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How To Instantly Destroy Procrastination [Mental Tricks]

How To Instantly Destroy Procrastination [Mental Tricks]

Ever wonder why you don’t do the things you know you should do? You know, like exercising when you said you would, or getting your taxes done early to avoid a last minute catastrophe, that kind of thing. If you were asked to robotically program your actions in advance, you...
The Power of Harnessing Your Thoughts

The Power of Harnessing Your Thoughts

In my article debunking the Law of Attraction teachings, I showed you that quantum physics in no way suggests that our thoughts control the manifestation of our world through the known laws of physics or quantum mechanics. That doesn’t mean our thoughts cannot change the world, it just means that...
Is the Law of Attraction Just a Bunch of B.S?

Is the Law of Attraction Just a Bunch of B.S?

This article was written for people who have learned about the Law of Attraction and wondered if it might be true. As a person who has actually taken the time to read the scientific studies about quantum physics that led to the ideas of the Law of Attraction, I felt...
The Hope = Energy Formula [Mental Hacks]

The Hope = Energy Formula [Mental Hacks]

Think about the last time you felt energetic. Most likely, it was when you were anticipating a positive experience in the near future.  Why is this so often the case? The answer is becoming increasingly clear in this psychological research and literature in the field known as positive psychology. Positive...
The Simple Equation For Getting What You Want

The Simple Equation For Getting What You Want

You may have heard it said that the key to a life of miracles is to invest your thoughts much less in your fears than in your hopes and plans for success. It’s a profoundly true and very powerful statement. But how the heck do you actually do it?  Flowery...
Secrets of Positive Personal Brainwashing

Secrets of Positive Personal Brainwashing

What if you could enjoy the very things that other people find hard to endure? What if you could choose what things build you up and make you feel good? Can you imagine the implications of developing such a skill? Let’s take a couple of examples to explore the possibilities....
Making Your Own Luck: The Ultimate Life Upgrade

Making Your Own Luck: The Ultimate Life Upgrade

You may be familiar with the concept of creating your own luck.  The idea is that in most situations, the statistical chances of good things happening are greatly improved by frequently putting yourself in situations that could yield a positive outcome. A real-life example might look something like this: a...
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Success Tip For Lasting Change: STUDY YOUR MISTAKES

Success Tip For Lasting Change: STUDY YOUR MISTAKES

His name is Ryan. He came to me for counseling and he had trouble explaining what exactly he needed help with. As I worked with him on improving his life, it became apparent to me that he was jumping from one big life endeavor to the next, never spending more than about three months on any single endeavor....
Better Than "Get Rich Quick"

Better Than “Get Rich Quick”

There are a lot of get rich quick scams out there. There are probably enough to keep you studying for the rest of your life. I’ve got the solution. Instead of get rich quick in six months, how bout get rich quick in five minutes! Yeah. That way you don’t have to work at all. You can just...
Take Your Motivation Pill

Take Your Motivation Pill

You wish don’t you? If there really was a “motivation pill,” you wouldn’t be reading this. You wouldn’t be intrigued by the idea of improving your ability to motivate yourself if all you had to do was pop a vitamin of some sort. But here you are reading this article, so I’ll reward you with...
How To Create Great Friendships Fast [Relationship Hacks]

How To Create Great Friendships Fast [Relationship Hacks]

It’s a simple technique I discovered through trial and error during a year-long stint of counseling college students at Baylor University. At LifeModification.com we focus a lot on achieving goals and getting unusually high-level results, and that should include the social aspect of your life. Relationships make life fun and meaningful. This article is about...
Use Short-Term Goals to Rocket Your Success

Use Short-Term Goals to Rocket Your Success

“When you run naked in the snow, it automatically means you are running barefoot.”  She kept emphasizing this point as if I disagreed with her.  “Everyone is talking about the benefits of barefoot running for the development of better endurance.”  I kept wondering what this had to do with being naked. Similarly, you may be...
On Dancing Like a Fool and Internal Conflicts

On Dancing Like a Fool and Internal Conflicts

I do what I want.  If I want to dance like a fool, I do it.  That’s not supposed to sound cool.  You would understand if you saw me dancing.  What is cool is why I dance like a fool.  It’s an awesome story, but it’s too long, so I’ll sum up my formula: I...
Happy 2011!

Happy 2011!

In Back To the Future 2, people were flying cars in the year 2013.  I feel jipped!  That’s two years away and it seems the automakers are getting closer to bankruptcy than they are rolling out the first line of flying cars.  One thing they did get right was video conferencing with split screen view....
Use Fear As Your Secret Weapon

Use Fear As Your Secret Weapon

Some people have been talking about the idea of “peak oil.” The concept is basically that society may reach a point within the next decade where our global oil consumption continues to rise while the oil we can extract from the earth begins to flow more slowly, eventually tapering down to almost nothing. The fear...
Are You Becoming a Statistic?

Are You Becoming a Statistic?

Some of us were born with a desire to go beyond ordinary. You may think of it as some sort of instinct buried within your DNA, or you may think of it as some sort of pull from destiny. If you have that drive to become special or do something special, the idea of being...
What Parents Want for Their Children

What Parents Want for Their Children

Do you know the answer?  What is the number one thing that parents want for their children? Is it wealth, fame, power, great relationships, good luck, or what? More than anything else, one answer dwarfs all the rest of the answers combined.  It’s happiness. We want our children to be happy above all else. What...
Inception Is Not A Dream

Inception Is Not A Dream

Don’t tell me you didn’t feel it. After the movie, Inception, you may have experienced the most fantastic element of the movie, a real life experience of inception. As you watch the top spinning, wondering if it’s about to fall, the screen goes blank and you see the word, “inception.” After your mind followed the...
The Anti-Procrastination Formula

The Anti-Procrastination Formula

Why is it that we procrastinate on simple tasks like cleaning up the house or paying a few bills? In most cases, procrastination is at its worst when a task will require a longer period of effort before the payoff of a feeling of completion is reached. If you could sit down and pay a...