I’m reading a couple books on the topic of change and strengths and how our brains work. I’ve discussed both books and their views and what my take on each book and view is. Read Post

There is some truth behind the saying trust your gut instinct. Sometimes our gut instincts can be wrong but I do believe there is something to this gut reaction thing. Here are three suggestions to help you make your gut reactions more useful. Read Post

From Susan K. Wehrley’s book “The Power To Believe,” here are 18 spiritual practices to claim your life: Dare to be different, passionate, love with your heart wide open, open to possibilities, disciplined, listen, take action, be powerless, humble, surrender, suffer and sacrifice, forgive, persevere, be patient, have faith, believe in a power bigger than yourself, be redeemed, and receive with gratitude.  Write down your own beliefs and practices that you value in your life and try to live your life based on those things. Read Post

The following tips are from the e-book titled The Goal Book: Tips for Deciding Exactly What You Want Out of Work and Life, and Then Getting It written by David B. Bohl.  People that are very successful know how to turn their goals into habits.  Nobody is born with habits, habits become habit because they are first learned and then repeated.  Habits can be either good or bad.  In order to turn your goals into habits you must train your mind into engaging in the desired behavior on a regular basis; for example, you have an evaluation at work and you think you are going to do really well but those in charge of the evaluation don’t agree, so, in order to achieve your goal of doing better in the future you have to figure out where you went wrong and work as hard as possible to fix it- instead of wasting afternoons at work, as is your habit, you make a list of things that can be achieved in that time frame.  Write yourself reminders, tackle the most urgent tasks, and give yourself self reviews that honestly assess how well you are working on your tasks.  Make these steps habit and make yourself do them everyday. Read Post

Gut feeling is when we instinctively know in our hearts that something is right.  Our keen instincts are comprised of insights and perceptions- our take on the way things are.  Gut feelings are often well formed and informed even if we don’t realize it, although many people chalk intuition up to superstition.  In Blink: the Power to Think without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell it talks about how intuition is not only valid but that everyone should listen to their intuition.  Keen intuition is the power that we possess to recognize and understand the true nature and significance of people, places, things, and situations. It helps us to look at life in a different light, and to open our minds to new opportunities. Read Post

Tim Ferris wrote the book “The Four Hour Workweek.”  The book isn’t so much about only working four hours a week; it’s really about living life your own way.  A quote from Tim to sum it all up: “All the rules outside of law and nature can be bent or broken.  There are always more options than are immediately obvious.” Read Post

Ben Casnocha is a very young CEO who started his first company when he was 12 years old.  Then, when he was 14 he started Comcate, Inc. an online government software company that he is currently in charge of.  He also co-runs the Silicon Valley Junto, an intellectual discussion society for business and technology executives.  His book is called, My Start Up Life: What a (VERY) Young CEO Learned On His Journey Through Silicon Valley. Read Post