I want to share a very personal story with you that I hope will inspire you to never give up and to truly believe that opportunity will arise in the midst of difficulty.

Many of you may not know this, but I am adopted. My adoptive family is the most loving, caring, supportive, and amazing family. I am blessed and thankful everyday for them. However, I’ve always felt that there was something missing in my heart. I yearned to know the person who gave me life. Without her, I wouldn’t be here today. But, I had a closed adoption which means that I’m never supposed to be given my birth mother’s name. Without a name, it was extremely challenging to locate her.  Read more....

Do you know how to ask for what you want in life? Can you tell me what you want to have, do, and be in life? Many of us would have to ponder over our answer because we haven’t given the question the time and thought required for a response. Would it take you a moment to gather your thoughts? Even if you knew what you wanted to do, would you ask for help to get started? Do you know how to ask for help or the right person to ask that can give you what you want? Asking is one of the most powerful success principles of all.  Read more....

It’s true, no one likes hearing or being told no. Or so we’ve been taught. Going for no is a very new and innovative concept. Is no any different from yes? Is failure any different than success? Your actions and intention were focused on a particular result. You did not get the result you wanted. You think about what you did, you make an adjustment, and do it again to get the desired result. It took the same effort to fail or get a result as it did to get the desired result.  Read more....

If I walked up to 10 strangers and asked them “Are you happy with your current career?  Are you excited to get up and go to work everyday?  Are you passionate about what you do?”  8 out of 10 would say “No” to all these questions. 

Many people dream of an occupation that will provide them with more freedom to spend time with their families, to travel, to relax, etc.  However, 80% of all Americans are unhappy with their careers.  Why is that?  Why do so many people settle for a j.o.b. (just over broke) that they don’t even like?  1 of the biggest reasons is FEAR.   Read more....

Are you afraid of failure? In sales, in sports, in modeling, in everything we do, the word “no” comes with the territory. But who wants to hear the word “no”? Most people don’t.  Read more....

The first thing to understand is the basic failure/success model.  Like most people, this used to be my model: 

Failure <---------- ME ----------> Success  Read more....

We often doubt ourselves and in so doing, create a reality, a self prophecy that comes true.  We say, “I can’t do that,” or “I’m not worthy.”  This, inevitably, may be the result of continuous discouragement from parents, teachers, coaches and conditioned reactions to situations.  I recall being told “you can’t have everything you want”, “rich people don’t go to heaven”, “this is how life is.”  Tim Ferriss, best selling author of The 4 Hour Workweek said “Most people fail not because they lack the skills or aptitude to reach their goal but because they simply don’t believe they can reach it.”  Read more....