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I’m totally exposing myself, as I’m posting about my biggest desire. It is the one thing, I dearly wish the Universe to deliver to me.
I started focusing on this goal in February 2010, as it seems like it is the key to take me to the next level in the aligning with my authentic self. My ... Views: 1301
Do you ever feel like it's an uphill battle to build your business so that it's profitable?
Well, you're not alone! Most entrepreneurs begin their business because of their passion. Who knew there was so much to learn about how to make that passion profitable, right? I know that business ... Views: 1300
We’ve all been there: wanting to grow our business but not knowing what to do or how to do it. There are so many options and tasks to do each day; it can feel like you’re going crazy (I’m not the only one, am I?!)
Instead of being pulled in ten different directions, there are a few simple steps ... Views: 1300
Having clear goals is important to ensure successful living. With a vision in mind and landmarks for achieving success, you add direction and focus to your personal and professional life. It’s like taking both hands and grabbing hold of the steering wheel of the car called life and steering into ... Views: 1299
There are a few people who can tackle challenges, some are fainthearted. Achieving goals requires you to be commitment and to be focused. We all need a helping hand and as such you cannot do all the tasks by yourself. If you try doing everything alone you'll end up being exhausted and you might ... Views: 1299
I’m not a total Scrooge, but I am so glad the holidays are behind us. I love all the planning and preparing, all the trips to the mall, all the gathering with friends for wine and holiday food…but when December 31st comes rolling around, I’m ready for it all to be over and ready for my many New ... Views: 1299
Stop Selling and Build Mutually Beneficial Relationships with your Partners
Anyone who has built a camp fire knows that starting a fire and getting it going is quite difficult. You need to build a small pile of dry kindling and then apply some sort of spark to it, to get it burning. Once this ... Views: 1299
Making daily affirmations positive is a sneaky art, but once you get the simple "twist" that makes your affirmation list become positive, you're well on your way to success. This article gives you tips for creating phrases that really are in line with what you desire, as well as gives examples ... Views: 1298
The key to fulfilling your heart’s desires is to recognize that your brain is hardwired to focus on what you want until you get it. You’re not wired to quit. In fact, giving up goes against human nature. And you possess the key skills needed to attain any desire. Skeptical?
Here’s the proof: ... Views: 1298
How many times have you heard “Life is a game?”
Do YOU believe life is just a game?
I do.
Does my response surprise you? If so, keep the question hovering in your mind for a bit as I explain.
I believe life is a mind game. Winning the mind game of life is all about perspectives and ... Views: 1298
Developing success in life is similar to growing a garden. To have a bountiful successful garden, we must fertilize, water and continually pull weeds. To be a success in life, we also need to cultivate our personal development, build strong relationships, and continually remove barriers.
As ... Views: 1298
Many times when I talk to people they tell me they are busy and they don’t know how to stop. They have to take the kids here and here and here. Or work is keeping them overtime. Or they have to attend so many meetings.
The biggest difference I’ve noticed between the "too busy" and the "not ... Views: 1298
I was recently asked by an entrepreneur in the Mastermind group I coach, "How do you work 24 hours a week and be successful?" I thought that was a great question and one that requires honesty.
When I originally claimed a 3-day workweek for myself, I didn't have kids. I scheduled all my ... Views: 1297
The first obvious requirement to having what you want is knowing what you want. Most people can give you a detailed list of what they don’t want, but how many people can actually articulate in minute detail the things they desire in all areas of their life? Very few! But taking the time to get ... Views: 1296
Think for a moment about a big goal or objective you accomplished in your life. Maybe it was a financial goal, a physical, emotional, or spiritual one. Maybe it was buying a new house, getting a new job, securing a new client in business, having children or getting children through college. ... Views: 1296
The other day I was reading ‘I Can Make You Rich’ by Paul McKenna and, just as I started to read it, someone asked me what I was reading. I lifted the book up so they could see the title and their face said it all.
I didn’t need to hear this person say anything to know what their thoughts ... Views: 1296
The process of manifesting or creating our goals has been something that wise men have researched for thousands of years. How do you take an idea in your imagination and create it in reality? What is the process of manifesting our dreams and goals so that we can enjoy them in our ... Views: 1295
Developing goals both for the company and the team, as well as for individual performance improvement, are essential for business success. Goals keep the team moving in the same direction.
The process of setting goals takes time and focus and dedication from everyone involved. The following ... Views: 1295
When you learn how to set goals properly, you'll start achieving goals faster than you can think about them. I want you to be able to turn your desires into goals and easily achieve that goal. There is no big secret about how to set goals. Anyone can set a goal. However, how many people actually ... Views: 1294
John Goddard is known today as the modern day Indiana Jones. He climbed Kilimanjaro, Mount Ararat and just about every major mountain peak on the face of the earth. He was the first person to explore the entire 6700 km of the Nile River, the longest river on earth. He also did the Amazon and the ... Views: 1294
Goal setting is a term commonly given for the process of setting and working toward clearly defined goals. By acquiring the skill of goal setting, you will develop successful habits that will guide you to the achievement of all the goals you desire and deserve.
The following acronym is a ... Views: 1294
What does the power of intention mean to you? Do you use this power to achieve your goals? Does it work for you? How does it work? To me, the power of intention is simply a plan, a positive attitude and action and most importantly, it only works if I write my intention down. Here are a ... Views: 1294
Feedback is BAD when you're speaking to a group or recording (unless it's guitar feedback, but as a guitarist, I'm biased), but GOOD afterwards. I mean, of course, the kind of feedback provided by a happy client or an enthusiastic audience.
But if you aren't getting feedback? How are you ... Views: 1294
One of the most popular formulas for setting goals is SMART goals. Smart stands for:
S- Specific
M- Measurable
A- Achievable
R- Realistic
T- Timed
All these components are definitely an important part of creating a goal. And not having all these components would make if more difficult ... Views: 1294
Am - bi - tion (noun) :a) An eager or strong DESIRE to achieve something such as fame or power: Aspiration, ambitiousness. b) The object, objective or GOAL desired: Her ambition is the presidency. c) The wish, power, and ability to begin and follow through with a PLAN or task: Drive, enterprise, ... Views: 1293
Finding an expected job is a long process sometimes. If you are searching a job in the United Kingdom for your career, read some important information stated here.
You can go through many ways to seek for a suitable job in the UK such as Internet, speculative applications, work agencies, ... Views: 1293
Time to take Action!
"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
~ Napoleon Hill
"You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great."
~ Les Brown
How many times have you had a SUPER idea pop into your head and for whatever reasons you let it go ... Views: 1292
According to Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, “Great leaders are great communicators. It’s not a matter of memorizing and repeating the right words, but of developing the ability to speak directly to other people’s spirits.”
He believes that money does not go to businesses with ... Views: 1291
I inadvertently became an entrepreneur about the time I turned twenty-one. My mother told me that she and my brother were starting a business and I didn't want to be left out. I created two other businesses before going through coach training eight years later.
By that time I knew how to ... Views: 1291
You know how you want more time and money? And what about slimming down or handling that bum knee of yours? You said you wanted to spend more quality time with those you care about, too.
To all of you who want to change something very important in your life, stop making excuses. I know life ... Views: 1291
Security jobs are risky but at the same time rewarding. The job is most fulfilling and rewarding if you can find the best security company you can work for. Though there are a lot of security firms, choosing one can sometimes be difficult. You are stuck with different options and picking one ... Views: 1290
“So what are your plans for next year?”, I asked a student the other day. He looked down, sighed, looked back up and said “Well, I’m going to work on a book, finish my real estate education, keep attending your teleclasses, work on my marketing plan, and – “
…I’d heard it a hundred thousand ... Views: 1289
Even if you are late in the last period of the game you can still win. Never give up on the possibility of scoring no matter how bad things may seem to be. Sometimes all it takes is a good bounce of the proverbial ball to turn things around. If you are in the right position you can be the one ... Views: 1289
Do you have a dream?
Of course you do, we all have dreams, we all at some stage have or have had a vision to be an olympic athlete, to be a successful business and / or career person, to be rich and famous, to be a loving parent or partner, to be an integral member of the community etc.
Stop ... Views: 1288
Create a very specific order and send it to the Universe for Delivery
Your goals must be very specific and detailed, vivid detail will act as a blueprint for the universe and allow for delivery of your specific dream. Vague goals will only deliver vague results and will hold you from living in ... Views: 1288
Do you plan to be successful or do you just plan? There is a big difference between the two.
Any kind of plan is probably better than no plan at all. But do you know the reason so many plans fail or succeed only as a faded, watered-down version of what they're supposed to be? It could be ... Views: 1288
None of us will make it through life without committing a series
of mistakes or errors in judgment.
I know I have made my share. Mistakes are a part of life.
I don't mind making them, however I don't want to keep repeating
the same ones over and over.
Some of them have been very costly and ... Views: 1288
Wow! It's the beginning of February... one month already behind us...
It sure does seem like time is flying... but if you're working toward any particular goals you may think that things aren't changing fast enough...
Let's face it... we all would love to have accomplished our goals ... Views: 1288
Who hasn’t set a New Year’s resolution or declared a commitment to change some small aspect of who they are—only to disappoint themselves a few days later? We promise ourselves we will be more patient, positive, or forgiving. We vow to work out or show up on time, but still find ourselves with a ... Views: 1287
The U.S. Open has begun. Tennis fans anticipating upsets are waiting to see how it will all play out in the finals on the stadium courts.
For the first time Mardy Fish, seeded eighth, is the highest-placed American in a major championship. Renewed commitment to fitness and strength are ... Views: 1287
I like to think I was a control freak, but I guess I still am. Back in the old day I was a micromanager, taking responsibility for every aspect of a project even if it wasn’t mine. I would stay awake at night worrying about outcome. I would plan and scheme what else I could do to make the ... Views: 1287
"Have an idea for the open house at your downtown property."
"Great. But I’ll be out of town on business. Can you handle?"
"OK. Will call your assistant to help me. Need keys and voucher."
"Perfect. Call me later with details. I trust you!"
(Txtversation between two professionals familiar ... Views: 1286
You can achieve all your goals is a bold statement. I know at times achieving my own goals is difficult and does not seem like I am making any progress. Do you feel this way at times? The best advice I received was to keep doing even the smallest activity each and everyday. After 30 days of ... Views: 1286
This is the perfect time of year to think about goals – goals you’ve accomplished so far in 2015, goals you still want to meet before the year ends, and goals you start setting for 2016.
There are the 3 determinations to figure out what your goals are and whether or not you are meeting ... Views: 1285
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been counting the days until your kids are back in school. School has started back up around here and I must say, it’s nice to have peace and quiet again! I love my kids, but I’m more productive when school is in session.
However, school starting always ... Views: 1285
Out of all the cluttered spaces that I’ve seen as a Professional Organizer this year, one image remains. No, it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen, and it wasn’t found in the home of a hoarder.
It was an opened package of Oreos® perched on top of a stack of plates in a kitchen cupboard. The ... Views: 1285
I always ask the same question when my son comes home from school. After the hello and how are you the next question is ‘what homework have you got?’
And a couple of weeks ago I got an answer I didn’t expect – ‘We weren’t given any homework because we spent the day remembering my dead ... Views: 1283
Kick of this Fall by Embracing the Change in the Air
As we say good-bye to summer and hello to fall it is a great time to pause and reflect on what we want, what opportunities await us and what we should leave behind.
I recently took my daughter to college which was a new experience ... Views: 1282
Everyone talks about the importance of setting goals, but how many people really understand the process of effective goal setting? Goal setting is the foundation for both personal and professional growth and should rank high on your priority list.
There are many areas in which to set goals: ... Views: 1282
Almost every goal you want to achieve: losing weight, earning more money, or eliminating debt, has been accomplished by many other people. In fact, the exact amount of weight you need to lose and the precise amount of income you want to earn has already been accomplished many times before. Are ... Views: 1282