“Find work you love and you will never work a day in your life.” Attributed to the Chinese sage Confucius Love is work. A lot of work. Everyone wants to find work they love, but rarely do we put thought to how much work it takes to develop work we will love. ...Read More
I have a habit of seeking true life stories that inspire human resilience. I was first taught this habit in a self-help book of some form. The suggestion was to continually read, listen and watch inspiring stories of human resilience. Over the last ten years, various forms of psychological studies have confirmed this to be...Read More
Clearly, no one would ever say I am not a resilient person. More important than what others might say, I would not say I am not a resilient person. However, ever since I read the research on willpower fatigue, I noticed something I would call ‘resilience fatigue’. What I am noticing is that sometimes I...Read More
One of the 24 Values In Action from Positive Psychology research is Persistence (Perseverance and Industriousness)(p.229). This weekend I stopped to buy a glass of lemonade from two children in my neighborhood. I had backed out of my garage and did not notice the lemonade stand until I was about turn the corner. I pulled...Read More
This information is too important not to take a quick break from my morning prayer and quite time to spread the word. Seth Godin is a master in his field — marketing with integrity with a focus on new technologies. His blog, however, has so much good information, I recommend everyone sign up for it....Read More
Author Thomas Friedman cautions that the world is getting hot, flat and crowded in his current book of the same title, and I postulate that the answer is to love, to learn and to prosper. They don’t call me Dr. Success for nothing, so let me be direct. Being resilient and developing your resilience is...Read More
Dr. Success Challenge: Get a glass of fine red wine, sit back, put your feet up and listen to one woman’s story of how she kept shifting gears on her journey on The Crooked Road of Success. To really get in the mood, make that glass of wine the award winning Tierra Roja Cabernet Sauvignon...Read More
At this moment, Dr. Success does not feel much like offering a challenge. Instead I will make a request at the end of this post. I spent the morning writing which always makes me happy. I had been adding some thoughts about synchronicity to my work on resilience, when I received an email from my...Read More
This is the second in a series of four blogs which I will be posting about a 20 something who has embraced their natural strengths and created early positive movement on their crooked road of success.Dr. Success Challenge: Pick your favorite top strength from your VIA (Values In Action) results. I know you have now...Read More
Dr. Success™ Challenge: If you feel stuck in any area of your life right now, find a book that inspires you (means you need to take action instead of complain). After reading the book, find five people to speak to about what you read, learned and what action you will be taking because of your...Read More
