Are you struggling to find meaning, or learn a lesson from some tragic event or difficult person in your life?There is a lesson in every struggle we've had, or tragedy we've been through, but most of us struggle with identifying the real lesson. In today's inspirational thought for the day, Dan gives you the five principles that all real LESSONS have in common: 1) It’s about you 2) It’s positively phrased 3) It’s true for everyone 4) It’s true all the time 5) It’s a simple truth that explains many things. For more, go to danoconnortraining.com.

Many of us are going through life seeing things from a perspective of lack, when actually we are in a constant state of abundance. The word "enough" is a word most of us don't use enough, and all of us need to use more. Today Dan helps you gain perspective, and incorporate more abundant thinking every day simply by focusing on, and using this word. For more, visit danoconnortraining.com

So many people we know are living lives filled with misery and suffering. What they don't realize is, that they are investing in misery and suffering. It is a universal law that what you invest in shows, and what you focus on grows. In today's podcast, Dan helps you see what you're investing in, and not investing in, so you can cultivate what you really want in your life. For more, visit danoconnortraining.com

If you're dealing with difficult people or difficult situations, remember that people act differently in the light. It is our job to be the light that casts out darkness. Whether you're engaged in professional communication training, self-development, or learning to deal with energy vampires, you must remember the principle that light casts out darkness, and you must be that light. Today's podcast helps you remember and work with this principle. For more, go to http://www.danoconnortraining.com for more.

You know how we tend to get it backwards most of the time? Well, one way we tend to get it backwards, especially in our personal relationships, is focusing on form rather than substance. We focus on the form love takes in our lives; the form abundance takes in our lives; the form God takes in our lives. The important thing is not the form, but the substance. Today, Dan's inspirational thought for the day clarifies this idea. For more, go to danoconnortraining.com

It's a basic when it comes to professional communication training or professional development of any kind: How you do anything IS how you do everything. If you'd like a better career, a better relationship, a better home, or a better car, you have to start by asking yourself, "What am I doing with what I have? Am I honoring what I have and making the most of it?" Remember, the universe has eyes, and the universe is self-organizing, and it is an impossibility that you will graduate from your current situation and upgrade to a better one if you're not already making the most of what you have. For more, go to danoconnortraining.com

What if the Wicked Witch of the West was actually right? What if she was simply misunderstood, or framed, or set-up? What if you knew this to be the truth, learned she was a wonderful, innocent person, and knowing this, you were about to sit down and have a meeting with her? How would discovering this truth change your communication style?  If we saw the truth of people, we would be compelled to forgive, love, accept, and communicate more effectively with them. In our professional relationships and romantic relationships, we tend to get distracted from truth by facts, forget our communication training, and react to the illusions that are in front of us. Today’s podcast can help. For more, visit danoconnortraining.com

The foundation of any communication training course dealing with personal or professional relationships is knowing that you are in charge of every relationship in your life, and it is only what you are not giving that can be missing from any relationship in your life. If you are struggling with negativity in the workplace, dealing with difficult people, romantic relationships, or just need some communication advice, this communication podcast can help. For more, check out danoconnortraining.com

I was just delivering on-site communication training and a funny keynote in Memphis, and while I was there, I noticed that the H1N1 (or swine flu) vaccine is available everywhere. This is not, however the biggest health crisis most of us have to worry about. This is not the biggest communication challenge most of us deal with in the workplace. What we should be worrying about is swine attitude. You know, that negative, sick attitude that makes professional communicators behave more like a bunch of pigs wallowing in the mud. Our attitude is, of course, the number one thing that effects our professional communication, our personal communication, and our lives in general. Today, Dan the communication trainer, author, speaker, and energy vampire slayer, gives you a tip to help strengthen your attitudinal immune system and defend against swine attitude. For more, stop by danoconnortraining.com

Miraculous thinking can start today. Remember that miracles aren't things that happen to you, they are things that YOU DO. YOU can perform miracles, and you can start by changing the way you see people. Today Dan gives you tips on seeing the saviour in everyone, thus revealing it in yourself. For more, visit danoconnortraining.com

It's better to lose a bet for the right reasons than to win a bet for the wrong ones. We tend to bet against other people and bet against ourselves. Today place a long-shot bet. It actually increases the odds of what you're betting on coming to pass! For more, visit danoconnortraining.com