post was written by Robin Krieglstein, founder of GoalTribe.
I know a little something about living an adventurous life.  I’ve hot air ballooned Kathmandu, glacier trekked Patagonia, gone paragliding in the Andes, slept in a snow-shelter at the top of the Rocky Mountains, scuba-dived in the tropics, camel trekked the Sahara, rock-climbed in Thailand […]