Success demands hard work, planning and patience. Nothing great can be achieved without proper planning. However effective planning consists of setting goals. With properly defined goals you can have a better sense of direction.

Though many of you may disagree with me, I believe everyone is honestly trying to do their best at what they do whether being a parent, partner, leader, athlete or scholar.

A career change at 40 plus can be a daunting thought but if you have found yourself in a rut with your present position why not see this as an opportunity to follows your dreams.

One of the key characteristics to employee motivation and self-motivation is finding out and knowing what our strengths and weaknesses are. In this article I will highlight some of the ways we can work together, as employers and employees, to uncover the hidden motivation inside all of us.

We have been told that if we keep positive, think positive then we can create the life of our dreams, with the power of thought. How easy is that? Have you seen how quickly thoughts whiz through our minds.

One of the really important things to understand about clutter is that wherever and however you encounter it in your life and your environment, it is a manifestation of procrastination. If you think about it.

"I believe you can train yourself to become a positive thinker, but you must cultivate a desire to develop the skill of setting personal worthy and realistic goals. I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don't set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential.

I have often wondered why, when making up a list of essential office supplies, that the coffee maker or a supply of coffee is not top of the list. First one in the office in the morning should, as a matter of course, set things up for the day.

Copyright (c) 2010 Joy Obihara Love is very much a part of life, because loving yourself (whole heartedly and unconditionally), allows you to appreciate who you are and be very proud of yourself at all times on a deeper level.

Most of you have varying levels of comfort with your more powerful negative feelings such as anger. In many families children are discouraged or even punished for expressing anger so it is not surprising that as adults you have the habit of driving your angry feelings underground.