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- “If You Couldn't Manage it When it Was Nothing…” - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Ted CiubaI was talking to the unstoppable Glenn W. Turner just the other day. We were talking about different things—I was interviewing him, asking him about a few things that he'd found interesting in his ride up. Well, this is a hare-lipped country boy. I mean, the first time he went to New York he ...
Views: 987(1 vote) - “Use my time! Use my time! Use my time!!” - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaThe poet wrote, “There’s a destiny that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.” I’ve lost several friends and family members, good friends in the internet community, father-in-law recently. Sad. We all will die. Then I happened to be looking through photo albums, family albums. Oh, all ...
Views: 1122(2 votes) - Are You Going To Leverage And Maximize What You Create? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Ted CiubaSo often we hear the "But I don't have money!" cry. Well, neither did Colonel Sanders. He wasn't traveling around the country in his 60s trying to sell his chicken recipe and sleeping in his car because he wanted to sleep in his car. He was sleeping in his car because he had no money. Social ...
Views: 1166(3 votes) - Changing Your Subconscious Programming - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Ted CiubaRecently, I was talking to fellow entrepreneur, Wendy Robbins, about autosuggestion, one of the more powerful principles I teach in The NEW Think and Grow Rich. Principle #11 teaches that the thinking The NEW Think and Grow Rich philosophy is based on is complete and throughout your whole ...
Views: 2400(3 votes) - I Have Run The Good Race - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Ted CiubaI sent an article out recently, and I had one of the beautiful people on my subscriber list write me back. She happens to be a practicing psychic, and so she gave me a message, apparently because she was touched with the depth, the profoundness of the article. The basic message was that she ...
Views: 1351(3 votes) - More Than The Law Of Attraction - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Ted CiubaYou know, when people ask about the Law of Attraction, I tell them, "Oh yeah, it's definitely the truth." But what confuses a lot of people is that they picked up on this one law, and somehow believed it was the whole truth. Now, you know better than that. There are myriad laws operating. ...
Views: 1493(3 votes) - Delayed Gratification - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Ted CiubaDelayed gratification. That's a phrase that few people like to hear—we are the "give it to me and give it to me now" generation. Literally, we don't often think along the terms of "grow” rich. We want to start a business and have it do what Google did. Everybody wants that. But can you plan on ...
Views: 1695(2 votes) - If Glenn Had Listened To The People Back Home… - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from Ted CiubaToday, folks, I want to share some more of the inspiring words of my friend, marketing legend Glenn W. Turner!!... "The first thing to remember is that you have to go to seminars. What changed my life was not listening to my neighbors and my friends, my father, my mother, and the people in my ...
Views: 1188(2 votes) - Position Yourself For A Market Recovery - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Ted CiubaPosition yourself for a market recovery. Hey come on—don't buy into the prevailing sentiment. This is the stuff that Getty and Rockefeller talk about. When 80% of the people think everything is going to get worse and it's crashing, and there's no light at the end of the tunnel, when 80% of ...
Views: 1106(2 votes) - It's Like Pumping Water Up The Hill - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaThat's three I know about in the last three days. Now, I very seldom take a public political position—although as you may know, I'm an iconoclast and I'm pretty much against what's normal. But that's in general. But on the immigration issue, I've got close connections. Of course, I’m NOT ...
Views: 1235(3 votes) - A Living Spiritual Energy - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaRecently, the question came up again: “What is HoloMagic?” "God" could be an accurate term, but it's got a lot of other stuff associated with it. Infinite Intelligence is clearly the one that Napoleon Hill opted for. The way I explain it most often is that it's connected with that quantum ...
Views: 1276(2 votes) - Carpe Diem Revisited - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Ted CiubaA caricature I saw recently depicted these big, fat gluttons, each with a big ol' turkey leg in one hand and a big ol' glass in the other—obviously obese people. They were smiling… and you know how those people have legs that don't even look normal because their bodies are so big? I looked at it ...
Views: 1056(1 vote) - GrayBeard, Dinosaurs, And Good Grooming - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Ted CiubaIt was just one of those little things that happen at a good meal. Comments—you know, we all share them. It really didn't mean anything, other than the fact that it did give me a moment to think. I was having lunch with a very, very close female friend and we've kind of, as they say, grown ...
Views: 1149(2 votes) - The Advice Of A Seven-Year-Old Panamanian - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Ted CiubaTodos los tiempos. For you who are not fluent in Spanish, todos los tiempos means—o significa, as they say—all the time, all the times. And really, what I want to talk about today is just an example of how we really want to live life to the max. I'm going tell you the story of a seven-year-old ...
Views: 1312(1 vote) - The Pain That Comes From Feeling Good - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere is a pain that feels good. Now, I know that sounds contradictory… and no, I'm not into S&M. But, let's take the metaphor of exercise, where we've stretched beyond what we are accustomed to. Let's take the metaphor which I am familiar with, of weightlifting-where we enter a new area, ...
Views: 943(1 vote) - What An Entrepreneur Can Learn From An Illegal Immigrant - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaAs I prepare the audio version of this article, the time is 4:03 a.m. I'm on my way to the airport, heading to Panamá. I just wanted to make a few notes on this political situation with Immigration. One of the reasons why I can comment on this is because I am half-Latino, I guess you'd call it, ...
Views: 1336(1 vote) - Treat The Next Step Like It’s Important - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaDuring a recent teleconference, I was asked, "Once you've taken the step of acquiring The NEW Think and Grow Rich, what's the next step? What's the best way to begin to implement the principles that you and Napoleon Hill teach in the book The NEW Think and Grow Rich?" Well, I advised them to ...
Views: 896(1 vote) - 50/50 – U.S. Versus The World - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaAs a commentator on human affairs, I really enjoy getting to see a lot of things going by. I have long been a proponent for women's rights; it began in the '80s for me—that's the 1980s, for those of you who weren't even born then. I was at Cal State, Fresno. It was a center of the feminist ...
Views: 669 - Actualizing - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaI've got a serious topic for us today. I know you've considered this before, but let's take a thought at it anyway: have you ever really thought about the fact that life offers you one chance? The same as everyone else—one chance. By the way, even if you believe in reincarnation, as I ...
Views: 694 - An Inside Job - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaAccept that life is imperfect—and that's perfect—and deal with what emerges. You know, so many people get backed up and stopped up, and then fall into the blame mode because something didn't happen the way they wanted. Someone didn't offer them what they wanted, be it that opportunity, that job, ...
Views: 635 - Any Day You Wish - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaJim Rohn is one of the true greats in the motivational field. Let’s take one little quote of his right now, “What we ponder and what we think about sets the course of our life. Any day we wish, we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish we can open a book that will open our ...
Views: 702 - As Usual, It's a Perfect Day - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaWhen you step onto the Skyview Hovercraft in Disney World's Tomorrowland, you're treated to a message that goes something like this: "Hi there, friends, this is Mr. Johnson with the Skyview Hovercraft Disney World, bringing you the latest Tomorrowland traffic report. As usual, everything is ...
Views: 772 - Attune, Ask, Appreciate, Amen, Act - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaGood day! Today's engagement is one that we have engaged with before. Actually, like all the themes that we talk about, we'll engage with this one over and over again. We've engaged with this recently—the same five points of Meditation, because it's so important. Everything we talk about is ...
Views: 590 - Be Encouraged By The Shortness of Life - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaAmidst all the luxury of the RMS Titanic, amidst all the tragedy and human errors, I'm reminded of the fact that life is brief—surprise! I've seen murals, I've seen photographs of some of the victims, all the way from very young people on up. I've seen a young boy in a suit and tie who looks to ...
Views: 668 - Be Prepared for Anything - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThey always tell you to expect the unexpected. But you know, even after a while, the unexpected becomes expected—and it's easier to prepare for. When I was a youngster growing up in Texas, we had a problem with scorpions. If you don't know what they are, look it up in the dictionary. They ...
Views: 693 - Begin Afresh Today - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaLet’s talk about getting outside your comfort zone. I have a good friend, Marshall Sylver, who says, "When you've been doing something wrong for so long, doing it the right way is actually what feels uncomfortable." And he's got a solid, rock-on, right-on point. You've got to get outside ...
Views: 690 - Both Currents Are Strong - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaHey, me and Hank Williams, Jr., we're from Dixie. And speaking of Dixie—during a recent drive, I passed by Dixie Plywood and Lumber Company here in Nashville, and it looked almost like a ghost town instead of the busy, bustling center of activity it normally is. There were just about six cars ...
Views: 794 - Celebrate The Dead Leaves and High Winds - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaAs I write this, it's a beautiful February morning in Nashville, Tennessee. And sometimes when the winds step up just a little bit, you can hear the dead leaves—the leaves that turned red and brown and golden, and now they all look dead. Many hang from the trees still… And the winds are ...
Views: 729 - Celebrate Today - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere are special moments in life, which really, the appropriate response is to celebrate. We’re humans and this is part of the human condition. And I want to share with you one of those special moments that just happened to me just a couple of days ago. Would have been March 15, 2009 took ...
Views: 753 - Change and Adapt to Thrive in a New Environment - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere's a statement in the business training that we put on that you want to get familiar with. We get everybody to buy into it, and understand what it really means. It's this: “Be the competitor you would hate to have as a competitor.” Be the best. Be unique. For instance, in this current ...
Views: 998 - Contentment: A Powerful Attitude to Adopt - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaMy special dog, Elena, has been my companion around the house for several years now. She's a Labrador retriever, she's about eight human years old, and she's just a great companion. Now, she can teach us something about life as it can be and should be, and is for a lot of entrepreneurs, ...
Views: 877 - Different with Design - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere's a scientist who studied Olympic swimmers—he studied them very much in depth, and he studied their records of progress, because they came from the ranks. But of course, by the time they're Olympic swimmers, they're way exceptional. As Weick and Browning note, "Olympic swimmers modify ...
Views: 661 - Do Something Different - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaDo something different. I was on a coaching call recently with a gentleman who happens to be 30 years old now, but at the time we met he was 24. And he was ambitious—he wanted to earn more money, and of course he was grown-up, pure middle class American. So he did what everybody told him to ...
Views: 640 - Do Your Dreams - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaI sport around town in a late model Acura TL. It's nothing super exceptional—I'm not bragging on it—but it is a sports car. It's a four-door charcoal-silver color, and it has a 250-horsepower, automatic transmission. Now, why I tell you this—a thing I never dreamed I'd be telling you—is ...
Views: 641 - Don't Try and See How Much You Can Get for a Dollar - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaRecently, I stood in Victory Circle in Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida. So it was really fitting and proper to remember Henry Ford, the father of the modern automobile and the guy who first applied the principles of the assembly line to the automobile to make it affordable… which was his ...
Views: 606 - Dramatic and Extraordinary Results - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaI got an email recently from a lady claiming she was desperate, and this next program (in my case) had to work, because she couldn't afford any more false starts. And she'd never been able to get it together, because her concentration was bad and she couldn't follow through. I wrote her back ...
Views: 805 - Get Outside Your Comfort Zone - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaGet outside your comfort zone. Yes, we say that again and again, and yes, you need to hear that again and again—as, by the way, do I. We all have a comfort zone—and even if it expands, we still have a comfort zone. Every desire, dream, and ambition that you have not realized lies outside that ...
Views: 644 - How Come You're Not Driving a Rolls Royce? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaPeople frequently ask me, "If you're the author of The NEW Think and Grow Rich, then how come you're not driving a Rolls Royce?" Well, it's real simple—I don't want a Rolls Royce, except maybe when I'm speaking and making appearances. And on select occasions when I wanted the staging, I have ...
Views: 640 - How to Work the HoloCosm - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaOn page 284 of The NEW Think and Grow Rich is a section called "How to Work the HoloCosm." It talks about Dr. Elmer Gates, the famous inventor, and how he got his ideas. It talks about how: "…the scientific inventor, or 'genius,' begins an invention by organizing it and combining the ...
Views: 922 - I Didn't Think It Was Silly - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaI didn't think it was silly, even though I was in dire economic circumstances—which in my life, at that time, translated into the fact that I didn't have a job. For my own reasons—which I didn't realize at that point—I couldn't find a job. I had child support and some other obligations going ...
Views: 668 - If You Grab Hold of That Same Kind of Passion - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaAs I write this, I'm with my family in the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World. We're having a great time, and I'll tell you what—this Walt Disney is a good example of someone who set out with a vision and a dream, and a standard of excellence. Today we're in the Orlando version; there are ...
Views: 1070 - Imperfectly Done, But Done - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere was an American general during World War II who was quoted to have said, "A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed next week." The words may not be exact, but you definitely catch the drift. And that is a characteristic of achievers, of those who get ...
Views: 639 - In Problems Lie Hidden Opportunity - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2013 from Ted CiubaWe’ve had some turbulent economic times lately, for sure. As I write, unemployment is at its highest level in twenty-six years. To give you some idea of how sales have softened: one of my dear friends was recently told by her employer that they were easing her out the door in three hours, after ...
Views: 1000 - Insane, Long-Term, Moneymaking Ventures - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaResourcefulness in any economy, in any time, is a very valuable trait. I recently sent an email to a friend of mine I was planning to meet the next day. We were both traveling in to do a conference, and we're helping people in their economic foundations—building business. Of course with me, ...
Views: 696 - It Means Get Resourceful - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaMy theme today is not the excesses, the extreme greed, the corruption that overextended the American economy and forced the inevitable correction to come. No, it's much simpler, much more important to each of us—and that is the fact that this is normal. Ups and downs, days and nights, ...
Views: 694 - It's How You Attack Things - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted Ciuba"The light will never be green by the time you get to it," my passenger said. And of course, here's old Ted Ciuba, thinking about the Law of Attraction, thinking, That doesn't mean that I won't get through it. And you know what? That's exactly how it played out. The light turned yellow just ...
Views: 585 - It's Just a Thought, But it Makes All the Difference in the World - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaSeems like America and the individuals inside of America are really focused in on their problems right now. "Oh, woe is me!" And they're wondering, in the helpless little state they're in, who's going to bail them out, who's going to give them economic stimulus, who's going to pay their ...
Views: 687 - It's No Laughing Matter - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaIt's no laughing matter today. If you're an employee, or a business owner—especially if you're an employee—your job is at risk. People are hearing it in record numbers. You’ve got to recognize that there is no security out there now. And you better recognize that if something does come as a ...
Views: 638 - It's Only Thinking, But Thinking is the Cause - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaMost people think that they're very ordinary, very normal—or said the other way around, "Well, there's nothing special about me," or, "What's special about me?" The fact is, there's another group of people who say that everybody has a gift to give, something unique. For a Mozart, of course, ...
Views: 832 - It's The Next Mile - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaCaptain Edward James Smith, known as E.J., was the most experienced of the White Star Line masters. He had over two million miles of safe experience—a long and admirable career. And he was the one selected to captain the maiden voyage of the Titanic, the largest, most luxurious passenger ...
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