One of the biggest challenges of being human is sticking with the plans we've made. When I look back at my failures, both big and small, it boils down to not having done what I knew to do. Doesn't it seem as if we're guided by two voices, always at...

People who have goals achieve more results in their lives. The issue is that the majority of people don't have clearly-defined annual goals -- goals that are written down, goals that are a clear statement of your top priorities for the coming year. The things that matter most to you....

Even though performance reviews are intended to improve our performance, few of us welcome them. Why? Because we're afraid we'll get bad news, hear about what we're doing wrong and be given advice we don't want -- or feel we need. And most don't happen in the office but come...

Only if you'd been asleep for the past 25 years would you have missed the fact that the way you think creates or limits your results. In fact, it's been over 90 years since Napoleon Hill inspired our ancestors with the news that "the most powerful instrument we...

Although your intentions for 2012 are strong, you may realize that your past New Year's resolutions haven't delivered the results you want and need. Obviously it's not a lack of desire because I believe you truly want to make change, but life gets in the way, doesn't it? Nevertheless, I...

On Jan. 1, 1863 Mark Twain wrote: "Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."

Here you are, 149 years later -- does the same thing happen to...

These days every week brings new tragedies, as did this week with the victims in Penn State, storms in Alaska, kidnap of the Washington National's catcher, financial chaos in Italy, volatile stock market -- and oh so much more. No wonder our energy can get so zapped that we're too...

Making the same mistakes over and over again is costing us more than we can afford. Just look at the governments of Europe and the U.S. -- what has been the cost of their failure to learn from the past? But let's zero in on our...

Americans struggle with happiness, while others seem to find it naturally with so much less. How about you? Are you caught in the trap of being way too busy while longing for more happiness and fun? Ever catch yourself saying: "I'm going to slow down as soon as ________...

We've just returned from two weeks in Italy, and I'm filled with appreciation for its beauty and its people. We discovered its magic when we lived in England, and it was just a two-day drive or a quick flight away. I had been away for five years, but I immediately...

My heart is spilling over with joy. I've just returned from our 11th Anderson Family Reunion in Los Gatos, California. My Pop started them in 1972 as the core of what he called Familizing. Great word, isn't it?

Perhaps to you this article will be a reminder of the reunions...

I believe we already know everything we need to know in order to succeed in every area of our lives. That's not the problem. The problem comes with the challenge of following our own good advice, our inherent wisdom.

Painfully, we usually fall down most often in the part of...

Now what are you expecting when you read a title like "Friday Night Miracles"? H-m-m. An unexpected check in the mail? Your team winning a game that counts big time? Favorite friends in town on the same night? A night of fabulous love-making?

You're on the right track because it's...

For nearly 40 years my passion has been to provide people with a simple path to personal transformation. These principles are the steps that could lead to your transformation.

1. Appreciate your success.

This first principle is a challenge. We are quick to criticize and slow to praise --...

Stop picking on yourself! We do this over and over, determined to be different, better, more enlightened, wiser, or whatever we're criticizing ourselves for at the moment. It's the old uphill battle. When are you ever going to be good enough? It's time to say goodbye to your lack of...

In my first article I painted a picture of how tough life seems these days, particularly for those struck down by global tragedies that would have been beyond imagination mere months ago. But no matter how compassionate we are, what takes our breath away even faster are stress...

2011 is a tough year, with palpable stress and fear in the air; recovery expectations dashed; bad news, night after night; and human suffering reaching new depths in Japan and the Middle East. All of this is occurring in an environment of chaos and ever-increasing distractions. New challenges, problems and...