“You are what you eat.” Well, this statement is quite true if you do not take it literally, of course. After all, I eat cucumbers and I am not, I repeat that I am NOT, a cucumber. Really, I am not! Nor am I the chocolate covered marzipan I ate last week or the bottled water I am ingesting right now. You get the picture, right?

Figuratively speaking, “you are what you eat” means that if you make smart choices about your food and eat healthy you are well...

What can you do if a female colleague from work is sad and depressed? How can you cheer her up? Here are 7 tips on how to do that:

1. Compliment her hair.

This is very important for a woman. If you like her hair, there's nothing wrong in complimenting it. Don't do just to make her feel good. Only do it if it's true.

2. Send her a bouquet of flowers

Call someone and tell him to a bouquet of red roses with a note to her. The note should write...

Obviously few people want to undertake the task of learning a new skill, such as speed reading, if there is no direct benefit. Life's just too short.

So, what are the direct and indirect benefits of learning to speed read? The answer to this question very much depends at what stage in your life you are at. Here are some to consider:

High school / pre-college students

High school, pre-college, students are normally considered to be primary target groups for a speed...

What holds you back from achieving your dreams—or even daring to take them seriously? The first step toward success is self-motivation. There are a number of ways to help support the journey toward its accomplishment.

It may not be easy to accept this, that we find otherwise quiet and retiring people jump from having nothing to experiencing abundance through the power of affirmations.

Affirmations open up your mind to possibilities. Anything that may have...

The recent news may have been historic. As Emerson noted, while he and his friend Thoreau would read and discuss the ideas of the ages, others would shout loudly about another train derailment, or an uprising in the west, and other events that make the headlines for that day, but will be forgotten soon enough. Some profound things are changing.

Emerson wrote about this with wry wit, about custom being the hobgoblins of little minds. He understood that everyone applied their...

A friend called me recently to tell me that one of her daughter's teachers had committed suicide. Needless to say, everyone involved was extremely upset by this.

Many looked upon this as a selfish act on the part of the teacher. I thought to myself how quick we are to judge another after the fact. And how terribly slow we are to recognize the walking wounded all around us.

The news of this teacher's suicide reminded me of a story I read about an elderly woman who had decided...

It is the true nature of man to strive for success. More precisely, to strive to succeed, for it is not the accomplishment that is fulfilling it is the process. It's the journey not the destination! And no matter what we do, the process (to be satisfying) must be for ourselves. Even the most unselfish act is done not because it helps the other person but because of how it makes us feel to help the other person.

We are success driven creatures, why do you think so many people hate...

The United States has already slipped into such a deep recession that it could be the most serious since World War II, said Martin Feldstein, President of the Cambridge group, who is considered the official word on economic cycles.

If we continue with current trends what can we expect? Possibly gasoline at $5.00/gallon throughout the nation in 2008, major stock market losses, market volatility, credit crunch, home foreclosures nationwide in record numbers, large layoffs and...

Why do we help others? There is a whole lot of pain and poverty, illness and despair in the world. I can't speak for you but I would like to make a difference and improve the quality of life for others. Volunteer work is a great way to begin.

No single person can change the entire world but you can have an impact on the lives of others in your own corner of the universe. That, in a small way, changes the world ever so slightly. Multiply that by a billion and it is a brave new...

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 and move forward.

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