A very happy and successful new year to everyone! Some thoughts: We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be...
New Year's Resolutions: The Two Lists A Message from DailyOM Co-Founder Scott Blum I was fortunate to spend time with an enigmatic man named Robert during a...
I love the story of what happened during the days of the Berlin Wall. One day some of the East Berliners decided they were going to send their West Berlin...
10 Financial Myths to Defeat in Economic Downturns By Garrett B. Gunderson Look for Garret's program, The New Rules of the Rich - coming this December from...
We all want to get along better with others. Sometimes it just feels so damn awkward with certain people though! Wouldn't it be great if we knew simple...
When I started writing my column 15 years ago, I decided to follow Aesop's lead and put a moral at the end of each lesson—and my readers often tell me...
I like what Miguel de Cervantes, the author of DON QUIXOTE, said, "Love not what you are, but what you may become." There is hope that I can always change for...
In life, and in business, there are only a few fundamentals that make life work out well, and they have never changed. Too often we pretend that technology and...
Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess...
Work is PURE JOY! Work polishes silver and gold . . .it refines character. Work rows "Life's Boat" upstream. Work weeds the garden and the mind, Work lifts...
Today and every day is the best day of my life because: I choose to make the most of every second of every day. I choose to be happy regardless of the...
My college roommate and I decided to decorate our dormitory bedroom. We thought that colored lights would be perfect. But having none, we painted all of our...
Every single blade of grass, And every flake of snow-- Is just a wee bit different ... There's no two alike, you know. From something small, like grains of...
They've figured it out in India Stuck in Mumbai traffic last week, you couldn't help but notice it: billboards across the city boldly proclaiming that...
In India we have a story about a man who was the perfect model of respectability, who always did what the letter of the law demanded. When he died, he was...
Thomas Aquinas once said, "No one can live without joy." But many people try. And the reason is often simply because they don't know how to be happy! They are...
One day all the employees reached the office and saw a big advice on the door on which was written: Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in...
11 Powerful Ways to Expand Your Life This Year in 2008 By Jim Cathcart CSP, CPAE 1. Define your future. Describe the life you'd like to live. The future you...
There is a free e-booklet at TheLuckFactor.com on improving your luck. Simple but effective steps!Enjoy reading! (It is a large file and needs a fast internet...
At Christmas time, men and women everywhere gather in their churches to wonder anew at the greatest miracle the world has ever known. But the story I like best...
Dear Friends, I just watched a beautiful and powerful presentation that really touched me and I wanted to share it with you. I'm sure you'll enjoy the...
What were you put on earth to do? That's a mind-blowing question, because most people don't know the answer. Lots of folks get up, go to work, come home, eat...
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew....
Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor. Here are some logged maintenance complaints by QANTAS pilots and the corrective...
It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong; For the test...
Applaud the tiniest of successes. Share your own experiences. Talk often about their goals. Support them during difficult times. Send letters and notes of...
I believe every person has within themselves inexhaustible reserves of potential they have never even come close to realizing. I believe each person has far...
The Parable Of The Spoons (A Beautiful Story) A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and...
