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How To Use Momentum Thinking Tools To Deal With Adversities - By Joel Simms (Dr. Mo) Lighten Your Load And Boost Your Momentum - By Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)Ten Ways To Motivate Yourself When You Are Feeling Down - By Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)- Life is a Classroom.... - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Tish TishermanLooking back over my life, remembering various leaders, teachers and coaches I’ve worked with, I think about which one could be the “one” who has had the most influence on me. Many of us long to find a teacher, mentor or guru. We may feel unsure of how to proceed on our life’s journey without ...
Views: 1526(5 votes) - Radical Self-Honesty (and Unconscious Commitments) - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Paul Dalton"It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." - Noel Coward The inspiration for this tip came after I had the great fortune to find out about the work of Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. Together they run The Hendricks Institute, a hugely successful ...
Views: 2807(8 votes) - Postcard of Prosperity | Instant Poscard Wealth - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Jennifer WoodHome businesses are not for every one, but every once in a while one comes and you can not absolutely pass on it. Instant Postcard Wealth, a minimal postcard business opportunity that only requires you to mail postcards. Yes, that straightforward, it is newbie proof, meaning even you have no ...
Views: 1952(2 votes) - ***How to Be and Get Dream Partners for Success: Secret #1 - Be a Person of Integrity - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Patty Sadallah"To reach great heights, a person needs to have great depth." (Anonomous) When someone becomes your dream partner, they choose to actively help you to acheive success. They become your informal sales force and, done properly, you become theirs. The right person's word of mouth can be just ...
Views: 1927(13 votes) - Practicing Non-AttachmentSubmitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Paul DaltonAs you would probably expect, working in the field of personal development I get to spend a lot of my time with people talking to them about goal setting and visualisation. I cannot over emphasise the power of positive intention when it comes to manifesting an amazing life, but there is a common ...
Views: 4032(14 votes) - How To Make Great Decisions - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Paul DaltonHow many times in your life have you put off doing something because you couldn’t decide the best course of action to take? I’ve known people plan to go out for a well earned meal with their partner and end up staying at home because they couldn’t make up their mind between Chinese or Italian. ...
Views: 3386(16 votes) - How To Get Yourself Motivated - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Paul DaltonThere is one type request that I get more than any other and that is to provide strategies for generating and maintaining motivation, some people call this ‘self-discipline’. It’s actually not that common for people to ask me for step-by-step instructions on what they need do to get a task ...
Views: 2591(5 votes) - Three Things I Have Learned About Myself (That Would Benefit You) - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Avil BeckfordI have always prided myself on being very aware and having excellent observation skills, but every so often something happens, which takes me down a notch or two and reminds me that there is always room for improvement. There are lessons to learn every day. In 2003, my niece and I ...
Views: 8781(2 votes) - The Best You - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Avil BeckfordOver a period of five years I have interviewed several successful people to uncover the secrets to their success. One of the many questions that I ask is “in your opinion, what is the formula for success?” Another question is “What are some lessons that you have learned so far?” I culled 10 ...
Views: 1532(4 votes) - Our American Neighbors Could Teach Us A Few Things - Happy Canada Day - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany people around the world both love and detest Americans. They would love to be able to live in the United States and perhaps realize their own "American Dream". And yet the U.S. has been criticized and reviled for its belligerent, patronizing "Father Knows Best" attitude about how the rest ...
Views: 703(3 votes) - Got Two Minutes For Health? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Hal WechslerWould You Do This Two-Minute Breathing Exercise to Live Years Longer? For five thousand years the Hindus have paid attention to flushing their Lymphatic System by specific exercises. The question is whether it is worthwhile for you and me. You be the judge of this baby-easy ...
Views: 1308(3 votes) - Sprint Your Way to Success - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Janet SorrentinoINTRODUCTION Do you tend to make a list of resolutions every year and never achieve them? Do you make glorious plans and never follow through? Do you start a project valiantly, with all the best intentions and then give up at the first bump in the road? Everyone laughed at me when I ...
Views: 948(11 votes) - How to Increase Your Overall Productivity - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Mackenzie PearceBelow are 14 steps to increasing the amount of items/tasks you are able to get done in a day, which is the key to increasing your overall productivity- which is the building block to success and achievement. 1. Have a “To-Done” list. Operating without a “to-do” list is like sailing without a ...
Views: 2170(1 vote) - Gain From Your Culture - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Albert GaroliIn a previously article entitled “You Are Where You Live” the focus was on bettering one’s self by bettering one’s environment. This article is a continuation of that first one with an added insight on how to make use of the social and cultural conditions that make up one’s society and ...
Views: 1592(10 votes) - How to Get Off the Rollercoaster of Life - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Avil Beckford“Why do I keep on making the same mistakes over and over again? You’d think I would have learned by now,” you say to yourself. And, when you read Autobiography in Five Short Chapters, you find yourself laughing, not because the poem is funny. You are laughing at yourself because you feel a ...
Views: 1794(2 votes) - Death to Multitasking, Focus, Focus, Focus - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Avil BeckfordMany have long touted the efficiency of multitasking, especially with the availability of the numerous technological tools for busy executives, but recent research studies have proven otherwise. In one research study to test attention and memory, “low multitaskers” consistently outperformed ...
Views: 2977(6 votes) - The Seven Words Which Can Change Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Daniel HerznerWhen you look into your future, what do you see? Do you have a clear vision of where your life is heading? If you know where it is you wish to go, odds are you will get there. However, if you have no idea of where it is you're going, it is certain that you will get there. The great personal ...
Views: 2182(5 votes) - The Power of Desire - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Benjamin GlassDo you remember when you were young and as you slept you had the most vivid dream of something so amazing you knew it had to be true? Even when you woke up and realized "it was only a dream" your mind was still racing, heart still fluttering, with the thought of your amazing dream coming true. ...
Views: 790(4 votes) - Controllng That Voice In Your Head - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Stephen MonahanDo you know how to quiet that voice in your head and stop its constant chatter. Are you aware that voice is not you, but your thoughts,some call it ego, masquerading as you. As humans, we seem to travel a wacky backwards path to learning life's lessons. Take, for instance, learning how to ...
Views: 3857(4 votes) - Separate Suspects From Prospects and Watch Your Sales Revenues Skyrocket - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Jeff CallahanHow Efficiently Do You Qualify Your Sales Prospects? Before you spend hours preparing, presenting and then jumping through hoops for any prospect, take a little time to figure out if it’s worth your effort. "In the world of sales, there are prospects, and there are suspects," says Jeff ...
Views: 1840(3 votes) - ***Leadership: Tale of Two Cats, Tale of Two Dogs - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromOwly and his sidekick Iggy. Molly and her sidekick Li'l Dude. The same story. Molly was a Jerry Lee type of German Sheppard: the medium brown body and black muzzle. She was from the pound, a young adult who had lived in the truck of an unemployed homeless rural western dude, with him. ...
Views: 3000(5 votes) - Climb On My Back - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from M.J. RyanDuring the eulogy for Senator Ted Kennedy by his oldest son, Ted Kennedy, Jr., the son offered this story: “When I was 12 years old I was diagnosed with bone cancer, and a few months after I lost my leg there was a heavy snowfall over my childhood home outside of Washington, D.C. My father ...
Views: 1325(4 votes) - The Little Secret That Accomplished People Know - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Avil Beckford“How do you motivate yourself and stay motivated?” is one of the questions I pose to the accomplished people whom I interview. These very accomplished individuals know something that many do not know. They are all self-motivated because they are doing what they love to do, so they just do it. ...
Views: 1677(4 votes) - Testing – The Third Stage of Seven to Believe in an Idea - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Harry Connor JrThe test, the test, upon the test, does rest, the turning point, of your quest! Let’s be honest, no really likes to take a test. But the test is crucial, for it tells us whether or not we have met the standard of success. In the first stage, we examined the initial belief in an idea, ...
Views: 1049(1 vote) - Seven Steps to Eradicate Fear of the Unknown - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2009 from Lalitha BrahmaEntrepreneur, is the one who assumes the responsibility and the risk for a business operation with the expectation of making a profit. It takes courage to be an Entrepreneur. To assume the responsibility and the risk for a business operation, he needs to learn to conquer fear. Conquering fear is ...
Views: 2362(1 vote) - Choose Your Friends Wisely - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Albert GaroliThis article is a continuation of a previous one entitled “You Are Who You Frequent” in which the focus was directed to overcoming one’s negative habits by changing or reformatting a social group. Your social network is a sum of the members of your family and the people with whom you work, ...
Views: 2155(7 votes) - How To Employ Collective Thought Forms For Your Success - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from JoreJj ElprehzleinnIf you are already getting some success in consciously creating your own reality using any technique now you can know how to supercharge your manifesting of what you imagine, desire, and expect. Just keep reading. You already know that thoughts create reality. This YOU ARE working with. ...
Views: 2606(3 votes) - Our Beliefs and How They Stop us from Success - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Emma JamesBeliefs are constructs of our internal world and how we view them. They are based on what we have experienced and what we perceive to be true. We all behave as if our beliefs were true and that is what gives us direction. If you 100% believe that you will create a successful business or ...
Views: 1296(3 votes) - Self Help Books - Finding the Right Solution to Any Problem - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Mike PowersThe word self help has a stigma associated with it. It implies that the person using it is either weak minded or has some sort of character flaw. So when people think of reading self help books, they usually think of reading them to overcome flaws in their personalities, self-esteem, or ...
Views: 2403(3 votes) - Problem Solving 101 - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Avil BeckfordProblem Solving 101 There are four steps in the creative problem solving process. Any professional can use the process outlined below to problem solve better and faster. Preparation Incubation Illumination Verification/Implementation Anatomy of a Problem Solving Process Stage ...
Views: 1839(2 votes) - How Accurate is the Data You Base Your Decisions On? - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Avil BeckfordEvery day professionals are bombarded with problems to solve and decisions to make. And the quality of your solutions and decisions are only as good as the information they are based on. With so much information at your fingertips, how can you systematically check the reliability and accuracy of ...
Views: 1572(1 vote) - Mentor Your Way to Success - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Avil BeckfordIn a recent interview, when asked, “What are five things that people can do to thrive in tough times?” one of the five things Linda Hollander, The Wealthy Bag Lady suggested was to have an advisory team. A group of people you can always call on to ask for help. Your advisory group should consist ...
Views: 1735(1 vote) - Beating Depression VS Beating Desperation, There Is A Difference - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Daniel HerznerI'll admit; there isn't much I know about how to beat depression. What I do know of it, those who suffer depression find themselves in an almost daily struggle dealing with the affliction. I wish there were words of liberation I could offer those folks...but I don't have any. I'd be remiss if I ...
Views: 1622(2 votes) - How to Achieve Your Potential at Work - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2010 from Heather BuckleyIt is easy whilst working in an office or a similar environment, to get "stuck in a rut" and generally once stuck it is very hard to get out. You and your superiors become accustomed to perceiving you in a certain manner and your opinions and ideas may start to count for less. Here is a quick ...
Views: 2080(2 votes) - Journal Power - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowIt is completely and utterly amazing what can occur when you begin holding yourself accountable through the power of the written word. Magnificent things can begin to happen in your life when you record your daily on-goings. Not only are you sometimes documenting your future and creating your ...
Views: 1390(5 votes) - Do You Know the Situations In Which You Flourish? - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2009 from Avil BeckfordThink back to a time when you were operating in the zone and were unstoppable, what elements contributed to your off-the-charts performance? Great work environment? Committed team members? Work you loved and were good at? Now, think back to another situation where you were stressed, floundering, ...
Views: 1585(1 vote) - Using The Skills That Pay The Bills - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Gian Fiero |If you are trying to get a job, or a better job, your chances of doing so will be greatly enhanced by the experience and education you place on your resume, but the "soft" skills that you demonstrate will distinguish and differentiate you from the gluttony of competitors who are vying for the ...
Views: 1193(3 votes) - Action – The Second Stage of Seven to Believe In an Idea - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Harry Connor JrTo conceive an idea is a wonderful accomplishment. Yet to believe in an idea is to mentally agree that the idea can live. But that idea will not live until the energy of life is instilled into it. To do this, the ‘conceiver’ must “kick-start” it – or lose it. How many times have you ...
Views: 1079(2 votes) - Being First - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Janet Christensen“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi “Being first” - now there is a provocative phrase. It can mean varied and different things, depending on your perspective. Being first can mean winning a contest of some kind, being victorious. It can mean putting ...
Views: 1461(1 vote) - Why Do Kids Cheat at School? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Hal WechslerWhy Kids Must Cheat in School When G.W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind law on January 8, 2002, he set the standard for test scores deciding the future for schools and students. Produce good test numbers or no government money. Deliver or perish was the message from Washington, ...
Views: 1937(2 votes) - Thinking Without Borders: Connecting the Dots When There are No Dots - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Avil BeckfordWe are socialized to think and act a certain way. And, we often put self-imposed barriers around ourselves, which constrains our thinking and how much we can achieve in life. We learn to travel the path of least resistance, instead of the road less travelled. Yet we wonder why our results in ...
Views: 2082(1 vote) - The Only Long-Term Business Approach That Brings Outstanding Success - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere is no conflict between working to maximize your profits in business, and working to benefit your consumer to the maximum. Quite to the contrary. Once you realize that the only long-term approach that can possibly be successful is to deliver the maximum value so that you get repeat and ...
Views: 909 - The Story of Success - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Avil BeckfordTales of successes are all around just waiting to be discovered. While conducting research for a blog post series “10 People Who Would Have Been Great Bloggers,” I stumbled on success tips – from Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, Francis Bacon and Estee Lauder – that are very relevant ...
Views: 1536(1 vote) - How to Carve Out the Time to Read - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Avil BeckfordFor people to start reading and make it a habit, they have to understand why reading is important to them. Reading has to be driven by a need, and then and only then will they make the time to do so. Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and other successful people understand this, and that is why ...
Views: 2453(1 vote) - Reaching your Fullest Potential - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Art MasonOne of the things that we talk about in our school is reaching your FULLEST potential. Parents bring their children to us, in hope that martial arts will help their child reach this peak. What is your FULL Potential? The human mind is an amazing thing. Scientist say that we only use 5-10% of ...
Views: 1195(2 votes) - Achievement – Find Your Way To Success and Happiness - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Giovanni FarottoI love my job. I love it because of its variety. Some days I happen to work in strictly controlled climate rooms where I’m forced to wear a kind of “burka” which leaves a square inch of my skin uncovered. Some other times I climb to the top of a 40 meters high stack with a fishing rod on my ...
Views: 1290(1 vote) - Consider Yourself Worthy - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Albert GaroliWe spend so much of our time making sure things work out well for ourselves and do this by planning, organizing, and hoping for good outcomes. However, success is not related to perfection, driving hard towards a single goal, or wearing one’s self thin with endless efforts. The first and most ...
Views: 2337(7 votes) - Discipline: The Key to Success - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Judi MoreoDiscipline is a major key to success. It is the ability to do what needs to be done at the appropriat time in order to accomplish your desired goals. Taking the First Step My friend Wally, who is 72 years old, runs three miles every weekday morning and has done so for 35 years. He is in ...
Views: 15380(1 vote) - Have Clarity in Your Purpose - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from ray borjaGod gave us the gift of life. How we choose to live it is our gift to him. I believe everybody has a reason for being. We are all born with a purpose, a set of skills, a bevy of abilities, and a talent or two. Our life should be in the uncovering, identifying and expressing these gifts to ...
Views: 1085(2 votes) - The Day After the 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYesterday marked the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, which occurred exactly 20 years ago in China when student-led protesters were crushed by the military. According to eyewitness accounts, Tiananmen Square was quiet and uneventful all of yesterday--save for the noticeable presence ...
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