Marc and Angel Hack Life

10 Sticky Notes We All Need Hanging on Our Walls (Until We Feel Grateful and Strong)

11.22.2023 by Angel Chernoff // 22 Comments

Gratitude doesn’t start with a relationship, a vacation, a job, or money. It starts with your thinking and what you tell yourself daily.

The best lessons we learn in life are the lessons we learn over and over again.

The human mind needs lots of reminders — lots of practice — to operate effectively.

For example, deep down we know it’s OK to…

Say “no”
Speak up
Tell the truth
Believe differently
Change our mind
Prioritize our needs
Learn from our mistakes
Embrace our imperfections
Forgive and seek forgiveness
Begin again, with grace and gratitude

Yet, we often [Read more…]

10 Wake-Up Calls for Those Days When You Lose Your Motivation (and You’re Feeling Down)

11.21.2023 by Angel Chernoff // 27 Comments

“Head up, heart open. To better days!”
— T.F. Hodge

Struggling to find your motivation? Feeling down and unsure about the next steps?

There are just a few things you need to know right now.

This quick read is for YOU…

Once upon a time there was a woman in her mid-sixties who noticed that she had lived her entire life in the same small town. And although she had spent decades enthusiastically dreaming about traveling and seeing the world, she had never taken a single step to make this dream a reality.

Finally, she woke up on the morning of her 65th birthday and decided that now was the time! She sold all of her possessions except for some essential items she needed, packed these items into a backpack, and [Read more…]

6 Daily Habits that Will Make You More Optimistic (in 66 Days or Less)

11.20.2023 by Marc Chernoff // 22 Comments

It takes roughly 66 days to form a habit. So for 9 weeks look at the bright side of your life, and you will rewire your brain.

If the grass looks greener on the other side…

Stop staring.

Stop comparing.

Stop complaining.

And START watering the grass you’re standing on…

Truly, the most powerful weapon against stress on the average day is our ability to choose one thought or response over another. I was reminded of this today when a reader named Sarah sent me the following in an email (I’m sharing this with permission): [Read more…]

20 Calming Affirmations We Should All Say to Ourselves (for the Rest of the Year)

11.17.2023 by Marc Chernoff // 24 Comments

Let’s cut to the chase today. What you ultimately do comes out of who you believe you are. You have to practice believing in yourself and ignoring the naysayers. Because while you may not be able to control the impolite and unfair things some people say and do, you can press forward and decide not to be endlessly derailed by them.

Of course I know that’s much easier said than done, especially at the end of the year with all the impending holiday gatherings and formalities, but you must remind yourself that it can be done!

How?

Start by leveraging the right daily affirmations for the rest of the year. After all, it’s not what others say about you, and it’s not what you broadcast to everyone else that determines the trajectory of your life. It’s what you whisper to yourself behind [Read more…]

7 Essential Things to Start Doing for Your Future (Before the End of the Year)

11.15.2023 by Angel Chernoff // 32 Comments

There is nothing about the present that prevents you from making progress, one step at a time.

Throughout a decade of life, relationship, and small business coaching, Marc and I have witnessed people reinventing themselves at all ages — 48-year-olds starting families, 57-year-olds graduating from college for the first time, 71-year-olds starting successful businesses, and more. How did they do it? They started making gradual progress in their lives, step by step. And by doing so, they changed the trajectory of their future and their lives.

What you need to remember most right now is that it isn’t too late or too early to start making positive changes in your life. Your future is always affected by what you start doing today. Yet so many people wait around for some arbitrary date and time, like the New Year, to take the next step. Don’t be one of them! Don’t stall on yourself! It’s time to… [Read more…]