Joyce Shafer, LEC and Author's Blog (26)

Did you get the answer to this question immediately? Horace said, “Life is largely a matter of expectations.” Expectations have a lot to do with the one thing you can control.



There is one thing in life you have absolute control over: Your attitude.



An excellent quote to remember is, “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional” (Bruce Schneider, Founder/Director of iPEC). A fact of life is that pain visits all of us at one time or another. What we choose to do with it… Continue

There’s a simple way to re-focus your time and energy to get a better start and results in a new year—or any time of year—in any area of your life. Just ask yourself the two questions offered here.



Two emails I received reminded me about the principle described below. I’d already had in mind to do a similar process, but felt nudged to really “go there” using this formula.



Maybe you’ve heard of the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule. It maintains that around 20 percent of… Continue

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In This Issue:

• This Week’s Article: Fine Tune Your Life for the New Year or Any Time of Year

• Guest Articles:

o Reclaim Your Right to be Self-Ruling by Guy Finley

o Want to Get Organized? Take a Page Out of Harry Potter by Lisa Montanaro

• Resources

o 8 Great Giveaway e-book gifts for you

o Reinvent Yourself in 2010 with… Continue

We can teach others how to treat us, but others also reflect to us how we treat ourselves (self-value), which is often a more subtle dynamic. Do you see how this creates a loop?



Let’s bypass childhood and more extreme scenarios, as both of those are different conversations. Let’s consider you’re an adult living a non-extreme life. We want to look at the “in general” aspect for our purposes.



If you’ve ever thought about what “We teach people how to treat us” means, you may… Continue

This is THE time to get clear about what you want so you know what to aim at. Here’s a simple technique that helps you do this AND expand your magnetic energy.



Whatever you desire does not have to be important to others, only to you.



You know what you want in the areas of work, finance, family, personal development, spiritual development, social and intimate relationships, fun, and health. Or, maybe you sort of know what you want.



One way to amp up your energy… Continue

Infinite abundance is our modern-day sought-after Holy Grail. But, if you seek it, it’s because you don’t know where to look.



Let’s cut to the chase with a parallel. If you want to listen to, say, soft rock on the radio, you turn on the radio, tune to a station that plays soft rock, and—voila!—you’ve made the desired connection. However, I ask that you shift focus from the outcome to the process.



Did you create a detailed plan and strategies to follow step-by-step to tune… Continue