
Why confidence matters
We spend a lot of time and effort developing our skills and abilities, but there’s one key element that can hold us back despite all of our efforts: our confidence.
We spend a lot of time and effort developing our skills and abilities, but there’s one key element that can hold us back despite all of our efforts: our confidence.
In this go-go-go business world, how can you think faster, and get things more done quickly? Get some tips here.
Simplifying may be harder than you think, but here are some 25 ways to live a simpler life — which can save you money, time and stress.
So much of our lives are spent waiting for the good life. But what if we stopped waiting? Here’s why – and how – to stop waiting for life to get better.
Self-discipline means learning to get good at discomfort, to stick to something, and to enjoy any activity as a reward in and of itself.
Have you ever said something to psych yourself up? If so, research shows that you might have been on to a good thing: self-affirmations.
In your daily life, are you guided by fear or by love? What are the fears that block being loving to yourself and to others? What’s getting in your way?
If you just don’t seem to be reaching your targets, try something different: creating rules that will help you make your goals happen.
What would it take to get your life decluttered and organized? Here are some easy-to-follow organizing rules.
When it comes to educating ourselves, four problems in particular commonly stand in our way. Here’s a look at what they are, and how you can overcome them to learn about anything you want.
I have a friend who spends much of his life avoiding things he doesn’t like, or trying to rush through things. So how can you avoid spending so much time and effort avoiding what’s around you?
Here, a doctor she shares her personal reflections of the journey up Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, and what helped her achieve success.
Checking phones, websites, email, messages, news, TV, games, and… you know your favorite procrastination techniques. So how can you break out of your procrastination patterns?
When it comes to pursuing our goals in life, what matters most? It’s easy to assume talent, or maybe intelligence… plus one magic ingredient: mental toughness.
Too much to do and too little time to do it? Here are some ways to deal with the stress of being too busy.
I have had to figure out how to be more confident in social situations. It hasn’t been easy, but there are a few things I’ve learned.
There were millions upon millions of glittering lights shattering the night, tall neon-lit buildings reaching up to the sky, black limousines, bright red Ferraris and silver Porsches gliding slowly and
Someone everything thinks is a super-productive, ultra-focused, über-disciplined guy reveals the truth: he’s not.
Sticking to a habit can be difficult, because life gets in the way… and we get discouraged. How can we form new habits without all the struggle?
John Maclean became an incomplete paraplegic at age 22, and knew that meeting the man who put him in a wheelchair was not going to be easy.
So much of the time we avoid waves in our lives. But those waves are actually the secret to long-term success.
Even when we intend to simplify our lives, we continue to have too much stuff. Part of that is from laziness, but the real driving force is something else.
It’s a fact of life that without constant vigilance, clutter creeps up. Here’s how to simplify your life by starting a decluttering habit.
What would happen if we broke from our addiction to ‘needing’ and buying more? What would life be like if we all were wanting very little?
I fail at things much more than you might imagine. Failure can really suck. And yet, I get back up and try again. Here’s how.
If you are feeling a lot of stress and are overwhelmed by everything you have to do, here’s how to do a quick stress assessment self-test.
Here, a doctor offers some advice for how to stay true to yourself in the face of peer pressure, even when you’re an adult.
It’s discouraging to fall off your diet or out of good habits. So how do you deal with a relapse into old bad habits?
Sticking to a new habit isn’t easy – but if you set up your change of habit intelligently, you can make it stick.
Here are 6 steps you need to take to experience being present in the moment, courtesy of a mediation and conflict resolution expert.
Having great-looking fingernails and toenails is less a matter of luck, and more a matter of caring for them correctly. Direct from a pro, here are 9 things you can do to get beautiful nails for your next mani/pedi.
Mom and mama are common nicknames for fathers – but when it comes to grandfathers, you might need ideas. Here are 75 names for a grandpa that you can consider!
Mom and mama are common nicknames for mothers – but when it comes to grandmothers, you might need ideas. Here are 75 names for a grandma that you can consider!
If your eggs cooked in the shell have turned out to be less than ideal, find out here some tips on how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs — the easy way.