The fourth Secret to an Excellent Life: Optimism- nothing works without it!

For the past few articles, we’ve been talking about the behaviours and traits that create excellent lives, and although one is no more important than another nothing works without optimism. Successful people expect to win, they expect favourable outcomes, they visualise the results they want IN ADVANCE, and they fully expect reality to match what they have imagined.

May 2008

Living well is about living with Fire And Passion. If you don't have that you might as well not bother. Living well isn't about looking neat and tidy.

From the very first time I ran a Wild Fire program women of all ages and from all walks of life have taken that first paragraph to heart. This seminar has only one purpose, to rekindle within women the deep desire to give their own evolutionary journey number one priority in life.

The truth is, at the end of our lives looking neat and tidy isn't nearly as important as the sort of person we have become. Living well means meeting the challenges that are an essential element of a life well lived, head on. The tragedy is when a person mistakes looking neat and tidy for living well.

How do you become part of this evolutionary journey? By listening to the voice of your heart. Your heart will tell you your next step. I feel that there is a much greater life waiting for all of us if only we would have the courage to really listen to our inner voice of wisdom.

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The Third Secret to an Excellent Life: The Feedom of Self-Discipline!

Self Discipline, now that doesn’t sound like to much fun and the idea of writing about it isn’t to attractive either. However, after studying people I consider to have excellent lives, who are very successful in all areas personal and professional, I can’t avoid the truth: Successful people do what needs doing. They keep their commitments. They do the hard things and always finish what they start. People who seem to be less successful avoid doing the things more successful people do.

The Second Secret to an Excellent Life: Imagination Rules the World!

This is the second of 10 articles looking at the "Secrets of an Excellent Life ". In the first article I talked about Integrity, the first essential for creating total Excellence.

Excellent lives "flow" with seamless consistency. People who create excellent lives are able move from work to home, or any other area of life without missing a beat. Their surroundings, their reading, their hobbies, their conversation and their relationships reflect who they are, what they believe and what they value in life. With truly successful people, "What you see, really is what you get."

The First Secret to an Excellent Life: Integrity and Depth of Character

I know it's a cliché, but I chose the title, "Secret to an Excellent Life" for this series of articles because I wanted to look at the things other people know and DO, every day. And, I wanted to look at the things that have prevented so many ambitious, hardworking and talented people from achieving the same kinds of results.

The 10 Golden Secrets To An Excellent Life!

For over 20 years now, I've studied successful people, I've studied dozens of modalities, read books, attended workshops seminars, travelled, borrowed and learned and improved every idea I could find.

Everything I’ve found, that works, has gone into my seminars and workshops and my private practice The ideas have proven to be incredibly powerful! My clients and the people I work with achieve their goals and create The Excellent Lives they want!

A Truly Excellent Life is about being On Purpose with your Values.

I'm a strong proponent of having a powerful purpose—one that inspires you to be your best while doing something worthwhile. People with a purpose are people who care about things that matter and who want to make a difference.

Having a powerful purpose will allow you to overcome seemingly impossible odds and accomplish amazing things.

Are you sure? Are certain? Do you really; truly do KNOW what you want?

Mark Twain remarked: “I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”

That remark was made over a century ago, and it’s as true today as it was then.
Most of the people I talk to think they know however almost all of them do NOT know what it is that they really want.

My intention in this article is to help you get clear on the critical distinction between personal goals and intentions and how you can use that distinction to support creating your Excellent Life. Most people get these confused and end up frustrated and, all too often, disappointed.

I get asked this question over and over again: "how to build confidence in yourself or in others." I've researched this so many times always hoping I could find a different answer, but no matter where I look or to which masters I speak, the answer is always the same.