“Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.” Ahhh love. When first dating, there’s hand-holding, endless conversation, and romantic gestures. That is until reality steps in (i.e. marriage) and she finds out her superhero has lost his cape and he realizes she’s a complicated puzzle…

At a time when many people in Spain are having a very difficult time finding employment, there is still plenty of work for everyone in the home. And as this video shows, with the perspective of time, one can easily recognize the positive impact of raising well our children: industriousness, constancy, responsibility, will power, and…

What is the best way to improve your relationship to money? The answer to that is the same as the answer to how you would go about improving ANY relationship—through love. You can’t enjoy a good relationship with money unless you’re willing to love it, through thick and thin. Love is a choice and an…

Do you know why we have a 40 hour work week? The answer might shock you. Its origins date to the Industrial Revolution (not the Internet Revolution – the industrial one). Back in the middle of the 18th century, it was common for people to work 72 hours a week. Then, the US Congress passed…

The book “Switch – How To Change Things When Change Is Hard” by Chip and Dan Heath offers excellent advice on how to create change both in your personal and professional life. The authors begin with a counter-intuitive proposal. When we consider change, most of us look at what is going wrong in our lives…

Many of us don’t bother with New Year’s Resolutions anymore, which seem doomed to failure. However, it’s definitely worthwhile to re-evaluate our habits every now and then. Take a look at this striking quote about the nature of a habit: “I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will…