Reasons to be positive. The economic downturn could be the catalyst for positive change. It should be translated into the wake-up call we need for a major change in aspirations and lifestyles to save humanity from the ecological and economic disaster that would otherwise result from continuing on the high carbon and resource depleting path we have been pursuing

Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on Eisenhower's famous leadership statement

The top two ways to destroy success are greed and impatience

We can't always control what happens but we can control our response

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars.

The economic downturn is our wake-up call to slow down, consume less, help each other, & live more!

Success in your life is not a single achievement. It's all that you do with others and for others