Developing unshakable belief is going to one of your key business success strategies. Many of the greatest people in history had nothing but belief to sustain them in the early days or even years of their endeavours. Mary Kay Ash's mascot for her cosmetics company is a bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyway. (Taken from 'Unstoppable' by Cynthia Kersey).
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Better Time Management for 2020 and Beyond byr Bill Cottringer “Time is the one resource that is equally distributed, but unequally used.” ~The Author. This combining millennium will likely just continue to overload us with more and more information, where we end up never having enough time to do all that we need to do. We typically get half us much done in twice the time, instead of how it should be as vice versa. Here are some practical tips to stretch your time:
Are you chronically unhappy? Are you unconsciously taking the seven steps to depression, unhappiness & dissatisfaction? Are you living life from the subconscious programming you;re accustomed to even if it's a block to the experience of a good life? Do people always have ideas about how to "make" you happy? They forget that you don't "make" yourself happy- you allow the experience of happiness to permeate through you by focusing on gratitude and awareness in this moment.
Failure is an interesting taskmaster. It either wearies us, or it empowers us. Without the lessons failure brings, the successes will be few. John Keats wrote, rn"Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid." As affiliate marketers, or as any kind of online marketer, we are always on a
What does your map for success look like? I want everyone reading this to cut out words and pictures of all the things you want to be, to do, and to have; paste them on a big piece of flip chart paper and stick it to a wall that you will see every day. I made my ‘Success Map’ 6 months ago. You will read such sayings as, “Stop at Nothing”, “Straight Shooter”, and “Have Faith in Yourself and Faith Will Be in You” among several others. Oh, you will also see a picture of David C
Once you have identified any common reasons you fail to set goals, you need to identify common problems in setting goals. There are four common problems people make in goal-setting. These mistakes are dangerous enough to prevent you from accomplishing what you set out to achieve: #1 Too vague. A vague goal is general and contains uncertainties. Set a specific goal. The more specific a goal is made, the more likely you will achieve it. What exactly do you want to achieve? May
Some businesses are born out of ideology and conviction. Others spring up out of necessity, to fill a void or meet a burgeoning need. Then there are those born out of innovation with a vision for the greater good that have soul – companies like Apple, Disney and Ford. • Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple wanted to produce products so imaginative and appealing that people didn’t even know they wanted them until Apple released them, not just another computer. • Walt Disney, foun
In this Digital world, getting a top position in SERP is important to increase visibility as well as sales for your concern. Not many are aware of the reason for ranking drop and why it happens to the site. If you are struggling with ranking then, here are some reasons and solutions that help you with your ranking drop. What Is Ranking Drop?rn The ranking drop is nothing but a sudden drop or slow drop in ranking which results in lost rank or missing from SERP. Reasons For Ran
Are you merely paying lip service to your vision or you are sold out 101%? A marriage of convenience sometimes occurs where one party or both parties are seeking to get a quick solution to an issue. Be it citizenship issues or merely passing time. Sometimes we are found reneging on our own commitments and vows out of familiarity and making our marriage so common. Question that comes to mind automatically is "What happened to your first love, the days you used to court your vision?
How Do I Change My Life? Are you happy? Please note that I'm not asking if you FEEL happy. I'm asking if you ARE happy. Happiness does not have to be a fleeting emotion that we feel when everything's coming up roses. Instead, it is something you can have, right now, no matter what's going on in your life.
Money can be a tricky subject for many women. And if you are a stay-at-home mom with a growing business, this tricky subject can make or break your future success. You started your new business to bring extra money for your family; it won’t do you any good if you can’t put the right price on your products and services for your new business. Many moms struggle with self-limiting beliefs and habits and don’t even realize it! The future success of their business is directly tie
âHuman beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.â Dr. M. Scott Peck Discovering areas of your life and/or business that require some work to improve is a meaningful first step in the change process. Alone, however, itâs insufficient. Life rewards action. Iâve found that doing things differently in the future than in the past requires tough-minded disciplin
Being the parent of a small child is an education in and of itself. First, I earned an undergraduate degree in spelling. You have to be creative when you don't want your child to know where you hide the C-A-N-D-Y. I also proudly hold advanced degrees in music (who knew Barney the purple ...
Three Paths to The Truth Byr Bill Cottringer “I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, I would give my life.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes. As the above quote implies, there are but three main paths we walk to learn what we think is true about something. In a three words, these paths are—short, long and longer. Or, in a little more detail, this is where we walk and what we do:
I traded stock options for 4 1/2 years during the late 1990s. It wasn’t just any four years though. I traded at the very peak of the dotcom craze. That means I rode the whipsaw of a snake called the stock market right to the very top and then sharply down. One thing that became very ...
If you are reading this right now, I believe you have dreams and aspirations. Now the questio I have for you is, are those dreams and aspirations easily achievable? If they are, then they are not big enough. Look, we were not called to be mediocre in life. We were created for greatness. Are you holding yourself back from achieving greater success in life? This is something we will discuss in this article. First things first, I want to mention that your dreams and aspirations
I chose early retirement from the practice of medicine when I saw that “Babylon” (a word meaning confusion) fit westernized medicine as it has become www.LeadingCauseOfDeathPrescriptionDrugs.com The Bible warning reflects this—“for by her sorceries [Greek word, pharmakeia] were all nations ...
Finding success really simply a process of breaking the cycle and saying ‘I can change all of this for the better’ in a final determination to see your Self as being alright. Stay in touch with your I’m Okay Factor and lose that sense of a lost life or a hopeless dilemma. Regardless of where you feel you are now, each one of us has an inherent ability to tap into the creative resource that becomes our ‘out of the past. into the future’ system.
The craze to go digital has brought with it the threat to save oneself from the net related abuse of personal information of an individual or an entity. E reputation thus has changed from a luxurious facility to build brand name and create an image or reputation Internet to a necessity to save the same from getting abused. Reputation web or reputation Internet if not taken care of has a tendency to turn rogue and turn the hard earned reputation till date into a cluster of dus
I've recently bought a computer system, taken my family to a theme park and flown on an airline that were all rated tops in their fields for service. They had won awards and were widely cited as leading examples of service quality in action. I ended up being disappointed. Not that the service was bad - compared with others in their industries, they were clearly better. But I had expected much more.
Finding Your Mental Sweet Spotnby Bill Cottrigner Sitting in two overgrown cedar rocking chairs watching the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River go flowing by in quiet North Bend, WA, two people—one intellectual and the other very practical—were just talking about troublesome life ...
Talking to yourself has several benefits. First, it forces you to process information in a different way. Perhaps you have a picture in your head of what you mean; putting it into words can draw your attention to details that you otherwise might overlook. Second, talking to yourself helps you ...
The turning point in my life came when I discovered the law of cause and effect, the great law of the universe, and human destiny. I learned that everything happens for a reason. I discovered that success is not an accident. Failure is not an accident, either. I also discovered that people who are successful in any area usually are those who have learned the cause-and-effect relationship between what they want and how to get it. Determine Your Personal Growth and Development Valuesr
Iâm sure youâve been there. You have a goal in mind that you are excited about reaching. Maybe you finally decided to lose weight or you are inching towards the place you want to be in your career. But as the time goes, so does your motivation and drive. We all need motivation in order to complete our goals and insure our success. Motivation is the fuel that lights that fire in the heart and enables us to propel past obstacles and seize our goals. But in order for that to
WRESTLING WITH THE ULTIMATE CONFLICT: CONTRADICTORY PARADIGMS By William Cottringer, Ph.D. nnn“The only way you become aware of the intrinsic paradigms that guide your thinking are when they come in open contact with their opposites.” ~The author. I am sorry but I am not going to ...
HOW TO TALK WITH GOD By Bill Cottringe n The other day I text messaged God’s Administrative Assistant to ask him how God would prefer for us to talk with Her. Since he was very well organized, as would be expected for an administrative assistant of the whole universe, he suggested I just ...
There is a path, called ‘the path to success,’ which everyone is traveling on. Scattered randomly throughout the journey are occasional forks in the road that require us to make difficult decisions. Both paths of these diverging forks bring with them certain appeal, rewards, risks, drawbacks, as well as consequences. The fork on the left, for example, is often much more appealing because the path is usually paved, it is always full of fellow travelers, and looks a whole lot easier than the fork on the right.
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 that you are inadequate and it doesn’t mean you can’t control those feelings, but you can liberate your Self by knowing how you work. Powerless you are not.
The past got us to where you we now but that doesn’t mean that our present has to decide our future. The exte al circumstances of our world do not determine the kind of person internally we are. Everybody has a choice for change. Make your choice in the knowledge that you can be in a far better place by not bringing a paralysing past life to all your ideas around what your future should look like. Be strong in the belief that you now have opportunity. Take ownership of your future with a successful template of how you would see it acted out.
To live a harmonious life, you must not only abide by the laws of your country, but also by the natural Laws of the Universe. If we transgress, there will be consequences. Like any country, the universe is also governed by certain laws. We refer to these as Universal Laws or Laws of Nature, ‘whose content is set by nature and is therefore universal’ (Wikipedia).
So, you think you know all there is to know about abundant living and credit card use? Think again. You have a few more steps to go to get on that path to that prosperous life you want. The fourth article in this series gives you some last tips and tricks to help you use credit wisely. Yep, we're not done yet, baby!
If Enough People Imagine and Believe in Something, It Will Happen… BynBill Cottringe n“I can believe anything, provided it is incredible.” ~Oscar Wilde. If enough people believe in something, it will happen…”The ‘Yes-but’ rest of the story is…True, but maybe just not quite in the exact way or ...
Home based professionals, solopreneurs and small business owners do a unique juggling act. There’s nothing like commuting to the next room, a dress code that includes pajamas, and getting to kids’ concerts and games. But, the flexibility of working from home has a front and a back. ...
Gratitude and commitment are the keys to success. To be successful you must commit yourself to your dream. You must do so wholly and without doubt. When your conscious and subconscious mind are in alignment with your desires, magical things will begin to happen. You will be propelled into a ...
While it is true that there are many tricks for improving memory, it is also true that there are many ways to avoid needing to rely on your memory. • Leave written reminders for yourself in places that you pass throughout the day. A sticky note on your desk phone could help you remember to ...
This is one of the questions I hear most: "What one thing or one recommendation can you tell me that will have a huge impact on my life?" My answer is always the same: Accept 100% responsibility for everything in your life. It sounds obvious, but it's one of those recommendations that's easier to understand as an abstract or general idea than it is to implement. My holiday gift to you is what follows:rn rnAccepting 100% responsibility means accepting that whatever happens in
Before 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.
People That Bother You MostnBy Bill Cottringe nn“Like the herd of animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.” ~ Loren Eisely Our success quest in life involves the paramount challenge of learning how to get along with other people. However, the reality of people being unique ...
Success in anything is never easy. However the ones who really achieve in life, the ones who stretch the boundaries of possibility, have that vital and persistent habit of Thinking Successthinking success Thinking success is the key to manifesting success To achieve anything in life you first must think itâs possible. OUR THOUGHTS BRING ABOUT OUR REALITY Failure comes to all those who focus on failure Success comes to all those who focus on success. Developing a success min
Choosing the Right Side Byr Bill Cottringer An elderly Episcopal priest once gave a simple sermon with a single message that makes too much sense to disregard, even for non-religious people. The message was this: There is one main choice in life and that is which side are you on—the right one or the other one? (Notice the absence of the word “wrong”). Is there a right side of life to be on?
With all the attention focused on Mexico due to the recent Swine Flu outbreak, I thought I'd update you with what's really going on and add some very common sense recommendations to follow if you live anywhere near or have loved ones close to any influenza or swine flu outbreak centers. As some ...
This article is Part 2 in a series of articles about spending your time the way you want (www.rcsays.com/action/spending-time-the-way-you-want-a-5-part-series). Productivity is consistently completing value-added tasks with minimal inefficiency. That means: -Doing things that matter, -All of the time, -Without wasting time or resources.
What 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 drink poison cool-aid before killing himself. I have personally succeeded in deceiving and betraying friends, family and lovers. Being successful is largely determined by how it is def
Have you ever heard the expression: âstrong opinions, weakly heldâ? It was used in the mid-80's by Paul Saffo; Director at The Institute for the Future, to explain the process for creating acceptable forecasts. As thereâs always so much uncertainty about future events, itâs impossible to have a perfect forecast. Therefore, the recommendation was to let your intuition guide you before allowing yourself to be proven wrong through creative doubt. Although this phrase was
Leadership deals with the world of emotions and feelings. It is more of an art than a science. Like artists, leaders have the ability to share their vision of the world. Leaders influence our perceptions and help us look at situations in new ways. These skills â and the leadership principles that guide their development â are critical to the success of an organization or team. Of course, there are some people who remain unconvinced of the value of these "soft skills." The
One out of every 100 U. S. adults is in jail or prison. That is a startling statistic and not something to be proud of - in fact, it's down right embarrassing. According to the Pew Report, cited here, (The Pew Charitable Trusts applies the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging ...
All of us, to some degree, have experienced the outcomes of some endeavor. It may have been horrible or just bad, or maybe mediocre or all right, or really good or great or absolutely fantastic. Too some degree, in my short 50 something years, I have experienced all of these outcomes. If you ...
Our educational system is a mass of contradiction. It is peopled by smart, dedicated professionals at every level. It has access to jaw-dropping technology and is supported by massive amounts of money from local, state and federal agencies. It has every reason to be the best educational system ...
One of the most important topics discussed in recent years in the field of neuroscience explores the mind-body relationship and the fact (yes, it is a fact) that much of our best “thinking” does not occur in the traditional rational left brain-centered approach. This more thorough scientific understanding supports the historical concept of the importance of intuition and holistic intelligence have on our lives.
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