Self Help Guides celebrates its 500th article! A big thank you to all our readers! A look at the advantages of an open mind and how to have one.

Life is a rocky road, no question about that. It is filled with successes and failures. Usually, we do not have issues with success. It is failure that bogs us down. How to deal with failures in life when they come? Can they truly represent a learning tool? This article will provide some answers to these questions.

Discover the secret tips on how to overcome challenges in all aspects of your life.

Creative thinkers use their minds fluently. This means they generate large numbers of ideas. You can do this too by following these five simple steps.

It is human nature that when things are not going well in our life we look for reasons that are outside of oneself. We point to the actions of others, we blame the environment around us or we just look at just having bad fortune as reasons. Certainly, external forces do happen and many times they impact people who in no way expected them to happen. However, more often than not, those items that are holding us back or keeping us at a pattern of unrest are internal to us.

The brain, like a computer, needs to be studied and understood before it can be used effectively. In order to be able to increase the effectiveness of our willpower and self-control we need to know what directs our behavior.

Have you ever fell in a creative rut? Sure, we all have. It’s that mental ditch in which you find yourself going nowhere very fast. Creative blocks are normal and, though most of us despise them, they often lead to amazing gifts that refuel our creativity and help us evaluate our strategies.

Perhaps you are going through one of the most difficult times of your life right now, whether it’s financial, personal, or whatever. It is a problem and you need to solve it. Sometimes this requires a total change in our thinking.

People who experience autonomy report higher levels of psychological health and social functioning. They have an increased sense of well-being and self-esteem. When you lack autonomy, you’re more controlled by what others do, think, and feel, and adapt accordingly. You’d react to and worry about someone else’s expectations and reactions and defer to their opinion. You might have difficulty making decisions and taking action on your own. Find out about autonomy and suggestions to empower yourself.

There is no need to work longer hours, take on 2nd jobs, set up strict budgets or sell personal property in order to stay afloat. Money problems are not causing your stress. Stress is causing your money problems! My goal is to help you remember the key to financial freedom and release your number one blockage to money – fear of lack. Prosperity IS your birthright.