In 8th grade, my good friend Rachel and I wrote this song as we worked together on a class project:

Cooperation, it's in our blood

Cooperation, we won't stop til we're done

Cooperation, it takes tw...

Since 2015, I've been a paid contributor to Forbes. My "swim lane," as developed by me and my editor at the time, Christina Vuleta, is "aligning your career with your life purpose."

Studies show that...

At 50, I finally stepped into my power.

Because this past year, the year I turned 50, is the year when I launched my online course to teach aspiring authors how to write and publish your nonfiction b...

When I was a young adult, my mom frequently would share her favorite aphorism: "The problem is you think you have time. 

When we are children, time floats by so slowly that it can feel... just plain ...

"How do I even begin to write a book?" 

People ask me this question all the time.

My answer: One chunk at a time.

At the beginning, don't worry about structure. Just start putting words on the page...

For most of my life, I dreamed of being a teacher.

But I didn't realize that dream until now. 

In high school, I taught Sunday school (a little known fact about me). I'm not a particularly religious...

You don't have time to write. Who does?

Well, I have a secret to share:

You can write while you're doing other things:

• Write while driving
• Write while folding laundry
• Write while cooking
• Write
...

Did you make a New Year's Resolution?

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you did, chances are you've failed by mid-January.

Research shows that 80% of people lose their motivation to see the...

When Toan Lam was 10 years old, he devotedly saved the dollars contained in every red envelope gifted to him on special occasions by his Chinese-Vietnamese immigrant family members to purchase a pair ...

How do you convince a room full of hundreds of ordinary people, many of whom have never even run a 5K, that they can scale Mt. Everest – and then get them to do it the very next day? 

Motivational sp...

When he was an aspiring actor, Jim Carrey used to cruise up Mulholland Drive at night, park his car in a spot with sweeping views over Los Angeles, and visualize success.
 
He would imagine himself as a...

I hit a low point in my life at age 32.

My marriage to my partner of the previous 9 years ended, and within the same month, a scandal hit the newspapers involving my family of origin.

I felt as thou...