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How to Change Your Mindset

If you’ve ever had goals and dreams that didn’t come true, you’re not alone. An incredible 92% of people say that the goals and resolutions they set for themselves each year never get achieved. With stats this high, there must be something in common that’s holding them back. After studying the 8% who do accomplish…

6 Strategies For Teaching the Growth Mindset

Albert Einstein is considered one of the greatest geniuses of all time, though rumor has it he failed high school calculus. As you might imagine, this is an exaggeration ‒ Einstein didn’t remember getting anything but A’s. It’s possible that this story had something to do with his math skills. Despite his amazing intellect, Einstein…

5 Personal Development Names Everyone Should Know

One of my teachers in High School was a major proponent of literature. She had a beautiful mantra that she’d often share: “People who read get to live a thousand lives.” I wish I had listened back then. It wasn’t until I was 28 that I took her advice and became an avid reader… and…

Overcome Obstacles by Changing Your Mindset

In Georgia, the weather in the spring and fall is ideal, so I take every opportunity I can to get outside and take walks in the woods. There is a trail by my house that I go to regularly. As you may imagine, it helps me clear my mind while I get a little exercise…

How to Train Your Brain to Be More Grateful

The holiday season is just behind us, when millions of people took time to express gratitude. We paused, reflected, and acknowledged who and what we were most thankful for. It was as it always is: an almost magical time of year, when people surrounded themselves with loved ones and felt incredibly grateful. Then we got…

How to Stop Negative Thinking

Contrary to what you may have heard, positive thinking alone will not enable you to amass millions. It also won’t bring you the perfect spouse or incredible health. Finding and attaining these things requires much more than simply thinking more positively. Persistence, resilience and interpersonal skills are essential, along with many other variables. That said,…

How to Stop Feeling Guilty

There are two types of moments in our lives. First are those in which we experience positive emotions like love, joy, equanimity, gratitude or peace. Second are those that create pits in our stomachs – the times in which we’re suffering, feeling fear, anger, anxiety, malaise or shame. The emotions we see as negative do…

Ways to Be More Creative to Get the Most Out of Life!

I’m a big fan of Sir Ken Robinson. I’ve always enjoyed dry British humor, and love to hear him speak. Robinson often discusses the limiting nature of our schools because of their narrow focus on math, reading and writing. In one speech, he celebrated the work of Howard Gardner and his book Multiple Intelligences, which…