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Don’t Quit [Seizing Life’s Unexpected Opportunities]
Don’t Quit [Seizing Life’s Unexpected Opportunities] Never give up. Keep going. Don’t quit. Mistakes make you stronger. It is so important to persevere when you feel like giving up. And if you’re lucky enough to be in the company of people who believe in you when you...
What Mike Demone’s 5 Point Plan Can Teach Us About Life
What Mike Demone’s 5 Point Plan Can Teach Us About Life 1982’s cult-classic, Fast Times At Ridgemont High is probably more famous for stoner Jeff Spicole’s one liners and Phoebe Cates bikini pool scene, but Ridgemont’s biggest ‘loudmouth’ was none other than Mike...
5 Proven Ways to Be Successful In Life
5 Proven Ways to Be Successful In Life Everyone wants to be successful in life! So, what does it mean to be successful in life? To me, it means being free (financially and creatively). While my quest for freedom and for success in life has included some painful, hard...
Shocking Lies We’ve Been Told About How To Manifest Money
Shocking Lies We’ve Been Told About How To Manifest Money The question of how to manifest money (often with the focus being on more money) sits at the top of many people’s minds (whether they admit to it or not). I know that I’ve certainly thought a lot about this...
When Life Sucks We Should Say Thank You
When Life Sucks We Should Say Thank You Life sucks sometimes for all of us. It certainly has for me on more than one occasion. But here’s what I’ve discovered (and it’s what I want you to know as well): your failures are the building blocks for your future...
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5 Sure-Fire Ways To Identify Your Core Values [Checklist to Starting a Business That Reflects Your Authenticity]
5 Sure-Fire Ways To Identify Your Core Values [Checklist to Starting a Business That Reflects Your Authenticity] If you are a small business owner, you are probably already aware of the importance of having a checklist to starting a business. What I want to emphasize...
The Logistical Nightmare of Traveling with Excess Baggage
The Logistical Nightmare of Traveling with Excess Baggage Disneyland is often touted as “The Happiest Place on Earth”, and indeed it is. With its proprietary brand of Disney Magic, it’s the ideal environment to relive your childhood or experience the world through the...
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3 Ways to Discover Your Money Making Groove [Wealth Building and Money Mindset]
3 Ways to Discover Your Money Making Groove [Wealth Building and Money Mindset] If you’re how I used to be, the words wealth building may bring up some uncomfortable sensations. I know when I was at rock bottom living in a tiny one-room space, I was not interested in...
So, What Did We Learn? How to learn from past mistakes (VIDEO)
So, What Did We Learn? How to learn from past mistakes (VIDEO) https://youtu.be/yGCXJBfz9Js How to learn from past mistakes and move on! I've learned how to forgive myself for past mistakes and move on, and so can you with this self improvement challenge. You can...
Pitfalls Of The Victimhood Mentality And The Price You Pay For Not Taking Responsibility
Pitfalls Of The Victimhood Mentality And The Price You Pay For Not Taking Responsibility If you aspire to be a master manifester and create the life of your dreams, there’s one thing you’ll have to let go of; victimhood mentality. You may wonder what exactly is...
Using Traumatic Experiences In Childhood To Create a Better Life
Using Traumatic Experiences In Childhood To Create a Better Life I know the topic of traumatic experiences in childhood isn’t anyone’s favorite subject. But that doesn’t mean sweeping it under the rug and never thinking about it again is a good thing. It’s actually...
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Why Self Care Is Important if You Want To Manifest Money [And How You Can Thrive]
Why Self Care Is Important if You Want To Manifest Money [And How You Can Thrive] I’ve been through a lot of shit (and survived), but part of the experience of all of the “shit” is that it helped me learn how to manifest money and thrive. The trick is to get...
The Short Trip From Creativity to Innovation
The Short Trip From Creativity to Innovation Having experienced a wide array of fuck ups in my life, I have developed quite a talent in the “creativity to innovation” game. That’s because failure can be a great motivation to get creative. Believe me, or...
The Mere Ownership Effect: Why Everything You Own Is Worth Less Than You Think
The Mere Ownership Effect: Why Everything You Own Is Worth Less Than You Think It had been plaguing me since I first got into the business of selling real estate 8 years ago. Why do so many home sellers believe their home is worth so much more than it really is? And...
How To Bounce Back from Failure and Harnessing Courage
How To Bounce Back from Failure and Harnessing Courage It’s not easy to understand how to bounce back from failure when you’re in the middle of it all and in that moment of feeling like shit. If it were easy, everyone would do it with no problems, and I wouldn’t have...
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Actionable Tips On How to Find Your Values [Living Authentically]
Actionable Tips On How to Find Your Values [Living Authentically] This topic of how to find your values is an important one, so I’m going to give a rundown of some actionable steps you can use right now to find and drive from your values versus someone else’s that you...
Fighting The Bully Within and Learning to Believe in Yourself
Fighting The Bully Within and Learning to Believe in Yourself Trusting yourself is a prerequisite to success. But when you’ve lived a life with challenges as I have, you may have to learn HOW to believe in yourself before you can create the success you desire. The...
Help Someone: 5 Badass Reasons Why Being Kind is Cool
Help Someone: 5 Badass Reasons Why Being Kind is Cool Being kind is cool for an abundance of reasons. And since we’re approaching the holidays of the year that underscore being kind and compassionate, it’s a perfect time to write about why it’s ALWAYS good practice to...
Living Your Authentic Life: A Step by Step Guide to a No Fucks Given Attitude
Living Your Authentic Life: A Step by Step Guide to a No Fucks Given Attitude Living your authentic life means you must understand what authentic means for you. Are you interested in self-empowerment? Do you wonder what it would be like to truly believe in...
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Give Thanks In Everything [Gratitude as a Tool for Empowerment]
Give Thanks In Everything [Gratitude as a Tool for Empowerment] As we move toward the two holidays of the year that bring up a lot of shit for most of us, it’s a good time to explore some gritty facts about what thanksgiving means and how gratitude can transform your...
How To Find Your Values and Move Towards Your Destiny
Where do your values come from? We’re born with core values but often they can be blurred out in our youth. Understanding your values and then knowing how to find your values is a master key to unlocking your destiny.
How To Gain Self Empowerment When You Feel Like a Born Loser
How To Gain Self Empowerment When You Feel Like a Born Loser A Shitstorm Shaman’s Guide to the Good Life It’s a fact that there have been times in my life when I’ve felt like a loser, and most likely some of the people I was around during those times would agree....
Mistakes from the Past Are Not Really Mistakes But Hidden Keys to Unlock Success
Mistakes from the Past Are Not Really Mistakes But Hidden Keys to Unlock Success Hindsight is always 20/20. This is a famous saying, yet how many of us heard someone say this at some point growing up but didn’t quite understand how deep (and true) it really is? ...
The Slow Painful Death of Integrity
The Slow Painful Death of Integrity What would you do if you found fifty dollars in a wallet at the park? Reader’s Digest once conducted an experiment to answer that question and more. Their staff placed 192 ‘lost wallets’ containing the equivalent of about $50...
After The Shitstorm: 5 Ways To Build Emotional Resiliency and Turn Failure Into Success
You are not a failure! You are more powerful and more valuable than you have imagined. And the only things holding you back are misguided beliefs and erroneous subconscious feelings about yourself and the way the world works. READ MORE IN MY NEW BLOG FOR Resilience Activities for Adults.
THE ART OF NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR SELF
THE ART OF NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR SELF You slam the brakes and your unmarked Chevy Caprice skids to a stop in the middle of the intersection of 5th and Washington. The place is crawling with cops, reporters and wide-eyed onlookers. The call over your police radio...
Why Life Sucks Sometimes And The Power Of Contrast
Do you know why life sucks sometimes? Today we’ll cover why it seems life sucks and what to do when it does. If you’ve ever found yourself saying things like ‘my life sucks’ or ‘I hate life’, you’re not alone. Life is hard and life is difficult and many people struggle with life, but today we’re going to try to see things from a new perspective and change the way we think about life.
Battling the Bully Inside Your Head
This article explains how to eliminate negative thinking and how to win the battle with the bully inside your head. Eliminating negative thinking and negative self talk will help you succeed in life. Learn to eliminate negative self talk and start thinking more positive.
Why Should Everyone Be Pissed Off
Why am I so mad all the time for no reason? There are certainly plenty of things to be mad about, but being mad all the time doesn’t serve you. If you find yourself mad all of the time you can change your thinking and be less mad. In this article we’ll discuss ways you can be less mad and stop being mad all of the time.
Obedience, The Silent Killer
In this article I’ll teach you how to lead not follow! Learn how to be a leader in life and not a follower with these leadership skills and leadership motivation. What it takes to be a leader in life and why blind obedience is the silent killer of your dreams.
So, What Did We Learn?
So, What Did We Learn? So what did we learn? I can hear my wife’s sarcastic and humorously condescending tone as she zapps me again with these words after I step on another LEGO block in the living room. Even though I was wincing in pain, I had to laugh as I pried the...