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How to Overcome Fear

Have you ever wondered how to overcome fear? It’s really the only thing that’s holding us back from incredible success in every area of life. Here’s how to overcome your biggest fears.

Is Fear Your Ally or Foe?

Fear can be a powerful ally or a terrible foe. How do you interact with fear? Are you the master or slave? When we’re dealing with fear, we are always either controlling fear and its effects or being controlled by the anxiety and ramifications of the fear itself. If you’re like most...

Happiness: How to Be Up During Down Times

While most of us realize that life is filled with ups and downs, we don’t usually remind ourselves of this reality on a regular basis. There will always be moments when we feel the world is ours and we can conquer anything. Then, suddenly, we can be hit with a major adversity that makes us forget our previous feelings of power.

Although we would like to maintain a state of ecstasy, reality contains the full spectrum of experiences. Thus, we must embrace the extremes of good times as well as...

Speakers Wanted—Training Available

Are you interested in becoming a public speaker? 

Do you have a message you would like to share with the world? 

Are you passionate about a subject and feel others would be interested in hearing what you have to say as well?

Would you be interested in speaking before an audience delivering any of Dr. Michael J. Duckett’s popular topics on Fear, Money, Balancing Life, Depression, etc.?

      If any of the questions made you think, “Hmm, that’s for me.” Stop for a second and imagine you just fi...

Do You Have the Courage to Confront?

Are you getting what you want out of life? Could you use better results in one area or another? There is direct connection between courage and success.

If you’re unsatisfied in life, take a hard look at the areas that need improvement. What are you not confronting in those areas?

For example, if your finances could stand improvement, what are you not confronting with your finances? Are you burying your head in the sand about certain bills? Are you not taking the time to watch how you’re spen...

Are You Confronting or Avoiding?

Whether you’re confronting or avoiding in life could be the reason you’re succeeding or not. When something feels off in your life, do you push down your feelings and keep on going, assuming it will go away in time? Or do you put up with things that make you uncomfortable, annoyed or even miserable because you assume it’s just got to be that way?

When something isn’t right in a relationship, in your home, with your finances, with your family, do you confront or avoid?

In his book, “Existing i...

Happiness Vs Joy

Do you know the difference between happiness and joy? Here’s a general guideline for the distinction in happiness vs joy:

Happiness: many emotions, fleeting, and temporary.Joy: stable, deeper, and more serene.

Joy is most likely to be achieved when we are serving others on a consistent basis. Being of service brings meaning to our lives.

“Humans are only “truly” happy (aka joyful) when we are producing a product or service. This is an essential part of being human. If we want to produce extre...

Ignore What People Think!

Do you worry about what people think? Most people do. While in many ways our society embraces diversity and doing your own thing, it also strives to dictate our thoughts, beliefs and actions. As much as we prize individuality, we still worry about what other people think. Most of the posts on social media are focused on impressing others or influencing how they think or believe.

People in prominent positions constantly worry about what the media will say about them or what the masses will th...

Security Vs. Freedom: Which Will You Pick?

Security vs. Freedom – Many spend their lives seeking for security, believing that security equals happiness. In actuality, playing it safe can be the most dangerous of paths. You can’t have true freedom when your primary motivator is security. The two are incompatible.

In his book, Creating A Life of Freedom Dr. Michael J. Duckett wrote, “Every person faces two doors in life. One is labeled ‘Security’ and the other is called ‘Freedom.’ It is up to each of us to choose, but let me tell you, t...

Choose Freedom Over Security

Are you happy with your life? Are you creating an ideal life of freedom?

Few of us are willing to take the risk to choose freedom over security. Going for what you really want seems like a lot of work. It requires stepping outside your comfort zone, which can be scary for most people.

What most people don’t realize is that security is one of the riskiest choices of all.

I talk about this in my book, Creating a Life of Freedom:

“All of us are given one life.

All of us are given a purpose in...

What Does Freedom Mean to You?

Do you know what freedom means to you? Until you know what freedom means for you, you can’t create it.

In this short video I share the story of my client Sue, who felt imprisoned by her life. By asking her a couple questions, she was able to discover what freedom was for her and create it right NOW. You too can create freedom in your life today. Watch this short video.

What would create a sense of freedom in your life? How can you make time for that activity in your life now? Decide what w...