As the New Year is upon us it is a time to reflect on the year that has passed and to look at possibilities of opportunities for the year ahead. Some of you will have habits that you want to change, such as smoking, and some of you will have goals that you would like to achieve, such as getting that promotion at work.  If you are like most people, the enthusiasm for change starts in early January and for most wears off by February.

First decide what areas of your life you...

If enthusiasm can be bought as an item from a store, do you think it will sell? And if it does, just how much are you willing to pay for it?

I believe your response will be: “You must be kidding. It’ll be a sellout. The store might probably run out of stock, you’ll have to wait in queue for a long time before you can get your order no matter the price.

Just how important is enthusiasm in goal realization; in one’s life? It is so...

What is goal setting?
These goal setting techniques will help you set effective yet achievable goals. Goal setting, simply put, is the process of defining your ideal future. Much like a movie script is turned into a screenplay, it's a way for you to identify precisely what you want and then motivate yourself to turn that vision into reality. Knowing exactly what you want to achieve helps you to know where and how to apply your efforts.

How do you set effective...

We all have a natural inclination to improve upon the old self and test our self-esteem and capability through new accomplishments. Most of us want to make a difference in the world. Most of us want to live life as fully as we can. So each year we take another look at ourselves and decide to be better.

So how do we keep the goals we set? Well there are two really boring words called discipine and committment that many of us have...

Directedness

To recap the first two areas of focus we've discussed in the past two issues, you need to examinework reorientationand yourattitude towards retirement.

The third focus area isDirectedness. Directedness is that quality about a person which determines whether their attitudes and decisions are more directed, influenced, or controlled by themselves (self-directedness) or more directed by others (other-directedness).

This area focuses on...

Building Courage to Improve your Personal Life

When you build courage, you start to improve your personal life. Building courage will help you take risks to a brighter future that you ordinarily would not take. When you build courage, you put fear behind you. courage is the process of admitting that you have fears, yet you are willing to find a way to defeat those fears and not allow these fears to take control of you. It is ok to experience your fears at appropriate times. For...

If you are making resolutions and you are thinking about all the things you want to stop doing, like…

I have to stop drinking so much, I must give up chocolate, I should stop smoking , I shouldn’t spend that much money, I need to lose weight …

Then stop, because it is not going to work for you.

You may have heard the saying“whatever you focus on you get more of”.

This means that if you focus on what you don’t want,...

Each year we all make new year’s resolutions to change things about our lives. This year make a new year’s resolution that will have a real impact on the quality of your life. Make a resolution that will have a positive, concrete result.

Making more money is one sure way of ensuring a better quality of life. Money can aid in making your life better and give you more time to spend doing the things that make life fun and enjoyable. Why are we here after all if not to...

TB Wright One Penny Millionaire!™

Wealth can be defined as any number of things, experiences, or manifestations. In the online seminar series I present, wealth is defined as "an increase in anything that is important to you." So wealth could be more smiles from friends, more money, or more of a profound and distinct experience of your relationship to . . . anything. Wealth doesn't even have to be "an accumulation of" because we don't necessarily stock up...

Having clear goals and purpose is one of the key ways to achieve higher levels of success in any field. They focus the mind on the desired result and put it to action to assemble the resources necessary to achieve your target. The SMART method was first created by Peter Drucker as a way of structuring goals for maximum results. By following this method in your own goal setting you will increase your level of achievement.

What doesSMARTstand for?

S - Specific

M -...