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I know what you’re thinking. You’re special. And because your circumstances are so unique, you couldn’t possibly be to blame for your failures. Deep down we know we’re the common denominator of all our problems, but it’s hard to face. Why? Because it means we’re the ones who have to change our situations. And if we don’t change our situations, we can only blame ourselves. Nobody wants to think they’re the only real barrier to their own success, happiness, and well-being. It’s easier to blame someone or something else. And no, I don’t think you don’t want it bad enough. It’s genuinely difficult to take full ownership of your life. It can be uncomfortable or downright painful. The natural reaction is blaming someone other than yourself because your brain wants to protect you from harm and danger. But you certainly can overcome these excuses. You are in control of your life. Are you in control of what happens to you? No, but you’re in control of how you react to what happens to you. ...

Should  — what a simultaneously dangerous and useless word. People often use should  in one of two ways — to give themselves an excuse for not doing something or for complaining. Are you using the world should  to avoid living in reality? Maybe you think you should  be making more money. But you’re not, and believing you should  make more isn’t going to change that. Improving your performance could change that. Complaining definitely won’t. Again, you can complain if you want, but complaining isn’t a strategy. It doesn’t do anything. The same energy you use to rail against the way life should  or shouldn’t  be could be used to improve your situation. Should  also become dangerous when you talk about the things you aspire to do. “I should  start working out,” you tell yourself. “I *should* start working harder and being motivated.” The minute you use the word *should* in your head or out loud, you’ve already lost. It gives you an out. You a...

Gut Feel is a guiding force we all have. It’s a combination of emotion, logic, and spirit. Gut Feel plays a major role in our lives and alerts us to circumstances and opportunities to encourage and give insight to ourselves and others. Sometimes it’s referred to as *Intuition, inner sense, instinct, or spiritual guide.* It is not loud and demanding, but a gentle prodding, pulsating within asking us to follow its lead. When we hear it, we have a choice to make. *We can either act on it or push it aside.* Trusting our Gut Feel is risky and causes us to step outside the boundaries we have placed in our lives. By stepping outside those walls, we open ourselves up to a world of possibilities for ourselves and others. Gut Feel is our most valuable asset, and one of our most unused senses. It's a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance of something. And we are only in charge of responding to our Gut Feel. One thing I am sure of though is the importance of listening to the G...

I bet you genuinely think you’re a very logical person. You believe you use reason to make decisions. You always do what’s best for you. Isn’t it funny how whenever you’re in disagreement with someone else…they’re the crazy one, the wrong one, the emotional one, the one who won’t listen to reason? It’s never you, is it? The reason why we believe we’re rational is that our brain plays a little trick on us called confirmation bias. Once we emotionally commit to a belief, our brain will logically fill in the gaps with conclusions and facts to support it. Even worse, it will discard any evidence that opposes your opinion. We all see reality in different ways. There is no constant thread of reason tying us together. You’ll often find the truth in the middle of opposing sides. Being level-headed is better than having any extreme ideology. You can’t avoid having emotional reactions to situations and your own special version of reality, but you can create strategies to deal with your huma...

Have you ever felt like your circumstances were trying to break you? Every time you take a step forward, you take three back. Inevitably, just as you’re on the rise, something or someone tries to knock you down. If only life would give you a little bit of a break, you tell yourself, you’d have enough energy to make an effort to become successful. Deep down, you believe success provides an escape from life’s problems. You figure if you had enough income, freedom, and positive experiences in your life…the bullshit would stop. It doesn’t and it never will. In fact, when you push to do something outside of the box — start a business, write a book, become an artist, carve your own route — not only will things get worse before they get better, you’ll still have to work to maintain what you’ve achieved. Around every corner, just when you think you’ve won, life will find a way to see what you’re made of. But there’s beauty in the struggle of life when you look at the right way. When life te...