Our thoughts affect our lives more than we think. And we have plenty of them: between 50-60,000 thoughts a day translates to up to that many chances to improve or damage ourselves. Sharon Melnick gives wise advice: “Use your thoughts to take you closer to your goal.” If we take the necessary steps to ensure [...]

To go somewhere in life, you need to be your own captain. Motivational speaker and clinical psychologist Sharon Melnick says that you can be your own captain starting with your thoughts. The first and most important step is envisioning yourself to have the certain characteristics that you would like to have. Key Points from this [...]

You are the captain of your own ship, says Sharon Melnick. Your conscious thoughts, whether you are aware of it or not, are sending orders to your subconscious mind on how to conduct yourself. Therefore, the only logical way live your life is to control your thoughts in such a way that they will work [...]

Your mental iPod could be playing music that is not conducive to your success. Are you listening to The Blues (resigned thinking) or to Head-Banging Music (condemning thoughts)? Your inner self-talk needs to change if you're going to see a change in yourself. The tone of voice needs to be loving and the phrase needs [...]

You can exist without truly living. But if you only live to exist, is this a life worth living? Many people are tortured deep inside, because they have lost the fire that puts a smile on their faces and joy in their hearts. They are stuck in jobs or relationships that do not make them [...]

Each person is created as a unique individual. There is a reason behind this: diversity makes life interesting and it encourages people to be creative and open to new possibilities. When everything is routine and everyone does the same thing, life simply gets boring. The Law of Allowing states that we are to accept and [...]