Lou Tice

Most people want to be successful, but not everyone can tell you what success looks like. Today, let's look at the meaning of success.

What does it mean to be successful? Do you consider yourself a success? If so, why? If not, what will success look like when you have finally achieved it?

These are important questions because your happiness in life will probably depend on knowing the answers.  Now, some people think that success means a wardrobe full of designer clothes, a fancy car and a 50-foot sailboat. Others think that success is never having to work again after… >>>

Do you have trouble understanding why your kids do what they do? Or why your mate refuses to listen to you? I have a suggestion to make that might help. 

If you'd like to see your relationships change for the better, there is something you can do that is almost guaranteed to help. It doesn't matter whether it's a teenager who doesn't talk to you anymore, a spouse who just won't listen, or a co-worker who never asks you to lunch.  

This technique will improve any relationship, and it's not hard to do, once you get the hang of it.… >>>

What is it that enables some folks to take big-time risks without becoming a nervous wreck? Taking risks in life isn't easy, because there is always the possibility of loss involved. However, it doesn't have to be a white-knuckle experience, either. So how can you take the anxiety out of risk-taking? 

Well, first of all, you don't take foolish risks. Take risks only when you believe that what you are going for will be better than what you already have, and you won't want to risk anything you can't afford to lose.

Second, remind yourself that risk-taking is involved in… >>>

I had an interesting question posed to me, regarding last week's "Mental Housekeeping" message.  The gentleman asked, "How do you clean out all the hurts and go about this mental housekeeping?"  A fair question that deserves an answer.

Hurts are the most difficult things to get over, because of the emotional imprint we add to the experience, and then store that memory in our subconscious. Each time we remember the incident or situation, we also recall the pain and hurt, which just solidifies the memory. Some people spend their entire lives purposely remembering old hurts.

It takes a fair amount… >>>

Do family problems affect your working life? Do you take problems at work home with you at the end of the day? Today, let's look at how our work and family lives interact.  

For a long time, employers have been concerned about how troubles at home may affect their workers' on-the-job performance. But a major study done some time ago by the Families and Work Institute says that the truth may be closer to the other way around. Workers are far more likely to bring job-related problems into the house than they are to take family conflicts to the job.… >>>

There is an old saying in the media business. "If it bleeds, it leads." This means that, in the race for ratings, advertisers and social media "friends," the more outrageous, notorious, or the more controversial the story, the closer it is to the beginning of the broadcast. For newspapers, it is "above the fold" on the front page. For magazines, it's the front cover.

The question we must ask ourselves is, "Is what I am reading really the truth, or just some news outlet's grab for ratings and more coverage?" Let's talk a bit about this today.

My company is… >>>

If you're interested in living to a ripe old age, I have some information about aging and attitude that may surprise you. 

Several studies of people who are older, who have lived far beyond the norm in the United States, indicate that attitude seems to play an important role. I'm not saying that there is anything like a "longevity personality." Living to the ripe old age of 100 seems to happen to selfish, cantankerous people as often as it does to those who are quiet and kind. But there does seem to be a common thread, and it is a… >>>

How much unnecessary junk is accumulating in your attic? No, not the one in your house - I mean your mental attic. 

Since we are in the middle of what many of us call "spring cleaning" time, we have started to sort out and discard possessions we no longer use and give them to charity or sell them at a garage sale. But have you ever thought about how valuable it could be if you took the time to perform the same kind of mental housecleaning?  

Removing the superfluous, the unnecessary, the destructive, or the outlived from our mental attics… >>>

Everyone likes to feel good. But, sometimes, postponing those good feelings will get you more of what you want in the end.  

All of us know what it's like to be impatient for good things to happen. When we're kids, we say we "can't wait" for the holidays or some other special occasion we've been anticipating. But the ability to wait is an important part of becoming an adult. In fact, the ability to delay our need for immediate gratification, so that we can enjoy something even better down the road, is a critical part of almost every success story… >>>

If you encountered roadblocks on your way home tonight, would you put a "For Sale" sign on your car and give up? 

Why is it that if you encountered unexpected roadblocks on your way home tonight, it would never occur to you to simply give up trying to get there? It might take you longer, but you'd find some other way to make it home, wouldn't you? 

I believe this is because you have a crystal-clear picture of your goal in mind and you also have unshakable confidence in your ability to achieve it. Confidence alone without the picture won't… >>>