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- Battling Self Doubt - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Rebecca Ruark-HalsteadWell, speaking from my own experience, at the center of my self doubts I always find ego and fear. My fear comes from my ego being the "expert" who says "do it like this..." then says, "I don't have to do it or prove it, it's been done before." To me, ego equates to excuses, yes, and action, ...
Views: 2270 - 3 Suggestions for Making Serious Progress - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Kim SmithPicture this: You go up to a large boulder and begin trying to move it. You don't get very far and decide to try another boulder to see if you can get that one into motion more easily. In the meantime, someone else comes up and begins pushing on the first boulder you gave up on (let's call ...
Views: 1202 - Reading the Energies of the Time - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Dianne CollinsThe world lives by trends. In fact, the entire universe functions according to trends called “cycles” – and cycles are all about timing and energy shifts. When times of transition are upon us as dramatically as they are now it is important to read not just the outer, obvious economic and ...
Views: 892 - Trouble With "The Secret"? Help Is On The Way - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Stephen SeretanIF YOU ARE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS MANIFESTING YOUR DREAMS WITH "THE SECRET".... HELP IS ON THE WAY. My name is Stephen Seretan, and I was a friend and student of Lester Levenson, a physicist who discovered The Secret in 1952 with imminent death from heart disease ...
Views: 1286(1 vote) - The Art of Quitting for Success - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2009 from Joshua UebergangSome relationships, markets, habits, whatever, are destined for failure. They are not worth your energy to succeed in. When the return is not worth the expense, do not invest in pursuing failures. Financial investors never make an investment knowing a return is less than the cost. They are the ...
Views: 1117 - How to Achieve Your Goals with 100% Success Every Time - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2009 from Dr. Alan ZimmermanIn the movie, "A League of Their Own," the baseball coach talked to his dispirited team, saying, "Of course it's hard. If it wasn't hard, everybody would do it!" That's the way it is with success. It can be hard. But there are four sure-fire ways to achieve success at almost anything every ...
Views: 795 - *** Who Am I Kidding? How to Stop Self-Sabotage - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite"Who am I Kidding?" "Who am I to do this?" "What am I thinking?" "I'm not (fill in the blank) enough." These are questions creative people in the visual and performing arts ask themselves every day. They are the questions that stop an artist from starting a project. Stop an actor ...
Views: 3602(1 vote) - How to Increase Your Success Consciousness - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2009 from Marc FreyEspecially in the western world millions of people of average intelligence and education started with nothing and were able to create successful lives. In terms of success, background and education are not deciding factors. Your ability to continuously focus your mind on positive thoughts, ...
Views: 1612 - Your Mighty Mind: Can It Help with Recession? - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2009 from Piercarla GarusiI am sure you are familiar with metaphysics and the power of thought, which is: what we think about we bring about, like attracts like, positive attracts positive. And so, what happens in our life, we have created it with our mind, conscious and subconscious. Some people wonder what the ...
Views: 1327 - Are You Accountable or Apathetic in Your Life? - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2009 from Cookie Tuminello“To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish; then resolve to pay the price to get it.” Bunker Hunt I know that the title of this week’s Success Principle might seem a bit harsh to you, but this is one of the biggest areas that most women entrepreneurs seem to have a ...
Views: 854 - Take Charge of Your Life - 9 Secrets for Getting Un-Stuck - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2009 from Jonathan HuieFrom the way most people live, one would never guess that humans are beings of free will. Repetition can be a choice, but often it isn't. The athlete or pianist who practices the same routine day after day, year after year, has their eye on a goal. The unending repetition is a conscious ...
Views: 1352(2 votes) - Have you put in your 10,000 hours? - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Jane CranstonMalcolm Gladwell made a name for himself by writing three bestselling books “Blink,” “The Tipping Point,” and now “Outliers.” His latest is currently number 5 on the bestseller list. The word outlier refers to “a statistical observation that is markedly different in value from others of the ...
Views: 1641 - What Impact Are You Having on Others? - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2009 from Julie DonleyLately, people, places and things have been reminding me of my friend and coaching colleague, Susan Race, who died suddenly in 2008. She was one of the first coaches I met when I entered coaching in 2001. She offered a bright smile, was always supportive, loving, energetic, and generous with her ...
Views: 1398 - The Energy of Synergy - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from Mike Jaffe"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."--Mahatma Gandhi “Paul Harvey died today,” I walked into the room feeling an odd sense of remorse for a person that I had never met yet, yet whose storytelling magic I aspired to. “Paul Harvey died today,” I ...
Views: 1361 - Grow Rich - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2009 from james liuIt was the late, great Earl Nightingale who first forwarded the idea, as I heard it, that we live in a "quick fix" society—and boy, if that's ever been true, it surely is today! As professional marketers, we play on that. That's a major part of our sales copy. It's easier, it's quicker; and the ...
Views: 907(1 vote) - The Powerful Secret to Success - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Guy FarmerThere is a secret that many people don't tell you about success and that is within your reach this very moment. You get to achieve it whenever you decide to start taking action. There are three important concepts that can guide you toward great achievements: following your dreams, taking action ...
Views: 1562 - 3 Ways to Create More Free Time - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Anastasia NetriEffective time management is something that eludes most of us. As a culture, at least in America, being "stressed" and "overwhelmed" has become entirely too commonplace. Healthy balance between work and play in someones life is rarely seen. As I work with more and more Home Based ...
Views: 1146 - Do You Have a 3-Step Plan to Success? - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2009 from Doug HartEverybody you listen to these days seems to have a plan – follow my plan and you’ll make a million dollars online in a week. Follow my plan and you’ll find the ultimate job of your dreams. Follow my plan and you, well you get the idea, there’s a plan for everything! Whether you want to find the ...
Views: 1290 - Meditate Your Way To Becoming Famous By Morning - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2009 from Mark LewisDo you want to become famous by morning? You want to be successful, renowned, famous and/or wealthy. In that case you need to develop the traits of a successful person. A successful person is creative and a successful person is intuitive. A successful person is not afraid to venture into the ...
Views: 1213 - Write Your (Future) Biography To Becoming Famous By Morning - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Mark LewisHave you ever truly reflected on your path in life? What you want to achieve and what areas you would like to be successful in? I'm sure you may have said to yourself a number of times "Gee, it would be nice to live like them, drive a car like that or be famous as they are", but in that context ...
Views: 2692 - Some Simple Rules for a Satisfying Life - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesLife has taught me that success, abundance, prosperity, peace, and happiness are all created through exercising a planned routine. To create a happy and prosperous life, we need some instructions, or rules, for living. Rule 1: Spread love. In order to produce great achievements, we have to take ...
Views: 1527(1 vote) - Creating Everyday Rituals for Magical Living - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesIn the technically brilliant sterility of our modern age, I believe we’re aching to find new ways to make meaning in our lives. Truly transformative ceremonies and rituals allow us to infuse a sense of the sacred into our ordinary lives, to recognize major life events in profoundly satisfying ...
Views: 1626(1 vote) - What’s Stopping You? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhat are your favorite don’ts that prevent you from doing what you need to do to be successful or happy? Perhaps you believe you don’t have the talent, the money, the confidence, the know-how, the energy, the time, the looks, the brains, the motivation, or the willpower. Ten big don’ts! And ...
Views: 1194(2 votes) - Do You Define Yourself as Successful? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Aaron McNaughtWhat would it take for you to define yourself as a 'success'? Hitler was a success in his efforts of conquest and domination, until Moscow and Stalingrad. Jack the Ripper succeeded in maintaining anonymity while mutilating and murdering. Jim Jones succeeded in leading 914 of his followers to ...
Views: 1213 - Critical Path Analysis to Becoming Famous by Morning - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Mark LewisSometimes when working on a promotion or project we find there are things that are necessary, but not necessarily fun. Planning is one of those things. I know you'd much prefer being out there bungee jumping in a chicken suit for the local news, but none-the-less there is some basic groundwork ...
Views: 770 - Act Like a Child to Become Famous by Morning - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Mark LewisRemember a time when you did things and didn't care who was around, who saw and what they thought? You acted crazy and wild. You had dreams and used your imagination freely. You had a goal and a single minded determination to get to what you wanted and no obstacle, person or seemingly ...
Views: 814 - Passing the Generational Torch - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesThere are labels for mom’s condition: senility, Alzheimer’s, dementia. There are other labels, too, more often whispered in days past: she’s off her rocker, a few bricks shy, lights on but nobody home. They all describe one whose physical existence has outlasted mental faculties. Mom’s frailty ...
Views: 1100(1 vote) - Eight Success Lessons from My Mom - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesAs my mom receives treatment for a lingering illness, I can’t help but think about what she has done for me and our family. As a young boy, my father used to remind me that without Mom, our family would have crumbled. “In every good family, there’s always a good mother behind it,” he ...
Views: 784 - Failure Can Catapult Your Success - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesFor every successful venture, I have yet to see complete, undaunting achievement without accompanying failure. Oftentimes, we think of failure as a tragedy; it’s true that it can be a temporary setback. Nevertheless, every great endeavor has a degree of darkness in its past, often masked in the ...
Views: 2335 - Eight Zelda Success Principles - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Jane Boucher, MBC, CSPI always tell people to follow their intuition… in business and in their personal lives. All the facts may be on the table, but if your gut tells you something else…you best listen to your gut. If you're confused, don't do anything. I follow the tenet, "If in doubt, don't." I follow the ...
Views: 1924 - Good God, Bad God - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Dana KralsOne of the things you always hear people ask is, “Why is God doing this to me (or my friend, or my mother or my boyfriend)?" They love people, they love God, they are good, they are (fill in amazing qualities here)! In other words, I am ‘good’, why are ‘bad’ things happening? If God is ...
Views: 753 - Program Yourself to Achieve Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Jason SandlerHave you ever read a self-help book or attended a self-help workshop and become all fired up about the excellent techniques and ideas, only to find that after a few days the teaching faded, and you really did not manage to improve your life significantly? A very important part of accepting new ...
Views: 1022 - Pursuit of Success - Could I Be on the Wrong Path? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Rosalie GardeWe all like to have a nice car, fashionable clothes, a great income and a gorgeous home, but is achieving these things the measurement of “success”? I’ve been watching Celebrity Sober House. It’s a television show where addicted stars live together in order to practice sober living. One ...
Views: 1275(1 vote) - Brainwave Technology - The Life-Changing Solution for Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Greg FrostChange your life in whatever ways you can. We as humans are plagued with many imperfections, and although we are struggling almost on a daily basis with problems of the physiological, we often do not think about the problems of the mind and of the brain. I am not talking about developmental or ...
Views: 639 - Breaking Through Self-Imposed Barriers to Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesI waited patiently for the attractive woman seated before me to answer my question. Neatly groomed and well dressed, Andrea appeared every bit the successful, polished businesswoman confidently perched on an upper rung of the corporate ladder. Yet, when she did answer, her voice belied a ...
Views: 2686 - A Tool Every Personal Coach Would Want, a Vision Board - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Darlene SiddonsEveryone has heard of vision boards at one time or another in their wanderings thru life. They have been used in classrooms for elementary students; and churches for bible school studies, for years, as a fun and productive craft exercise. Vision boards have been around for years. The ...
Views: 1545 - The Yin and Yang of Success - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Joni CarleySuccess is no longer defined in financial terms alone. It’s beginning to be understood as an alignment between life and livelihood, between monetary gain and an abundance of joy, vitality and good relationships. While it’s undoubtedly important to reach professional benchmarks and organizational ...
Views: 1503 - Adventures, Challenges, Opportunities - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2009 from james liuHere’s another good affirmation: “There are no problem in my life only adventures, challenges and opportunities to show my stuff.” “There are no problems in my life, only adventures, challenges, and opportunities to show my stuff.” Truly, you’ve heard the statement, and Napoleon Hill wrote it ...
Views: 684 - Getting It Going - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2009 from james liuYou are to be congratulated for going the extra mile, even though you are enlightened enough to know that the interest you receive, leveraged back, compounded back, pays you in spades. And so here is another idea we like to think about, it’s about “getting started”, it’s ...
Views: 713 - This Wonderful Recession - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from JoAnn Youngblood KingWhat a wonderful time to be alive! I'm sure that there is no way anyone could have witnessed the inauguration of the 44th President, Barack Obama, and not felt a tremendous sense of positive change happening in our world. There is a positive shift happening and I truly feel like now is the time ...
Views: 1555 - Landscape Your Way To Success With A Metaphor - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2009 from Theresa-Maria Napa"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe Metaphors are great in visualizing your goals. They take you to your imagination and away from the "how." The how can often be a goal killer. Goals are usually going after something ...
Views: 864 - 9 Ways To Get To The top And Be Successful!! - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2009 from Steve BetsworthWe are all looking for a little self-development to help us on the road to being more successful in the workplace and at home managing all our relationships, here you can find ten top tips that may help you. 1. Create your own vision You cannot set your sights on the horizon if you don't ...
Views: 1890 - Success Secrets: They Don't Exist= - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraWhat is a secret--do you have a secret? The dictionary defines secret as anything kept from public information and knowledge; anything mysterious that is beyond general understanding or knowledge. So often people ask, “What are your success secrets?” to accomplished people who have ...
Views: 418 - Success Secrets: They Don't Exist - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraWhat is a secret--do you have a secret? The dictionary defines secret as anything kept from public information and knowledge; anything mysterious that is beyond general understanding or knowledge. So often people ask, “What are your success secrets?” to accomplished people who have ...
Views: 493 - Do You Allow the "Small Stuff" to Stop Your Success? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2009 from Heather DominickLook around you. Do you have everything you desire for your business? If your business is not where you want it to be, you need to look at where YOU are focusing your thoughts, feelings, and actions. You can't blame anyone or anything if you are not where you want to be. You need to take ...
Views: 1046 - Are You Playing to Win or Playing Not to Lose? - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2009 from Jimmy RoosDuring the last Soccer World Cup held in Germany, my favorite team Brazil played against France in the quarter-final. Brazil was the favorites, not only because they were the 5-times World Champions, but because they had the most awesome attacking threat in world football. A win for Brazil ...
Views: 1699 - P.R.E.P. Yourself for Success - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2009 from Lori Radun"You've got to be tough to do the big things in life like taking risks, admitting mistakes, and changing bad habits. You've got to be tough to do the little things like biting your tongue, waiting your turn and putting up with fools. Self-reliance and self-confidence will demand your ...
Views: 1006 - Life Change Through Transformational Writing - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2009 from RAJA HIREKERAnd so when the life coach went through his preset, formulaic, question routine, I could instantly feel that the client was having a rather uncomfortable experience. And that was especially true when the coach was intent on drilling down with the same question until it lost all its potency and ...
Views: 1145 - Mathematical Formula to Success - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Florence BernardHave you ever wondered what use you were ever going to make of learning how to solve mathematical equations? I think we all have to admit that most of us don’t tend to use that knowledge on a daily basis… mmmm… What if we did? What if we used it in a very natural and practical way that ...
Views: 4485(1 vote) - Turbocharge Success in 5 Steps! - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2008 from Lynnea HagenLet's imagine that you want to take a driving trip across the country. In fact, let's say that you want to drive from New York to San Francisco. There are more than a couple of different ways to head out on this trip. But, you have limited time and resources, AND you want this trip to be ...
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