My friend Mary LoVerde, Hall of Fame speaker and author of I Used To Have a Handle On Life, But It Broke has changed my life – for good.

She came to my home several years ago to”feng shui” it.

We didn’t just clear out clutter, we also cleared out a lot of locked-in beliefs that were driving behavior that didn’t serve me or the people around me.

For example, have you been told, “It’s better to give than receive.”

Not always. Mary opened my eyes to the fact that our strength taken to an extreme can become our Achilles Heel. We can over-give.

She suggested I repeat these words every day, “Receive, receive, receive.”

This mantra has resulted in a heightened awareness and appreciation of the blessings and abundance in my life.

Try it and you’ll see. Repeat those three words “Receive, receive, receive” as a daily habit … and watch what happens.