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- 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 - Let Those You Love Know That You Love Them, Today - by Submitted on Jul 08, 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: 793 - Meditation is an Active Event - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaHello, my friends! Today I'm going to talk about a concept that comes straight out of Chapter 13 of The NEW Think and Grow Rich—HoloMagic, the Sixth Sense, the other dimension. Even though we're going to focus in on a specific point, the whole chapter is about triggering the self-fulfilling ...
Views: 790 - 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 - 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 - The Inspired Thought That, When You Get It, You Know It's Yours - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaIntuition is not just a mystical and entertaining, topical, religious, or female kind of feeling. No, no, no—intuition is our consciousness guiding us, telling us what it knows to be right. Hey, everybody's got an opinion, and there are certain systems set up. For instance, you grow up, get a ...
Views: 751 - 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 - You Can't Eat Ego When You're Old - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Ted CiubaAfter a career that's spanned approximately 40 years in the business and sales environment, I seem to have developed a few opinions—surprise, surprise. Recently, I was talking with one of my partners about financial literacy. And again, I've seen it all. For example—how do you make more money? ...
Views: 720 - You Know Who's the Boss - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from Ted CiubaSocial scientists have determined that there are people who look at the world with an internal locus of control, or with an external locus of control. What does all that mean? Well, locus means location—can you see the word? Briefly, an internal locus of control means that they believe they ...
Views: 715 - One Creative Breakthrough - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaOne creative breakthrough can make a giant difference in your ability to contribute, and in your ability to receive the rewards that come with contribution. I'd like to give you a personal example from my own life and affairs. Again, this is metaphorical for you in your own career. If you're ...
Views: 710 - Opt Out Of The Crybaby Society - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaLet's talk a little bit about refunds. Well, let's start where the process begins, with sales. I want to talk about one of the wisdoms they teach us—that in the business environment, we're all salespeople, but some people have a specific responsibility. Those, of course, are the ones who get ...
Views: 709 - Without Women, What Good Would Money Be? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Ted Ciuba"Without women, what good would money be?" That's a quote from Aristotle Onassis. Of course, as a male, I would subscribe to that. I'm not expecting every woman to subscribe to it, though. And I'm not really talking sexist stuff here. What I mean is that we don't work for the money, and ...
Views: 704 - See How Much You Can Give for a Dollar - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from Ted CiubaI'm often asked—and it's a begging question, because I'm out there promoting the concept—"What makes a person exceptional?" The real way to phrase the question, of course, is, "How can I be exceptional, and how can I get ahead in my enterprise, organization, or my own business?" Well, it's ...
Views: 703 - The Three Mores of the Extra Mile - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Ted CiubaPeople are always asking me, "How can I get ahead?" But that isn't what amazes me that they ask. What amazes me is that sometimes they really, sincerely don't know what to do, and don't know how to do it. And when they hear it, a lot of times it's a revelation from out of this world. Let me ...
Views: 703 - You Live in Interesting Times - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Ted CiubaBoy, these are hard times. You're hearing it everywhere you go—and it's gotten to a point where these talk shows are teaching people how to survive, just like they might be teaching them how to improve their golf swing, or their tennis swing, or how to safely put their babies in daycare while ...
Views: 703 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - The High Leverage Way To Use Affiliate Programs - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Ted CiubaIn this edition, I'm going to talk a bit about affiliate programs on the Internet. Now, I know this is not our normal subject, but you know, I'm an Internet marketer—and I get a lot of questions on this. Besides, making money is our usual topic. And being smart about it is the only way to ...
Views: 694 - 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 - Why Aren’t You Doing Something? - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Ted CiubaYou mean you think, you are fearful, you are worried that, your head might be on the cutting block next? You mean you think your job isn’t secure? Hold it, hold it I thought that was the whole thing about having a job, was the security of it. The lie is exposed! Enough said on that point, ...
Views: 690 - 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 - Something That Works - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaGood day. Ted Ciuba here, writing about another Think and Grow Rich principle: Persistence. You know, a lot of people don't like the connotations of persistence, because it implies work. However, you, like most people interested in this philosophy, aren't averse to work. What you are wanting is ...
Views: 680 - To Accomplish Things That Are Literally Out of This World - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Ted CiubaThanks for following along with me on my mobile office through the state of Florida! Previously, we were in Walt Disney World. As I write this we're at the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida. Listen, we just got out of a presentation—a 40-minute IMAX film, one of those 3-D things ...
Views: 679 - The Current Flows Endlessly - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaThe morning I wrote this, I woke up like I usually do to a radio alarm clock—and the talk show host told me that Paul Harvey had died at 90 years of age, after a radio broadcasting career of 70 years. A true icon, he's been on the radio much longer than most of us, myself included, have even ...
Views: 677 - We Create Our Conditions And Circumstances - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Ted CiubaI met a very bright, intelligent person this last New Year's Eve. There was this gentleman sitting at the dining room table—and by the way, to put it in context, there must have been 40 people at this little gathering. A small, but adequately large, home-based New Year's Eve party. And this ...
Views: 676 - 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 - 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 - 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 - That's What Positive Mental Attitude Is - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Ted CiubaHere's another quick anecdote for us to learn by. One morning as I was waking up recently, lo and behold, here comes a hailstorm. Now, I have lived through hail the size of baseballs—the size of a hardball, not a softball. And I've seen hail go through windows. I've seen hail batter vehicles so ...
Views: 668 - 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 ...
Views: 662 - Jump On and Scramble All Over - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaA lot of people say to me, "Ted, you just seem so sincere and so honest, and you just don't seem to have so many pretentions." Well, I would say I'm sure my redneck Ciubas, my brothers and sisters and my family members, wouldn't mind another beer brawl down Broadway. When people think that I ...
Views: 662 - 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 - We're Already in the Current - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Ted CiubaLet's imagine that there's a raging torrent, and that the water's really strong going down current—and for some reason or another, you happen to fall into the river. You can just imagine how the current is taking you down, and you can twist, and you can turn, and you can certainly manage to ...
Views: 658 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - The Superior Functioning of Your Body - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Ted CiubaIf it's the dominating thoughts of your mind that determine, through the mind-environment connection, the results that you get in your life, then one aspect of that result must be the superior functioning of your body. Yes, of your body, too. We talk so much about the mind. But what does it ...
Views: 634 - Like the World's Elite - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaGo the extra mile, and you'll be thinking and acting like the world's elite warriors and achievers. Go the extra mile, and you will be spectacular—you will stand head and shoulders above your competitors. And the amazing thing is, as I have said time and time again, it takes so little to ...
Views: 633 - Riches Are a Result - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2009 from Ted CiubaLet's talk a little bit about c2, as in that HoloMagic c2 Factor. You might remember Einstein's famous and well-known formula, E = mc2. Let's talk about that for a moment. "E" is capitalized; "E" stands for Energy. Going across the equal sign, "m," which is usually written in lower case, is ...
Views: 632 - Why A Man Who Had Written Three Motivational Books Set Them Aside - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Ted CiubaFor those of us who are Think and Grow Rich fans, I've got another little insight I want to share with you. W. Clement Stone is the person who actually helped Napoleon Hill with his philosophy, promulgating that philosophy—and of course, making the consequent money he did—more than anybody else ...
Views: 629 - What Goes Around the Spiral - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from Ted CiubaYou've just got to enjoy this life. I bought a house recently, and got a pretty decent price on it. But the interesting thing is that I used to be half-owner of that house, until I gave it to one of my surrogate sons. So it's a house that I was involved in buying approximately four or five ...
Views: 621 - When Things Shift - by Submitted on May 04, 2009 from Ted CiubaI went to bed late last night… You know, I'm working very hard during this economic recession. That's a joke, of course. The truth is, as an author, I like to work different hours, odd hours. So I did go to bed late last night, and was thinking nothing about the morning. I had a few ...
Views: 620 - The Power of Decision or Indecision - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Ted CiubaA decision always requires a commitment—and a decision is made whether a person makes a decision or not. The decision could be about getting fit, it could be about starting that new business that you just know will take off, or it could be about starting that business that you're passionate ...
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