Posts tagged "positive thinking"
RIZZ-O-ISMS: Part 8
Rizzo-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. It isn’t necessarily the details of a particular challenge that weigh us down, but […]
Your Beliefs Write the Story of Your Life
Last week I was on a flight from Los Angeles to Orlando Florida. The woman next to me asked me what I did for a living. I told her that I was a motivational business speaker who challenges the attendees to shift their way of thinking so they can discover increased productivity, greater enthusiasm […]
Your Overall Happiness
When I made the decision to make happiness my number one priority every day, I became aware of a whole new world of possibilities. Healthier choices instantly presented themselves. I learned how to make myself feel better when times were tough simply by shifting my thoughts and focusing on something that would lift my spirits. […]
Beliefs, Labels and Writing the Stories of Your Life
The great poet Milton said, “The mind is its own place and it can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven.” What a powerful statement and how true it is. The mind is its own place, but it’s important that you understand that your thoughts both emanate from your mind and influence […]
Is Your Toxic Past Following You?
In 1992 I was sitting backstage at the Sands Hotel in Atlantic City. I had just finished the rehearsal for my SHOWTIME comedy special that was to take place the following night. Woody Harrelson, who was hosting the show, approached me and asked me how I wanted to be introduced. I thought for a moment […]
How Negative Thinking Can Ruin Your Life
I know a woman, a full-time resident of the negative zone, who saved for years to go on her dream vacation. Once she finally got there, it rained constantly—and her vacation was ruined. Now, it’s important to understand that residing in the negative zone means that no matter what good may come your way, you […]
A Success Strategy to Embrace Change
A few years ago I spent four wonderful days at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kona Hawaii, where I had the pleasure of being the keynote speaker for a wonderful group of Top Sales Performers and spouses of a well-known financial group. My job was to give them the tools they need to embrace change […]
Enjoy the Journey or Pay the Price
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 you […]
Your Thoughts Create Your Beliefs
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 […]
Eddie Murphy: He Believed It and He Achieved It
One Saturday night in 1980, I was performing at East Side Comedy Club on Long Island. I was fairly new in the comedy arena and this was my first weekend appearance at a premiere comedy club. To say that I was a bit nervous would be an understatement. Sharing the marquee with me was a […]
