Prescription Wealth

We have all read about people who are successful briefly. They win a gold medal, make a fortune, or star in one great movie and then disappear. These examples do not inspire me!

My focus and fascination is with people who seem to do well in many areas of life, and do it over and over through a lifetime. In entertainment, I think of Tom Cruise and Bill Cosby. In business, I think of Ben and Jerry (the ice cream moguls) As a Naval Officer, husband, businessman, politician and now as a mediator and philanthropist on the world stage, Jimmy Carter has had a remarkable life. We all know examples of people who go from one success to another. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the greatest life lessons I learned was in college. I picked up my Sophomore year from my friend Mark. He’s a guy who projects confidence in any situation, in the face of any intimidating situation. Awkward introduction? Not for Mark. Anxiety-ridden job interview? Mark wouldn’t even sweat.

This isn’t to say Mark’s abundance of confidence was always a blessing—he rarely relinquished a position in argument and often entered into arguing matches. But to a younger and more timid me, Mark’s seemingly limitless reserve of self-confidence was a quality I deeply envied.

When we would hang out with our friends, their mannerisms, postures, and other behavior tend to rub off on us—psychologists call this  “the chameleon effect”. Just by hanging out with Mark, I began to pick up behaviors such as making eye contact, maintaining taller posture, using hand gestures, and speaking assertively. I still didn’t possess the internal confidence I coveted, but I began acting as if I did. I slowly recognized that my change in behavior affected Read the rest of this entry »

1.) Ask yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen?” Too often, we place excess importance on potential problems. We all have a certain amount of energy so let’s apply it to creating extraordinary relationships, advancing our careers and meeting our goals INSTEAD of wasting that energy worrying. Take action on what you have control over and minimize risks for what you don’t. Then invest your energy wisely.

2.) In doing something for the first time, imagine that you have already done it in the past. Close your eyes, then vividly imagine you succeeding wildly at what you are really going to do for the first time. The mind does NOT know the difference between something VIVIDLY imagined and something real. Make it vivid Read the rest of this entry »