Self Improvement Articles (Sorted by date)

In the End, Forgiveness Heals All

If I have done something wrong, where I can, I make restitution? How can I make up for what I have done? What can I do for the person I have harmed that will make them whole again?Once, as a small boy, my friend and I were down at the little local...
Mark Victor HansenOctober 31, 2007

Find Luck by Associating with Lucky People

Would you say that in order to be successful, to do what you want to do, you have to associate with unlucky people? No. Just the opposite. Do you want to work with people who are unprepared to take advantage of opportunities?Do you want to hang out...
Roice KruegerOctober 31, 2007

Prepare for Luck – Write Down Your Goals

If you are prepared, when the opportunity presents itself, you get lucky. Consider this…Oprah Winfrey was making The Color Purple and she was sitting at lunch with Steven Spielberg, arguably the world’s greatest director.
Roice KruegerOctober 31, 2007

Learn from Your Mistakes

Take mistakes as a learning experience. Yes, learn. If you can forget and let it go, fine; but learn from it in your forgetting process. The learning will prevent you from doing it again, and you will say to yourself, “I have learned my lesson.
Mark V. HansenOctober 31, 2007

The Law of Natural Consequences

Whatever you are holding on to right now, let go!Let the natural consequences take care of themselves. Move on. Let the past be the past. Leave punishment to Infinite Intelligence or your Creator. It is not your job to punish.
Mark Victor HansenOctober 30, 2007

To Be Lucky, Be Prepared

I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.I was on the wrestling team. Now, if there’s one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least luck.
Roice KruegerOctober 30, 2007

Believe That God Has a Plan for You

It is very difficult to forgive someone else if you haven’t forgiven yourself. I don’t know about you, but I believe there is a Force greater than myself in this universe that has a plan for me. I truly feel I am a part of that plan.
Mark V. HansenOctober 30, 2007

Forgive Yourself – Live Your Life

It is very difficult to forgive someone else if you haven’t forgiven yourself. Do you know the feeling I am referring to, that guilty feeling? It can come from little things we do in our life.
Mark Victor HansenOctober 29, 2007

Lessons in Dropping the Ball – Part 2

In Part 1 of this article, we discussed the courage, point of view, and an understanding it takes to successfully drop the ball and get more done. Here are the last two important lessons you need.
Mark Victor HansenOctober 27, 2007

Lessons in Dropping the Ball – Part 1

Lesson 1: Courage Dropping the ball requires courage. It requires the courage to say “no.”Human beings instinctively want to say “yes.” We want to help other people.
Mark Victor HansenOctober 27, 2007