Your own happiness will always reflect your life and that includes your relationships. If you are naturally and truly happy with yourself you will attract success much easier, that goes for your personal life and your business life too. It is one of life irrefutable facts, when you are not truly happy in yourself no one, absolutely no one can give you happiness.

"STAND OFF! We're going in under our own power!" Such was Navy Commander, John Towers' reply to the USS Harding's offer to tow his crippled NC-3 boat-plane to the safety of Sao Miguel Island.

It was May of 1919 and Towers had spent the past 50 hours and 200 miles on treacherous and frigid seas using just the ruined NC-3's rudder and his own dead-reckoning to navigate toward land.

I was on a call with Jack Canfield recently where Alex Mandossian was interviewing him to promote Jack's book, "The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be." There was a great metaphor Jack used that I wanted to share.

Jack was addressing a question about the Law of Attraction. The questioner said that it worked for her in small areas, but she hadn't achieved the results she wanted in larger areas.

Who doesn't need an occasional motivational pick me up? Motivation is the hot buzzword of the day. If you have it and can keep it up, you're on your way to succeeding in whatever endeavor you are attempting. Motivation is a powerful tool to help you succeed in any business or achieve any goal. How motivated you are and whether you continue to make forward progress will determine whether you succeed or not.

Many a folklore tale exist about love: It has been romanticized for centuries and put on a pedestal as the holy grail of existence. Naturally we all want a permanent supply of this divine elixir.

It is in our human nature to desire things that feel good. Love certainly fills that criterion.

We believe that love is the stuff that gives us hope, happiness, joy and security.

Get up! Get out! Enjoy life. Make today the day you will do something on your list of things to do before you die. Do not hesitate for another minute. Grab your motivation and just do it.

Perhaps you have always wanted to train to run a marathon. take hold of your tennis shoes and start walking. Start off slowly by walking a few minutes a day.

Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big.

Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn't dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our relationships?

Often time we dream big dreams and have great aspirations.

The Balance Challenge of Life - You've probably heard the old real estate cliche which asks the question, "What are the three most important elements of property?" You also probably know the answer is location, location and location.

But have you ever heard the similar question about life, "What are the three most important elements of a balanced life?" The answer to this question is boundaries, boundaries, and boundaries.

You must be a special kind of person to willingly choose to be a firefighter. It is not a very glamorous job for most of them unless they might have been chosen to grace the pages of one of the hunky or luscious body calendars that have become so popular. This kind of thing might be the only real glory they ever get because the majority of the time they are in the station waiting patiently for the next call to come in that could possibly take their life.

Many who come to me for hypnosis have had enough of their specific issue and they are ready for a new approach. After years of trying various prescription drugs, talk therapy and other alternative remedies they still seem to have a difficult time changing their behavior. With hypnosis, a simple shift in the subconscious can do the trick and I send them happily on their way.