Christina Joy

It’s one thing to know what you believe, know what you value and know what’s important, but believers use trust, hope and resilience to manage the constant stream of doubt that potentially weakens their vision. Believers are aware of their current reality and they also use positive delusion to fuel belief until the evidence of success shows…

Being grateful is the first step to keeping what you want to keep in your life. If we focus on what we do have at the start of each day, it has an enormously positive impact on our day ahead. Remember, the trick is to begin each day spending a few minutes giving gratitude within minutes after…

The story of Helen Keller is well known — she was a respected American author, political activist and lecturer, born in 1880, who became deaf and blind at 19 months old. While Helen Keller’s success is remarkable so too is the story of her teacher, Anne Sullivan. At the age of 21 Anne Sullivan began…

Commitment is one of the superpowers of True Believers and where we take responsibility for our life, become clear about what we want and work productively until we finish. Commitment is where we consistently deliver on the promises we make to ourselves. When our commitment is weak we are more likely to make excuses, be indecisive, lack…

Conviction creates energy — the stamina for taking action in line with your values. This persistent action helps to maintain the direction you want to go in. Without the action you have the why (the values) and the what (the decision) but you can’t get to your destination if you don’t take action. Some are all talk and no…

Convincers look for agreement or recognition, trying to prove a particular point of view to themselves or to others. And while they are often successful in their convincing, they spend extra time and energy doing so, creating stress for themselves and for others. Convincers gather evidence to promote their case and can come across as pushy with their…

Each tribe has certain characteristics — a cultural identity that makes it unique. These are determined by the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of its members. Consider: Are you currently part of a tribe? Is the culture right for you? Are you and the tribe a good fit? Does your current tribe inspire you? In the…

1. A smile Have you ever walked along and had a stranger smile at you? We think: “Do I know them?”, “Why are they smiling at me?”, “I didn’t smile back, maybe I should have!” A smile we receive makes us feel good. An authentic smile radiates warmth that says we are open. I have…

Once we discover how much time is wasted on thoughts of what has happened to us or to others in the past we can consciously focus on our vision. But we are often fixated on an issue or an event that is in the past but is still consuming our thoughts. Expire the old stuff…

Sometimes we can wrongly identify non-believers. We can be too quick to judge others through their words or actions or through lack of words or inaction. We label them as a non-believer when in fact with a little bit of understanding and effort we can build better relationships with those who we thought were non-believers.…