When you enter into change, you must believe it will produce the desired results, or why change? What got you to where you are today probably isn't going to take you to where you want to be without some degree of change. Don't be afraid to change just because you don't know how the change will affect things. Explore what might be. Ask yourself, what's the worst thing that can happen?

When I first met Keith Salmon I was struck by his gentleness and simplicity. As I got to know him more I became inspired by his inner strength and his continuing desire to create and work towards conquering new goals. Keith became blind through diabetes - however, he did not let that stop him following the career that he had chosen, learned and practiced as a youth - of becoming an artist. Through his path of self-development he has never let his deteriorating sight stop him from realizing his dream of creating art, and today he shares how he dealt with his condition with others and teaches them to overcome their difficulties and to keep working towards their dreams.

What many of us wouldn't do for more self motivation! So many activities seem so desirable to us objectively, yet so difficult to begin in the here-and-now. At the same time, so many other activities activities objectively seem like wastes of our time, or even actively harmful to us--yet are so tempting to begin in the here-and-now.

The "pursuit of happiness" is an exercise in chasing your tail. Midlife teaches you that happiness is what you experience in pursuit of your destiny.

"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages."

"If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well."

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."

"The cruelest lies are often told in silence."

In all efforts toward success, motivation plays a crucial part. However, this is a very vague concept that it easily gets lost in the equation. So, what is motivation?

While it may be true that we can't always control what happens to us, we can always control how we react to what happens to us in life. Long before I started speaking, writing and coaching on personal development topics I was a student. In fact I'm still very much a student first.