Creating Your Dream Life

“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval.” –Thomas S. Monson Approval is like a killer drug (it induces stupor or insensibility to your identity). You're seeking approval becomes addictive, and you quickly develop a need for more. When you have a need for approval you value the beliefs, opinions and needs of others above your own. Their opinion of you is far more important to you than your own view of yours. Receiving disapproval becomes a painful (heartbr

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” –William Shakespeare Do you have a “time-waster,” of which you are guilty? Mine is being on the Internet too long. I find that if I go online at the end of my workday or at least until I finish the most important tasks of the day, I am more productive and less likely to “wander” around in cyberspace Time is a very precious resource. The fact is that regardless of how well you manage time, at the end of a day, you will stil

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” ― August Wilson Low self-esteem is a negative evaluation of oneself. This type of evaluation usually occurs when some circumstance we encounter in our life touches on our sensitivities. We personalize the incident and experience physical, emotional, and cognitive arousal. This is so alarming and confusin

“Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.” – Mitt Romney The Dangers of excuses Excuses are devastating to marriages, businesses and relationships. Excuses will cause you to become self-focused and selfish. Excuses cause you to lose sight of your purpose missing the mark for your life. Excuses justify where you are complacency. Excuses validate mediocrity cause one to validate why they are broke, stagnated and not progressive in their life. Excuses jus

“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” – Napoleon Hill Reset Your Thinking! Seeds are powerful and have great potential for good or harm, depending on what is locked up in the seed. Seeds have limited potential, but God’s have unlimited potential. That is why it is important we speak God’s words and not just our own. Seeds have limited potential, but God’s have unlimited potent

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” – Terry Pratchett Being open-minded can be really tough sometimes. Most of us are brought up with a set of beliefs and values and, throughout our lives, tend to surround ourselves with people who share the same values and beliefs. Therefore, it can be difficult when we’re faced with ideas that challenge our own and though we may wish to be open-minded,

“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” – Virginia Satir Reset Your Thinking! The way that you interpret your life experience creates your identity. So, what does it take to become the best version of yourself possible? Why are you so hard on yourself? From the time you were born, you’ve received both positive and negative messages from your surroundings. You can improve your headspace and improve the quality of your life. How? Create your realit

“God predetermined the destiny of my life, the moment I was conceived in my mother’s womb. All the distractions of life, never prevented God to fulfill His purpose for my life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita If you take your life seriously, then you truly understand and appreciate each day as a gift. Sometimes because our life is so busy, we forget how life is so fragile. It is so ironic that we get a glimpse of it when someone is dying, diagnosed with a chronic disease, or when we se

“Energy and persistence conquer all things” – Benjamin Franklin Reset Your Thinking! Fear keeps us in the shadows/background. It convinces us we can never accomplish our dreams, tells us to keep quiet, and separates us from the ones we love. Fear suffocates us it has an unparalleled ability to freeze us in our tracks, and limit what we are willing to try. Fear makes us lead a smaller life. Face your fears.. It is important to note that some fears are healthy and some situati

“I’m still thinking and hoping there’s an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.” –Tracy Chapman Reset Your Thinking! You may have been rejected by other school kids, never fit into the crowd, and always felt different. This may have made you believe that there is something wrong with you. It may have made you afraid of getting close to people. It may have made you more introverted than you naturally are. Or you may have heard a lo

“Just keep coming home to yourself. You are the one you’ve been waiting for.” – Bryron Katie Life wants us to see that all the qualities and experiences that we are longing for outside ourselves. As we grow and evolve life has its way of letting see the reality of things. As awareness takes place and cycles are broken over and over again and the dimension of present day truth is revealed laying a new foundation. This doesn’t mean we don’t need anyone or anything outside ourse