Yesterday, the world lost a true visionary. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and Pixar, passed away at the relatively young age of 56 due to pancreatic cancer. Or perhaps he passed away from the devastating effects on his body of the traditional medicine cancer treatments he chose to fight his cancer with. Either way, we’ve … Read More
Tony Robbins: Define Your Destiny
"We live in a therapy culture... the mindset that we are our past... most of society thinks biography is destiny." "Decision is the ultimate power." - Tony Robbins Are you fighting the invisible man? Not some science fiction writer’s invention but your own real… sometimes painfully real… inner perso … Read More
Thinking vs Feeling
By Steve Chandler In my 17 Lies book I enjoyed writing about one of the finest thinkers of our age: Marilyn vos Savant, the person who has the highest IQ ever measured. She once wrote a weekly magazine column, and I was always intrigued by the simplicity and power of her intelligence. One time a reader wrote to her … Read More
Wishing and Hoping…
By Steve Chandler People naively believe that wishing for things and hoping for things is a good use of their time. They think wishing and hoping is a good use of the human imagination. But these people are just wrong. The more I wish and hope for things, the more I reinforce the idea that I've got nothing to work with … Read More
Live Life Now
Feeling old? Washed up? Nothing left to live for? Think again... I just saw the most amazing video today. Even more amazing because it's actually a commercial for a bank in Taiwan. I have no idea if this video is drumming up any business for the bank or not. Heck, you don't even know it's for a bank until the last … Read More
Keep Following the Path
By Steve Chandler If your life is on the right path, it doesn't matter how fast you go. If you're on the right path, you'll get there. Commitment keeps you on the path. The hardest thing for people in western culture to unlearn is the short attention span that's encouraged by Twitter, Facebook, cell phones, iPods, iPads, … Read More
We're Giving Back! (Kiva.org)
Why I Choose to Give My Money to This Remarkable Organization Jesse Cannone here, founder of the LoseTheBackPain.com newsletter ... one of the world's most popular and respected newsletters giving you the tools and insights to stop pain of all sorts, restore your health, and enjoy your life (subscribe free above!) And spe … Read More
Pondering the Laundry
By Dr. Jenny Cretsinger Sometimes it just seems that as soon as I get my head clear about what I want, then the pieces fall into place, effortlessly. My friends call it luck. I'm not so sure. I'm one of those people that is quick to take action. My friend Melissa posted a great quote yesterday on her Facebook profi … Read More
How to Solve Any Problem
By Steve Chandler It took me many hard and painful years to learn a basic truth about problems in life and business and that is this: problems don't age well. The longer a problem lives, the bigger it gets. Once I learned that Speed of Takedown was the most valuable measuring stick in problem-solving, everything got bett … Read More
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Quit
Cerebral palsy. The diagnosis left his own parents wondering if Ben Comen would ever even walk. But walk he did. And then some. But Ben's dream was to be on a team. Any team. Team after team refused to let him actively participate, yet Ben's family refused to give up. All he needed was a chance. Just before leaving 7th … Read More