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- Who Can Help and How to Ask - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2013 from Jeanna GabelliniI've been called a control freak, multitasker, goof ball, magnificent manifestor and just plain ole freak. I can relate to all of them. However, the one that really irritates me is when someone says I'm not very good at delegating. Why? Because I see how often it doesn't even occur to me to ...
Views: 1231 - Why not realize your goals? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2006 from Fatimah MusaHave you forgotten what it is you want to become and have? Probably you have made a few attempts, found that your strategies didn’t work and lost yourself along the way. Why not give yourself another chance to realize your goals? It all starts with the goal. Define and describe it. Write ...
Views: 1231 - 1/96th of a Day - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2009 from John Di Lemme1/96th of a day...what does that mean? It means that over a 24-hour period, there are ninety six 15-minute increments. Take one hour and break it down into four 15-minute increments; 4 x 24 = 96. 1/96th of a day (15 minutes), such a small fraction of time, could change your life. What goes ...
Views: 1230 - Do you want efficient time management? Learn about “The T.Q. Star”. - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Shakti PradhanEvery picture is worth a thousand words, and the figure of T.Q. STAR on my blog tells you everything that you need to know about effective time management. These 5 words on the corners of the star, represent the elements of the most powerful entity of the world, TIME and if you can control ...
Views: 1230 - Goal Setting - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Zainah ZainalabidinHave you ever wondered why some people are successful in life while others are destined for mediocrity? Well a big part of succeeding in life is to know exactly what you want and taking continuous action towards achieving it. Unfortunately, most people do not know what they want. They seem quite ...
Views: 1230(1 vote) - Why New Year's Resolutions Fail And How To Avoid Failure - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2008 from Lisa RickwoodQuick - did you ever make New Year's Resolutions? Did most of your goals come true? If not, you're not alone. If you've ever planned to quit smoking, lose weight, make more money, be a better person...you may have failed because you didn't know the rules. If you want this year to be different, ...
Views: 1230 - Destroy your Excuses: Take the First Leap. - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2010 from Sara OrtizToday, you are going to put all your excuses behind you. You are going to throw your self-doubt out the window. You will stop second-guessing yourself and take the next step! I don't care if you want to loose some weight, eat healthier, learn Japanese, write a novel, take your kid to Disney ...
Views: 1229(3 votes) - Eleventh Hour Experiences And Exercise - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from David SamuelThe following are some examples which a reader presented from his life. Reader: 1.) During school days, many times I was home in the evening and thinking of some girl or boy from my class and than I went out to the market and would see them there. This used to make me wonder how did they ...
Views: 1229(2 votes) - Life Work Balance - Change Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2010 from Bruno GrezzoLet's face it, your life is one big mess. You just can't get life work balance in order that you wish, one more fact is - there is no one to blame but yourself! I know how it may sound to you, but you need to accept this as a fact if you really want to make cardinal changes in life, something ...
Views: 1229(1 vote) - Setting Goals To Achieve - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsWhy do so many businesses or individuals fail? Why is it that people do not all get what they want in life? Failing to plan can often mean planning to fail. Creating a plan means setting goals in your life. If you do not set goals you will not be very likely to succeed. Sure, there are some ...
Views: 1229(4 votes) - Why You Need To Take Control Of Your Own Career - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2017 from Linda CattelanIf you had expectations of plugging in thirty years with only ever working in one company, think again. The landscape is changing for career and business minded professionals, and it is becoming more prudent, now more than ever, to take control of your own career. Forbes Magazine coined the term ...
Views: 1229(1 vote) - Wishing Life Was More Like A Grocery Store And Not McDonald's - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2008 from Jeff MooreAlone I sat trying to figure out my new vision map, and as I slaved away trying to forge a path to fulfil my dreams, I had a sudden realization. Wouldn’t life be great if it was more like a grocery store and less like McDonald’s!!! I know this may sound completely out of left field, so allow me ...
Views: 1228 - How To Liberate the Hero In You - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2008 from Annette ColbyOne of the great things about the movies is that the hero always manages to lift up from life’s troubles. While the rest of us mere mortals would curl up in a dark corner, the hero commits fully to the journey ahead and finds a way to restore the world’s balance. If we look ...
Views: 1227 - Make Your Tasks Specific! - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2010 from Donna LindleyWhen your to-do list is longer than a child's holiday wish list, it is time to make some changes. There are several steps you can take to increase your chance of getting more things done. First, get your to-dos out of your head and onto paper or into your task list. When you are creating your ...
Views: 1227 - The Destination Defines Our Journey and The Price We Pay - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Bruce WrightWell, I left my happy home to see what I could find out. I left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out. Well I hit the rowdy road and many kinds I met there, many stories told me of the way to get there. So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out, there's so ...
Views: 1227 - 10 Things You Should Think About When Setting Goals - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2013 from Kimberly GrassDo you set goals for your business? This is a question that you should take very seriously. Goal setting helps a business owner accomplish two specific things. The first thing that it does is it breaks down a huge task into smaller bite sized pieces. Let’s face it, running a business is hard. We ...
Views: 1226 - Action Plans are Baby Steps to Goal Completion - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Carmen DjemalianI have identified my starting point. I know where my finish line is. What comes in between? How do I get from point A to point B. This may be very straight forward to some, but requires following a formula for success to others. After all, nobody teaches this is school! An Action Plan is the ...
Views: 1226(2 votes) - The Secrets of Success Apply to Any Goal, Pursuit, or Dream - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Matthew TooneBefore applying the secrets of success, one must understand what they are. This article is not focused on actually outlining and explaining in detail what the secrets of success are – its purpose is to demonstrate how they are applicable to any of our goals, pursuits, and dreams in life. Below I ...
Views: 1226(2 votes) - Are you living a life of restriction or expansion? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Traci BrosmanMany people go through their lives constantly coming up with reasons on why they cannot do something. Why they should not do something. Is this how you are living your life? Do you spend more time making excuses rather than living in action? Making excuses will not get you to where you need ...
Views: 1224 - Be Prepared: 3rd Key to Unlocking Your Potential and Achieving Success - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Maria MartinezThe third key to success is to be prepared. I think that way too often we are so consumed with ‘doing,’ that we forget what it is that we really want. We engage in relationships when what we really want is security. We settle for jobs we no longer love, when what we really want is to be ...
Views: 1224 - Damn the F Word! - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Carmen DjemalianF E A R “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood” - Marie Curie Baby steps allow me to stay on target, to move forward slowly but surely towards my goal. Baby steps also allow me to break down my fear into smaller segments that are more easily manageable. The ...
Views: 1224 - How To Overcome Negative Thoughts And Push Your Way To Success - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Ardiv JauhariHow to overcome negative thoughts How to overcome negative thoughts? Well first, I am sure that most of you have experienced a situation where you are overly excited about a certain goal and that you are willing to do whatever it takes to obtain that certain something, whatever it might be, but ...
Views: 1224(1 vote) - The Solution May Be Right in Front of Your Eyes - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2019 from Kate BeedersI posted a comment on a Facebook thread recently that studies have shown that at least 90% of all chronic illness is caused by negative emotions (primarily stress). The good news is that if you change your emotions, your illness can often diminish or disappear. Well, one of the readers got ...
Views: 1224 - MBA Scholarships Helps Meritorious Students Into The Top MBA Colleges And Their Choice Courses - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Ryan JessicaMBA Scholarships Helps Meritorious Students Into The Top MBA Colleges And Their Choice Courses As the craze of management education keeps on rising, the cost of studying MBA courses in the top MBA colleges is also escalating. In spite of the fact that management education has become costly, ...
Views: 1223 - Success begins with...? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2018 from Robert AffolterThe primary thing I like about teaching is what I learn in the process. I am teaching a webinar that I call Success Essentials. Have you ever considered what is absolutely essential for success? Most people have never really thought about it. In the webinar, I start with the definition of ...
Views: 1223 - Why Write Goals Down? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2013 from John SteelyMany people, in many places, teach how to reach goals. Among the practices taught, writing goals down is one of the most repeated instructions. There is ample evidence that written goals are attained more often than goals not written down, and this fact is all that is given to explain why to ...
Views: 1223(1 vote) - How to Set Up and Maintain Your Writing Habit - by Submitted on May 12, 2016 from Dante MunnisStarting writing, that’s easy. It’s the continuing that’s the hard part. And yet if you’re not writing consistently you can’t really call yourself a writer – a dreamer, maybe but not a writer. So what makes it so hard to continue writing? The first piece of the puzzle we’re going to have to ...
Views: 1222(1 vote) - Start Goal Setting Your Way Towards Your Dream Life!... - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from Ishmail DownesIf you want to REALLY achieve in life, goal setting is a MUST! This is ironic coming from me, Mr Practical... Why?... Because throughout my life, I've always hated anything to do with the word - THEORY! Just thinking about it puts me to sleep... zzzzzzzz... It's true, that's how ...
Views: 1221 - Don't Get Trapped by Success - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Dr. Rick (Eric) JohnsonMake no mistake ---- It’s extremely difficult to maintain business success if you don’t maintain personal family success. You don’t have to be trapped by success. Success is a good thing but part of being successful is creating balance in your life. There are steps you can take to create the ...
Views: 1220(2 votes) - Goal Setting 201 - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Andy CraigGoal Setting 201 So, you’re an achiever in life, right? You think you have pretty good goals. You’re a business owner, corporate executive, entrepreneur or someone who wants to achieve more in life. You’ve been to seminars about setting and achieving your goals and you think you’ve pretty ...
Views: 1220(1 vote) - How to Stay on Track to Your Goals – As Focused as Going to Disney World - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Beth TabakWhen it comes to goals let us face the humongous, bedazzled, hot pink elephant in the room head on. We know the real issue. We know what we want. We are motivated. We take action. We feel great! Then flu season sets in, or we get busy or tired, or thrown off course by appointments, ...
Views: 1220 - How Your Actions Help You to Achieve Success - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Loren FogelmanHow often have you heard the phrase “walking your talk?” When that does not happen there is a disconnect. What you are saying and what you are doing are two different things. When you have a discrepancy between your words and your actions, your actions will be the truth. People will pay ...
Views: 1220(2 votes) - When The 100th Monkey Eats… - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Ted CiubaPeople often ask me, "How long will it take to be successful?" Well, that's a good question, and a lot of the people who ask me know that, in my particular case, it was less than three weeks. Less than three weeks after I attended a high-quality seminar that told people how work in the direct ...
Views: 1220(3 votes) - Change is a Constant. The only Constant is Change!! - by Submitted on May 16, 2012 from Dean (Deano) Bonehill"Change is a Constant. The only Constant is Change!!" Our ability to adapt to change and opportunity has defined the whole of human existence and endeavour, it has in part defined who we are. In our world today, change is happening at an ever faster and more unpredictable pace. We now all ...
Views: 1219 - Decide! Which Reward Takes You To Your Desires? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2010 from Nil CelenYou decided to choose, the fast and the biggest reward! So what’s wrong? Why can’t you reach your desires? Do you want to reach your desires? Do you know the right way to them? Everyone has desires but unfortunately not everybody succeeds. There are some cross roads on the way and it ...
Views: 1219(1 vote) - Did You Live Your Intentions in 2013? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2014 from Andrea NovakowskiEach year at this time, I ask my clients to take a look back at the past year, acknowledge their accomplishments, and assess what worked and what didn’t. This year, I’d like to share my own results. When I wrote about my intentions last January, I declared that 2013 would be about doing it my ...
Views: 1219 - Just Focus on the Money - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniMy two year-old son, Lucky, loves going to the park. Lately, we go to a park darn near every day that the weather permits. No matter how many times we go it’s always the same routine: • Head straight toward the slide • Find and pick up big sticks • Throw a ball if we brought one ...
Views: 1218 - The Sensational Goal Setting Toddler - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2009 from RAJA HIREKERThere's nothing hidden about the art of creating, setting and achieving, goals. It's all out there, just like an open book. Yet, we still think that there's some magic formula and that if we could only GET OUR HANDS on that manuscript, or code or blueprint... then we'd be golden. Not true... any ...
Views: 1218 - The Only Definition That Matters - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2006 from Jeannette MawMost of us weren't encouraged early in life to explore what we want for ourselves or what our version of success looks like. But it's not too late to check in on what you're up to and whether it will lead you to the happiness you seek. Have you ever chased something (or someone) only to ...
Views: 1217 - 11 insanely actionable eCommerce conversion optimization methods - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2020 from Dharmendra ChaharEcommerce conversion is the response rate, at which the audience reacts, visits your online work or business or buys your product online. The eCommerce conversion rate is determined by a percentage (%) method. For example, if 100000 users visit your eCommerce site in the month of June out of ...
Views: 1215(1 vote) - Culture Shock - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2003 from Joseph GhabiTime and choice are set up to hold no value for us. Before we know it, our life is running ahead of us. Time – Just a few months ago it was Christmas and now looks at how half of the year has already gone by. Do you feel time is flying? Have you ever thought about what all the fuss is about ...
Views: 1215 - Design Your Perfect Lifestyle - by Following is an extract of the 'Perfect Lifestyle' Program. (Better still, you can currently download the full Program free of charge at www.life-coaching-resource.com. Look for the "Design Your Life" option.)
Instructions: Print out the following, and create a picture of your ideal lifestyle ...
Views: 1214 - Discovering Nature's Goal Setting Tips - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2007 from Mark McClure"It can't be that simple", I often hear it said! But for a few of the lucky ones, moving into massive action on a big goal is not an issue. I've even had comments to the effect that just the thought of what achieving the goal would mean for them was sufficient to propel them into going for ...
Views: 1214 - Goal Coherence - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2007 from Tad WaddingtonPlanning should help you map your goals so they include not only what you are trying to accomplish, but also the bad things you want to prevent from happening, as well as the existing good things that you want to keep from disappearing. To do this, you must consider the bigger picture. The U.S. ...
Views: 1214 - How Do You Know If You’re A Goal Setter? - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Lynn MooreI have a short story for you today. Once upon a time a lovely lady named Judith, sat gazing out her bay window at the fields, streams and mountains in the distance. She sighed at their beauty and lamented the fact that she just wasn’t happy even with her wonderful surroundings. She needed ...
Views: 1214(4 votes) - How to Keep Your Hard Earned Success - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Lynn MooreCan you count the times you have... - stopped smoking and some time later started again - attempted to get rid of unhealthy weight and quit the program before you got to your goal - reached a healthy weight goal then, over time, gained it back - stopped abusing a legal or illegal drug or ...
Views: 1214(1 vote) - 10 Passion Principles to Creating the Rest of Your Life - by 1. Take passionate action towards living your life by design. Talk is cheap. Action = deposits in the bank of a passionately authentic future. Without it, passion is void.
2. Commit to yourself as well as those you love to create powerfully a life you can love. Instead of reacting, commit to ...
Views: 1213 - Goal Setting: Takes Time and Leadership - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2011 from Teddy DanfieldWe all know goals take time to become reality. The problem is we do not know how long they take to become reality. We know babies take 9 months to be born. After 9 months the baby is ready to be born. No one says we should wait another two or three months before the baby born. No, the baby ...
Views: 1213(2 votes) - Resolve Not To Resolve! - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2012 from Marsha EganWhy do so many resolutions not make it past the first week of January? As we rush headlong towards the start of a New Year, isn’t it amazing how time flies? Where did 2012 go to? Mind you, a new year often brings a lot of new things as people prepare for a ‘fresh start’, and promise to deal ...
Views: 1213 - Setting Your Goals - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2008 from Brian TracyIn my conversations with hundreds of top salespeople over the years, I have found that they all have one thing in common. They have taken the time to sit down and create a clear blueprint for themselves and their future lives. Even if they started the process of goal setting and personal ...
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