Inspiration

Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...

The Best Thing You Can Have Is Bad Intelligence

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business


Simon Sinek

The greatest threat any organization can face is not its competition but its own success. With great success comes complacency -- the false belief that you are the best and that you don't have to worry.

What Do Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Dr. Dean Ornish And Actor Ed Begley Jr. Have In Common?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

What is it that stops us from being the best we can be, from giving unreservedly, from caring for others more than ourselves?

Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

Dov Seidman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Dov Seidman

More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

There Is a Difference Between Direction and Directions

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Simon Sinek

Direction is the far-away destination to which you are heading and directions are the route you will take to get to get there.

Four Lessons for Democrats in Tuesday's Elections

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Notwithstanding Republican victories in the N.J. and Virginia governor's races, let's not forget that a lower percentage of Americans now self-identify as Republicans than at any other time in a quarter-century.

BE THE CHANGE: 7 Women Who Are Transforming The World From The Inside Out

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

Change has to start within ourselves; we cannot expect the world to change if we do not.

Do You Have To Accept Being A Victim?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Russell Bishop

Anyone who has ever worked with victims of various tragedies will know that there is a great deal of difference between what happened and how the person responds to what happened.

How to Find Your Calling

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Carolyn Rubenstein

The solution often becomes apparent when we allow ourselves to ask a simple question, "Where do I go from here?" Just imagine where your mind may lead you!

What's The Big Idea?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living


Deborah Jiang Stein

The more we keep our minds prepared and open to creativity, the more those flash eureka moments come about.

Not Happy? Who's Dragging You Down?

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living


Russell Bishop

I've found that buying into individual tales of difficulty and challenges only serves to add to the burden of overcoming life's obstacles and improving one's experience of well being.

Deepak Chopra Says Meditation Improves Health

ABC News | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra, the thoroughly modern guru, walks through Manhattan tweeting, delivering inspirational messages in 140 characters or less. "The purpose...

Remember Who You Are: An Interview With Rev. Cynthia James

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Gail Lynne Goodwin

How different would your life be if you knew how magnificent you truly are and understood how to harness the infinite possibility of life itself? Too often we get caught up in the drama of everyday life and forget our unlimited potential.

Goodness Precedes Greatness: A Call For New Heroes In Troubled Times

Jon Foreman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact


Jon Foreman

I would like to suggest that the best parts of our human nature can be seen in sacrifice or surrender. A mother sacrificing her time for her child, a teacher devoting her afternoons to help students off-the-clock. These are truly our most incredible moments as a species: moments of unmerited kindness.

Battling Breast Cancer: Turning Lemons Into Lemonade (An Interview)

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Dr. M.J. Wegmann

Before her bout with breast cancer, Christine Clifford Beckwith had definitely cracked the "glass ceiling".

If You Want To Be An Entrepreneur, You Have To Be Willing To Take The Bagel

Simon Sinek | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business


Simon Sinek

Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, and then try to figure out a process for how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see only the standard process.

The Fountain of Youth- Attitude: An Interview With Werner Berger

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Gail Lynne Goodwin

The more people I meet, I'm convinced there is no age that's young or old, but rather, people that choose to be young or old. Age is nothing more than an attitude that we get to choose.

Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

Dov Seidman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business


Dov Seidman

We need to reframe and reclaim sustainability to take the term beyond "green" and make it relevant to the work businesspeople do every day.

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Paul David Walker | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green


Paul David Walker

As I watched this masterpiece by Ken Burns on PBS my heart was touched at a deep level. As John Muir was quoted, "Without wilderness we risk losing our souls."

Confused About Your Purpose in Life? It's Simple.

Fawn Germer | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Fawn Germer

It doesn't matter what you do for your job or where you are living or where you think you rank in society. What matters is what you do today to live and enjoy your life.

The Discovery of Neptune

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home


Michael Kaplan

Semi-irregularity, by combining the familiar and the changeable, gives the mind its best tools for effective thought: patterns and exceptions.

Boost Your Self-Esteem: An Interview With Joe Rubino

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


Gail Lynne Goodwin

It's much more important to spend time developing our own self-image than it is to worry about what others think of us, for nothing controls our own personal success or failure in life more than our level of self-esteem.

Resiliency Tips From The 100+ Crowd

Kari Henley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

This week I decided to explore the "centenarians" - people living to be over 100 years old, for clues to resiliency and joie de vive.

Celebrity Twitter Wisdom

beliefnet.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Sure, a lot of celebrities on Twitter -- the popular social networking service that allows readers to post short messages (tweets) of 140 characters o...

Let Go and Laugh!

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

Research is very strong showing that laughter is the best medicine. Yes, life is difficult, especially right now, but laughter and even smiling is so good for you.