I do not believe the cliche “all things happen for a reason” as many use it…when something bad happens there is some ‘reason’ why it happened and your job is to find out what that reason is and learn from it. Hogwash. There is only one reason anything happens and that is because the purpose...Read More

Okay, so I get Mercury is retrograde.  The post I just wrote was published with no content.  So being the persistent soul that I am, I will do it again. I have republished many of Dr. Biswas-Diener’s blogs and suggested you purchase his great books on positive psychology.  Today he has made an offer I...Read More

What is the price you are willing to pay to have financial success? During a business strategy call this morning I found myself using a personal example of a low water mark for financial success.  Lap dancers. Let me explain.  In the community I live, lap dancers out earn me by about 10 to 1. ...Read More

One of the observational cliques that goes around psychology is that the condition of your physical home — how orderly things are, how well maintained and clear the environment is, if there are photos of friends and family, etc. represents the condition of your personal psyche.  One of my favorite Positive Psychology researchers and authors...Read More

It may be a holiday in the U.S. today, but one of the leading researchers in Positive Psychology combined a bit of holiday in Hawaii with a bit of work by posting the following article.  I remember the first time I read this work.  Being a sugar addict from birth, I had negative thoughts of...Read More

Note:  If you buy the book from Amazon, make sure to only pay the $9.97 price!  The Book is not out of stock at $9.97 and you can have all you want! Or, go to http://www.ServingSuccess.com/ A big thank you to all who have purchased the book today. I will be hosting a call to...Read More

Have you ever noticed that sometimes life requires you to stop doing things that you actually enjoy in order to do something you do not enjoy nearly as much?  Well, that is what has happened to me.  I actually enjoy writing a blog each week, sharing the blog posts of some noted and content-rich contributors,...Read More

Today, as a nation, we celebrate the life, accomplishments and contributions, of Dr. Martin Luther King.  So many of his words have become infamous that often we don’t remember the man who spoke them or why he said them. Maybe the greatest honor of all is when you words still inspire, even if you are...Read More

A December to Remember is the local Lexus slogan.  I found myself saying that many times during this month.  I have not written much — almost at all — since December 6.  For me it has been a December to Remember.  I started the month teaching a class on Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ Life Change model, followed...Read More

Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 update.  Before you read the blog post below, look at the photo to the left.  It was taken yesterday as I came in on the half marathon.  Now read on…. I decided to have some fun with a technique that I used before as a sceptic and was shocked with the...Read More