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Lesson 6
Unleashing Your Why in Life
By now, I’m sure you’re well on the way to finding or perhaps you have already found that spark inside your heart. That spark is what ignites that roaring fire of desire deep inside of you. I salute you! You’re doing something that most people never ... Views: 1473
Lesson 8
Infect Others With Success!
Do you remember the principle of sowing and reaping? This is an important key to success. You can soar to unparalleled heights in your life, and part of what carries you there is the power of sowing the right kind of seed. Learn to share, influence ... Views: 1875
Lesson 9
More Magic Behind the Why
I want to share a real-life example with you. One of my students catapulted his life to new levels, because he discovered and applied the true power behind the Why. Now, I am going to breakdown his Why so you can feel and find the power behind ... Views: 1769
I love to nurture and take care of people. Since I love to cook and bake one way I get to satisfy this need is to cook and feed them.
I hosted a dinner party for twenty recently.
I checked in with my guests to see if there were any dietary needs. There were two vegetarians, one person who ... Views: 1123
Lessons From Early Team-Building
By
Bill Cottringer
“The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team. ~Lewis B. Ergen.
Effective team-building has always been known as essential to any success, whether we are talking about work teams, sports teams, ... Views: 2053
I’d like to invite you to release your body fascination, so that you can become a happier human being. Your body is a part of the earth. It’s doing whatever it’s doing. You can certainly manipulate it into different forms, that’s for sure. We’ve seen people become stunning bodybuilders. We’ve ... Views: 1818
I love doing yoga! I love it even more now that I have discovered that it's okay to use props! (What...you mean if I can't get into a pose I can use blocks, blankets, bolsters and straps in any varying combination to help me??) Suddenly, yoga just got a whole lot easier and more fun!
Has ... Views: 686
An increasingly fast pace of life continues to put excessive demand as well as stress on people. Many may become overwhelmed under more pressure to push their bodies to the max. The burden of meeting personal as well as business obligations saps energy and motivation. Inspiration is the driving ... Views: 1653
You’ve no doubt witnessed a fly beating its head against a window trying desperately to get to freedom. It’s a life-or-death struggle, a futile attempt to fly through the glass, but all the time it is using up the last energies of its short life. If you listen to the sound of its wings hitting ... Views: 1460
Holding on to excess energy, whether you dwell on your own and/or what you continually pick up from others, is a guaranteed recipe for feeling stressed out, run-down and even angry or resentful. To put it simply: It’s just not healthy. The human body was made to conduct energy, not trap it in, ... Views: 2140
Today I started a 21 Day meditation challenge for the 12th time. Not sure if the meditation is the challenge, or if the real challenge is me and my total inability to be still and think of nothing, for 20 minutes.
The first day I attempted meditation, I fell asleep. I then let a few days ... Views: 1338
We're all about making real and practical changes in our very real and practical lives, so I thought it was about time for us to roll up our sleeves and move from the theoretical to the practical. We've explored behavioural science and the psychology of change for long enough, now it's time to ... Views: 1338
Life is too good and too short to keep whining about your problems and difficulties. There's no way you can get the best out of life when you keep looking at your defeats and refusing to see the brighter side of your life. While it's impossible for anybody to be happy all the time, you shouldn't ... Views: 1777
We've all been there, are there, or may possibly go there at some point in our lives...and it's no fun, either. What I'm talking about is the blues brought on by unexpected life changes. Somewhere between here and there, our lifestyles become convoluted with "stuff" -- stuff that doesn't make ... Views: 3673
The great news about life is that it doesn’t happen all at once; it happens in small steps. And here is more great news -- you don’t have to know all the steps to get started. All you have to do is focus on what is in front of you and take the next step. As you continue on your journey, the ... Views: 1199
'Life/Business is like a 21 speed bicycle-most of us have gears we never use'
Having just watched the Tour de France in Paris, I was reminded of the time I cycled over the Andes a few years ago....and an article I wrote then which is just as relevant today.
In preparation for on an ... Views: 2611
With bills to pay, rent to cover, kids to corral, too much to do in too little time, especially with the Holidays upon us and all the extra stuff that needs tending, doing, paying for? Joy? Give it a rest.
Well, I would, except joy is our basic nature. It’s what everything else we do is ... Views: 296
In her popular Netflix series, Tidying up with Marie Kondo, Ms. Kondo visits disheveled, cluttered homes to teach the homeowners how to extricate themselves from the disorderly lifestyles they’ve created. One of the things she recommends is to ask, “Does this spark joy?” If it doesn’t, get rid ... Views: 894
Life is short; don't sell your soul, life, and time for money for too long of a period. Don't let little things get in your way of what you really want to do. Stop making excuses about why you can't do something. If you really want something, change it from a “should” and make it a ... Views: 1465
Building the Bridge to Your Reset: Do you ever get the feeling you're hurtling through life and it's dragging you along a bumpy road? I've heard it said that the concrete mixer is coming whether or not you tell it how you want the concrete poured. Would you rather design your front set than ... Views: 1351
It’s interesting that the Founding Fathers didn’t describe our inalienable rights as life, liberty and happiness, but the pursuit of happiness. They were onto something.
It’s while you’re in the process of getting what you want that you have the most profound experience of life flowing ... Views: 1384
A limo administration furnishes you with a chance to appreciate the tremendous number of locales of a city. On the off chance that you are arranging a visit to a city you have not been to or have not visited in some time, lease a limo administration to assist you with getting around. At the ... Views: 527
Life can quickly go from steady and predictable to fast-paced and stressed in a matter of minutes. As our life evolves, so must we! Whether it is your personal life or work life, self growth and self improvement is an important route to helping you deal with the stress of change and instead ... Views: 989
“A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not ... Views: 891
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
A few days after working with an energy worker, I had a revelation: I understood that as a young child, I was captivated by people. I observed and empathized with them. It was natural for me to ... Views: 1416
Category/Subject:
Inspiration, inspirational books, inspirational writing, success,
personal growth, motivation, persistence, dreams.
Web Sites: http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/craig_lock.html and http://www.craiglockbooks.com
Other Articles are available at: ... Views: 865
I don't care what your circumstances look like
today. I want to ask can you imgaine yourself
living your dreams? I must tell that if you
cannot see it you will never live it.
If your goal is to lose weight you must see
yourself as the personyou wish to become.
If your mission is to build a ... Views: 922
The great Norman Vincent Peale once said:
“The secret of life isn’t what happens to you,
but what you do with what happens to you.”
It’s not falling, making mistakes or even
hitting rock bottom that will control your
fate in life, it is how you respond and
rise out of the ashes that ... Views: 1379
Ready to live a joy-filled heart-centered life? If you want more joy, deeper loving connections, and access to a stress-free life, the 5 feminine power principles we’re discussing here will open up this world to you. We’d like to be your guiding light. You have such immense capacity for joy and ... Views: 2219
“No legacy is as rich as honesty.”
- William Shakespeare
To live fabulously with integrity, honesty and authenticity you must first embrace the qualities of each, match your beliefs internally to them and continue to make a daily decision to live by them through your words and actions. ... Views: 2225
Gratitude comes not from circumstances, but from within. It's a decision and a choice. I have chosen one quotation that is relative to gratitude for each day of the month and a spiritual exercise for you to practice. Remember, “Practice makes permanent.” I'd like to share with you for 30 ... Views: 1465
You’re annoyed. You promised yourself you would lose that weight, go to the gym, get in shape to join your friends in a much vaunted walk-a-thon. Yet here you are, six months later, one month away from the walk-a-thon, and you’ve only lost a couple of pounds, your trips to the gym are spotty at ... Views: 1467
How — and where — do we find the inner peace, calm, and happiness we always seem to be seeking but so few actually experience except in short bursts? Let’s turn briefly to a book called Sri Aurobindo or The Adventure of Consciousness by Satprem for some answers.
Satprem ... Views: 1193
You know those things you want to do someday? Here is my partial list:
Learn to speak Spanish, write a book, Take belly dancing lessons, complete a baby scrapbook for each of my three children, read the stack of books by my bed, help my daughter with her knitting and so much more. My list ... Views: 872
We will always suffer from setbacks in life. Some of them will be drastic and some will be minor but they will occur. The true measure of a man or woman’s grit lies in the amount of resolve that they will show in order to recover from a setback. A setback will cause you to miss your dream or ... Views: 1459
That’s right: Luck has nothing to do with it, as some allegedly “fortunate” people say. And in this case, “it” doesn’t just mean confidence.
It means life. Life as you'd like it to be. And the life that we see someone leading, when we immediately consider them "lucky".
See, whenever ... Views: 1265
I have been thinking about this question since a long time. How much percentage luck and how much percentage hard work play in our life success? I am sure that at any point of your life, you would have looked at a person and said “How lucky He/She is. I wish I was like him/her”.
In order to ... Views: 9089
You know what momentum is.
You’ve felt it before.
It’s that feeling that things are heading in the right direction; that things are going well; the future looks bright. It is like the snowball rolling downhill – as its gaining speed – it appears that the power of its momentum could make a huge ... Views: 913
2008 is now almost here and it is time to start looking forward to the New Year. Just what do you want from the coming year? How sure are you to achieve your New Year resolutions?
Getting a fresh start with the New Year is an artificial custom - you can begin to get the life you love and live ... Views: 657
Spur for Greater Life
No one gets out alive. Indeed people such as Steve Jobs used the inevitability of death as a spur for greater life. If you are going to die anyway what is holding you back? That was the lifestyle approach of Steve Jobs.
Lifetime of Success
Think about how you ... Views: 1510
It’s tempting to think of deadlines as negative, especially when imposed on you by others. Deadlines can make you feel powerless, frustrated, even stressed if you feel it’s out of your control to meet them.
But deadlines can be extremely powerful too when used to positively manage yourself ... Views: 1351
I believe action is be one of the biggest factors that separates success from failure, action is the difference between living the life you want from the life you don't want. From having what you want to going without.
Whether action is reading a book, writing a book, creating a website, ... Views: 1161
“One for my baby, and one more for”….
An overly stressed co-worker! There was a time when she would often jokingly announce that she didn’t care if she got fired; she’d then just stay home, claim unemployment, watch television, and eat bonbons!
Unfortunately, the fact that she had a house, a ... Views: 1254
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2018 is the Year of the Dog. People born during a “Dog” year are said to possess the best traits of human nature, as in honest, friendly, faithful, loyal, smart, straightforward, venerable and having a strong sense of responsibility.
Gee, I could have told you ... Views: 1509
Do you have an unusual life? Have you done things differently and managed to overcome long odds? Then why not become a motivational speaker? Doing so offers you a huge number of opportunities because there is a lot of money to be had.
Even if it doesn’t become a full-time job, it can still ... Views: 962
Making a connection with the Divine is not new for most of us. We’ve prayed, made wishes or have been in binds and have been miraculously supported in unexplainable ways. Or, experienced those moments of unexplainable comfort, felt chills or your body surrounded by warmth and your heart filled ... Views: 707
It does not take a judge to make a judgment on someone, to look at the way a person chooses to live life and rain criticism down on them. We are all taking this role in life, scoring others on the systems and rules that we ourselves cannot always manage to follow. The lever of expectation ... Views: 889
Life is a field of unlimited possibilities. ~Deepak Chopra
Everyone has their own experience of how to tap into the abundant flow of possibilities. Have you thought about yours?
Think of a time when your juice was low and you experienced an infusion of inspiration that moved you into action. ... Views: 980