Archive for October, 2011

When you accept yourself with all of your flaws and unique talents, the world seems to become a more accommodating place. You’ll find that some of the causes of your stress disappear and you can gain more joy on a daily basis.

Accepting yourself completely entails courage, wisdom and compassion. If you’re plagued by negative emotions such as anxiety, jealousy, shame, anger, envy, or guilt, these may be signs of low self-esteem. To counter this, you can learn radical self-acceptance.

If you find yourself equating your worth with your achievements, love life or social status, what happens if these are someday diminished? After all, these are temporary conditions. Life [Read More...]

As an international speaker and coach, I often have the privilege of speaking to audiences filled with professionals and entrepreneurs who want to shift to a higher level of performance or success. When presenting to these groups I often share: “The fastest path to get where you want is to learn to be who you are on purpose and without apology. When you embrace your unique gifts and talents and learn to stand in your power, you will begin to accelerate your success.” Believe it or not, this mindset [Read More...]

I have compiled the following videos as a follow up to my work with authors and I am happy to share them with my friends, fans and followers. Enjoy!

Video #1 – Personal Branding

Video #2 – Guerilla Marketing for Authors Part 1

Video #3 – Guerilla Marketing for Authors Part 2

There are many avenues to explore when it comes to discovering your life purpose. Unfortunately, though, nobody else can find it for you. Since your life purpose is unique from anyone else’s, it’s a mission that you – and only you – can complete.

In your quest for passion, concentrate on enjoying the journey itself.  Sometimes when you stop stressing about your life’s purpose, it falls into your lap!

Here are some ways you can discover your life purpose:

Write about how you feel. Try journaling with a pen and paper, or grab your laptop and just start writing. Write about how you truly feel and what you want out of life. Remember that no [Read More...]

Your outlook in life is so important, and yet many people never give it much thought. If you’re optimistic, you’ll open doors for yourself and lead a happy life. However, with a negative mindset, you could end up in places that you never intended to be. This isn’t some fairytale ideal; it’s absolutely true!

Being optimistic might seem like a large task, but there are simple things you can do to improve your outlook. If you practice each day, you’ll be doing yourself a great favor, since your mindset is the very foundation for achieving success and fulfillment.

Here are some easy techniques you can use to boost your optimism:

Avoid getting hung up on [Read More...]

Have you noticed a new metric on your Facebook Business Page? This number is displayed right under the number that shows how many people have liked your page. The “# are talking about you” metric represents a total for all user-initiated activity related to your Business Page. This number takes into account all of your wall posts, comments, likes, shares, check-ins, photo tags, recommendations, etc have have generated user-initiated activity. You can also find this feature in your page insights.

If you have ever wondered about the real value of your Facebook Business Page, this is the closest we have come to calculating the value since business [Read More...]

Bonus #1 – 5 Ways to Turn Around Self Doubt

Do you struggle with self-doubt? Perhaps you often wonder if you’ve made the right decision or have only a faint hope that your next job interview, project, or even date will turn out well. The most unfortunate thing about self-doubt is that your fears often become self-fulfilling prophecies.

On the other hand, when you take action to become more confident in yourself, more things in your life automatically turn out better as well. With more self-confidence, your decision-making skills are strengthened, others are drawn to you in social situations, you produce higher quality work, and you’re more able to create the life you desire.

Try these strategies to silence [Read More...]

Facebook is determined not to be upstaged by Google+. They have released several new features you should be aware of to help you get even more out of this tool.

Feature #1 – One of the new features expected to be released this week is the New Timeline profile option. You can now configure your personal profile to display as a timeline. Checkout my new Facebook timeline (click the image to enlarge).

The Timeline is basically provides a visually appealing story board that details your history (your past accomplishments, activities and updates). Because I have a developers account with Facebook, I was able [Read More...]