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- The Simplest Goal Setting Tips that Actually Work - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Rhod JonesSetting goals is not the simplest task to do. Oftentimes people do not trust themselves enough to achieve whatever it is they hope to achieve, and along the way they may also encounter problems that lead them to discouragement and failure. Although certain goal setting techniques are ...
Views: 698 - 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 - 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 - The Steps to Dream It Live It - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2012 from Cynthia HatcherOne of the difficulties I have heard most from my clients is “I know what I want to do but exactly how do I get there?” Knowing what you want, your goal is the major principle of goal setting. You cannot get to where you want to go if you do not know where it is you want to go. First things ...
Views: 1140 - The Story of a Big Dreamer - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2019 from Hifzur RehmanHe had big dreams since his childhood. At the age of nine he started playing cricket. He wanted to play cricket at national level. He wanted to become the best bowler of the world. He wanted to become the Captain of the national cricket team. He wanted to be recognized as the greatest player in ...
Views: 786 - The Strange Reason Why Creating a Road Map and Setting Goals will help you Succeed - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Marc-Andre TerriaultSettings goals represents one of the key components to find success in your life! This is what guides you and tells you that you are on the right track. But before you write your goals down, you need to know where you want to go! You need to determine your end result to find success. That ...
Views: 931 - The Summit Perspective... - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Jake NortonThink 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 Ten T's that Guarantee TOTAL New Year's Resolution Success! - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2006 from Jill Koenig(excerpt from Jill Koenig's book "Goal Rush!") With Today's fast paced lifestyle, it is crucial to embrace and implement simple strategies for achievement and fulfillment. Your job in this life is to follow your bliss, design your destiny and consciously direct the steering wheel of your ...
Views: 996 - The Three Main Highways to Success - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2020 from William CottringerThe Three Main Highways to Success By Bill Cottringer “Knowing how to succeed is the easy part. The hard part is in translating your desire into hard work and maintaining perseverance through inevitable setbacks.” ~ The Author. If you do a Google search on “success” there are ...
Views: 703 - The Three Stars of I Ching Astrology - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2011 from Jon SandiferThe Three Stars of I Ching Astrology Everyone has three stars in their I Ching Astrology horoscope, here they are with their particular significance: Birth Star Your Birth Star is the driving force behind your personality and is determined by the year in which you were born. This is the ...
Views: 1857 - The Top 10 Reasons Why Planning Your Life is Vital - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2006 from Barb ElyettIf you have ever planned a vacation, wedding, surprise party, or special event, you know how much work is involved. Planning, checking, adjusting and planning again is all part of the process of creating the result that you want. Many people understand the importance of planning events in ...
Views: 16043 - The Top 10 Steps to Being Confident and Thinking Outside the Box - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Kirwan RockefellerThe Top 10 Steps to Being Confident and Thinking Outside the Box: The Power of Your Creative Imagination Kirwan Rockefeller, Ph.D. Based on the book, “Visualize Confidence: How to Use Guided Imagery to Overcome Self-Doubt” Perhaps you’ve heard the old phrase, “a picture is worth a ...
Views: 1458 - The Top 3 Reasons Why We Procrastinate - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Emile JarreauI was going to write an article today on procrastination, but I think I will go ahead and wait until tomorrow. I will probably have more ideas then anyways. Come to think of it, I have to make something for dinner later, so there is no way I could write it today anyways. Also, my hand kinda ...
Views: 722 - The Top 5 reasons people do not achieve their goals - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2012 from Osric V. BaughamGoal achievement is googled everyday. How can I achieve my goals? What is essential to goal setting? Are my dreams not goals but illusions? The questions are endless. After reading numerous books on the successes of others and scouring through YouTube for interviews of successful people, I have ...
Views: 4083 - The True Secret for Creating Sustainable Change in the New Year - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Darla LeDouxPut down the pen, cut the typing, and stop clipping images out of magazines! Don't create another goal, intention, or resolution until you read further. Attempting to set goals or resolving to do something new without this secret is like trying to draw without a clean slate. The secret is... ...
Views: 1966 - The Truth About Bad Habits - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Anastasia NetriThe other day, I was sitting in my bedroom faced with a decision about whether to go exercise or go to the coffee shop. I used to exercise every day. Lately, so much in my life has shifted that I somehow, without even noticing, got out of the habit of daily exercise. It's been nearly three weeks ...
Views: 987 - The Truth About Goal Setting - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Anastasia Netri"The entire purpose of your goals is the step it's causing you to do today. The purpose of your goals is the awareness you must attain, the lessons to be learned, the power inside to be remembered in order to manifest the goal you desire. It's not about getting the carrot, it's about the muscles ...
Views: 1095 - The Wheel of Life - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2013 from John SteelyOne of the first steps of using the Law of Attraction is to set your goals. You must know what it is you want before the Universe can begin to manifest it for you. When teaching someone to do this, I generally start off with the questions “What do you want out of life? What are your dreams?” ...
Views: 1545 - The White Noise Phenomenon - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2012 from Jeanna GabelliniIf you’re a deliberate creator on any level, you know that your thoughts and emotions produce the results you experience in your life. Yes, you create it all. And often you co-create with the many people that surround you. Consciously making choices in your business to use the Law of ...
Views: 1548 - The Why > The How - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2008 from David LynchWhy > How Have you ever worked for years to accomplish a specific goal only to find disappointment at its completion? I have. More than likely the disappointment was due to achieving an arbitrarily selected goal rather than our true intention. For instance, I might believe getting a better job ...
Views: 643 - The Year 2011: Commitments vs. Confusion - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Cookie Tuminello“In beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in expert’s mind there are few.”- Suzuki Roshi By now, most of you are coming out of the Christmas Cheer Coma and are back at work scratching your head and saying to yourselves, ...
Views: 725 - 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 - There Has Never Been a More Exciting Time to Live on Earth! - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2009 from Lynn MooreAre you among those who are Henny Pennying? Remember? Henny Penny, the ditsychicken who ran around the farmyard hollering, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” in the story we heard as little kids. To many of you, especially during the last few weeks of record setting market trends, ...
Views: 981 - There Is A Treasure In Your House. Now Go Find It. - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from D HoHave you ever read those stories where someone goes up to the attic in their house and finds an old chest they never knew they had? Then, when they open that chest, they find something valuable – say a painting – that may be worth millions? Now, suppose for a minute, you somehow knew there ...
Views: 1053 - There's No Such Thing as Organizational Change - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2012 from Angie ThompsonThere’s No Such Thing as Organizational Change It is everywhere. . . . . . Political leaders promoting changing policies. . . . Organizational leadership touting new products or strategies. . . . Team leaders outlining a process improvement. Leaders everywhere think their job is ...
Views: 860 - There’s a System for That! - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniWhile discussing life problems when in the company of fellow iPhone users, you’re bound to hear, “I bet there’s an app for that!” And there usually is an application that will help solve whatever issue or bad habit you want to correct. The same is true for your business. Name any irritation ...
Views: 1238 - 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 - These Few Minutes Are Your Most Important Every Day - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2018 from Kate BeedersThere is a song that I grew up listening to as my parents played it by Rogers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma that had a chorus that went like this: “Oh, what a beautiful morning, Oh, what a beautiful day, I’ve got a wonderful feeling, Everything’s going my way.” To listen to the audio ...
Views: 1003 - These Resolutions Really Stressed Me Out! - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2013 from Roberta MittmanDid you make New Year's resolutions? Or perhaps you know the process by other names... - The Clean Slate - My Chance to Get It Right This Time - Oops, I Really Dropped the Ball Last Year Sigh. We are an impatient population. We want immediate results, and if there is a glitch in the ...
Views: 1013 - Things You Can Improve On - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Pol BishopEach of us has a set of things we excel at and another, larger set at which we suck. And while we tend to linger on the things we're bad at, we neglect the fact that we can greatly improve them, if we would only stop whining and saying that we can do it later. Let's show a few quick statistics - ...
Views: 1483 - Think And Grow Rich: The First Step Toward Riches - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2007 from Lorraine RoachThe First Step Toward Riches Great souls have wills Feeble souls have only wishes Chinese proverb When Edwin C. Barnes hopped off the freight train in Orange, New Jersey, USA, more than 100 years ago, he may have resembled a tramp, but his thoughts were those of a king! Think And Grow Rich ...
Views: 983 - Think Big and Act Boldly to Expand Your Business - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2015 from Margie BeiswangerDid you know that business owners who have a BIG vision and BIG goals are more likely to succeed in expanding their business? There is data to support the value of setting high goals for yourself in business. And that's exciting! Why? Because I believe that most of us as entrepreneurs DID ...
Views: 1684 - Think Big, Start Small! – Take Your First Step Towards Achieving Your Goals Today - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Sharon Mikrut2009 is a new year, a new beginning! As you enter 2009, what changes do you want to make this year? What are your priorities? Do you want to eat healthier, lose weight, manage your time more efficiently, decrease your stress level, increase your productivity, secure a new job/change careers, ...
Views: 1419 - This Austin Plumber Has Got Some Serious Traction - by Submitted on May 24, 2019 from Ryan ReddingToday, we got to talk with Robert with RC's Plumbing in Austin, TX. RC's is a two-year old shop, but over the past few months, they've had some crazy growth for a 2-man operation. And by crazy, I mean: -Getting 30 calls a day -Getting nearly 100 5-star Google reviews -Hiring an ...
Views: 876 - This Costly Habit - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2019 from Lee OdescalchiIt’s a thief. If you procrastinate, it’s likely been robbing you of your happiness: your dream job, the academic degree that will allow you to have a career you’re passionate about. The promotion or raise you’ve been wanting, yet haven’t gotten around to taking the training required for it — ...
Views: 716 - Thoughts Become Things - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Andrea Novakowski“The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.” ~Ninon de Lenclos As you first open your eyes in the morning, where does your mind go? Are you thinking about what “they” are saying in the news? Are you thinking about why you can’t do or have? Are you wondering why you have to ...
Views: 1259 - Three Easy Stages to Help Make Hard Decisions - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Brian DawsonIn 2009, I had started my own company while at the same time working as a senior manager at a another company. I enjoyed both because each job provided me with an exciting life of travel challenges, and connecting with people. The time for both jobs was grueling, and I have a wonderful family ...
Views: 1404 - Three Good Reasons for Expanding Out of that Comfort Zone - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Maria MartinezWe all get stuck at one point or another. Even the most creative, outgoing and resourceful individuals are at risk of finding themselves caught in the dangerous area known as ‘the comfort zone.’ Why do we get stuck? Frequently, we get trapped in the same line of thinking or behaving. ...
Views: 1273 - Three Ingredients for Misery and Their Antidotes - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2014 from Debra PayneThere are many ways to be perpetually miserable. Although we are all vastly different in many ways, we share common themes around the subject of misery. In fact, misery is a pattern than emerges in many people's lives far too often. I've outlined some manifestations of misery here and filed them ...
Views: 1642 - Three Reasons Your Goal May "Fail" - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2012 from Jeannine ClontzI put the word "fail" in quotes in the title because I strongly believe that you never REALLY fail if you've learned something from having tried. There's a difference between a good goal and a good outcome - sometimes, despite your best efforts, you can't make it work. In my experience, there ...
Views: 1133 - Three tips talk yourself to financial freedom - by Feeling trapped by lack of funds? We can learn from those who live comfortably and retire early. They speak a different language from those who are stuck in a scarcity process.
1. Banish the word "expensive" from your vocabulary. Replace with, "That's not a priority for me."
"Expensive" is ...
Views: 2926 - Three Tips to Hit Your Personal Bullseye - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from Ron Archer"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) The New Moon and Business If you've been following my newsletter then you might remember that I'm also preparing to launch a line of all natural dog grooming products, Pure ...
Views: 2103 - Time Management or Time Wasted... How Strong is Your Inner Time Dictator? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2010 from Liz CopelandEverybody has a Time Dictator inside them. This is the person who when you want to goof off and be totally unproductive, wags their finger at you and says ‘This must be done... NOW!’ I think the Time Dictator is a close friend of the Tidiness Dictator, who always makes sure you put the ...
Views: 2200 - Time Management Training – An Investment Not a Cost for Your Company - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2017 from Steven StasczakMany organizations see time management training as something they’ll spend their money on, only if they have to. Usually the first thing a company will do to satisfy their budget will be to cut back on or eliminate their training needs, but this is not something that they cannot a really afford ...
Views: 4157 - Time to Set Goals - Get Out Your Checklist - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Sean BarkerIf you are going to set out to accomplish something with an end result in mind, you need a plan and you need to set goals. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail! If you want to make a certain dish, you follow a recipe. If you are going to construct a building, you follow a blueprint. A plan ...
Views: 864 - Time Travel to Accomplish Your Goals - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2016 from Anne CookMeet Ricardo Alvaranga, a 24-year-old contractor that came to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay from Jamaica to save money and open a business back home. The following letter is something Ricardo hopes for. I asked him to sit in the future mentally and watch his dream unfold in his mind. He was to ...
Views: 1473 - Tips for board level competency based interviews - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Rubel ZamanIn the current economic crisis, executive level roles are few and far between and competition is fierce. Once you have spent time making your Curriculum Vitae as professionally written as possible, securing a first interview is only the first hurdle. Employers today’s marketplace have their ...
Views: 676 - Tips For Goal Setting And Achieving Your Desired Outcome - by Submitted on May 15, 2013 from Ewen ChiaIt is important to set your own goals. Without goals you could be lost and end up wandering. Goals also give you a sense of purpose, and once you have met them, they give you a sense of fulfillment. Do you want to learn more about how to set your goals? Today, I have some tips for goal setting. ...
Views: 1154 - Tips for Improving Your 'Time Awareness' - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from Laurie DuparA client of mine recently said to me “I have to work on my time management, but I never get to it!” Does this sound familiar? Problems with time management seem to lie at the heart of the difficulties faced by many adults with ADHD and it is perhaps one of the least appreciated of the challenges ...
Views: 2981 - Tips for negotiating executive salaries - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Rubel ZamanAs a ‘head-hunter’ with over 15 years’ experience in both providing CV writing services for executives, and placing them into board level positions, I understand that once you have received a job offer, the negotiations have only just begun and a careful choice needs to be made on your ...
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