Posts tagged "motivational"

Allow me to let you in on a little secret. (No, it’s not Victoria’s Secret. Victoria really doesn’t have a secret. Have you ever seen the merchandise in that store?  It’s obvious the secret is pretty much revealed.) Are you ready? Here it is: Happiness is a choice, that’s it.  It’s a little secret, right? But, a great one. Happiness […]

Here’s something to consider.  Let’s say your goal is to become a Vice President of a big company.  After many years of intense stress, worry and an avalanche of emotional, mental and physical overload, you finally achieve your goal, along with all the wealth and prestige that comes with it.  Is this success?    If […]

Back in my stand-up comedy days, I’ve known many comics who put their happiness on hold. They had difficulty enjoying the process because they believed they wouldn’t be happy until they signed with HBO, got their own sitcom or movie deal, or whatever it was they thought would make them happy. I know—because I was […]

I sometimes tend to think of life as a battlefield–albeit, a metaphorical one — very different from the physical and mental horrors of war. Can anyone deny that bloodless battles rage around us every day, often fought against familiar enemies that loom from the past?  The cause of these everyday battle wounds vary: a bitter […]

Rizz-O-Isms are “Attitude Adjustment Strategies” that will take you to a better place in Business and in Life. They are designed to help you to reduce stress, acquire a positive attitude and to create habits for success and happiness. The only way to defeat procrastination is to take action. NOW! Great men and woman always […]

A few years ago, I spent four wonderful days in Kona, Hawaii, where I had the pleasure of speaking to a well-known financial group. My job was to give them the tools they needed to embrace the changes and intense growth they were then experiencing and would inevitably continue to experience in the coming years. […]

“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.” -Albert Einstein I absolutely love the above statement from Albert Einstein. The present is the only place where your life can happen. Not the past, not the future.  The present is also the only place where happiness and peace can […]

Have you ever wondered where your beliefs come from? They don’t just pop into your head out of thin air. The beliefs you have about anything in your life are created over a period of time through a consistent way of thinking. You could think of your mind as a big cave, filled with different caverns.  (Or […]