Mark Spitz earned seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany and world records were set in each event. Although the Spitz record stood for an astonishing 36 years, it came to an end this summer at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing when American swimmer Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals.

Mark Spitz began swimming at the age of two and after retiring from the Olympics he had a short-lived television career and eventually settled in to a profitable real estate...

In 1620 120 people boarded two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, for the "New World". After 64 days difficult journey the Mayflower was to be the only ship to reach the "New World" and the number of people had been greatly reduced. Despite these facts and the fact that many of them were in poor health, they had arrived too late to plant and harvest a crop and were facing many other difficulties they learnt a very important lesson which has become true heritage...

There are leaders and there are leaders. In our place of work, in our group memberships and even at our churches and functions we have a leader. Sometimes more than one. If we are lucky, we might even have a good one.

Every one of us is leader material. We all have the ability to assume the position of leadership. We do it every day. We lead our children in the direction we feel is right. We lead our family and in most cases, do a fine job of it. Some of us lead in those...

Over the past few decades, scientists have been better able to understand positive and negative energy and how it impacts our lives.  Cory Herter took it one step further and came up with a plan to recharge our energy while we sleep.  The Love Tester, a simple device Cory invented, has been stirring up a revolution all over the world for the past five years.

The Energy Robbing Effects of Stress

Most people report having a problem sleeping at one time...

At first glance, it would seem that positive thinking and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have nothing to do with one another. But many of us with ADD develop negative thinking patterns because we become frustrated by our challenges and frequent feelings of being overwhelmed. This negative outlook then makes it even harder for us to manage those challenges , move forward. and take control.

Practicing positive thinking allows people with ADD to focus on our strengths and...

Have you ever noticed that the people with whom you interact think they know more than you know about nearly every subject, including what you need to do to attract more of what you desire? For every action you announce you are planning to take to improve your life outcomes, someone (if not all) of the people in your inner circle will quickly tell you what a waste of your time it is to do such a thing.

He, she, or they will then proceed to offer you evidence from (his, her,...

Each of us has a life theme, according to Daphne Rose Kingma, psychotherapist and author of Loving Yourself: Four Steps to a Happier You. A life theme is a single psychological issue that is the lesson plan for our lives.

For some, life themes dictate personal mission or lifes purpose. And no other factor is as important as our life theme in coloring our self-esteem and helping or hindering our ability to accept and love ourselves.

Life themes reflect our deepest wound, and...

Want to know a simple way to increase your enjoyment of life 100 percent? Develop an attitude of gratitude! Thankfulness in the heart makes all of the struggles and trials of life more bearable, and increases your joy in the good times. So how does gratitude work, and what are some things a person can do to build more of it into their life?

If you've been working on the goal of having a more positive attitude toward life, gratitude is a natural outcome. The first step in...

The terms good and bad, right and wrong are human perceptions which have no experience in the realm of the absolute.

The words are used to try and compel people to feel something about what they are doing. This of course presumes the person is not already feeling something about what they have done. The words are also used to manipulate the person or persons into conforming to a standard set outside of themselves by others.

Immediately after your birth you do not...

The Oxford Dictionary definition to be efficient is: to be productive with minimum waste of effort. To be capable; act effectively; produce effect.

Efficiency is the noun. So efficiency is the production of an effect with the minimum waste of effort. I.e. getting something done in the quickest, simplest and easiest way possible. That’s not to say get it done in a slipshod or careless manner, just to get it ‘done’, but to achieve a goal with the proper and...