Here are two stories that might sound familiar:

A few years ago I had a client Bill (not his real name) who relocated to upstate NY to begin a new job. He was hired to clean up a dept that was losing money and was in need of strong leadership and focus. He went into the position with all sorts of expectations and focused on having a successful mindset.

Inside of 18 months, he found he was miserable in his job. He found the company environment oppressive and too...

1. Be Kind. Always treat people with kindness and humility.

2. Be Accommodating/Hospitable.

3. Always pretend as if you like to listen to his/her not-so-interesting stories

4. Be respectful. Remember that respect begets respect

5. Laugh with him/her. After all laughter is the best medicine (any connection?)

6. Try to be with him/her when he/she needs someone to talk to. ALways be at his/her side.

7. Be sensitive but never...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why is this happening all over again?" The reason we run into the same roadblocks at different times in our lives is because we have not allowed ourselves to learn from past mistakes or roadblocks. Instead of exploring the potential in past hurdles, we've let our emotions overwhelm us so much that we become emotionally and mentally frozen in a state of denial and fear. We would rather try to circumvent problems than face them head-on.

Lateral thinking problems are often just simple puzzles that lead you to make certain assumptions. To solve them, then, you have to look at the assumptions you're making and try to get beyond them. Let's look at an example.

A librarian used a book he had never read to destroy thousands of other books. How was this possible? This simple riddle or lateral thinking puzzle relies on the idea of a "librarian" and "never read" to encourage you assume that it is all...

Hello everyone,

Well everyone in this world has the possibility of improvement as no one is perfect.As the perfection level varies so the improvement level varies.From the days of my childhood I use to wonder that why do people make mistakes,then i realized the fact that no one is perfect.

The main thing which concerns us the most is our negative qualities,but one should always remember one thing that if there are no bad qualities then their will be no importance of...

The Iron Man competition is one of the most grueling challenges a person can undertake, invoking a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a standard 26.2-mile marathon. Participants train diligently for months, maybe year to compete in such a physically demanding event. When Todd Hollis decided that he would participate in the 2005 competition, the land events didn’t faze him at all.
Not knowing how to swim was the complication.
Hollis, a Pittsburgh lawyer, had to sign...

Most of us know that smoking is indeed a habit that can have many serious implications on our health but there is a tendency to view the problem lightly. It's important that every smoker be aware of the facts concerning smoking and so I have included certain facts and figures that I hope will serve as eye openers.

I don't know how it is with you, but as far as I am concerned as soon as I have to look at statistics, my eyes get bleary and something just turns off in my head....

Almost everyone have heard the hit single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin's simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.

Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer...

As we were growing up or even now that we are mature adults, we still can't help but dream. We may dream of becoming a famous athlete, a celebrity, a singer and even a fashion designer. We dream of one day living in the White House and ruling over a country. We dream of being a medieval princess being whisked away by prince charming. We dream of being the president of our very own company. We dream of having our very own family. We dream of traveling to exotic destinations.

If you are reading this, you probably need to clean your house/room but you just can't find any motivation to do it. I feel the same way sometimes, especially when I see a big pile of things that need to be organized. These are just a couple of the tips I use to get motivated to clean my house/room. I hope it helps you.

1. Get the garbage can

We sometimes feel motivated to clean by just starting to throw out all the things that we don't need anymore. Doing this...