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By Rob WhiteJul 17, 20131 topic

***Unexpected Teachers: 5 Things I Learned From a Great White Carp

Life's teachers come in the most unexpected forms. Sometimes, they even sport fins and scales, like the three-foot carp that lives in the pond where I take my daily stroll. OK, this carp has a human interpreter, Robert, a fishing enthusiast who I met a number of years ago during one of my pond strolls. I've since enjoyed the parallels he draws between fishing and life (he's been a serious fisherman for more tha 50 years and knows his stuff). During a recent walk around the p

Primary topic: Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteJul 2, 20131 topic

***6 Ways To Get Rid Of 'Mental Arthritis'

We all associate arthritis with the aging process; our joints simply don’t work as well as we age. In the GPS Gide below, Personal Development expert Rob White explains that there’s another kind of arthritis that can set in way earlier -- it’s called Arthritis of the Mind. It’s a rigidity that can set in at any age and no one is immune. White says, “I’ve been around for nearly 70 years and have certainly experienced my share of unbending thoughts that only became more stiff

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By Rob WhiteMay 24, 20141 topic

***5 Springday Lessons From A Purple Guru - Day One

There's nothing like a touch of spring in the air to stir my curiosity about what lessons the spring season may offer. The 75-degree weather in the Boston area during early April sure sparked me. I decided to do some spring-cleaning around the yard and began with the flower beds, figuring that a little leaf raking would make a great start. I felt like an archeologist as I peeled back the layers of leaves. And what a treasure I found unde eath. The beautiful Crocus plants had

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteMay 20, 20131 topic

***Driving Through Life Backwards

I have a neighbor, John, who turns his car around on the busy road in front of his house, causing traffic to slow down, and then backs up his driveway and into his garage. It’s an odd sight to watch. One day I asked him why he turns around and backs into the driveway rather than driving straight in. John explained that he learned it from his father, who always complained that there wasn’t enough room to turn around in the driveway to drive straight out when leaving the house

Primary topic: Success Principles

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By Rob WhiteOct 9, 20131 topic

***5 Ways 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

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By Rob WhiteNov 26, 20131 topic

***We Are Image Makers: 5 Days of Breathtaking Truths

You are marvelously made. There is so much more to you than what your physical eyes can see. Part of the game, called “The Evolution of Humanity” is to use our imagination and know that we are infinitely more than what we portrayed ourselves to be the day before. We are Image Makers – that is YOUR gift. The Ego will have you center your attention on your past history. It will insist that the past reveals all there is to know about you. This is a lie. Deny the lie. Affirm the

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteFeb 13, 20141 topic

***Fantasy Is The Catalyst To Creative Energy

Over the next five blogs, I will show you how to make your fantasies become facts in your life. The secret to success is putting your daydreams to productive use. When you walk around town imagining a bright future, but do nothing to make those dreams real … it’s like driving a truck full of delicious ripe fruit around town aimlessly instead of taking the fruit to the farmer’s market where it could make you a profit. So, let’s get started so you can daydream productively. Rea

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteMay 24, 20141 topic

***Your Infinite Potential Speaks To You

Your infinite potential speaks to you. Set aside all that you are currently thinking right now, and listen intently to it's words: "Everything that you desire, all that you yearn to experience, your wildest dreams and aspirations are currently awaiting your call. Your highest thoughts of accomplishment already exist in the realm of abstraction. And, you have talents and skills, the faculties and creative power to convert that which is abstract into actual fact. But to do thi

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteSep 18, 20141 topic

***Being a Rainmaker

After decades of striving to get before giving, it has become increasingly obvious to me that learning to give is the right way to live. Rainmaking – the art of giving productively – is a most important for right living. Rainmaking is nourishment to the spirit, as wholesome food is nourishment to the body. Without rainmaking, the soul starts shrinking. The “Law of Plentitude” makes it remarkably clear that rainmaking comes first, and, receiving is the inevitable consequence

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By Rob WhiteSep 24, 20141 topic

***Thrust Thy Sickle and Reap

"Thrust thy sickle and reap… for the harvest of the earth is ripe." – ancient text. This tip is always right. The earth is crammed with heaven. It's always ready to offer you its myriad blessed fruits of every nature. Do you know how to seek so that you find what you are looking for? All the riches of the planet are ONLY available when you enrich your concept of YOU. Stop wishing for things. Begin assuming the feeling that those things are already yours. "I wish I owned my

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteOct 8, 20141 topic

***Learning Right Gives You Might

After decades of being a professional student (I love reading), it’s apparent to me, that vital information is idle information when it falls only into the mind. It must also edge into the emotions to bear fruit in one’s life. If learning is to have any might in your life, you’ve got to learn it right. If you don’t feel it, you don’t real it. Understanding with the mind is shallow. Only when you involve your emotions in the learning process, do you assimilate the information

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

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By Rob WhiteSep 18, 20141 topic

***Promote Yourself Up the Ranks

Here is a great method of self-promotion that I invented to help me feel ‘up’ when I was feeling down and moping around. It’s a great builder of self-esteem. It’s simple. It’s easy. Try it. You’ll love it. Step 1: When you awaken in the morning – consider yourself “a private” in the service. Instead of calling yourself ‘a private in the army’ call yourself ‘a private in the service of life’. Step 2: When you do something to help someone today (it doesn’t have to be anything

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