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How Strong is Your Wille zum Leben?

“Wille zum Leben” is German for “will to live” and in modern psychology, the “will to live” generally refers both to humans’ basic survival instinct…

Daily Questions: Road Signs to Your Best Self, Your Best Life

Daily questions are an awesome way to focus your energy, to remain on path, to stay true to yourself. Zig Ziglar used to love to…

4 Things to Release to Create Your Best Life

#1 Release Obsession with Possessions: Once beyond that basic level of Maslow’s hierarchy (a roof over our heads that doesn’t leak, reasonably healthy food in…

6 Traits That Virtually Guarantee Failure

1) Renting out space in your head to your opposition: Heck, some of us don’t even charge rent. You’ve GOT to believe in yourself, you…

Act Above Yourself

A major challenge in life is to do as well as we know. We all aspire to better ourselves; the test is how to do…

Have You Talked to Your Future Self Lately?

We tend to put a lot of emphasis on our present self and label ourselves as this or that and in doing so we restrict…

Self-belief: The Foundation

You gotta believe in you. So much starts there. The world will take you at your word, the world will accept your unconscious self-appraisal as…

Questions from a Mentee, Part 2

Do you believe in luck? If so, how would you explain it? Luck is simply the intersection of preparation and opportunity combined with the courage…

Questions from a Mentee, Part One

Good morning Mr. Collier, I’ve been pondering the below questions, would love your insight. How do you keep good team members? How do you keep…

You Never Arrive

The journey never ends. Personal growth, developing and cultivating your best self, the search for insight and wisdom, is a never-ending process. And mental muscles…

Just One More! The Power of Persistence and Patient Perseverance

Want success? Want to stand out? Be different/better? Simple! Just do a little bit more than others, just a little bit longer, just try a…

What Are Your Self Stories?

Self-stories are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. We humans desperately want things to make sense, so we make up stories to explain the…

Seek Out Stalwart Companions

Life has challenges, stumbling blocks to overcome, roadblocks to navigate. Your ability to nimbly and effectively respond is powerfully impacted by the friends you travel…

I Have a Kingdom I Must Rule

It all starts with you. You have been given an incredible opportunity; you have been gifted with a life, a mind, and a body, truly…

Sculpting the Self

I’ve come to believe that one of the most fundamental determinants of a person’s success in life is their Sense of Self, their self-concept. Since…

How is Your Sense of Self?

Your self-concept, your self-confidence, your degree of self-worth, your self-esteem are all closely related. Collectively, they are your “Sense of Self”, and they powerfully impact…

What is Your SQ: Spiritual Intelligence?

While I first heard the term “spiritual intelligence” very recently, it was first introduced in 1997 by Danah Zohar in ReWiring the Corporate Brain. Intuitively, I…

Where Are You Stuck?

“Where am I stuck?” is a terrific question to ask yourself every now and then. No need to wait for a major sticking point or…

Trusting Loudly

Trusting loudly simply means letting others know that you are depending on them and is a way of expressing appreciation and gratitude. Being open with…

Bow Down Not to Others’ Gods

Where did your value system come from? Have you ever hauled it out into the light and given a thorough examination? Including the reflexive responses,…

Beyond Desire: The Vital Next Step Few Take

It is not enough to desire something; the wise, the successful go one step further. They ask themselves “Why?”. Why do I want this thing,…

Something to Do in 2023 To Live a Better Life

Live Life on Purpose To be happy, life must have meaning, a direction, a focus… but the meaning of life is not a question we…

Showing Up Clean

At its simplest level, “Showing Up Clean” means having an open mind. Easy words to say but the ability to calmly hear opinions you disagree…

In Praise of Philoponia

Philoponia is a concept associated with the Stoics and its literal translation from the Latin is “a love of work”. But in the Stoic philosophy…

What is Better than Perfect?

Excellence! Excellencism is a healthy alternative to perfectionism. Excellence is achievable, perfection is not. Perfectionism is control, excellence is flow. Perfectionism is often born of…

The Art of Thinking from the End

It is necessary to have an end in mind for without it we drift rudderless on the sea of life. The meaning of life, our…

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