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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...
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 would certainly find your life...
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 there is no scientific proof...
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 compelled to reveal the true...
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
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
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
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...
How To Create A New Identity
I witnessed one of the most fascinating miracles on earth this week. We found a caterpillar on a milkweed plant and recognized it as one that would soon transform into a Monarch butterfly. We kept it in a little bug catcher cage and fed it the milkweed leaves before he hung at the top of...
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 psychology is a relatively new...
WAKE UP EARLY!
A woman consulted me this week about how to get herself to actually get out of bed when her alarm goes off in the mornings. She has some pretty compelling reasons to get out of bed and get working on her goals, but day after day she gets up, turns off the alarm and goes...
Movie Motivation
Have you ever seen a really great movie that pulled you in emotionally? I mean the kind of movie you find yourself thinking about the next day. I mean the kind of movie where, if given the chance, you just might step through the screen and enter that world so you could fight for the...
