"You can't control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you" -Brian Tracy, best-selling author and business/motivational speaker. You are going to read this article...

"Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of the line." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet While in college working on my Master's Degree, my mentor and friend, Owen W. Smith, said to me, "James, it's...

"If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." -Maya Angelou, poet I decided to take a day and pump up my awareness by listening to how much people complain. Seven out of ten people I passed while...

"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." -Martin Luther King, Jr. Disappointment is just plain…well…disappointing. Unfortunately it's also a fact of life and there's no escape because no matter how much we want it, life isn't a bowl of cherries. ...

"To be truly happy and contented, you must let go Of what it means to be happy or content." -Confucius, Chinese philosopher, (551BC - 479 BC) Maybe musician Bobby McFerrin was right when he wrote "Don't Worry. Be Happy." Otherwise, he might have written, "Don't...

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." Sophocles, Greek Dramatic (C. 497-406 B.C) What could be more appropriate for the month of February than to go on a short exploration of love and, perhaps make some sense of...

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else." -Woody Allen, Actor, Screenwriter & Film Director Every once in a while I see a movie that feels like it was written solely for me. Such is the case with "The Bucket List," a...

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." -Denis Waitley, author My assistant called me with the news that I had just received an invitation to speak in Boston. That's the good news because...

"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver." Maya Angelou, Poet What would happen if everyone stopped giving? What inspires people to give? What does "giving" mean to you? There are particular times of the year that...