My experience, both professionally and personally, is that few people emerge from childhood unscathed from their upbringings. You get your psychological and emotional baggage from your parents (e.g., neglect, abuse), peers (e.g., rejection, bullying), traumatic experiences (e.g., loss of a parent or sibling), or popular culture (e.g., unhealthy values, expectations), to name a few. Sadly, [...]
I'm please to announce that Roman & Littlefield has just published my 18th book, Change Your Life's Direction: Break Free from Your Past Inertia and Chart a Better Future. Here's a brief summary: Many people think of inertia as an object at rest will stay at rest unless a force is exerted on it, like a [...]
Is there anything more decidedly American than the pursuit of happiness? It is woven into the very fabric of the American ethos as “inalienable rights” bestowed upon us in the Declaration of Independence (“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”). Is there anything that we devote more time, effort, and money to than attempting to [...]
I'm pleased to announce that I've recently signed a contract with Rowman & Littlefield (the publisher of my last three books) to write my second self-help book. The tentative title is: Change Your life-inertia: Break Free from Your Past and Take Control of the Four Forces that Propel Your Life Trajectory. As the title indicates, I [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, 10 Mindblocks that Prevent You from Living the Life You Want. My column explores the causes of an unhealthy life path, what I call “mindblocks,” a portmanteau that plays off of the psychological nature of these issues and the term “roadblocks.” This column examines common mindblocks including being loved [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, Finding Your Own Personal Greatness. This column explores what it takes to be the best you can be at something. Because true greatness is a statistical long shot, your goal should be to find your own personal greatness. I define that as fully realizing whatever ability you [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, Life Inertia: Like an Asteroid Hurtling Through Space. Much like Sir Isaac Newton's Law of Inertia ("A body at rest tends to remain at rest. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. Bodies will continue in their current state, whether at rest or in motion, unless [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, Is the Self-help Industry a Fraud?. This column explores-somewhat cynically-how the self-help industry seems to be populated by hucksters, scam artists, and grifters who promise people the Holy Grail (e.g., success, happiness, love, self-esteem) with quickly and easily for just a small sum of money. This industry taps [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, 5 Steps to Positive Life Change (and the Big Payoff!). This column is the last in a three-part series that explores how to effect positive changes in your life. In my previous two columns in the series, I introduced you to the 4 obstacles that may be blocking [...]
The Saturday Evening Post published my latest column, 4 Obstacles to Positive Life Change. This column is the first in a three-part series that explores how to effect positive changes in your life. It examines four barriers to personal transformation: baggage, habits, emotions, and environment. Before you can take steps to change your life for the [...]
