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- Successful Goal Setting Will Put You Ahead of Your Competition - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2012 from Kris PlantrichAfter my last article and my mention of goal setting I started to think about my own goals for the quickly approaching 2007 New Year. I have some goals I revise and reuse every year. Writing down my goals clarifies what I want to accomplish, as stated by author Arnold Patent, “What you focus on ...
Views: 1353 - Tips & Helpful Lists for Holiday, Year End Prep and New Year Goals - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Mary DykstraIt's been a challenging year. How are you heading into 2010? Are You Ready For Your Life Now? Many of us are overwhelmed by our stuff, schedules & having to deal with change. I help clients set decision making criteria in 3 areas: What to let in? Where will it go (space & schedule)? How do ...
Views: 1353(1 vote) - Finding a new career is like finding a soulmate - by When you are undergoing a career transition, you step out of your comfort zone. By definition, a comfort zone is…well, comfortable. Once you felt in control of a high-powered career. Now you have neither control nor career. It's frustrating and scary.
When you break up a relationship, you also ...
Views: 1352 - Important Steps in Goal Setting - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Kate WelderTo start with you need to write out what your dream life would be like. Write it all down in detail, describing everything you would like to do and accomplish. Ask yourself the question "If I had unlimited time and money what would I do?" You don't have to share what you wrote with anyone but ...
Views: 1352(2 votes) - It's A New Year! - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 from Stacey BrownSo, you're thinking about New Year's Resolutions? It's that time of year. But, this year, try something new and exciting. Instead of (or in addition to) the usual weight loss and clutter busting promises that you may or may not keep to yourself, try making a different set of priorities and ...
Views: 1352 - Make Peace with Your Task List - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniThe morning begins with grand visions of being able to cross off many of your most important action items by the day’s end. By noon you think that if you’re able to accomplish one thing off the list it’ll be a miracle. So many tasks, so little time. There are several strategies for ...
Views: 1352(1 vote) - Fall – A Time of Change, Preparation and Action! - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2015 from Carolyn GoldfarbFall means to me a new beginning and a fresh start. The turning leaves, the crisp air, seeing the children head back to school, getting focused and back to a full work week all creates in me a sense of bitter sweet. I am sad to see the lazy days of summer pass, the chill in the air signaling ...
Views: 1351 - The Path Runs Both Ways: Mentoring to Support Someone Else’s Ideas - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonChances are, at some point in your life, a friend, family member or colleague will come to you for advice or guidance on an idea that they have. You should view this as the ultimate compliment, because this person values your opinion and respects what you have to say. They are looking for you to ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - Discover How Easily You Can Achieve Goals in Life! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Gary DalyA lot of the time people think to achieve goals in life, people think that they need to start chasing the latest “shiny penny”! They feel that if they don’t have the latest and greatest gadget that they are somehow slipping behind the rest of the world. With new technology evolving so quickly, ...
Views: 1349(1 vote) - Law of Attraction Tools that open You To Realms of Freedom - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2013 from Dawn GrantThese law of attraction tools, will free your mind. Watch how life unfolds after that. Here is the second set of law of attraction tools, highly recommended before beginning your goal setting plan. They will certainly keep you on track towards making your changes. These are a follow up to ...
Views: 1349 - Achieve any resolution in 2012 through two surfing principles - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Brian DawsonThe new year is upon us and many people simply fail in achieving their resolutions. People fail because they find achieving their resolution simple makes them unhappy. An unhappy person attempting to achieve a goal is most likely to never reach their goal. At least in my past, I have go down ...
Views: 1348 - How to Do Disneyland and Your Business - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2013 from Jeanna GabelliniMy mom and I, along with my boys, drove down to Southern California to visit Disneyland. I, therefore, had six hours in the passenger seat to try to figure out the best way to navigate the Alice-in-Wonderland-like mazes that define the innards of the park. I opened my iPad and researched show ...
Views: 1348 - Self Help Success Secrets - by Submitted on May 06, 2012 from Tom CramerThere are many people in the U.S. who have made a concerted effort to do all that they can to improve their lives through self help techniques. The poor state of the economy and incredibly high rate of foreclosures and unemployment seems to have forced people’s hands to try new ways to make ...
Views: 1347 - Stages of a Goal - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2010 from Mary Dee FreemanI hope your new year has gotten off to a great start. It’s interesting how it works. We start out on January 1 fresh and new and excited. This is going to be the year that everything works. We set goals and make resolutions. Everything’s going to be great! Chances are though, by the ...
Views: 1347(1 vote) - The SMART Way To Success - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2015 from Peter KirwanA Quick Preamble: Success doesn’t just happen because you expect it to if you wait around long enough, it happens ONLY when you make it so…It has been said by more than one wise-man (and wise-woman); “If You Don’t Know Where You Are Going, There Is A Fair Chance You Will End Up Somewhere ...
Views: 1347 - Decisions, Decisions: It’s Idea Madness! - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Sylvia Henderson“March Madness” is the period of the annual NCAA college basketball tournament, with the majority of the competition set in March. Fans and followers use a visual chart as a decision tool to track team plays and statistics throughout the tournament. The tool identifies team pairings as brackets ...
Views: 1346 - Great Preparation Makes Success Permanent - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2011 from Andrew HortonSuccess seldom, if ever arrives unannounced on your doorstep and breaks down your door, demanding that you accept it. Long term sustainable success, is the result of investing energy into creating a process, which starts with desire, is turned into possibility through planning and design and ...
Views: 1346 - Life Coaching: Answers to Common Questions - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2013 from Tom CasanoWhy would I need a coach for my life? If you’re feeling stuck, or you have big dreams, or you feel dissatisfied with your current life, you might want a partner to help you move forward. Maybe you’re ready to start the next chapter in your life, but you’re not quite sure how to get there. ...
Views: 1346 - The Power of Commitment - by Submitted on May 01, 2007 from Jill KoenigThe number one reason people don't reach their goals is because they never fully committed to them in the first place. Let's begin by looking at the word commit. Definition: Commit: to bind, as by a promise: pledge: entrust, consign, perform Too often people use the word "committed" rather ...
Views: 1346 - What Is Your Challenge? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from John VanseDid you make any New Year’s resolutions way back in January this year? Did you achieve any of them? Don’t worry - for most people their New Year’s resolutions have been thrown out, forgotten, shrugged off. There is always next year is a common rationale. Why do most New Year’s ...
Views: 1346(1 vote) - Achieving Your Goals Requires the Proper Mindset - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from TJ PhilpottAchieving your goals is an accomplishment that absolutely will not happen without the focus of both mental and physical effort. In fact the whole process actually starts with establishing the proper mindset which begins with a positive mental attitude. When you first set goals to achieve a ...
Views: 1343(1 vote) - Forget Resolutions. They've got a bad name. - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2010 from Janet WhiteheadHave you noticed that when one thinks about ‘New Year’s Resolutions’, strange thoughts sneak in like: “Oh goody, look what I can fail at this year!” “Fat chance I’m telling anyone this resolution just so they can watch me break it!” “I’m the queen of procrastination… I’ll get to it ...
Views: 1343(1 vote) - There Are No Limits….Only Those We Place Upon Ourselves - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2012 from Karen NoeHenry Ford once said that “If you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.” This quote illustrates a very important idea that is often ignored… the idea that, almost all of the time, limits on our abilities and our achievements are self-imposed. In other words, most of the limits ...
Views: 1343 - New Year Resolutions--Getting Into the Right Mindset - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2016 from Estra RoellAre you one of the majority of people who, with the best of intentions, set new year resolutions, only to have them fading into distant memory by the end of January? Research from the University of Scranton found that just 8% of people achieve their New Year’s goals. So, what is the ...
Views: 1342 - Changes in Vibes - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2016 from Ascendance ProjectFor the past few months, I've noticed that certain things around me have changed. It’s both the environment and the people. The reason is, my vibes aren't the same as it was before this. It’s amazing how these things come into action if you really take notice the changes over time. Let me ...
Views: 1341 - How to Become Rich for free - by Submitted on May 17, 2018 from TEEN Self ImprovementThere are many people today who are secret millionaires. They do not say they are so rich for security reasons. These are the people who know how to get rich and make an effort to make this wealth truly rich. Unfortunately, most people do not know how to be rich. They think that wealth is ...
Views: 1340 - Limiting believes are just believes - by Submitted on May 11, 2011 from Monika GriessenbergerIf you want to have success at anything you first need to believe that you can get what you want. Your keys to success is your thinking. BY BELIEVING YOU SEND OUT VIBRATIONS to your subconscious mind which theN manifest in YOUR reality. If you constantly have negative beliefs then your success ...
Views: 1340(1 vote) - Proper Goal Setting Motivates and I'll Give You the Exact 'Recipe'! - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Ishmail DownesIs goal setting really that important? Just by simply setting goals, your brain is given the vital psychological ingredient it needs, to give you a fighting chance of achieving a successful outcome. So what is this vital ingredient? You'll probably work out the answer yourself with this ...
Views: 1340 - Re-Treat Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from John Robson“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” -- Eddie Cantor For many of us, our days typically overflow with busywork. We’re running on habit and reacting to the influences around us. If we want to ...
Views: 1340 - Evaluating your Goals - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2004 from Rod MooreWhen you have set your goals in writing its important that you evaluate each of them to ensure they empower you for SUCCESS! In goal setting its important that you set yourself up for success rather than failure. We all know someone who has tried goal setting once before, not achieved their ...
Views: 1339 - How to Meet Your Clients’ Needs and Grow Your Business - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2015 from Margie BeiswangerAs a successful business owner you want nothing more than to thrive by doing what you do best. You want to be of service to your clients and to be valued for that. You want to see the fruits of your labor rewarded. You want to make a good living doing what you love. Of course you do! I do, ...
Views: 1339 - Resources for Profits & Ease Right Under Your Nose - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2012 from Jeanna GabelliniWhether you work from home or in an office, it's easy to settle in with your surroundings and create patterns that don't let you stretch into new territory. However, there are highly valuable resources under your nose that you are not tapping into for increased profits, ease and thrill ...
Views: 1339(1 vote) - The E.P.E.G.S. Goal Setting Formula - by There is an art and science behind goal setting which few people discover and utilise. There are those that do seem to magically achieve their goals all the time. The rest of us have a tendency to set goals and become frustrated in our attempts to achieve them.
Recently in a seminar I gave on ...
Views: 1339(1 vote) - Four simple steps to making your dreams a reality! - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2013 from Melissa KittoHave you ever set a goal and then wondered why it never happens? I am an ambitious person and I get really excited about the idea of creating a life that is inspiring, fun and abundant with success and opportunities. I’m sure you are too. I used to have a habit of writing down my ideas and goals ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Good News / Bad News... It Will Never Be Perfect, But It Can Be Done! - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Carrie GreeneI decided to write an article about getting things done and not worrying about perfection and found myself in need of my own advice... I like to think that I subscribe to the idea that "good enough" is good enough. Sure it's important to do a good job and make sure there are no major mistakes ...
Views: 1338 - How to Be Seen as an Expert - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Loren FogelmanHow you do anything is how you do everything! There is a connection between your thoughts, emotions and actions. If there is a part of your business which you are dissatisfied with, take a closer look and figure out why things are not working well. Discover the conflict between what you want and ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Why Settle for Mediocrity? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonAs I often do, I heard words in my head this morning. Thankfully, if Why Settle for Mediocrity with Michigan Psychic Medium Lisa Boussonyou’ve been following me you know I’m intuitive, so you’re aware that it’s spirit talking to me. I’m out of town this morning and while sitting at my ...
Views: 1338 - After Goal Setting Comes Resistance - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 from Barbara BowenAs a creativity coach and artist, I encounter goal setting issues daily. When it comes to setting career goals and keeping things on track, the word "discipline" can present problems. Webster defines the word in these terms: a systematic method to obtain obedience; submission to rules and ...
Views: 1337 - Best escape room games of the world - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2017 from Engr AhmadEscape room games physical games in which people actually are trapped in a room and they have to solve puzzles and mysteries to get out of it. The first escape room game opened in Kyoto, Japan in 2008, and these physical adventure games began popping up all over Asia, and eventually, the U.S. By ...
Views: 1337(2 votes) - How to find your life purpose - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2012 from Lea BullenDiscovering what makes you tick is integral to identifying your own purpose. Knowing what you're good at and what you want to do in life will make your life more satisfying and fulfilling. If you're struggling to figure out your strengths and ability to accomplish things, perhaps it would be ...
Views: 1337 - How to Write Successful Exercise Goals - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Sharon Greenspan"I'm going to exercise three times per week." How often has that statement, or something similar, been on your To Do List? I see this a lot with clients. They usually tell me that it requires tremendous discipline or willpower or scheduling. What if it was easy? Can you believe that adding ...
Views: 1337 - These 3 Things Will Improve Your Workplace Productivity - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2018 from Steven StasczakInvesting in yourself to become more competent or to reach a higher skill level seems to be the rage these days. People are hitting the gyms and doing varied forms of exercise and classes aimed at streamlining their bodies, going on special diets to improve their inner health and insure ...
Views: 1337 - When Things Go Wrong in Your Business, React! - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniI’ve heard many tales of things gone wrong in a business, like… • Partners stealing • Outrageous debt • Employees that disappear when needed most • Stacks of bills and no new customers • Overwhelming amounts of work and not enough time to get it done • Computers crashing and no ...
Views: 1337(1 vote) - How to stick to your goals when the obstacles seem impossible to overcome - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2017 from Hussein TalebOvercoming the Impossible Almost everyone knows the value of setting goals. Setting them, writing them down, and then marching toward their completion is the best and surest way to make progress. It doesn’t matter what your goals are, as long as they’re important to you, and let’s face it, ...
Views: 1336 - The Biggest Mistake Business Owners Make - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniOne of the first things you are told as a business owner is that you must have a business plan. I agree. I’m a fan of long-term and right now plans. But that doesn’t guarantee you profits or growth. Many people file that puppy in a drawer or stash it in the depths of their computer. Then it’s ...
Views: 1335 - How to reach your goals - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2012 from M.Farouk RadwanI was always wondering why are some people determined to reach their goals and why are others always helpless. What was confusing me even more is that the same person who was once motivated to reach his goals can suddenly turn into a helpless person who don’t know what to do in order to get what ...
Views: 1334 - Setting Goals in Tune with Your Desires - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2012 from Graham DragonA lot of people try “affirmations”, “creative visualisations”, techniques such as the Law of Attraction and other methods outlined in "The Secret", or other ways to achieve their goals. They do this for a while, sometimes for a long while, but find nothing appears to be happening. They are no ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - New Year Goals - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2005 from Devlyn Steele“Action Steps To Success” By Devlyn Steele Life Coach Advice Think back to the beginning of 2005. Like most, you started the new year with many goals. What goals did you set? Maybe 2005 was the year you were going to lose weight, get a better job, make more money, meet someone or quit ...
Views: 1333 - The Secret to Creating an Unbreakable New Year's Resolution - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2014 from Nicholas PuriNew Year’s resolutions; are they made to be broken? For most of us, they usually are. But how is it that we can create resolutions that survive the year and we actually follow through on? The average time a person can expect to keep a New Year’s resolution is a measly 24 days – not even one ...
Views: 1333 - Why Most People Don’t Keep New Years Resolutions - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2014 from Merv StevensDid you make your New Years Resolutions? It's a sad fact that about 98% of us won't keep a single one of them! Why is that you may well ask? For many people out there it's a cultural thing... they make new years Resolutions because everyone else is doing it and it's the traditional thing to ...
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