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Dr. Wayne Dyer Explains “The Shift” & The Call to Serve

Today’s blog post is about something I feel is Incredibly Important, Wayne Dyer The Shift.  It is about shifting — not just shifting one or two beliefs, but it is about changing the way you see the world, your role in the world, and how to better serve. I have been a Wayne Dyer fan for quite some time.  I have followed his various publications on psychology, …

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How to Apply Abraham Hicks “Art of Allowing” to Your Business & Life

You may not know this but when Ester Hicks first set out and started meditating it was because they wanted to grow their business.  Her communication with Abraham actually started out as a quest to share better business information!  Since Abraham came to be, so did the Abraham Hicks Business connection. We may think that we are complicated individuals with busy lives.  At times, we may …

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How to Start Your Own Startup for under $100!

So, you are interested in creating a $100 Startup Business? Doing a business that you love? Possibly a company you can run from anywhere?  In that case, I have a recommendation for you. You need to read Chris Guillebeau’s book The $100 Startup: In this post, I’m going to go through some of the most important topics, tell you why they work, and get you started …

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Is Daydreaming Good for You?

As a kid I was always getting yelled at to “pay attention” and “keep on track”.  But, if I am honest with you, I preferred to be daydreaming.  I always got my best ideas that way, and it also helped my brain to relax and unwind.  As an adult, I still do the same thing.  I was wondering “Is Daydreaming Good for You?” so I …

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From Emperor to Citizen… Changing your view of personal importance

Pu Yi was the last emperor of China.  During his reign, he saw everything from controversial politics, Communist take-overs, war crimes, and eventually the fall of his own empire.  Pu Yi went from riches to poverty and even spent time in jail.  In his autobiography, From Emperor to Citizen, Pu Yi tells the tale of remolding all of his beliefs, relinquishing his airs of personal …

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Your Free 50 Page eBook: Lifestyle Mastery -Love Your Business & Your Life!

Happy New Year! As you all know, I’ve been hard at work putting together this eBook.  I’m releasing it NOW and I’m releasing it for FREE because I want to do everything I can to help you achieve all of your personal and business goals in 2011! So, What’s in the eBook? Lifestyle Mastery- Love Your Business & Your Life is an overview of the first three …

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Travel Poem: The Double Life by Don Blanding

The Double Life by Don Blanding How very simple life would be If only there were two of me A Restless Me to drift and roam A Quiet Me to stay at home. A Searching One to find his fill Of varied skies and newfound thrill While sane and homely things are done By the domestic Other One. And that’s just where the trouble lies; …

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The Big Companies Have Gone Global– Why Shouldn’t YOU?

Time magazine recently published a very interesting article by Zachery Karabell.  I wanted to share a bit of it with you because I think it makes some very good points on diversifying your income, and globalizing your business.  Even if you are a small business, or individual, you can still have an international presence and create multiple income streams.  Read on for going global business …

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Are You Addicted to Speed? A Worldwide Movement Realizes that Slower is Better

In our fast paced world, we want everything to move at lightning speed.  We want a quick coffee, a fast lane free of traffic, a front row parking spot, high-speed internet, instant messages, efficient phone calls, fast food, and rapid transit.  We want to order everything online:  music, gifts, movies, books, groceries, and even people.  Online dating has become the norm as people want to …

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Overcoming Suffering and Achieving Lasting Happiness… Words from the Dalai Lama

It happens to all of us…we find ourselves caught up in the woes of life.  We have a bad day, bad experience, someone says something mean to us, or we make a stupid decision.  We begin to experience suffering, and realize the fragility of our own circumstance. If you are anything like me, when these moments set in, you begin to question life… question existence… …

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How to Tame Your Fears

Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they’ve known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? Why climb this Mount Everest of formalities that makes you feel like a beggar? Why enter this jungle of foreignness where everything is new, strange and difficult? The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of finding a better life. …

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Notes From Chris Guillebeau’s 279 DAYS TO OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

Chris Guillebeau 279 Days to Overnight Success Every so often I come across something brilliant that needs to be shared. Download this, read and learn, print it and wear it, but whatever you do, don’t pass it over…don’t tell yourself, “Oh, I’ll download it later,” because you won’t; just DO IT NOW and thank me later! Chris Guillebeau’s 279 Days to Overnight Success: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/overnight-success There …

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Finding Utopia: How to Find Utopia by Thomas More

One day, as I was walking around Ao Nang, I found Utopia—well, the book, anyway. I was intrigued by the name and picked it up in a used bookstore for 140 Baht. I must say that this has been the best purchase that I have made in Thailand and is one of the most amazing reads I’ve come across in YEARS.  On my personal quest …