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- Take Charge - Change - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Ted CiubaWhen is the best time to start your new program, to open up to the new consciousness where you become a new person, where you adopt new habits, patterns, where you change your lifestyle to give you what you want? When do you think is the best time? This is a question that's come up throughout ...
Views: 1162(2 votes) - Position Yourself For A Market Recovery - by Submitted on Nov 30, 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: 1161(3 votes) - Why You Need A Little More Evel Knievel In You - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaI didn't write it, but I would like to have written it. I'd like to take credit for it, but it's from the Early to Rise newsletter. I just got an email from them, and the subject line—which of course is the title—is, "Why You Need a Little More Evel Knievel in You." It's always a sales ...
Views: 1156(3 votes) - Take Advantage Of The Benefits This Time Does Bring - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere's a person who does some work for me—getting specific, she does transcriptions for me—who off and on has done it for years. We've been creating product all this time… Of course, most of it earlier was Internet-related, and she came right along with that. And now, most of what I do is ...
Views: 1154(2 votes) - 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) - How Many Millions Do You Want To Make? - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere are some people you can't lie to, because they've got the goods on you. For instance, how do you lie to your banker about how much money you're really making, how much business you're doing, how well you're managing the financial affairs in your business? There's an interesting story I ...
Views: 1147(1 vote) - Broadcast To The Many, Sell To The Few - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaToday, you get a special marketing message from the insights of Ted Ciuba as a direct response marketer. What does that mean? Basically, it means that I put the message out to the masses as much as I can—I want everybody to know what's happening. And then, those who respond I work with more ...
Views: 1132(2 votes) - Get Mentors To Accelerate Your Success - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Ted CiubaAll my life, I had been a little bit envious of the success that I saw that others clearly had and I didn't have. And of course it was justified in my circles and my family, and we were taught it was good, religiously, to be poor. God loved the poor people but not the rich ones, you know… “It’s ...
Views: 1122(3 votes) - “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) - Give More Than You Gave Yesterday - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Ted CiubaThis article came about because of a lady who was considering enrolling in a coaching program that I offer for a coaching, consulting, training business. And listen, here's what she was saying… The times we're in, you're hearing it everywhere. "Well, my husband got laid off unexpectedly four ...
Views: 1120(2 votes) - Intention: “The Sub 4Minute Attempt Is On” - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Ted CiubaIt's fairly well known in motivational circles and sporting circles… The story of Roger Bannister, the first person to break the four minute mile - or as they say it in the track and field arena, to run the sub-four minute mile. What a lot of people don't know is what went on to make that ...
Views: 1119(2 votes) - Intervene At The Lowest Level of Risk - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Ted CiubaYou cannot live in this world without encountering conflict…so you would think that they would teach conflict resolution in schools. Of course, they don't. Not that there's no conflict there, but they certainly don't teach effective conflict resolution. Let me give you one little idea which ...
Views: 1119(2 votes) - You Were Not Born to Live Like Brutes - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from Ted CiubaIt was Odysseus who said it—Ulysses in Latin, Odysseus in Greek—and it was Dante who wrote about it in The Inferno. This striking couplet seared into my mind and has guided me, given me much benefit, over the last 30 years of my life. I share it with you now… They're at war. They’ve traveled ...
Views: 1111 - “Enthusiasm Is Not “Some” Thing It's EVERYTHING!” - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Ted CiubaI was broadcasting in the company of several legendary marketers… Really, a dream come true… And it came my turn to comment on “enthusiasm”. And while I have much to say on the topic and your weal-being, HoloMagic in the moment had gifted us with the company of a very special achiever, so I ...
Views: 1107(1 vote) - 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) - We Became What We Set Out To Be - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Ted CiubaIn The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason tells a story. And so it comes along one day when the middle-aged chariot maker, Bansir, is tired and can't quit working. He's built a linear income. And there's the lyre player, Kobbi. Kobbi's coming up the hill with lyre in hand, going to do ...
Views: 1085(3 votes) - 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 - 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) - Face Your Fear - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Ted CiubaHave you ever eaten fire? Have you ever walked on burning coals? They call it firewalking. Well, I have-I've walked on burning coals several thousand times. I used to lead empowerment seminars where that was a regular feature of our event. I don't do that today. Eating fire, yes-dozens and ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - Risk, Reward, Probability - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaWhat would you do if someone said you had to make a decision on a purchase, an investment, a property—you call it—by the end of the day? Well, you know what most people would do, don't you? They would do nothing—they would let the opportunity pass. Or there's the other group, who would get so ...
Views: 1044 - He Was Hunting His Vision - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaWhat remarkable power did the man, Walt Disney, have, possess, use, move and flow with, that gave him such vision, such striving to achieve excellence at all costs? He was a man who never let reality get in the way. I believe you can find that power in the term HoloMagic. If you're a ...
Views: 1042(1 vote) - The Heart, The Mindset Comes First, The Vehicle Next, Then Follows Success - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Ted CiubaIt was one failure after another. I bounced around in any job I could get for years. I yearned to tread the road to riches. But, after years in the work force, I looked up, and still, I was in a job that I didn't like—broke, barely getting by. It was at that time I found the book called Think ...
Views: 1042(3 votes) - Are You Consciously Creating? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaHere’s another good affirmation for you: “You are a creative center, from which increase is given off to all." What we, for short, call an “affirmation”, is more technically defined as “an affirmation of something that is true. This is not mystic mumbo-jumbo, you are a creative center, from ...
Views: 1039(1 vote) - I've Not Given Anything Up - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaI could've been out at the lake when I was writing this article; it was a beautiful day. As I dictated this, I'd just seen a group of about 12 Harley riders go by. Not on my street-where I live is a little more insulated than that-but I can see a few streets over on a major thoroughfare. It was ...
Views: 1036(3 votes) - I Never Said, "Don't Risk" - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaA listener to my audio articles recently shared with me a point that she noted. And indeed, it's true-in a recent group of articles, I was clustered around grief. I was involved with my father-in-law's passing, and so I took advantage of that circumstance that life presented to reflect on those ...
Views: 1022(1 vote) - Let Those You Love Know That You Love Them, Today - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaHere we are on the edge of civilized Panamá, pretty doggone close to Tocumen International Airport, the airport that services Panamá. And inside these lot lines the grief, the well wishing, is serious. Rosendo Moreno, father of the clan, aged 74, passed away a few days ago. And the family is ...
Views: 1022(1 vote) - 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 - 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 - Move Your Future Towards Your Definite Chief Aim - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaWhat do you do when you're in what you perceive to be a bad situation? Well, of course there are a number of different strategies you can use. Number one, reframe it; make it a challenge, make it an opportunity, make it something that in fact grows you and betters you and moves you further in ...
Views: 996 - We Know Better Than The Prospect Does - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaBeing a salesperson is an interesting job. It's one of those professions, kind of like being an attorney, where while we like them and we need them, most of the time they're the brunt of jokes. And most of the time we don't like them, and most of us would never want to be one of those ...
Views: 988 - You May Not Recognize Your Inner Wizard, Even When It’s Working - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2009 from Ted CiubaTed Ciuba: I am intrigued because I have known, as you have, too, a couple of con men. I can think of two images. I’m not asking you to call them up and identify them, but I can think of two images in the recent years that I have been fooled by that, the evidence, later, showed. And then I think ...
Views: 988 - “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) - The Risk That You're Willing To Take - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaBoy, I've gotten myself into some fancy fixes before. I've lost money on big investments, in international business, with things going crazy, by doing something in a relationship that I shouldn't have done for some reason… such as changing the relationship. I'm not that unique—we all do this ...
Views: 957(1 vote) - More Important Than Specialized Knowledge - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaToday I'd like to discuss the fourth named principle in The NEW Think and Grow Rich, which is specialized knowledge. You know, most people really miss it here; they don't really catch what the chapter says. The chapter does not say that you need to have a lot of specialized knowledge. It does ...
Views: 944 - 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) - The Accumulation Of Riches And The Human Life Cycle - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Ted CiubaHere's a moment of insight, while it's actually happening, into the life of an author. I am reading my Spanish translation of The NEW Think and Grow Rich. They call it El Nuevo Piense y Hágase Rico. And I come across this line, "La acumulación de dinero no puede dejarlo al azar, a la buena ...
Views: 924 - 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 - 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: 915 - What Makes The NEW Think And Grow Rich So Special? - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Ted CiubaOne of the frequent questions I receive is, "What makes The NEW Think and Grow Rich, and Think and Grow Rich, so special?" It's not necessarily that people are asking, "Why are you saying that it's so special?" If I were in advertising, that would be a logical question. If I were advertising ...
Views: 904 - The Evolving Nature Of Goals - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaWe put a lot of emphasis on creating goals. Page 6, chapter 1 of The NEW Think and Grow Rich has the Formula for Riches. And right then and there, on page 6, we're getting you definite on what it is you want—your definite chief aim, and the consequences that it will bring about. Most people ...
Views: 901(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) - The Right Question: What Do People Want? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaUnless you're living in a cave and you don't need any of the essentials of food, shelter, transportation, etc., and unless you haven't heard the news, unless you haven't had, maybe, a family member affected—and there are people who haven't—or, unless, of course, you have a no-fail government job ...
Views: 891(1 vote) - 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 - Make Your Vacation Spot Your Home - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaImagine your favorite destination in the world. Imagine it isn't your vacation spot; quite to the contrary, you've turned it around and made it your home. How can you do this? Well, if you've got an Internet business, you can do it easily. And it gets even better than this. When you make it ...
Views: 870 - On the Threshold of Unparalleled Success - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaThink of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. That's what I told a coaching client recently. We were in a coaching session, and she was explaining how her income had dropped, how the economy had her worried, and how it was harder to sell—which is why her income had dropped. ...
Views: 870 - Repeat The Self Confidence Formula - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaRecently, my friend Wendy Robbins asked me how I would advise someone who had just been faced with a difficult obstacle. For example, what if you've been laid off, or you've just had a parent die? Whatever the circumstance might be, how do you regain confidence so you can move forward ...
Views: 858 - Meaningful Words Vs. Meaningless Work - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaRecently, I found myself in front of a wishing well—and of course, I was and am wishing you well. I'm doing everything within my power to make you a more productive, more contributing, more achieving, more satisfied, more actualizing human being. There I was—I had the family with me, taking ...
Views: 842 - Reminding the Entire HoloCosm - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaAre you like most of us? Do you need an occasional kick in the bucket? Well, here it is, then! Everybody who lives by our philosophy of success knows that you need to have guiding affirmations—especially the one that you fill out in the Formula for Riches, on page six of The NEW Think and ...
Views: 836 - 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 - 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 ...
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