The process of learning to love life is one which involves the detoxification of elements which hinder your personal growth. Many people believe they are happy and fully content with it all, but when you peel back some the layers of the surface, they hare hoarding feelings deeply seeded in past regret.

How do we move past regret? The truth is regret originates from the growth process itself. With time and experience, we gain the knowledge and wisdom, which creates feelings of anxiety over past decisions today. I call that the “what if” syndrome. We often say “what if I had done that, what if I stayed in that relationship, what if I had stayed at that job or what if I could find that person”. The truth is those ‘what ifs’ are taking up precious time in your life.

Learning to let go of the past is difficult, I understand, but it is essential. You must trust your past decisions as they were at that time regardless of how you have reevaluated the situation in the present. The decisions we made in the past help us to grow and understand our mistakes. When you made a decision over a decade ago, you cannot rebirth the outcome. Learn to accept the outcome as a lesson that has enhanced your life in a positive way regardless of how you view its effect.

In the present, stay away from the elements that serve as the source of your regret from the past. For example, if you let your brother borrow $500 from you ten years ago and he never paid you back, if he asks you today to borrow $500 today, would you let him borrow the money? The past experience has shaped the way you think today. Today, you make conscious decisions that will not create the same result as those in the past. Why? Because your past has shaped your thought process for you avoid the same outcome. You can face situations with confidence and create effective plans based upon experience.

But in the future, the reality is you must prepare for change and further growth. Take a moment to evaluate the outcome of today’s decisions and its potential effect on your future. In the scenario provided, if you lend your brother another $500, do you think he will pay you back? Do you think that it will cause conflict in the future if he did not pay back the debt? Do you think that he will wait another ten years to borrow more money? The choice is yours.

Your past is the past and there is nothing that can change past circumstances, however, learning how to overcome past regret is the key to developing a healthy mindset which will allow you to experience growth in every aspect of your life. And remember, now is the time to leap out on faith and dare to live out your dreams…..

Continued Prosperity!

I am a serial entrepreneur who is committed to working with others to dream big and give up the idea of a ‘can’t do’ mentality. By the age of 26, I was operating my first business out of my living room. I learned the art of networking, marketing and life skills by surrounding myself with people who represented success and the principles that I was seeking. I eliminated all of the negative forces that gave up on my vision and created an inner circle of winners. Today, I carry these same principles throughout every aspect of my life and I am committed to coaching others who are ‘pregnant’ with a dream on how to transition in to the birthing process. I live by the principle that it is time to leap out on faith and dream big!

The Clarisonic Skin Care Brush promises to revolutionize the way you care for your skin. Made by the creators of the Sonicare toothbrush, a product that used vibration to cleanse the teeth, the Clarisonic Brush operates on a similar level. Featuring three speeds and a spot therapy mode, the Brush guarantees the right amount of firm competence for skin textures of any sensitivity.

But does it deliver?

The Clarisonic features a soft brush and a powerful motor that is capable of moving said brush 300 times per second. This gives the user the right amount of power to cleanse pores, breaking up oil and dirt that collects at the surface of the skin. Since the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush is rechargeable, users never have to fear a shutdown so long as the brush is returned to its docking cradle at the end of each use.

These convenient measures go a long way in making the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush a welcome breath of fresh air to the skin care industry. Clean smaller areas that need attention with the spot therapy portion of the device. This technique is very good for hard-to-reach places and can make all the difference in the world for those looking for revolutionary skin care techniques and products.

All of this culminates in fewer patches of dry skin, and leave the user feeling cleansed and refreshed with consistency that is, quite frankly, impossible using the primitive method of soap and washcloth.

The full kit also comes with small samples of special cleansing gels that will open users eyes to the difference between traditional skin care techniques and the Clarisonic way.

Past products have failed because of a variety of reasons: they didn’t use reliable motor technology; they couldn’t offer the kind of power presented here; they didn’t make it possible for users to isolate certain areas. With this skin care brush, Clarisonic has certainly done its homework as if embracing the strengths of past products and working hard to overcome the weaknesses.

The combination of power and softness are essential to this success. Despite its super-fast capabilities, the softness of the brush in main and spot therapy modes ensures that no amount of speed is ever too much, though users of particularly sensitive tastes may wish to adjust the three settings for comfort and security.

The Clarisonic Brush presents a new day for those interested in premium skin care. With such a vast difference between this and competing products, it is interesting to know where the company will next take this product line. Until then, enjoy the comfort, the power, and the consistency that this product provides. Your skin will never be the same, and, yes, that’s a good thing!

One common error when people write is to simply present an exercise and a title (and sometimes without). The author who does this makes two mistakes: First, in overestimating how easy it will be to entice readers into doing the exercise. Second, in assuming the reader will deduce what the exercise is for. Readers are notoriously reluctant to try exercises.

They lack confidence in their own abilities, are certain that even if they do try an exercise, they will find it difficult and taxing. They are also reluctant to invest their time in any activity unless they know beforehand that there is something in it for them. In order to motivate readers to try the exercises you offer, you need to preface all exercises with a paragraph or several that put the carrot on the stick and make clear what is in it for them. Always address these four key issues before you present any exercise:

1. The problem or lack of ability it remedies.
2. The promise. How it will benefit the reader: How it solves the problem or what new skill it teaches.
3. How and why the exercise works. The premise or idea behind it. What makes it effective.
4. That it is easy to learn.

In a book on marketing, for example, you might have an exercise called: Coining “Sell Phrases” that would be introduced something like this: “Most people think they can not coin the same kind of dynamic, sizzling ‘sell phrases’ that advertising and marketing geniuses do. But they are wrong.

You can learn to produce the exact same kind of ‘sell phrases’ on demand, every time you need them. You already have the ability. If you are able to talk to other people so that they understand you, all you need to learn is a simple, six-step process for coining ‘sell phrases’ that draws on your own ability to use words.”

Christmas debt is a funny thing – and it’s a troubling thing as well. It doesn’t show itself before Christmas. It’s always afterward that we see its familiar face. All the while we’re busy getting in over our head with holiday purchases, we’re really setting ourselves up for a future that isn’t so “merry and bright.”

I know of a few who save and plan for Christmas shopping, while so many more get themselves into a pile of debt because…well, because…. I’m sorry, I just can’t bring myself to invent an excuse or rationalization for financial irresponsibility, no matter what time of year it is. Handling our personal finances in a responsible manner requires that we do so all year long.

Being a good steward of our financial resources doesn’t allow for financial foolishness at anytime during the year, regardless of what others are doing and what our consumer-oriented culture has rammed down our throats for so many years. Sometimes the emperor has no clothes and there is no sense pretending otherwise.

It’s time to stop thinking that giving more presents shows more love – it doesn’t. If you want to give a great present at Christmas, simply try having a better presence in the lives of others all year long. It’s something that money can’t buy – yours or theirs – and all of the recipients will rightfully be indebted to you.

With this idea in mind, it doesn’t make must sense to me to give Christmas debt another thought. It isn’t worthwhile, it never has been, and it never will be.