Farnoosh Brock

The Question Oprah Asks in Every Interview

Oprah Winfrey once mentioned a question she insists on asking in her interviews, a question that throws off the poor interviewee every single time. The question is this:

So tell me, what is your spiritual practice?

She described the general reaction as such: the interviewee would first stare at her, trying to come up with a polite response, searching for words, then they’d shift uncomfortably in the chair, smile awkwardly and settle on a casual but often self-justifying response. [Read more…] about In Search of Inner Peace and Bliss? Develop Your Spiritual Practice

A New Year Alone Does Not Bring Motivation

One of my coaching clients asked me this the other day:

How do you and all successful people keep their motivation going, at a steady pace?

I love it when my clients challenge me. If I’m not growing in my work, if I am comfortable where I am, then what’s the point? I might as well be back at my stupid corporate job, doing mundane tasks and just getting through the day. [Read more…] about Feeling Low? 28 Ways to Motivate Yourself Now

When the Words Stop Flowing …

What do you do when the writing just doesn’t come, when the words don’t flow out of you like all easy rivers flow to the sea, and when a blank screen stays blank minutes and hours on end? [Read more…] about Writer’s Block: The Myth, the Truth and the Solution

Guess What? Failure is Not Bad. At All.

Here’s the problem. And this is a big problem that if you don’t wrap your brain around and totally get it now, it is going to delay your happiness and success for a very long time. Are you ready? Here goes: [Read more…] about How to Believe In Yourself Again after Failure