I have always been keen on taking advantage of free offers. Given the choice between a fast food meal with a freebie or one without, I’ll plump for the mystery envelope every time. It’s human nature, and marketers know it well.
Even in 1979, when I bought my first home computer, there were user groups who [...]

The Three D’s of Action are Decide, Do and Distinguish. Let’s look at each of these in detail.
Decide – that something has to and will change.
Remember that success is a choice. Deciding means to cut off any other choice or possibility. A true decision means we have closed the door to any possible excuse and [...]

Looking for a way to handle a setback?
Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers this advice.
First, step back and remind yourself of the reason you picked the goal you had a setback in, in the first place. [...]

While I was trying to find a subject to write about this month that would be of interest to my readers, I did many things with my computer.
I stared at a blank computer screen. I played solitaire. I checked my email several times an hour. I played solitaire. I re-worked some of my existing web [...]

Tom’s anger was palpable. He had demonstrated loyalty to his boss for more than five years – but yet again, Tom’s boss had reneged on his promises.
Tom knew that his boss – also the owner of the financial services company – relied on him. Not only was Tom responsible for bringing in sales income and [...]

You are taught from when you were young to go to a good college and then get a good job. You labor like a slave for so many years through school and when you go to a good college and graduate they reward you by giving you a lame job for a couple grand a [...]

Are Internet cookies a form of spyware? Though malicious cookies did exist at one time, as a rule, all cookies are now safe. Spyware tracks your movements around the Web for the benefit of its furtive creators, but cookies remember your browsing habits and preferences purely for your own personal benefit, your convenience. However, at [...]

To quote William Hazlitt,
“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.”
We can always learn more from challenging times than from good times.
Adversity is the catalyst that forces us to stretch. It propels us to find solutions to problems we never would have considered if not for adversity.
Adversity can provide the fuel that sparks new strengths [...]

One passage states “If you want to defeat them, distract them.” Another reads “divide and conquer.”
In the game of life there is a constant battle raging within and all around you for your attention. It’s like two opposing teams wanting to occupy the same spot on the playing field. That playing field being you. Each [...]

Performance coaching is a term that has become incredibly familiar over the last 7 years. The term success coaching first became preferred in the United States where, together with Neuro Linguistic Programming, it became part of a revived phenomenal wave of astonishingly proactive therapy models.
In many ways both Coaching and Neuro Linguistic Programming are a [...]