What’s Stopping You?

12 April 2012  |  Posted by Guy Ferdman  |  Tags: Personal Development, Perspective  |  3 Comments

I think this is one of the all-time great questions. Why are so many people stopped?

Why can’t we [humans] seem to stop procrastinating? Why don’t we follow our dreams and passions like our life depends on it? How come we don’t treat every day like it’s our last?

Do I have your attention yet?

I’m guessing you’ve asked yourself these questions in one form or another. You probably have a thought while driving, reading or doing some activity and in some distant part of your mind you hear yourself making resolutions and affirmations that tomorrow will be different. Then tomorrow gets here and – well – tomorrow ends up being like yesterday, right? You start feeling…

Inspire Yourself to Greatness

7 February 2012  |  Posted by Guy Ferdman  |  Tags: Motivation, Personal Development, Perspective  |  No Comments

I love inspired moments. Dull and dark can become beautiful and blissful with just a thought, just a moment, an occurrence, a moment where you notice a shift in yourself or another and you just – open. It’s like breathing after you’ve been underwater for too long. You break the surface in pure exhilaration and take that breath as if you haven’t taken the millions before it. This one is special, you remember that moment in its vividness. Total freedom in that moment, anything is possible.

I remember when I was 16, I was involved in a short romance. The girl at that time handed me one of the best love notes I ever got. It read, “I love you more than yesterday, but not as…

How to Become an Extraordinary Person

16 January 2012  |  Posted by Guy Ferdman  |  Tags: Leadership, Motivation, Personal Development  |  4 Comments

“Knowing is the barrier which prevents us from learning…

Get Committed, Finally!

25 December 2011  |  Posted by Guy Ferdman  |  Tags: Leadership, Motivation, Personal Development  |  8 Comments

I’m generalizing horribly, but there are two types of people in this world, those that are dominating and those that allow themselves to be dominated. I’d like to offer a new context for what it could mean to be dominated.

Often times when we think of domination, we think of being overpowered, manipulated, convinced, or forced into choices and circumstances that we do not want. My experience is that people have a very difficult time choosing anything (powerfully) and often spend a lot of time “thinking…