It’s Thanksgiving dinner, and before the turkey hits your plate, your ten-year-old niece says, “Let’s go around the table and say what each of us is thankful for this year.” You’ve been waiting all day for this moment and are annoyed that someone had the nerve to interrupt your feast. You’re starving, and after a short roll of your eyes, …
Are you letting fear wreck your life? You could waste your entire life fretting about things that most likely will never occur. What’s the price of your anxiety? You’ll wind up regretting not taking the necessary risks because you were preoccupied with things that most likely won’t ever happen. Why? Deep down, you understand that all of this is in …
How many books currently sit on your shelf that you thought, “That was valuable information, I might need to reference it later?” Most people read hundreds of books in their lifetime and yet recall very little. All of the knowledge from those self-help, business, and biographies of great men and women sits somewhere in the dark recesses of your mind. …
Do you find the daily hamster wheel of life exhausting? Would you like to jump off of it? It’s possible to free yourself but not until your mind allows it. Your mental habits drain your battery. Most of us live in a constant state of needing a recharge. Harmful habits sap your energy and deplete your physical, mental, and emotional …
You’ve probably heard of Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway, but did you know that the “Oracle of Omaha” made almost 99% of his fortune after his 50th birthday? Buffett’s net worth fluctuates daily, especially in this market, but it’s safe to say that it’s over $100 billion. When he was 52, Forbes estimated his wealth at a paltry …
Imagine your friends and relatives gathered around your lifeless body as it lies in a casket. Considering our own death is difficult regardless of your philosophical or theological views. What do you want the story of your life to reveal about who you were? Who will say what? What will they recall? “A thousand times we die in one life. …
By now, you probably think that every successful person wakes up at 5 am to work out, then takes a cold shower followed by an hour of meditation and a barefoot walk in nature. At least that’s what everything we read about them tells us. These morning routines that have become so popular are great, but we doubt they’re the …
We grow up thinking the world works in certain ways but what we’ve been led to believe are mostly lies. So many of the ideas we’ve come to rely upon are simply not true. The unfortunate part of the story is that it takes a lot of life experience to figure it out. Probably our biggest misconception is that of …
Do you feel like you’re getting older at an increasingly rapid pace? While it’s impossible to halt the aging process, there are things we can do to slow it down. What’s the most critical factor in your health and well-being? The typical issues that come to mind are heart health, body weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, and mental fitness. It’s …
Unless you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ll get less sleep for the next several months. The amount of light and darkness affects the timing and regulation of our sleep patterns. With increased daylight hours, our brains delay the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Most of us stay up later but still wake up at the same time each …
