A practical guide to overcome negativity and better manage your feelings. Have you ever thought… …about your thoughts? Do you have a bias toward the negative? Understanding how negative feelings and emotions work is the first step. Then we must learn how to reprogram those emotions and turn them around. A happier life is possible […]

Every day, millions of people quietly quit, not their jobs, but their dreams. They stop halfway through their goals, surrender to comfort, and let fear, shame, guilt or fatigue dictate their direction. The result? A slow drift into mediocrity that kills potential long before failure ever can. Former Navy SEAL and executive coach, Phillip Koontz, […]

Printer, author, scientist, inventor, statesman, revolutionary—arguably no American life has been more remarkable than Benjamin Franklin’s. Penned between 1771 and 1790 and published after his death, the unfinished Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of the most acclaimed and widely read personal histories ever written. From his youth as a printer’s assistant working for his […]

What is a story about? What are the events its characters experience during the course of the story? Do those events flow in a logical, easy-to-follow sequence? These are the kinds of questions Theme, Plot, and Structure examines in detail, especially when there are problems. In this book, long-time critique group leader Ross Lampert (a.k.a. […]

How to use self control and mental toughness to achieve your goals. Have you spent weeks, months, or even years trying to achieve your goals but keep failing? Have you given up on becoming successful because your futile efforts have led you to believe that success is only for the select few? If you have […]