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“Never let another shatter your dreams”. This is what we are told while, normally, very young perhaps as we grow into our older years as well. The concept for this statement always remains the same being that it is still 100% true! "Dreams? Oh, now I get it", I remember saying to myself several ... Views: 2157
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes. I woke up with that phrase rolling around in my mind – Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes. A little mantra that I didn’t consciously decide to recite so I’m going to call it a gift from the Universe (or whatever benevolent source you like to think is out ... Views: 973
“Back in the day” most children were taught to say “please” and “thank you.” They were also taught to ask permission before taking or doing something, open doors and pull out chairs at the dinner table for ladies, assist elderly people, wear suits to religious functions and to dinner with a ... Views: 2507
Recently, I was thinking about the time I spent sailing. Many images came to mind – the times I was challenged almost to breaking against 20-foot waves, and times the gentle rocking combined with a glowing sunset were more joy than my heart could hold. But are we all adrift at sea?
How do we ... Views: 1041
I reviewed the recent poll we had on SelfGrowth.com asking "What is your biggest motivator?"
The top answer was happiness.
To me, happiness is not just a feeling. It's a decision.
If we leave it to be a feeling, then it comes and goes as it pleases. We never grab it and hold on to it. ... Views: 2134
Words of wisdom all around
but no one ever seems to listen
They talk about their plans on the paper
Building up from the pavement
mm hm
there’re shadows from the scrapers on the pavement
mm hm
It’s enough to make me sigh
but that don’t seem like ... Views: 590
What is the best way to start the day? Start it the evening before.
For everything you do the night before, there is one less thing to do in the morning.
For example: get your clothes ready the night before. If the clothes are dirty, wrinkled or unwearable, you will find out the night ... Views: 506
I know this sounds counter-intuitive, but here goes: STOP TRYING TO BE SUCCESSFUL!
I have a cousin, Larry, who lives in Los Angeles, and has fallen into the trap of trying to be a celebrity entrepreneur. Larry buys expensive clothes, is obsessed with sports cars, and always talks about money. ... Views: 1351
However you define your particular view of success, taking a 3D view will provide better clarity and help you reach your goals with more speed.
Success can mean different things to different people and each one is right. Whether you are seeking to improve your finances, your health, ... Views: 1537
Begin each day by realising that you are for your Self. Be powerful in the presence of who you really are and what you want to be. Align your Self with your birthright, which is success. Fear comes from feeling inadequate and it’s quite natural for all of us to feel this way. It doesn’t mean ... Views: 1066
Perception determines who we are.
Perception is a choice that offers options of how we want to view the world. We can choose to see nothing but a dangerous and frightening world or nothing but a friendly and happy world – or something in between.
Whatever way we decide to perceive the ... Views: 2086
In a unified Self we have more direction and greater presence, a presence to be perceived in how you live your life. Holding your unity is taking ownership of the greatness and potential you can offer to your own day-to-day world. But once again it’s all about how you start that process of ... Views: 1256
In my article titled: "5 Secrets of Successful People", I explain that there are five "success secrets" or "habits" that are shared by all successful people. The first of these secrets is about learning how to deal with rejection.
Typically, when someone doesn't understand what you're ... Views: 5063
There are five key traits or habits that all successful people share. What separates average people from those who achieve great success can be attributed to these five fundamental characteristics that I call "success secrets". This is the third in a series of five articles, each dealing with ... Views: 3556
The beautiful thing about success is that there are many ways to achieve it. Some people make their success look easy, while others make success look difficult to achieve. Let me tell you that it wasn’t the success that came easy for those people, it was their persistent effort towards achieving ... Views: 2569
Imagine for a moment that you’re sitting in a meeting and you look down at your cell phone to discover that several people just signed up for a workshop you’re hosting four weeks from today. Each person that signed up immediately received an automated message from you with details on the ... Views: 922
Mindset
The Power Of Your Thinking...The Results Of Your Doing!
Today, we’re going to discuss what it takes to think the right way in order to achieve all your dreams.
There is a particular mindset principle that we’d like to focus on in this e-book. It’s a principle based not upon ... Views: 2425
I once got a letter from a high school student in Australia. He wanted to know my definition of success. It’s a good question, and I thought I’d share my answer with you.
Most people will tell you that they want to be a success. But it’s a rare individual who can tell you what that means. ... Views: 1483
My name is Liam and I want to introduce myself and my product. I will tell you what the secret is to a better water system. I want to talk to you about this; I hope you will listen…….blah blah blah. Now in all honesty we have heard these types of opening statements before but have we ever taken ... Views: 3289
I have responded to a comment on my "bankruptcy" story few days ago. Here is what I said:
"Thank you, I believe however that my friend can see another way of creating her life, one that is not encompassed by the usual "home and a job" model. There might be a whole new way of being, available ... Views: 542
We’ve all heard that lifelong readers do better at pretty much anything. How important is reading? Here are some interesting statistics associated with reading (from the website http://www.readfaster.com/education_stats.asp#literacystatistics.)
More than 20 percent of adults read at or ... Views: 3087
Life can be a slow and inarticulate teacher. Yet a few simple, proven ideas can give us all far more control over our lives.
Researchers who observe people who succeed in business, study, sport and relationships are revealing some valuable information about the way top achievers think. For ... Views: 1937
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become” – Buddha
Think of the world as a magic Genie saying “Your wish is my command,” and here is why:
Imagine the flip of a coin, although there is a specific number of possible outcomes ... Views: 4795
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Many of you might know by know that I have been making money online through information publication since 2008 and have build an online Business Empire from zero to +20,000 a month. And through ... Views: 6731
One of my all time favorite analogies for understanding life is that of the charioteer. Think of yourself as the driver of a horse drawn chariot. You hold the reins to two very powerful horses. One horse is the Body horse- it represents the appetites and passions of the physical body- the 5 ... Views: 1466
What Are You Tolerating in Your Life?
Making the principle of vacuum work for you
In order to be successful, it’s critical we become clear about what we really want and why we want it. And the flip side to that is to also be clear about what we don’t want.
We all have things in our ... Views: 808
What Happens When We Don’t Make It?
“An oak tree is just a little nut that held its ground.”
We all like to read about successes. We’re encouraged by the achievement of others and inspired to hear about how they overcame difficult odds.
But what happens when things don’t go as planned? ... Views: 885
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As I’m sitting here watching the lightening illuminate the sky and listening to the sound of thunder as it echoes through the night, I’ve come to a moment of clarity on what success really is.
Through my many years of study, research and ... Views: 1759
Why am I talking about love in the context of business? And no, I don’t mean a passionate office romance. I’m talking about the fact that loving my clients has been a key to success in my business. It hit me several years ago when someone asked me the secret to my success...without ... Views: 1527
I was recently asked why authors such as Ekhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra and Tony deMello (and myself for that matter) place so much emphasis on the present moment. My reader also asked me to explain why living in the past or future can be so detrimental - and that's where this article ... Views: 4394
We all have different motivations for doing things. Sometimes we're motivated by something we're moving toward and other times by something we're moving away from.
One person might start a business because they hate their job and don't want the restrictions imposed upon them by a boss. ... Views: 937
The word “entourage” comes from the French word “entourer”, referring to the verb “to surround”, or “entour”, meaning “the surrounding”. In the English language, entourage is defined in two ways. The most common use of the term is the social group, friends, peers or associates with whom you ... Views: 1228
“An investment in yourself will pay dividends for the rest of your life. It won’t depreciate, it will appreciate. It will never be devalued or stolen. Clearly, your inner portfolio is the best investment you can make.”
We spend a good deal of time and money on the outside of our bodies. We pay ... Views: 850
In response to the growing number of recent corporate downsizings many large companies have adopted an organizational structure that involves fewer layers and levels of corporate hierarchy than we saw during earlier decades. In order to adapt to these new developments it is important for ... Views: 1171
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." — Alfred North Whitehead, 19th century British mathematician and philosopher
As Achieve (my first consulting company) was working with our Clients to implement Toward Excellence (the cultural change ... Views: 1257
High-performing teams and organizations balance the discipline of systems, processes, and technology management on a base of effective people leadership. Here are some keys of the key distinctions between the two:
The Management-Leadership ... Views: 1730
"The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us." — G. K. Chesterton, British author, Fancies Versus Fads
Marti was driving through her neighborhood to work one morning when a genie ... Views: 1165
"What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. No smallest atom of our moral, mental, or physical structure can stand still a year. It grows — it must grow; nothing can prevent it." — Mark Twain, American author and humorist
Change happens. We can't control much of the world changing ... Views: 989
So much of our day is spent thinking about what we want to do, be or have. When was the last time you actually thought about what was going right and how well you were doing something? Maybe it's time you start..
Today I woke up exhausted. I have been going, going, going, with work for months ... Views: 1372
Your entourage is a profound definition of who you are and can be defined in two general ways. The first is based on your geographical environment in which your physical surroundings, your manner of living, and your general adaptation are considered. The second is based on the social group with ... Views: 1378
One of my email buddies wrote about something very interesting this morning that gave me yet, another morning coffee AHA moment that I would love to share with you.
Just as I had referred to that annoying voice inside our heads in my last blog, how do we stifle the real life of the whiners or ... Views: 1456
I've been thinking lately of how I could put together a list of success principles based on my travel achievements. I've lived a pretty adventurous, courageous and successful life travelling the globe. You don't do that unless you possess certain qualities and character traits. I wanted to put ... Views: 2082
What you think is what you get. Whether you think you’re a victim of your circumstances or you think you’re creating your circumstances, you’re right!
Luckily at any moment you can choose to start creating your circumstances instead of letting them create you. No, you can’t change things ... Views: 983
We all have the ability to recognize – someone we already know, a difficult situation when we see one, an opportunity that’s staring us in the face or a problem that needs our attention. However, our psychological ability to recognise is just as much a curse as it is a blessing.
We take in raw ... Views: 1355
"There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. A truth is something that everybody can be shown to know and to have known, as people say, all along." — Mary McCarthy, author and critic
I write these words as I sit in ... Views: 1300
Have you ever noticed how successful people always seem to have a very wide net of friends and acquaintances? Howard Hughes became an infamous recluse only after he was fabulously wealthy. His network of business associations enabled him to excel in aviation, manufacturing, heavy industry, oil, ... Views: 1202
I am not a great photographer.
I am okay with that fact, knowing that I am good at many other things. You might not be a great photographer either, but I bet you know that you can't fix the focus of the picture after the picture is taken. You are that astute, right?
I have one of those ... Views: 1209
A common theme among my clients is the fear of failure. They are so afraid of failing that they are unwilling to press the "go" button to get their lives started. Ironically the fear of failure usually leads to more failure. The fear of failure can lead to procrastination, perfection ... Views: 2056
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Crash and Learn - by Larry Hehn, the "Christian in the Rough"
Last year I was involved in a multi-car crash on one of the busiest highways in the world. Thankfully I was alone in my car and there were no serious injuries among all the drivers and passengers involved. Still, it took me a while to recover from the combined effects of whiplash and a ... Views: 1158
Inside each person, there exists untapped potential for creativity. Creativity does not just refer to skills like being able to paint, write eloquently, or make beautiful music; creativity merely refers to unique thinking. For example, if you are using different and new ways of finding a ... Views: 1374