How to overcome the challenge of bad influence
“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.” This is an old saying, which can help us immensely if we become inspired and motivated by its meaning. I know many people are constantly influenced negatively by others, simply because they relate to pessimistic, ignorant, and jealous opportunists. What is […]
What to give importance to
“Things are not important because they exist. Things are important because we ‘think’ about them.” (author unknown) What do you think about in your everyday life? How big are the problems or the solutions to the problems? What do you concentrate your thoughts on? Those who offended you and/or gossip about you or the people […]
What is your story?
Some people are told it is the end and despite the circumstances, they move things around and turn them into “the start” of something extraordinary – creating stories of not only survival but also of courage and contribution. And you, what would you do if someone told you that was the end for you? The […]
The influence of emotions on sustainability
In our days we discuss the very concept of sustainability. Recycle, reuse, reproduce and saving measures, propose to preserve the planet’s resources and install a new order in the relationship of humans with their environment. But something important is missing. Something that is the spring that pushes us to act in a positive or negative […]
I appreciate you!
There is something powerful and psychologically deep in our nature that makes us happy when we are appreciated. You never know when a word of affection or appreciation can change a life forever. I once wrote an article about the positive outcome of a compliment, suggesting that my readers praised more people. But today I […]
For Self’s Sake! What Ever It Takes! Be Happy!
Who’s responsibility is it to give you happiness anyway? Your husband’s, your wife’s? Your mother? Your father? Or Your boyfriend or girlfriend? Your son or daughter? Who is responsible for your happiness? Are you absolutely sure you have to depend on others in order to feel happy? Millions of people blame another person for their […]
Three easy tips to avoid stress
We are all born with the right to be happy, but many give this birthright away to the government, to money, to the boyfriend, to the lover, to the priest or to the boss and even to the thief. Every day we encounter acts and facts reported by the media that are mired in atrocities […]
Three tips to impress in 2012
Without a doubt, because of the end of the Mayan’s calendar, 2012 is a year awaited with great curiosity for millions of people worldwide. A series of strange events and horrific collisions of meteors and planets with the Earth, are just some of the expert predictions about the end of the world, and issues rose […]
Why 80% of people never achieve success in their New Year’s resolutions!
Nine out of ten people who make New Year’s resolutions eventually give up halfway through and a third will break them by the end of January. In the daily distractions and constant demands in which we live, we often neglect what we know. If we content ourselves with resolutions rather than results when it comes […]
Lygya Maya: speaker and M.C. at Write the World in Atlanta, Georgia
Learn how to increase your chances of being published in the U.S. and abroad, whether you are a beginning writer or an experienced author. THREE days with the right people at the right place, learning the right things, networking with the right industry pro’s, AND promoting your book! Write in Atlanta was created with the […]