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The secret math of New Year’s Resolutions

Many of us start the new year with the ritual of New Year’s Resolutions, but very few achieve them. One of the reasons is that the list is either too long or the goals too grandiose to be achieved in one year. However, it’s usually the underlying math that doesn’t quite add up. Intangibles are […]

Just Start! (Motivational Video)

No goal is ever accomplished without starting. No dream is ever achieved without starting. No journey is ever reached without starting. Nothing is ever finished without starting. No New Year’s Resolution is ever ticked without starting. So just start. Now. Today. Right now. It’s only 4 minutes…

It’s that time of year again – Time to make your New Year’s Resolutions

Most people want more from their life than they’re currently getting. I know the feeling, I was at that point more than 20 years ago and stumbled across the concept of New Year’s Resolutions. I did them informally at first and my results improved almost instantly. That’s when I became systematic and even fanatical about them. […]

Simon Sinek on Millennials In The Workplace

Simon Sinek provides a great summary of the conundrum of millennials in the workplace as a follow-on from Gary Vaynerchuk’s perspective on this “lost generation” and procrastination I blogged about recently.

Are you going to make new year’s resolutions for 2019?

Most people want more from their life than they are currently getting. The above metaphor of being in a hole is a great metaphor for NOT writing out New Year’s Resolutions and then not achieving “much”. I have a program called My Best Year Ever that helps you to avoid digging the hole in the […]

NOT Steve Job’s Last Words

These are NOT Steve Jobs’ Last Words — but they are making their way through the Internet as such. I share them with you here because even if they aren’t, I am sure they will ring true with you as an honourable principle to LIVE your LIFE. “I reached the pinnacle of success in the […]

New Year’s Resolutions

Yes, it’s that time of year again – time to do your New Year’s Resolutions! Einstein said it best… If you want 2016 to be DIFFERENT/BETTER than 2015, you have to do something DIFFERENT, change something… The best way to make a change is to make New Year’s Resolutions!

How smart people make good decisions

At a recent workshop, we discussed how to make good business decisions in quite a bit of details. Today’s post is about how smart people make good decisions in general, published by The Huffington Post. Enjoy and may your decisions for 2016 be good ones!

Recent Market Volatility

I have blogged about this before, warning all my readers and subscribers about what’s coming. After visiting China, I am even more convinced than ever… Read on. Interestingly, if you have followed Harry Dent’s predictions, you’d agree that he’s practically a clairvoyant – predicting everything that’s been happening lately – well in advance. I call […]

What will your legacy be?

Will it be as funny as this one published in The Star. OBITUARY STOCKS, Mary Patricia (nee Morris) —Pat Stocks, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in bed July 1, 2015. It is believed it was caused from carrying her oxygen tank up the long flight of stairs to her bedroom that made her […]