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Mar 07
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The Next Right Thing

By M-Power

Life can be overwhelming. Sometimes it is difficult to know what is the right thing to do. Sometimes it is hard to find the courage and strength to do the next thing. When you feel overwhelmed, you just want the problem to go away.  Take a deep breath and repeat: “I don’t have to solve this all today, I just need to be brave, cling to hope, and do the next right thing.”  You don’t have to have all the answers today.  Remember the old joke about how to eat an elephant? One bite at a time.  Feel the pressure lift off your shoulders. The entire problem does not need to be solved today. Focus on the task present – today. A series of small steps will make a big difference.  Even when you know the next right thing to do, it can feel scary or uncertain.Take comfort in knowing

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Mar 01
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The Best Way To Help the World is To Develop Your Talents

By M-Power

In a world where resources are increasingly scarce and things can seem out of our control, developing one’s talents can be a powerful way of making a positive impact.  For starters, developing your talents can lead to a more fulfilled and meaningful life. There’s no denying that when you focus on honing your skills, you can be more productive, more creative, and more successful.  It can also give you a sense of purpose and direction, allowing you to focus on something you are passionate about.  BONUS: When you are focused in this way, the difficult parts of life can seem less draining. The real power of developing your talents, however, is that it can be used to create something that can benefit the world.  Some people make a career out of their talents and I appreciate those people more than I can say. When I listen to my daughter play

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Sep 06
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Fall Resolutions May be Better Than New Year’s

By M-Power

Have you nailed your New Year’s Resolution? Do you even remember what you said you were going to accomplish in 2022? It’s not too late to accomplish your goal. Fall may be a better time to make and keep a resolution anyway. Many people are facing burnout after the holidays and it is harder to have the positive mindset necessary to develop new habits when we are tired and stressed. Fall is a time of new beginnings, different clothes and routines. A year may be too long, looming distant, and it is easy to procrastinate taking the necessary steps to achieve your goal. When you have just a few months, you can build the urgency to take action. And it takes on average, a little over two months to develop a new habit that sticks.  Fall is also the perfect time to make a resolution as summer is fading and

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Nov 06
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Do What You Love for Those That Love What You Do

By M-Power

Do what you love for those who love what you do. I honestly believe that this is the sweet spot for entrepreneurs or other producer minded people. Let’s breakdown the phrase into two elements because it gets thrown around sometimes and discounted even though there is a lot of value there. First is doing what you love just because you love it enough of a reason to make that your life’s work? Dan Sullivan talks about this in his program, The Strategic Coach. He said when you really hit your sweet spot, you meet four criteria: *Number one, you have passion for what you’re doing. You love it. *Number two, you have exceptional skill in that area. So, your sweet spot has to include both. The passion and the skill. *Number three, it adds energy to your life. And this quite frankly is one of the reasons why psychologically it

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May 01
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Secret to Positivity

How To Stay Positive

By M-Power

Have you wondered how to stay positive when things are so hard? Our mind is an amazing tool that, when properly used, can assist us to stay in positivity mode no matter what. Take ten minutes to give yourself the gift of understanding how to operate the equipment of your own mind. This video is a quick summary of how our imagination serves us in two separate and important processes of our mind – evaluation and creation. Worry is the misuse of imagination ~ Dan Zadra

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Oct 25
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Pathological Positivity

By M-Power

Is there a program or process that propels us predictably to unprecedented personal power, productivity, and profit? Yes. Pathological Positivity. Our planet is plagued with a pandemic of poisonous pessimism. The popular perception of painful or perturbing problems is pathogenically paralyzing. Pathological Positivity programs and positions us to perceive positive possibilities in problems. It inspires and provokes people to apply positive principles and practices even in paralyzing predicaments. Pathological Positivity isn’t just a program or philosophy, it is a personal preference. It is a programmed proclivity to purposefully opt for the positive from a plethora of possible perceptions. This promotes powerful productivity and profit. Pandemic, pestilent and pernicious pessimism is pummeled into powder as professionals apply and promote pathologically positive paradigms. The payoff is phenomenal prosperity. What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.      – Ralph Waldo Emerson Image courtesy of twobee/FreeDigitalPhotos.net about

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Oct 03
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Questions in Disguise

By M-Power

Questions are power tools of change. Power tools work best when plugged in and turned on. Sometimes the questions we ask are not really questions.  My friend and creative editor, Tom Cantrell, called me on this recently when he asked, “Was that a question, or a statement disguised as a question?” Here’s a common example: “How can I be happy with all of this going on?”  That’s not a bad question, if it is used as a question.  Normally a question like this really means, “I can’t be happy with all of this going on” – it is a statement disguised as a question.  Another example is in my last message – “What could possibly be good about this?”  Another great question, if you stay plugged in to the question.  “Nothing could possibly be good about this” is the statement that sometimes gets into that question’s disguise.  Plug in the power – turn it back into a question and get

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Sep 04
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That’s Good!

By M-Power

The motivational master, Earl Nightingale promoted Pathological Positivity when he suggested that we learn to habitually respond to even devastating circumstances by saying “that’s good” – then engage our marvelous minds to discover or create what’s good about it.  As a psychologist, I see the power in this strategy.  Our mind will dutifully fulfill our commands and requests.  If we ask our mind to find out what is bad about something we can certainly find supportive evidence.  If, on the other hand, we ask our minds to find out what is good about something, our minds will get to work on that.  “What could possibly be good about this!?”  Well, that’s not a bad question – get busy finding a legitimate answer instead of assuming that there couldn’t be one. life loans It’s our attitude in life that determines life’s attitude toward us. ~ Earl Nightingale

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Jul 17
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Positive On Purpose

By M-Power

Sometimes I am accused of being pathologically positive, like Pollyanna from the 1960 Disney movie. Is this a compliment or a criticism? I wasn’t sure so I rented the movie. I remember as a child liking the movie. It seems that when I got older, I joined in with the other popular opinions that it was just corny and, well, pollyannaish. Watching it this time, I really paid attention to what Pollyanna was doing in light of my positive psychology practice. Here is a kid who was orphaned at an age when she could understand what was going on. Unquestionably a huge and painful adversity. Her father had been a minister, and taught her a game that she liked to play whenever something difficult or unpleasant was happening – the glad game. The game is that you intentionally look for something to be glad about related to your situation. It is

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