At heart, everyones an artist. In practice, of course, this is not so. You
may be surprised to learn that, despite your artistic endeavors, you are not an artist, not a practicing artist at any rate.

Making a fabulous impression on people opens doors for your business, personal, and career endeavors. People like charming people who make them feel comfortable. So, making a fantastic impression helps you get where you want to go.

Character is that which defines us; its what people will remember about us long after were gone. The TV News, Radio Talk Shows, News-Magazines and the daily Paper are replete with stories about characters. [My favorite short story/play of all time was written by the great Italian Poet Luigi Pirandello Sei Caratteri in Cerca di un Autore or Six Characters in Search of an Author.] These characters come in all sizes, hail from different parts of the country and can be found in many institutions.

At its core, your sense of self-esteem or self-worth has a huge impact on how you live your life.

It frames how you feel about yourself, how you relate to others, how much you achieve in your work - and how you feel about pretty much everything.

In a recent article the well-known speaker Zig Ziglar said, "Many years ago as a young, aspiring speaker, I heard an older speaker who was quite philosophical say that you are where you are because that's exactly where you want to be."

Not everyone is programmed to be a successful
businessperson, many people make it but many more fail
along the way.

A large part of your future success will depend on your
P.A.D.

Thats your Passion, your Attitude and your Desire, these
three things will be more important than anything else in
achieving your success.

You must approach what you do with Passion, a positive
Attitude and the Desire to reach your end goal at all cost,
take away any one of these three elements and your chances
of succeeding are lessened dramatically.

What I am about to tell you will take a very open mind to comprehend. So please, open your mind.

No matter how our beliefs, philosophies or laws may differ, we are all bound together by our thoughts, feelings and actions. They are the basic principles of life. They apply no matter what our personal beliefs may be. They are our guidelines to order and structure and when we understand and apply them correctly they raise our vibrations and bring us our true form.

The joy of living is in loving. No doubt, only lovers enjoy life!

Live every moment of your life as a love-live affair and create a win-win situation for yourself. The love-live relationship leads to a world of great joy, excitement, success and happiness. Love your life and let it flourish in a loving environment. Think who else need your love more than YOU.

Somebody once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Optimal mental health, then, may include adapting your approach if you don't get the result you want. (NOTE: Seek help if you need it - this is just a general discussion of how to stay mentally healthy.)

There is a problem solving technique that involves finding all the ways to cause a problem in order to solve it. Here then is a list of ways to become insane, so we can see what we can learn about mental health.

To Become Insane...

I remember a football game from last season when the Philadelphia Eagles were hosting the Carolina Panthers. One of the announcers said something like this: "If this game is about passion, it's about Deuce Staley! If its about passion, he will be the last guy standing. No one puts more heart and soul into this game."

What will people say about your work, your life and how you play your game? How will they hear your voice?

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.

Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled

potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,

but with what is still possible for you to do.

-Pope John XXIII

One of my newsletter subscribers wrote to share how profoundly she was affected by thinking about three questions I asked in my last article, The Power of Acknowledgement.

Perhaps these questions deserve further reflection: