When you're feeling lousy, what can you do to feel better about yourself? It turns out that we feel better about ourselves when we behave in ways that we find worthy of our own respect -- such as helping other people, surmounting a fear, and the like.

So many people are content just going through a routine, giving up on their dreams and never putting themselves out there.

If life is calling you, you must go toward it with utmost passion and involvement, not with hesitation and calculation. This is about living to your full potential.

Recent research has uncovered the reason that staying motivated can be so difficult, as well as a simple and effective strategy you can use to keep motivation high.

If you don't believe that your thoughts are creating the life you're living and that you're the principal author of your own destiny, writing your own story every day, you will remain a helpless audience member watching your life go by.

Living big means living a life in which your innate potential is liberated, and you're free to realize your greatest dreams. Instead of being trapped in a life full of excuses and frustration, you're actively creating a life that you love.

Start by appreciating your successes and the successes of others. By staying in touch with your accomplishments, you build true, authentic confidence to move on to make new things happen.

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Be careful giving advice that's based solely on your personal experience, and always be very specific about exactly what needs to be done differently -- the specific behaviors the person should or shouldn't engage in.

Telling the world (or telling anyone) about your goal too soon delivers an instant ego boost that can actually derail the process before it even gets started.

Your capacity for self-control is not unlike the muscles in your body. Just as well-developed biceps sometimes get tired and jelly-like after a strenuous workout, so, too, does your willpower "muscle."

The message is simple: Don't be afraid to reach out. Be fearless. Sometimes it does take a village to get where you want to go.