Oprah joined Twitter back in 2009 – attracting 5.4 million followers with less than 200 tweets under her belt. But she just recently started truly engaging with her Twitter community on Sunday night when she created her very first Tweetathon! #OprahLiveTweet quickly became a top trending topic. Can you believe it? Oprah is now using Twitter hashtags! This girls got skills :) In fact, Oprah was even tweeting out videos onTwitVid.com – leading up to the premiere of “Oprah Read more [...]

People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes--pretty soon the closet is so jammed and everything is so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other; but try not to have the guilt if new people mean more to you now.

A powerful tool to use in your pursuit of success and happiness is the analysis of your current environment. Do your friends support you? Who do you surround yourself with more; negative or positive people? Are you happy while at work and home? These questions play a huge part in analyzing your environment. Generally people are a reflection of their surroundings. What are you reflecting, and is it time for a change? My Friends are not supportive and negative, but they are my Friends! It is Read more [...]

Quiz: What Kind of DIVA Are You? 1. You're a doctor. Which career would you pursue? A. Work to build your own private practice B. Teach at a medical school so your medical theories and practices would affect a large number of future doctors. 2. What opportunity is more appealing? A. You are asked to join the board of a promising start-up company B. You are asked to write a monthly column for an influential magazine. 3. Which accomplishment would give you greater satisfaction? A. Read more [...]

I think unconditional love is what a mother feels for her baby, and not what you should feel for yourself. Author Margaret Halsey said in an interview once: "The [false] idea that inside every human being, however unprepossessing, there is a glorious, talented and overwhelmingly attractive personality. Nonsense. Inside each of us is a mess of unruly, primitive impulses and these can sometimes, under the strenuous, self-discipline and dedication to art, result in notable creativity." I couldn't Read more [...]

Does it seem like there is a huge chasm between you and the acheivers--all those people making so much money already and you there in your little worker-bee job that you think you'll never cross the gap? Let's calm down and look ahead for a second--people will need you in big jobs, so just give yourself time to get there. There is nothing, nothing but room at the top... the bottom is where the mobs are. Headhunters charge large companies thousands of dollars monthly merely to try to find good Read more [...]

If most of your answers are B, you want the indirect power to shape people's thoughts. You may not be necessary part of the action, but you influence what outcome emerges. You work as a teacher, writer or filmmaker in order to shape public opinion--by wirting op-eds, arguing on TV as a news pundit, hyping this summer's books, leading the latest movement in the academy. You influence what people think. John Fairchild, as publisher of influential magazines Women's Wear Daily and W., coined the phrase Read more [...]

If most of your answers are A, you are a Power DIVA, you crave direct power to shape the outcome of events--for example, as an executive, surgeon, or internet content developer. You want to be an obvious, indispensable force and to reap clear credit for the fruits of your actions. Direct power is found in both the private and public sector. (Note that in either case, power generally traces back to wealth or control of wealth.) Powerful private-sector jobs are more widely available , so you're Read more [...]