Studies of people who report high well-being in their fifties and sixties indicate that they have lived lives that involved personal risks. They are ….

The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts ….

What choices are you making in your perception of the events around you? We choose how we view our times. There is a pinch of pessimism in our cultur….

Passion doesn't come from business or books or even a connection with another person. It is a connection to your own life force, the world around yo….

We have so much, yet many Americans feel dissatisfied. Somehow the full table, symbol of abundance to the pilgrims, is not enough. We yearn for som….

We receive mixed messages about taking good care of ourselves. Love thy neighbor as thyself means to love thyself and thy neighbor. Yet, self-love of….

Learning how to respond to and master the process of change - and even to excel at it - is a critical leadership skill for the twenty-first century. ….

Each of us seeks peace of mind, but we sometimes fear that it means giving up excitement and ecstasy. Peace sounds like contentment, which sounds li….

Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way..

The average person's short-term memory can hold only five to seven bits of data at any one moment. If you put more items in, others fall out. The old….

The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief to a minimum. It's bad enough your stuff….

The best revenge is, of course, a good life. Enjoy yourself, be happy, be successful. It'll drive them crazy-or you can imagine it does. You'll feel ….

Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success ….

Anger is a response that can lead to harm if we don't evaluate what we are upset about. Ask yourself what you are afraid of, as anger is almost alway….

One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able to find a comb ….

Nostalgia is also a trait of the organizations that I call lodges - everything from corporate cultures to religious sects. Their bonding power often ….

When we hold onto the negative in ourselves it comes with endless guilt. We hold onto a lifetime of floating visions and regrets about what we should….

Intuition is a combination of insight and imagination that was once attributed to spiritual communication. Mathematicians call it 'fuzzy logic,' draw….

If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor..

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way..

Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey..