Interested in making more money? Making the world a better place? The way to do both of these is adding more value to more people. Add 1% more value each day and then at the end of 70 days you'll be providing double the value! Feel free to do the math.  Simple and not too difficult, but it definitely requires effort. Here's a list to get you started. Choose 1 for today and see what happens.

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Today's article is by Paris-based Liva Judic. Enjoy!

Have you stretched enough today?  

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One of the great things about working with my public speaking clients to help them bedazzle their audiences is that big impact comes from tiny changes. For example, teaching the speakers how to stand and what to do with their hands* frees up enormous energy for the actual message. Read more »

You all know how fabulous it is to really be yourself and live creatively. You make money doing what you love and create a path for your life of delight, where there was none. Until you hit a wall, it's all great. The thing is, once you commit to creating something new, whether it's a painting, a new type of architecture or a new way of growing a business, you're going to where there is no beaten path for you to follow. Or as a client put it to me, "There is no role model out there for me." Like my client, not having a role model makes you by default the leader...with no nice HR manual for support. Read more »

Does Teflon coating remind you of the kitchen, or of former president Bill Clinton? Probably a different metaphor would be better, and in any case, I'm really writing about not taking things personally and not letting events, situations and conversations (aka things) get to you, or bother you. When you get news that wasn't what you were expecting, and it's not that you won the lottery, it's easy to play that recording again, See, it's just not meant to be, or some form of I'm really not good enough, see? Of course that's nonsense, the less time you spend dwelling on this comfortable-but-inappropriate story, the better off you'll be. Read more »

Momentum is not something that happens to you; it's something you create. As one mentor explained to me, there's outside momentum, the kind of things you DO, the actions you take, and inside momentum. Inside momentum is committing to your intention every single day, whether or not things are going according to plan, or on schedule, or not. This *free* download is a handout designed to help you articulate the habits and rituals you need to become the kind of person who lives the way you want to live.

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Your achievements and success in life have a lot more to do with your internal assumptions than what you probably realize. Like Henry Ford said, Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. Use this handout to get out into the open what you really think about money and wealthy people. Then you can play around with adapting more empowering and supportive assumptions, or beliefs about wealth. Enjoy!

Do you know of anyone who seems to accomplish so much without rushing around constantly? Do you know like a million people who live like 20 chickens running around without their heads? I do. Sometimes in talking to these people, I feel tired just from hearing all the stuff they're doing. Sometimes I feel lazy in comparison, at least for a few minutes. I'm still convinced, it's gotten through to my hard head, that the people who do the most (like I used to be) are not necessarily contributing the most, except for stress and feeling unappreciated. Read more »

Yes, I know that BEING married is not the same as GETTING married. These are some things I learned through the process of going from "victim" divorced and confused ex-wife to confident me.Here are some reminders for you.

1. For heaven's sake, LIGHTEN UP. (Look for reasons to laugh.) If you can do this, you are so way ahead of the game.

2. Give family members and friends permission to disapprove of your decisions, while accepting that they're doing the best they can from their own paradigms. Read more »

I'm getting married tomorrow so my first priority for today is finding Bridal Flip Flops. It took me a long time to commit to this event so lately I've been thinking a lot about how important it is to be decisive. That's one sure sign of a former people pleaser. Those of us who live(d) under the illusion that the way to happiness was to please other people, usually make decisions based on that criterion. And guess what? It's a mission absolutely impossible. Not only can you not please everyone all the time; it's actually impossible to please any one person all the time. Living this way is one sure path to interminable frustration. Read more »