Last week my wife “crossed over.” She closed the door to her 30s and strode gracefully into her 40s.

Curious what life is like on “the other side,” since I am still a mere adolescent in my 30s (for eight more months), I asked her what newfound wisdom she has gathered from the many best wishes messages, cards and conversations she has had with those already living in “the beyond.”

I was so intrigued and inspired by her discoveries, I asked her if she would share her collected pearls of wisdom with you here on this blog. She agreed (if I washed her car—she’s a tough negotiator!).

Advice from the ‘Other Side’ by Georgia Hardy

If I had a nickel for every time someone told me that “life begins at 40,” I could buy the world a martini. I just crossed a very important threshold in my life and spent the most glorious 40th birthday celebration weekend with my most cherished friends and family. And though there was a wide range of ages and generations represented, many of them told me similar things about being 40 and how “life happens” in one’s 40s.

What does this mean? Does this mean that I haven’t really been living? Does it mean that my 20s and 30s were just dress rehearsals for my grand 40s? Well, I asked these very questions, and though the responses were varied, they were all very interesting.

Imperfection Is Perfect

In a conversation with my friend Valerie, she shared two important realizations that have made a difference in her life. First, she described transitioning into her 40s as a sort of read more »

We all get knocked down from time to time—it’s part of what makes life interesting… always keeping us alert and on our toes.

I recently shared a perspective in a keynote presentation I did that helped reshape my view of obstacles and life’s difficulties; this might help you too…

My wife’s best friend has a friend whose husband, I am embarrassed to say, I envied. He had the life I wanted. We are close in age and both came from the Bay Area of San Francisco.

After several failed businesses, he started an electronics store called “Jacks.” The stores were relatively successful and were bought out for a good sum. He then invested that money into commercial real estate in the San Diego Valley, before the boom. He ended up owning several buildings that made him tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions.

We would go to his parties at the home he custom built in Rancho Santa Fe (one of the richest ZIP codes in the county). The home, estate really, was more than 10,000 square feet on an amazing piece of sprawling land and it was designed in just the style I love.

His cars were amazing and he also had a yacht in the harbor and a private plane. He was also a good-looking guy and had a beautiful family he adored and who adored him. He was warm, friendly and always the life of the party. I wanted his life. In my head (privately, of course) I would wish read more »

A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY:

Here’s a summary of week five in our journey towards Designing the Best 10 Years of Your Life where I answer your questions and give you a course update.

I’ve also selected some of your questions and observations left in the comments sections along with some of my responses. I hope you find it helpful to peruse through the common questions and insights shared by others experiencing the process along with you.

Please watch the video:

>>>You can listen to my private interview with the great Jim Rohn HERE<<<
This was included in the premier launch issue of SUCCESS magazine, April/May 2008

Questions and Answers with Darren Hardy:

From Renee: “I am really enjoying this program and look forward to working through this process, thank you! The worksheet on designing SMART goals is really helpful and I see that goals need to be measurable, attainable, and time sensitive. To me, my most relevant goal for myself for 2010 is to be more open with myself and others… I know this is what I need and what I want, but I am not sure how to make that into a SMART goal. How do you really measure that? Or should I rework my goal? Any suggestions?”

[DARREN HARDY] What does “open with yourself and others” look like? How would we know you are or aren’t? What are the visible and measurable effects of that description? Why do you want that? What will be the benefit and outcome of being that way? Maybe the ultimate outcome of being that way is what your goal really is. Keep asking yourself read more »

We are entering a brand new decade.

Think about where you were 10 years ago, when we began a new millennium, the year 2000. Seems like only yesterday, right?

Are you where you’d thought you’d be 10 years later, when you looked forward back then?

Are you leading the life you envisioned?

Do you have the income, lifestyle, freedom, health, relationships, poise and skills you thought you would have by now?

Well, now you get another chance to look forward to the next 10 years. This time, what are you going to do different so the next 10 years aren’t just more of the same?

Creating a Strategic Plan of Action for Your Life

Whether you know it or not, you are a multimillion-dollar enterprise. That is how much you will actually earn over a lifetime. Any multimillion-dollar business needs a comprehensive business plan and a well-designed strategic plan of action. To do business without one means nearly certain disaster. The same holds true for your life.

Over a period of eight weeks, starting January 5, I will take you through the entire process of designing a life plan that will set you apart from anyone else you know. Over the next 10 years you can accomplish what people spend a lifetime trying to do. I’ll give you the formula for accomplishing the big goals in life you might have thought were impossible for you. It’s a lot simpler than you think, but you need the formula, process and plan of action to get there. I’ll take you step by step through that designing process.

People have paid upwards of $1,500 to attend workshops of mine on this process. I am going to take you through the complete system and give you all the proprietary worksheets and supporting documents, audio and video resource tools completely FREE!

Simply register with your e-mail address in the upper right corner of this page (http://DarrenHardy.SUCCESS.com) and the 16 installments and all the supporting resources will be sent to you over the eight-week series.

In the meantime, refresh, rejuvenate and rejoice this holiday season. Get yourself set and ready to experience the Best 10 Years of Your Life!