194,622: number of books about success on Amazon.com Clearly, success is a hot topic. Rather than spend thousands of hours - and dollars - on hit-or-miss advice from the gurus, I invite you to consider that the answer may be simpler than you think. Success is fed by pronoia. What is pronoia? It's the belief that the universe is conspiring in your favor. It's the opposite of paranoia; Pronoia is … [Read more...]
Favorite Quotes for the Introvert Heart & Mind
What is it about quotes? I've long loved them, collected them, made them my mantras and my touchstones. Perhaps because they succinctly and eloquently capture abstract feelings that many of us struggle to put into words. They provoke and challenge. They inspire reflection. Many times, they offer a slice of insight that can be shocking in its truth. My energy has been high, low, … [Read more...]
Why Affirmations Don’t Work
What you resist, persists. When we're first recognizing that we want to make a change in our lives, affirmations are among the first pieces we try to snap into place in our self-help puzzle. The typical image conjured up when we hear "affirmations" is a person calmly stating what she desires in the present tense and repeating it regularly. "I am happy." "I am healthy and have lots of … [Read more...]