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The world of man is made up of two types – the “do-ers” and the “don’t-ers”.
I know that it is bad grammar and that there is no such word as “don’t-ers’. But “doer” is a word, so please allow a little artistic license as we explore the thoughts contained in each.
Some people would use ... Views: 1067
It’s never too late to be what you might have been or do what you might have done!
Often I hear people say they once wanted to do something or go somewhere, but they were too busy and life passed them by. They wish they could have been or done whatever it was. Well, think about this! You ... Views: 2524
We live in a world where it’s hard to be perceived as a success, where being wealthy necessitates enormous amounts of money, where being good in sport necessitates huge acclaim and fame. This in turn can become an attack on the truth of who you really are. When you place heroes on a pedestal, ... Views: 1635
Well-written content drives business. Whether it's copy on your website, copy for your direct mailings, an impressive article, a business plan or proposal, the words you choose determine your profits and your reputation. Because written material covers a lot of territory, if you’re ready to put ... Views: 1274
Personal goal setting comes in two varieties. You have your short-term and your long-term goals. When you are ready to start achieving them, here’s what you should do.
Sit down and make a list. Be specific. “I want to lose weight” is not specific. “I want to lose three pounds this month” ... Views: 2322
What is holding you back? Is fear stopping you from being a winner? Discover what the winners do and why they succeed when others fail.
What is the basis of the fear that holds people back from being all that they can be in life, from reaching their full potential?
Over the last 10 years ... Views: 994
Want to know the most effective self improvement advice that lies at the heart of all success?
Here it is, and it's the biggie. I'm going to give you the real secret to personal growth right up front. No mumbo jumbo, no products to buy, just the facts ma'am.
Focus on what you want. Keep ... Views: 1005
One of Alan Cohen’s daily messages was this:
Take time this week to look within. When you find what you want inside you, you will find what you want outside. - Alan Cohen
What a great way to look at reviewing where you are right now and where you’d like to be by the end of the ... Views: 1176
What if I could guarantee you that whatever you tried, you could not fail. Think about that, whatever you tried you are assured that it would be successful. How would that change you current way of thinking and acting in all areas of your life and specifically in your business?
Why would ... Views: 1068
All of us procrastinate to some extent, always putting off what we should be doing today until tomorrow or next week, but there is a price to pay for habitually procrastinating.
Delaying action on our dreams and goals can waste our life. Today is our only reality, as tomorrow doesn’t yet ... Views: 3406
There are many reasons why online marketing fails. It is crucial to decipher the chief reasons. Online marketing helps you to build a successful internet business at the same time it also aids in building a brand. But if wrong online marketing strategies are applied then your internet business ... Views: 930
Blog is the most popular thing in the web market. Many small entrepreneurs make use of blogs for promoting their business. Blog is usually considered to be the first step of getting into the internet business. Many small entrepreneurs earn huge money from their blogs. Let us learn the top 10 ... Views: 710
SEO stands for search engine optimization. It basically is a thought process in which you ought to use some specific marketing principals and tools for making your business unbeatable. SEO is one of the most imperative techniques needed for promoting your websites and products online. SEO ... Views: 705
Online marketing is now considered by many to be the most effective advertising and promotional method ever created. It is responsible for hundreds of billions of dollars in annual sales and profits for almost every economical entity on the planet. Its great essence resides in its marvelous ... Views: 633
As we grow up we, well most of us, seem to turn into adults with adult outlooks. What I mean by this is that we tend to put up with what we have and settle for something less than we could have ~ if only we dared to dream.
What stops us, or someone you know well from stepping through our self ... Views: 1690
What are the things you see in yourself that you wish others could see? Do they see your potential and all that you are capable of? Consider for a moment the means by which you choose to express yourself. The things that you use as your outlets are clues to the best and brightest parts within ... Views: 1543
The whole experience of development and successful growth is not about going it alone and doing it all by yourself. It involves a Self-belief system of inclusion. Inclusion is a huge part of any personal or business development. Inclusion is simple and simple is successful.
The opposite of ... Views: 1349
Life has taught many of us to be naturally inclined to gravitate toward the negative, based on what we perceive as failure, loss and isolation. We then use the value we have assigned to our past experiences as a template for future decision-making.
When we begin to look beyond the historical ... Views: 1264
Just a couple of weeks ago, I spent a day with a dozen "old-timers" clients with whom I've been working for years. Early on in the discussion, as we chatted about how psychology and quantum physics proves that you get what you expect, so that, if you expect something different, something ... Views: 3183
During a Ted.com talk in 2006, Anthony Robbins—a personal development writer and motivational speaker who has written books such as “Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement” and “Awaken the Giant Within” —asked the following question: When people fail to achieve something, what ... Views: 1722
Each and every day, we progress on the journey of Life. Every person has the power to direct the ?ow of his or her success, even without the use of words. Take a moment and think about it. What is the number one characteristic that impacts you the most regarding your interaction with another ... Views: 963
Taking the time to be pleased with your actions, capturing your feelings of pride in yourself and being able to step back and reward yourself for fulfilling your goals is such an important task to complete. We need to observe our own successful accomplishments and take the valuable opportunity ... Views: 1431
To achieve what you desire it is not enough to set goals. Most people do nothing more than make a wish with their desires. They think of something that they want, never right it down or make a plan on how to achieve it, and it becomes a fleeting thought. The problem with a wish is that is has no ... Views: 2366
It's no secret that times are tough. As a whole, people are afraid, uncertain and pessimistic about the future.
No wonder, really. All you need to do is flip on a news program, surf the Internet or stand at the water cooler for two minutes to hear the latest developments in depressing ... Views: 1120
There are many thoughts and ideas about power - what it takes to get power, to hold power and to stay in power. There are also thoughts and ideas about empowerment but these seem to run a close second to the beliefs about power.
Some might argue they are the same thing, or that they are so ... Views: 1373
As we begin the transformation process, our beliefs need to shift so we can experience beneficial behavioral changes. With everything in chaos around us, we require a system that’s Functional, Adaptable, Sustainable, (now in Time); FAST. Everything we do must be Functional, Sustainable, ... Views: 1141
Willpower is one of those concepts that everyone assumes they understand. Yet most people are wrong about what it really is, where it comes from, and how much of it they have. Being wrong about willpower does more than place you at risk of losing points on a psychology quiz. It prevents you from ... Views: 3887
Goals are what a person wants to do, achieve, or become. Research shows that as many as 80% of us over-estimate our level of motivation. It’s no wonder so many dreams go unfulfilled and so many goals remain forever out of reach. So this article is going to explain how you can simply act upon ... Views: 1817
If you really want to make your business or life happen, get some paper and let’s start writing your smart goals. I always say if you don’t know where you are going how will you know when you get there? You want to create between three and ten career goals to accomplish within the next six ... Views: 2240
Each and every day, all of us continually search for the extra edge to win at the sport of sales and marketing. One of the most important things that you need to know is that there is a thin line that exists between activity versus accomplishment. Many people feel if they are “active” then they ... Views: 1833
We all do it. We put it off. Push it back. Wait. Hope. Agonize. And in the eleventh hour, at the last moment, or when we just can't stand to live with it any longer, we finally get it done! This is the anatomy of procrastination.
Procrastination is one of the biggest dream killers out ... Views: 1622
We’ve all experienced this at some point in our lives. We set a goal, we make big plans to achieve it, work really hard and still don’t get the results we’ve been hoping for and desire! Maybe it’s loosing weight, growing our business, changing jobs or creating that perfect romantic relationship. ... Views: 1265
“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.” ~Abraham Lincoln.
When some new, intriguing, and well-packaged self-help book, system or idea comes out, it is very easy to run straight towards it with a smothering full body ... Views: 1370
I have a cousin who chose to become a carpenter rather than going to college. Fortunately for him and those who benefit from his beautiful work, he did not heed the advice of many family members who told him he would fail and never make money without a college degree.
Once, while he was on ... Views: 1772
King Solomon once said without a vision people perish. Whether you believe in the Christian belief in King Solomon's wisdom or not, the truth he speaks is paramount, and it is alleged that he became the wealthiest person with a wealth equating today to 1 trillion dollars! Gain wisdom from the ... Views: 2241
You have to hand it to Hollywood! Sometimes I think L.A. is truly still the "City of Angels." Every now and then a film comes along at just the right time to uplift and encourage us, to set us right on our paths. During these trying times we are gifted with Julie and Julia, a film about two ... Views: 1058
No matter what it is you want to do with your life or what goals you have there is bound to come a moment in time when you just want to quit. The realization of your goals takes time, effort and sacrifice. There are lessons to be learned along the way and parts of your character that need to be ... Views: 1370
As I've mentioned several times before, within 5 to 10 years 70% of students no longer work in a field related to their major, a stat no one's talking about. (One of the many reasons I get so miffed at the myth that education is the end-all and cure-all to the American Dream and, ugh! "job ... Views: 1361
You’re unique just like everyone else. There has never been, nor ever be, anyone quite like us. It is you, and the character you create, that determines how your life goes. Not everyone is the same; neither are their thoughts and it is thinking, and how you feel about what you think, that makes ... Views: 1181
Is anybody out there - especially in this day and age - not looking to create a more fulfilling, abundant life for themselves? To ask this question in a different way, are you completely happy with the direction your life is headed or is there room for improvement?
I'm going to assume you ... Views: 1790
“So what are your plans for next year?”, I asked a student the other day. He looked down, sighed, looked back up and said “Well, I’m going to work on a book, finish my real estate education, keep attending your teleclasses, work on my marketing plan, and – “
…I’d heard it a hundred thousand ... Views: 1251
Before your life can change, you must decide you want your life to change. The hardest part of changing anything is making the decision to change. If your life was perfect, you wouldn’t be reading this article. It is possible to start a brand-new life, right now, today. Know you have the power ... Views: 1627
Don’t believe you can be successful.
Don’t set a goal.
Don’t be grateful for what you have right now.
Don’t visualise and imagine the life you want.
Don’t be happy.
Don’t have focus and clarity.
Don’t have belief and confidence in yourself and your power within.
Don’t take responsibility ... Views: 1458
Isn’t it exciting to walk further into your personal year with new challenges, new skills acquired from the previous year; and possibly, new friends. As is customary in any new year’s planning, many of us have made personal and professional resolutions for the future, ultimately functioning as ... Views: 1392
In human’s hierarchy of needs, one that is left unsolved is self-fulfillment.
So first, think of the mind and consciousness. All that exists in the universe is readily available as to the power and knowledge for us to create extraordinary lives. It then needed to know how to make benefit of ... Views: 876
Have you noticed that it is much easier to keep other people focused and motivated than to motivate yourself? Do you find yourself wondering where the week went and why you didn’t get to do the things you really wanted to, the things that are most important to you?
No matter how busy you are ... Views: 768
How to become wealthy and successful is a topic that's been written about probably more than any other. It's regarded as an "evergreen" topic because man has always been enamored with discovering the secrets of how to live a successful, more abundant life. There have been many books written over ... Views: 1731
I know you don’t always have to get it right.
What the heck does that mean, you don’t always have to get it right?
It means just that; it is OK to sometimes not get it completely correct.
Let me explain a little.
How many times have you had a project where you were so concerned about ... Views: 1112
What's that?!
Yeah, we have all heard the buzz-word phrase:
"To succeed you need to think outside the box..."
with the idea being that "the box" represents our own self-imposed blinders that tell us "this is the way we have always done it...". And sure, that is a good thing, we do ... Views: 1030