Having a clear understanding of your personal values is critical to your success. Without this knowledge you won't know what really matters to you, what motivates you and why you are doing what you are doing. You'll be in conflict with what you really want and your life will be unfulfilling and stressful.

If you want to be successful you need to make sure your personal values and your goals in life are aligned. If they aren't you will struggle to find motivation and sustain...

Decision-making seems like it should be a simple process, but sometimes we can find ourselves vacillating back and forth between one or more choices, truly unable to make a solid decision.

One of the things that makes decision-making so unnerving is the fear of making a wrong move. We may hesitate about making any kind of decision because we're not sure of what the outcome will be. We get mired in "what ifs," paralyzed by fears of what could go wrong. We worry that...

It’s sad that a lot of people get away with telling lies. But the good news is that there are nonverbal signs of lying that can help you figure out who’s sincere and who’s deceptive.

Learning to detect nonverbal signs of lying is a handy skill to have. It helps you steer clear of bad business deals, one-sided friendships and keeps you off the swindler’s list. So if you’re ready to maintain the upper hand, read on!

Nonverbal Signs of...

How many times have you found yourself in an argument you didn’t want to be in? You were somehow drug into an argument about something you couldn’t care less about, and now you don’t know how to get out of it and move on.

There are three fundamental elements to effective verbal self defense:
First, listening without leaping to conclusions. That takes practice! Often when people start talking to us our mind is zooming off on its own tangent- predicting...

Today, it is possible to spend a full day on the Internet moving from site to site – chatting, playing, handling finances, uploading videos– almost anything you can do in real life, you can do online.
That’s great when you are sick or tired or you want to save on fuel costs and shop online or buy a unique wedding gift. But if your virtual life is taking more of your time than your real life, you may have an Internet addiction.
From people who send themselves...

What if this was your last week on this planet? Seriously now, just a take a couple moments and really let yourself wrap your head around this one. I promise you it'll be worth it.

What if your life was almost over? How would you feel? Would you be thrilled at how you've lived or would you be filled with regrets?

Life gets going so fast sometimes that you don't even really get a chance to stop and think if you're headed in the direction you want. I know things...

As a parent, one of the things that you want to ensure is that your child is happy. But what happens when you know that your teenage child is suffering from depression? This is a problem that many parents today face, which can be a huge cause for worry and concern. But the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things that parents can do to help their children. As such, even before your teenager begins to struggle with depression, you ought to know all the things that you can...

Webster's defines be patient as bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint, or being steadfast despite opposition, difficulty or adversity. I believe this why patience is called a virtue. It is little practiced, but much needed. At the first sign of difficulty, many jump to an easier, smoother path, hoping to avoid the pain and suffering that is necessary on the road to personal growth. But it is only by taking this rough road do we gain the experience necessary to develop our...

When we were lowly cavemen we had a certain defense mechanism to help keep us alive. The brains negative bias helped us spot danger while making us remember were danger lurked. Our brains saw and remembered threats, it warned us to keep us safe. We needed this thinking to help keep man alive.

The negative bias of the brain works like this. The brain, Cacioppo demonstrates and reacts more strongly to stimuli it deems negative. There is a greater surge in electrical activity....

Quotes can be pretty influential on our life. Little did we know that just a few strings of words could really make a difference in our life. There are quotes on friendship, relationship, leadership, success and many others that can be pretty inspiring and impactful on us. But is it true that quotes on leadership can make you be a real leader?

Some people are still skeptical regarding the hidden potential of the leadership quotes. You are definitely not to be blamed if you...