One of my favorite old quotes, is “If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail.” I love that quote.
You really need a road map. Without a map, you’re going to have difficulty getting anywhere. Every single Fortune 500 company in the United States has a business plan. Every single major sales organization has a sales and marketing plan. It’s only 2010 now, but I can guarantee you that every person interested in running for President of the United States in the 2012 election already has a plan. ...
The impulse or drive to grow, motivating us to seek a path of personal or spiritual development, comes from the deepest level of our beings and is the very same drive that expresses itself in a child's curiosity or, in its most basic form, in the sprouting of a seed. As we age, that drive expresses itself in a multitude of ways, including the desire for self understanding and wisdom, the yearning for knowledge and personal fulfillment, the urges to discover and to create, the wish to help ...
Today I’m going to bust a myth that has held back a lot of people from achieving the career and life success that they want and deserve. This myth is pervasive. And it is really harmful to your success. It is the widely held belief that good performance alone will guarantee success in your life and career. While you have be an outstanding performer to succeed, good performance alone will not guarantee your success. Good performance in high school got you into the college of your choice. ...
I recently had a chance to learn about Creativity from Emily Hanlon, our SelfGrowth.com Official Guide to Creativity and I picked up some great insights.
She sees creativity as a call to adventure and it is not limited to the artists and innovators. Rather, creativity is a path from which the journey of life is explored and its fullness embraced.
Creativity is forged in the fire of the unconscious and the chaotic depths of the unknown where nothing is predetermined and everything is ...