Author: Matthew Ferry

It stops you from being honest. You use it as a cover up for what’s really happening. It blocks you from asking tough questions about how your life is going. Somehow we mistake being positive with “nothing bad is happening.” So, in order to ‘be positive’ we pretend like being is debt is OK, and we don’t make sacrifices to get ourselves financially healthy. Or, we ignore the extra pounds we are carrying around and convince ourselves that it isn’t having an impact on our well-being. Choosing to be positive is has a lot of value. But, unchecked it has a…

I’m asking you to be honest for a second.  Do you prefer drama over productivity?  So many of my clients say they are positive people and yet, when I probe, they love the drama in their lives. What I ‘ve discovered is that people accidentally use drama as a way to operate in the world. Not because they intentionally decided drama has value and is worth investing their time in, but because they inherited this behavior style from their family. And, they don’t even know it. Being someone who engages in drama (big or small) has not taken the time…

Gratitude creates an attractive energy in your life.  When you get grateful, everything seems easier.  When you get grateful, you are more open.  When you get grateful, you are more attractive to others.  When you get grateful, you are less attached to producing new results which means you are more creative. =>What are you grateful for? <=