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By Rob WhiteDec 14, 20121 topic

Five Proven, Successful & Motivational Tips To Age Backwards

If you are at all like me, ( a "Baby boomer") you’ve probably heard expressions like “60 is the new 40.” The truth is actually that anyone can be 68 going on 50. All you need is a motivational mindset. Then you, too, can start counting the calendar backwards at each birthday. Beyond good diet and exercise – which are critical for anyone at any age – getting motivated is the key to aging well. Here are five ways to adopt a motivational mindset, launch your own age rollback an

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteMar 18, 20131 topic

How to Make Your Own Luck

If you're looking for a guaranteed way to win the lottery (other than purchasing every ticket available), you won't find it here or anywhere else. But there's another kind of luck, and it's not the "luck of the Irish." You have it within your power to create your own luck. Real luck is about taking control of your life and being receptive to opportunities that come your way. And it's about recognizing that there's far more in life that is for you than against you. By being re

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteJan 29, 20131 topic

Five Ways to Make Your Winter WOEs Fly Away

Even the most motivated and upbeat positive thinkers are susceptible tornwinter WOEs. WOE is an acronym for "What On Earth" is happening. It's what you say when you take on the role of helpless victim. It's also what you say on a dark winter day when the blues and blahs are getting to you. So what can you do when you're weary of those dark, blustery days? You can remind yourself that perhaps the world's environment is getting to you, but there is something you can do. You ca

Primary topic: Motivation

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By Rob WhiteOct 9, 20131 topic

***A Guide To Daydreaming: 5 Ways To Turn Daydreams Into Reality

We’re told, “Stop gazing out the window. Stop daydreaming; it’s a big waste of time.” And yet, the fact of the matter is that your world, and everything you experience in your world, is an out-picturing of inner pictures. Constructive daydreams are the instrument by which you create your world. Go ahead: Gaze out the window, daydream about the future. Successful achievements begin with inner visions that you create while in the shower or stuck in traffic. However, you can’t

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteFeb 4, 20131 topic

Do Something Special on Valentine’s Day: 10 Creative Ideas

Many a poet and philosopher has said that love is for all seasons. That’s true, but there’s nothing like Valentine’s Day to remind your significant other that you’ve fallen in love with her 365 times over the past year. The tried and true ways of showing your appreciation are always safe—cards, chocolates, and red roses. But why stop there? There are plenty of creative gifts you can give that won’t deplete your wallet. They may take a bit of your time, but that’s good—when y

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteJan 2, 20131 topic

I feel the earth move under my feet: a story about resilience?

“It was 1:00 a.m. Who the hell is calling me at this hour!?” Who? Oh, just my neighbor in Califo ia (I was in Boston at the time). He called to tell me that an earthquake had moved under their feet out there, and reduced my 48 single-family home development in Watsonville to a pile of rubble. I quickly remembered that the earthquake insurance coverage hadn’t kicked in yet. WOE! Remember the Carole King song: I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumblin’ down?

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteJun 10, 20131 topic

***5 Primal Principles of Communication

Rule #1: Turn away when he looks at you. Rule #2: When he turns his head, it's your time to look at him. But whatever you do, never stare him in the eyes -- he'll think you're challenging him. And that's something you don't want to do! No, I'm not talking about dealing with a psychopath. I'm talking about having an everyday communication with a gorilla capable of tossing you into a tree. I was taught the techniques of proper gorilla communication during a trip to Africa 20

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Rob WhiteNov 11, 20131 topic

***Moods Decide Your Fate – 5 Ways To Choose Your Mood

When I was a kid, I was moody. When I was moody, I was fated to get in some kind of trouble that got me in hot water. When I got in hot water, I felt resentful, and would say to myself, “See, life is tough; I can’t do anything without everyone jumping all over me. No wonder why I’m so moody.” As I matured, I came to realize that moods are NOT the effect of what is happening in my world, but rather: moods are the cause of what I do … which then becomes the cause of what happe

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteDec 4, 20121 topic

Achieve Success in the Face of the Fiscal Cliff

There is an incredible conversation buzzing about the threat of the fiscal cliff right in front us. It reminds me of the days when my biggest fear was the Fear of Poverty. I reacted to this fear by pretending I was indifferent to money, that it did not matter to me. Of course it mattered, otherwise I’d not have been so lazy about it. And that’s what it was, mental laziness in reaction to the fear of living in poverty and barely making it. Our politicians have fallen into the

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Rob WhiteNov 19, 20121 topic

***You Are Smarter Than You Think You Are

“I’ve got to decide that I’m smarter tha I think I am,” Mr. White, “or I’m not going to get accepted to Milton Academy.” So began a conversation with a student of mine, Debbie, who was hoping to get into Milton Academy, a prestigious middle and high school in eastern Massachusetts. This was not an easy feat—Milton is very selective. And it’s tuition, to boot, was in the stratosphere. Debbie’s problem was that while she was certainly intelligent enough, she didn’t act it and

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteMar 11, 20141 topic

***Do I Need To Go To A Temple To Love God?

Do I need to go to a temple to love God? Do I need to go to an arboretum to love nature? Do I need to go to a therapist to love myself? If my life is a dance, then love is already here, and I need go nowhere in particular to express my love. When I awaken with loving feelings, and when I say “HI” to my family and friends with loving feelings, and when I look upon the world and everything in it with loving feelings, then temples and arboretums can be great places to visit, bu

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteNov 19, 20121 topic

The Curse of the Conditioned Mind

The Curse of the Conditioned Mind The conditioned mind is a box of standard thoughts. This mind asks questions that only can be answered from the thoughts it has in its box. It can only think up to the walls of the box, and think no farther. The conditioned mind is a box of thoughts. If you are to think out of the box of standard thoughts, then you must be willing to think beyond your conditioned mind, which means you must be willing to be wrong about a lot of thoughts tha

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteNov 26, 20131 topic

***GPS Guide: The Only 'Recipe' You'll Need This Thanksgiving

Nothing makes the heart warm and entices the blossoming of one's joyous spirit like the pleasing attitude of gratitude. With Thanksgiving Day approaching, this exceptional quality of the heart takes center stage in the mind. Thanksgiving offers us an opportunity to notice how far we've come by noticing how much joy we have to give, how much we appreciate the world in which we live and how much compassion we feel for everyone, no matter how different they may seem to be. Imag

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteApr 7, 20141 topic

*** Who’s the Most Ordinary Guru on the Planet?

THE ORDINARY GURU PROJECTrn$9,000 in CASH PRIZES. “Ordinary gurus are everywhere, you just need to open your eyes, mind, and heart and be receptive. That clerk in the local grocery store, the cabbie or the passerby on the street might just say the right and perfect thing that gives you the key to breaking through a myth about yourself, one that’s been keeping you down. A beautiful caterpillar dangling from a branch by your window might be nature’s way of reminding you that y

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteApr 3, 20131 topic

The Day the Factory Stood Still

Every small town has its Friday night rituals, and the community I grew up in was no exception. When my father's shift at the tool and die plant ended at 5:00 pm, the men who worked on the factory floor gathered at the Silver Front Bar and Grill to have a few beers, talk, joke about the day, then head home for a sit-down dinner with their families. I'll never forget one Friday night when I was 15 years old. My dad came home earlier than usual, his face red as a beet. He was

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Rob WhiteJan 8, 20131 topic

Mug of Enlightenment

Coffee isn’t only something we can gulp down in the morning; it can enrich us spiritually and emotionally. Here are five ways that a cup of joe can provide us with motivation, happiness, and even a touch of enlightenment: 1. Mindfulness in a mug. Mindfullness is a laser focus on what you’re doing in the present. Next time you make a cup of steaming hot coffee, wrap your palms around the mug. Feel the heat make its way into your fingers, and feel a wave of warm, healing energ

Primary topic: Enlightenment

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By Rob WhiteApr 10, 20131 topic

Nature Only Flies First Class

During a walk around the community pond today, I came face-to-face with Swami Charles, our name for a homeless guy who has more pearls of wisdom than you’d find at a convention of gurus. I commented on how lovely and elegant the swans looked. “As do the pigeons,” he responded. “Nature makes nothing but first class. Take time to see the beauty in a dandelion and you’ll stop calling it a weed. All plant-life has incredible purpose or it wouldn’t exist. There are no weeds, just

Primary topic: Learning

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By Rob WhiteJan 10, 20141 topic

***Running With The Bulls - A Vanity Check

After a hard day at work, I love meeting friends at the local Mexican restaurant for a beer and spicy dinner. During a chips and salsa evening one hot July, I noticed a new poster near the bar. It featured a crowd of people running through the streets of Pamplona, Spain ahead of a herd of supercharged bulls. When I got home, I read about the annual Pamplona event and was immediately convinced that running with the bulls was part of my destiny. I wanted to be part of a traditi

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteApr 2, 20141 topic

***Who’s Your Guru? Share your story and win $5,000

] Announcing The Ordinary Guru Contest Life is always sending you everyday, ordinary gurus who help you break through beliefs and myths that stop you from experiencing the life you dream of living. These unassuming gurus help you to see yourself and life differently. They offer insights and life-lessons that make it clear that there is more to you than you’ve given credit to. These gurus are everywhere, and take every form. You’ve had many opportunities to learn from them.

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteNov 19, 20121 topic

Are You Giving Yourself Proper Mental Nutrition?

Do you remember the parable? Do you remember the parable about the man with a fig tree in his vineyard? He went to the tree looking for fruit, and there was none. He went back to the tree the next year, and it was still barren. He returned a third year. Nothing! The man then told his vineyard keeper to cut the tree down. The vineyard keeper said, “Allow me to offer it proper nutrition and come back next year. If it doesn’t bear fruit next year, then I will cut it down.” Th

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteJan 14, 20131 topic

How soon will the money come pouring in?

“Okay, so you quit your teaching job of 17 years to make millions in real estate. How soon will the money come pouring in? When will the results begin?” a fellow teacher mockingly asked me this when I told him that this was my last day in class. He believed I was making a big mistake, and he wanted to make his point clear. “Results arrive at once,” I countered. “The moment I decided to leave the teaching profession to make my fortune in real estate, I killed off all other op

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteOct 9, 20131 topic

***5 Ways To Aspire Higher – Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals

This blog offers information that I’ve learned from my parrot, Shakespeare. Shaky (short for Shakespeare), has been with me for some thirty years now. Amongst the many lessons he taught me, one of my favorites is his demonstration of how to Aspire Higher by setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Shaky is a confident bird, not shy and very direct about getting what he wants. He knows how to get results without wasting a lot of time. I have learned to use his S.M.A.R.T. strategy to do the

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteApr 17, 20131 topic

Paint it Black, Please

There they were, 60 freshly painted white doors with black trim in my thirty-unit apartment building. Great job. Except for one minor detail: this was the opposite of what I asked my maintenance guy to do. I specified BLACK doors with WHITE trim. I don’t usually fly off the handle, but this mix-up really torqued me. My first impulse was to chew him out, but the BPOR (Better Part Of Rob) took control and said, “take a walk.” So I headed across the street to stroll around our

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteAug 5, 20131 topic

***If I Always Practiced What I Preach

This summer has been particularly momentous for me. As you know, I’ve been passionately finishing up my next book, And Then I Met Margaret. The creation of this book has been an incredibly reflective and enriching process, but it has by no means been all smooth sailing and sunshine. During the course of my writing odyssey I have been tested by life. My less-than-perfect response to a particular incident prompted deep personal reflection. Without getting into the sensitive de

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteMar 11, 20141 topic

***The Meaning of Rapture - Day One

It’s time to look at an important word that we love to banter about, but usually use inappropriately. The word is “rapture.” Its original meaning was “to jump out” … to jump out of one’s usual way of being … to jump out of ones’ comfort zone … to jump out of our shell and feel the freedom of jumping into something new. The reaso “rapture” gives you an outstanding feeling is because you are standing outside of your usual way of being. The next five blogs will look deeper into

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteApr 10, 20131 topic

Take Off Your Blinders! Opportunity Is Outside Of Your Comfort Zone.

During a romantic surrey ride around Central Park in New York City with my wife, I learned an amazing thing about horses that applies to humans as well. The driver told us that horses need blinders because they’re easily spooked if they see something in their peripheral vision. He explained that from a young age, the horses are trained with blinders and become quite comfortable wearing them; the less they see of the world, the more secure they feel. Now let’s take a cross-s

Primary topic: Motivation

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By Rob WhiteDec 12, 20131 topic

***Unrecognized Contradictions - The Negative Power of "BUT"

The power of BUT is overwhelming when we don’t see it coming. Saying, “BUT” for any reason is calling upon a contradictory energy that cancels out any good you’ve done. “I like what I did with this project today, BUT, I still have a lot of work to do.” You are saying that you want to advance more expediently. And, at the same time, you are dramatically influencing your creative outflow with contradictory energy. How can you say what you mean to say, without adding the word B

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteNov 19, 20121 topic

I’m a mental magician

It’s magic I’ve discovered something that is quite amazing about myself. I am a mental magician. I have learned that if I change my mind about what I believe, I am able to change the world that unfolds before me. It’s magic. I notice that when I change my point of view about something, everything in the world changes to support me with my new point of view. When I understand this, I begin understanding my incredible power of creation. “When I change my point of view about s

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteNov 19, 20121 topic

***The $67,000 Question

Years ago when I was into body building, I couldn’t resist attending a training camp by the big guy. I mean the BIG GUY—A old Shwarzenneger. This was well before his Terminator and Governator days. At the time, he could barely speak the king’s English; nonetheless he won the “Mr. Olympia” title seven times. . . went on to become a Hollywood action film hero — an icon, really . . . a fabulously wealthy real estate owner . . . and, Califo ia’s highest elected official. A old b

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteNov 13, 20141 topic

***New View, New You, New Life

When I was fifteen, I was bored with my life. I no longer wanted to be the nice guy who was always polite and followed instructions. So, I decided to shake things up and changed my hair to look cool. I also bought a used leather jacket and started acting a little flippant. A few days later, my uncle Chick dropped by to pick up my father to go bowling. He noticed the different me and said, “I see you’re making some changes, Bobby. What’s great about feeling restless is that i

Primary topic: Empowerment

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By Rob WhiteDec 12, 20131 topic

***How To See The Perfection: Three Powerful Insights And Practical Suggestions

Insight One If you were willing to see that your very own thinking causes your glorious and your miserable experiences of life; if you were willing to accept that you are the originator, the cause of the kind of life you live – this is the beginning of the end of thinking that there’s imperfections in life that have nothing to do with you. When you meet with the self, - purified - and see the entirety of your unfolding life a consequence of your radiating energy, then you b

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteFeb 13, 20141 topic

***The Typical Mind That Asks Cannot Answer

The typical mind can easily ask a question with eage ess, but is not really looking for an answer. It is with “wrong eage ess” that it asks. It is truly only eager to give the point of view that it already holds. The question is simply leading to that. The mind that asks a thousand questions is most often asking in order to announce its presuppositions. This mind values the feeling of “knowing it all,” and yet wants to appear humble. It can actually deceive you into thinking

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteNov 11, 20131 topic

***How To Destroy What’s Destroying You - Tip 1 of 5

Tiredness comes from compulsively doing those things that are destroying your health and well-being. The person who is unable to separate himself from his compulsive tendencies is enslaved by his interior conditioning; conditioning that causes him to mechanically react to his exterior life. His life ebbs and flows with every passing weather pattern, or every time the stock market falls or rises, or with every report of good news or bad news that comes with the evening news. A

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteMar 11, 20141 topic

***You Attract What You Are

Lois is a wonderfully sweet 88-year-old neighbor who has dozens of friends, is always busy with community affairs, and has the loveliest garden in the world. How does Lois do that? At age 88, how is she constantly filled with vitality, and in high demand by everyone in the community? Lois is an everyday, ordinary, unassuming guru who demonstrates that “we attract what we are.” She often tells me that the Art of Living is merely a matter of sustaining an accepting mood to li

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteJan 21, 20141 topic

***It Works for Me, It Can for YOU!

All that I am today, and all that I have today is vastly more tha I could have possibly imagined when I was twelve years old. At that age, I assumed that the best I could hope for was to sweep floors in a local factory in the mill town in which I was raised. All of my success, be it in the restaurant business, my East coast and West coast real estate development triumphs, my travels around the world -- all of it comes from recognizing a power that resides in the deep of me, a

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteNov 13, 20131 topic

***How To Improve Your Number On The Happiness Scale

READ THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO IMPROVE YOUR HAPPINESS RATING HERE It's wise to understand that, in every moment, you are about as happy as you assume it's your right to be. And, it's profoundly relieving when you trust that it’s your birthright to be happy and enjoy life. If, right now, you were to rate your life by laughter, where would you place yourself on a scale of one to 10? If you find that you're living lower than eight on the Happiness Scale, it's important to accep

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteDec 17, 20121 topic

How to Succeed in Real Estate from an Old Pro

I quit teaching after seventeen years and decided to decided to get really committed to my goal, which was to get rich in real estate, and do whatever it took to fulfill on it. If I were to give three essential tips that guarantee your success in real estate today, it would be these: 1. Make your real estate aspiration your passion; turn every thing you do into a labor of love. Understand that those who win big are willing to do the things that others are not willing to do.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteNov 19, 20121 topic

***Do You Exaggerate? Learn The Incredibly Positive Power Of Exaggeration

“Mr. White, what about luck? How much does luck play into someone being successful.” One of the students at the John D. O’Bryant Institute at Northeaste University posed this question during my talk today. It’s a great question. The answer is very simple, I explained: if someone denies himself or herself the right to enjoy good luck, that person will not enjoy good luck. Whenever you feel like you’re having a streak of bad luck or whenever you feel like you don’t have good

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteJun 26, 20131 topic

The Big Night: 5 Ways to Cultivate Patience

OK, this is an old joke, so forgive me if you've heard it. A psychologist is giving a talk and describes how every couple has its own unique frequency of making love. She then asks people in the audience to state how often they have sex. Hands shot up as she called out "Once a day?" "Several days a week?" "Once a week?" and so on. At the end of her questioning, a fellow in the back of the room was frantically waving his hand. When she called on him, he screamed exuberantly, "

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteDec 5, 20121 topic

You Can Choose To Be Chosen – Chose WOW

If you’ve not been chosen to live a life of WOW – you can choose to be chosen. WOW is my acronym for: Wonderfully Obsessed with Winning. For me, this is a confidence builder; it’s an expression of wonder that motivates me to think higher. When I speak WOW with enthusiasm, the word opens my mind to inspiring possibilities. With WOW leading my thoughts, I find myself looking at the world with an attitude of “YES” no matter what the situation may be. I am no longer moody (I us

Primary topic: Motivation

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By Rob WhiteDec 26, 20121 topic

Of Passion and Success

Do you ever get a fleeting memory of how you used to feel when you were a kid; that incredible feeling of freedom and passion for trying new things? Life seemed so exciting. It is okay to want that again. It’s not the good old days that you want – it’s the passion for trying new things with a confident feeling of succeeding. Do you know what stole your passion and confidence? No, the process of aging; did not steal; the thief is simply your confused mind. After hearing thous

Primary topic: Motivation

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By Rob WhiteMay 8, 20131 topic

***The Only Affirmation You Will Ever Need

The Only Affirmation You Will Ever Need from Rob White *** Note: Follow the above link for an incredible multimedia experience. Affirmations are a dime a dozen these days. In the above guide, Rob White shares the one affirmation that produced tremendous results in his own life. With right understanding and practice, Rob feels this affirmation can prepare your mind to be the power source it’s meant to be. Find many more inspirational resources at www.robwhitemedia.com

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteOct 9, 20131 topic

*** The Power of I AM: 5 Tips on Beingness

All creation begins with Beingness. (1) Who you are being (2) determines what you will be doing (3) determines the experiences you will have in your life. Being-Doing-Having …that is the process of manifestation. So many folks get it backwards. “If I only had a million dollars, then I would do all of those things that are important to me, and then I would be a productive, happy human being.” The light of day is found in the consciousness of truth. And the truth is that you h

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteAug 5, 20131 topic

***7 Tips For Living With The Wisdom Of A 70-Year-Old And The Passion Of A 20-Year-Old

After seven decades of living, it’s apparent to me that there are lots of myths floating around about aging. Indeed, aging is an inescapable body thing, but it need not affect your passion for life. When you bring alertness to your day, with the intent of savoring your experiences like a child, you will find that you are still a mischievous rascal. There’s still plenty of life to enjoy. I have a friend who’s 95. He loves to tell me that he meets Father Time, head-on every mo

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteNov 11, 20131 topic

***How To Manage Your Feelings - Story 1: The Rich Uncle

I’ve been around for a while, nearly seven decades. I’ve met a lot of successful folks in different domains of life. I’ve found some things are consistent with these folks, when it comes to succeeding in life. Most important is that they make a decision to feel good about themselves and life more often than not. You don’t have all the answers to life. No one does. But, if you follow your first instinct, which is to love yourself and enjoy life, then life gets a lot easier ev

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteMay 8, 2013Topic pending

The Squawk Heard 'Round the World

With summer approaching, I suspect there will be a lot of buzz about the best ways to travel with kids. Kid-friendly airlines. Kid-friendly airports. Kid-friendly hotels, and the like. I wish someone would write about parrot-friendly travel. Parrot-friendly airlines. Parrot-friendly airports. Parrot-friendly hotels. I sure could have used the advice 15 years ago when my wife, Kat, and I were returning from a trip to Florida, back to Boston. We had Shakespeare, a 20-inch, voc

Primary topic: May 8, 2013

May 8, 2013

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By Rob WhiteSep 3, 20131 topic

*** Victim No More: 5 Tips To Take Command Of Your Happiness and Wellbeing

The world will often tell you that the problems in your life are not your fault. Thousands will chime in with excuses that can convince you to give up on yourself. It’s popular today to talk about how ‘circumstances’ are very different from the past; when opportunity was prevalent at every street corner. In spite of the fact that our brains are more evolved than ever before, shying away from taking responsibility has become a main event in the minds of so many. Your first du

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteMay 24, 20141 topic

***Where’s The Fear – Another Ordinary Guru Incident

While walking around my favorite pond this morning, I came upon a little girl and her mom feeding the geese. The little girl was probably three years old. She was having the time of her life. But, all of a sudden two of the geese got into a squabble about one specific piece of bread, and all hell broke loose. The little girl began crying hysterically. Mom quickly picked her up and tried soothing her, but the child would have no part of it. She felt fear, and there was nothin

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteMay 24, 20141 topic

***By Working With Myself

By working with myself in order to better myself, And by working with truthful facts that I’ve learned about myself, I am now able to say that I have been unfair with myself in many ways. I’ve been unfair with myself because it was the only thing I knew to do, And I finally see why. I’ve been unfair with myself in a desperate attempt to free myself of my guilt, Because I knew no other way to rid myself of feeling guilty for the wrongs I’d done. Now, I thoroughly unders

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteSep 3, 20131 topic

***5 Tips For Combatting Nervousness

It's pretty easy to understand what causes nervousness: It's what we feel in the absence of self-confidence. So, the best way to stop feeling nervous is to seek the truth about yourself, about your unrealized talents and potential. You might notice that this means that you don't have to add anything to who you are, but rather, you've got to subtract the thoughts that make you feel limited. There you have it: Ridding yourself of nervous reactions is a matter of subtraction, n

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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