Wouldn’t it be thrilling to hurdle every barrier in your life and excel like you’ve never excelled before? You absolutely can! The first step is believing that it’s possible. Within each one of us there is a power we scarcely tap. This power has fueled heroic deeds since time began and has energized great inventors, artists and musicians throughout the ages. It’s the exact same power available to you every day of your life. It is the power of belief. What is a belief? It is a sense of certai...

LEARN TO JUST BE ~ BY CHRISTOPHER REEVE All of us have different strengths and insecurities. Truly courageous people (leaders) put aside their doubts and fears and say “follow me.” Even though I had once played the movie role of superman, after my horseback riding accident in 1995 at age 42, I was left paralyzed with no more than a 50-50 chance of living. My identity as an actor, husband, and father was centered around doing things. I was very hands-on. I enjoyed a very active life. Sudden...

“NO MAN IS AN ISLAND” No man is an island, no man stands alone Each man’s joy is joy to me, each man’s grief is my own We need one another, so I will defend Each man as my brother, each man as my friend John Donne Yes, we do need one another! Especially when we’re trying to change our lives and reach our goals. It’s simply easier with a little help from our friends. I once heard that your friends and loved ones are like pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they...

From mild to wild…we’ve got 23 ways to shake up the month: 1. Adopt a pet. 2. Do something on your I’d Never Be Caught Dead Doing list. 3. Go house hunting for the perfect weekend cottage/Paris flat/mountain cabin. 5. Test-drive your dream car. 6. Take tango lessons (or if you know the tango backward and forward, try the tarantella). 7. Eat something you’ve never tasted: momos (Tibetan dumplings), y’atakelt wat (an Ethiopian vegetable stew), amaranth (an Aztec grain). 8. L...

Surprising new research suggests just being happy cuts our risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and brain illnesses so dramatically, it adds 12 years to your life! The reason is simple: Happy people produce far less of two major health-wreckers, the stress hormone cortisol and a protein called interleukin-6. The problem with these trouble-makers? They kickstart cell-damaging inflammation, which speeds aging in virtually every organ of the body. Scared because you’re not feeling t...

Six-year old Miranda Evarts of Milford, New Jersey, always loved fairy tales and even dreamed up her own characters – mystical queens with names like the Starfish Queen, the Ladybug Queen and the Rose Queen. Then one night when Miranda couldn’t sleep, she made up a game about them – that they were sleeping, and needed to be awakened, like Sleeping Beauty. Miranda raced into her parents’ room and blurted: “I made up a game!” Denise and Max listened, then smiled, “I think you’ve got something...

“IT MUST BE BORN IN MIND THAT THE TRAGEDY OF LIFE DOESN’T LIE IN NOT REACHING YOUR GOAL. THE TRAGEDY LIES IN HAVING NO GOAL TO REACH. IT ISN’T A CALAMITY TO DIE WITH DREAMS UNFULFILLED, BUT IT IS A CALAMITY TO NOT DREAM. IT IS NOT A DISGRACE NOT TO REACH THE STARS, BUT IT IS A DISGRACE TO HAVE NO STARS TO REACH FOR. NOT FAILURE, BUT LOW AIM IS THE PROBLEM.” HELMUT SCHMIDT Carl Sandburg remarked, “Nothing Happens Unless First a Dream” Our challenge? To turn an invisible dream into a measurabl...