The Village Effect will give you a fresh look at why we gather during the holiday season — and just might help you rethink where you invest your time this holiday season and the  rest of the year!  Just answer a few of these questions for yourself: Do you have more energy or do you...Read More

Don’t Die™ Waiting to get healthy.  As part of any Q4 review, assessing your health goals can lay the groundwork for positive changes in the New Year.  I am pleased to have contributed to the creation of this graphic, Drive Your Health in 2015.  Enjoy.Read More

The Intelligent Optimist’s Guide to Life is condensed enough for me to call it a “must read”. As a reader, you will not get bogged down in a lot of detail as to why it is better for you to re-frame your thinking from negative to positive.  You will experience an organized argument supporting  that...Read More

Every time I use the word habit, I think of the Broadway play, Avenue Q.  In the play, there are two bears that continually whisper in the ear of the lead character: the good bear whispers positive actions and the bad bear whispers, well, not so positive actions.   Each bear is making suggestions on...Read More

Q4.  In the business world some people dread Q4 reviews.  I happen to love Q4 reviews.  For me, Q4 is that time of the year when I am required to look back over the preceding three quarters and see what goals I met, and what goals I missed.  The fun part for me is thinking...Read More

We all have our fair share of bullshxt* story lines that we tell about why we have not achieved our planned or desired level of success. That line looks like you saying you are ready for change. That line looks like you saying you are ready for all things good.  That line looks like you...Read More

Excuses. No one likes getting excuses. Everyone seems to give excuses. And in my business, when you think you are receiving a lot of excuses, it is a cosmic red flag to look at how often you are using excuses for not achieving a goal. Did you get that? Dr. Success Challenge: Pause for a...Read More

I have written and posted a blog since 2008.  This year I have come to appreciate just how much writing and posting a blog imitates life.  In a ‘good life’ there are supportive people, sharing, effort, opinions and errors.  When writing a blog, one of the main objectives is to engage with people, while sharing opinions, putting...Read More

The Upside of Your Dark Side is Robert Biswas-Diener’s newest scholarly contribution to Positive Psychology.  The Upside of Your Dark Side is NOT a book about setting goals, yet it is destined to become a seminal  book about succeeding in life. Together with Todd Kashdan, Robert has added one of the biggest AND’s to the...Read More

As a regular reader of my blog, have you found yourself wondering, “Where is Jada Yarbough?”  Rest assured, Jada is okay but starting college has proven to be a prioritizing challenge.  I honor and respect those times in life when things we like to do get moved aside, while things we must do take precedence....Read More