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Leave it to the medium of music to deliver the global outpouring of endorsement and admiration for the wonderful voice of an amateur singer from a tiny Scottish village named Susan Boyle.
Her April 11, 2009 appearance on “Britain’s Got Talent” has stirred nothing short of a global phenomena and ... Views: 1461
There are many people who try to achieve what they desire in life. Unfortunately, many people don't accomplish what they set out to do.
Here are some of the top mistakes that people make, and ways in which these can be avoided.
1) Setting timescales that are impossible to reach. Often, ... Views: 1315
No matter what you achieve in life, you will have gained at least 2 positive outcomes. The first is that you will have accomplished the desired result, and secondly, you will feel such a wonderful sense of achievement!
So what are the benefits of the feel good factor?
1) This is such a ... Views: 2023
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
There are many paths to a single goal. There are those, however, who confuse a path with the goal. A goal is a destination, while a path is the means to get there. The water in a raging ... Views: 1134
During the last century, many people were able to achieve great success by chasing just one goal. Henry Ford got a lot of mileage out of his dream to sell an affordable car to every average American. H. L. Hunt, at one time the richest man in the world, drilled for oil.
When you look at today’s ... Views: 965
Why do some people continually achieve great things, while others merely dream of bettering themselves?
Are people born with some sort of "achievement gene", or can you learn to be an achiever?
I believe that anyone can accomplish what they desire in life. By being aware of the ... Views: 2029
Vacations are great, aren’t they? It’s a great time to relax, reconnect with friends and family and enjoy the moment. The week before last I was in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico. I was there with Trisha, my brother and a few of our friends. We had such a blast. I love vacations.
I’ve enjoyed ... Views: 1556
So, you feel like giving up do you? Well here’s the good news - you’re normal. Everyone goes through it. I’ve gone through it. It’s human nature to want to give up. The difference between the real performers and those people who are the average Joes, is that the real performers bounce back ... Views: 1851
"Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection." - Bente Borsum
Bente Borsum is a talented actress who performed with the Norwegian National Theatre and was a director of the Norwegian National Drama School. As a mentor and teacher, she works with younger artists who need ... Views: 1936
Can we call someone a liar if he or she believed in a statement to be true?, can we call someone a liar if he did not tell his wife that he is dating a male lover? He believed that he is telling the truth when he says ‘ I am not dating a lover, I am in love with my lover’ He believed in his ... Views: 1329
Do you know why you where born? What’s your purpose in life? From 1999 until 2006, I searched for my purpose in life. Your purpose may not be something you discover right away, rather it is part of a process. Discovering your purpose requires that you carefully examine where you are and where ... Views: 2107
“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
-Napoleon Hill
Everyone has goals; how one follows through with them determines the success or failure of any particular goal. Most ... Views: 1137
I’m posing this questions, as I sit here at 1:00am, to bring some thoughts into form.
What does keep you up at night? For most, stress is the big factor. Stress about work, finances, relationships, family, what do I do with my life now. Any of this hitting home? We fight to stay in bed and ... Views: 1059
The limits to what we can achieve are mostly the product of our thinking. Limits are often self imposed because we either think we cannot do a thing, or because someone told us we cannot do a thing and we chose to believe it.
How many people do you know who could truly tell you what your ... Views: 1348
To avoid being seen as too weird or different, and to fit in better with others, gifted children often learn to cover up their unusual abilities. As adults, many still follow a pattern of hiding.
When she began directing in the forties, Ida Lupino sometimes claimed not to know the best way to ... Views: 4249
Do people with multiple talents realize their abilities as readily and as fully as they want? A high level of achievement and fulfillment is not an automatic outcome for all gifted and talented adults.
In her book Gifted Grownups, Marylou Kelly Streznewski notes, "For too long society has ... Views: 2130
So you have written a book and had it published. Congratulations. Now you are faced with the challenge of what to do next. Many authors think that marketing is a job for the publisher so they sit back and wait for the royalties to roll in. You might have a very long wait. The market for ... Views: 1677
Since a very early age I loved getting things done and I was always searching for answers. My father was a scientist and taught me, early on, to examine new ideas and prove them out before accepting them as truth.
While a boy in the 1930s I lived for a few years with a very religious family in ... Views: 1345
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Setbacks, failure, limitation, scarcity, debts, disease, poverty, will keep spreading. Nothing will ever change, when we are focussing ... Views: 1541
Achievement is the desired result of any and all Human Activity. First and foremost, in order to define an Achievement you need to engage in goal setting or defining what you wish to accomplish. The Human Spirit and our ability to think and reason, as a species, is what differentiates us from ... Views: 1870
Every time that we approach a problem, in any walk of life, we bring to bear assumptions that limit our ability to conceive fresh solutions. Our experiences condition us to see any new situation in terms of situations we have seen before. We make assumptions unconsciously and put things into a ... Views: 2028
There 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: 1598
With the new year fast approaching, now is the time to decide what the year ahead will bring.
By the end of 2009, what will we have accomplished, will we look back and say this was the year i broke through, this was the year i got it figured out. This was the year i realised there's nothing ... Views: 1162
You will never meet a successful person that is a VICTIM and lacks PASSION.
You will never meet a failure who takes RESPONSIBILITY and is PASSIONATE about what he does.
This is not a COINCIDENCE.
Every extremely successful person will always have two outstanding qualities in their ... Views: 3731
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How to Become Your Full Potential has been the challenge of the 97% of world ... Views: 1356
The Comfort Zone is a place that we settle into that is familiar, has low stress, and has little or no challenge. It is where we maintain the status quo, or the norm. The Comfort Zone is not necessarily a comfortable place. Many people become familiar with misery, jealousy, pain, suffering, ... Views: 7073
Worry, this is absolutely the biggest waste of time ever. There is no place for worry in your new and improved life. Worry is proof that subconsciously, way deep down inside, we don’t really believe that we will get what we are asking for. If we really believe with all of our heart that our ... Views: 1430
Have you ever started to let yourself dream up something you wanted, only to hear that inner voice tell you all the reasons why you can’t get what you want? You say to yourself, “I’d love to start a new business because I just can’t afford to take any time off, and I’m sick of my job.” Then, ... Views: 1423
Routinely, I rise out of bed before the birds and watch the sunlight flood my office every morning. See, I love this time of day, but what I don’t love is being rudely rousted out of a deep sleep before my normal rise-and-shine time, and every day, for the past few months, I have been.
I sleep ... Views: 983
Once there was a busy shepherd. She was always gathering strays. Her father taught her that if she focused on the strays, her sheep would always be safe.
Her sister joined the shepherd one day to help with the endless task. The sister asked, “Do all the sheep stray?”
“No,” responded the ... Views: 839
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
How much would your life change if you knew that achieving your wildest dreams could take as little as 12 minutes a day?
Think of the unlimited possibilities that provides! Most of us believe ... Views: 1639
I am a triple A control freak. It can be exhausting. It's taken me many years to understand and accept the fact that, indeed, there are some things I cannot control. Believe me, this "acceptance" hasn't come easily.
For example: other people. Why can't they act exactly as I want--no--be ... Views: 1944
How many times have you started a diet, a new way of thinking, or tried something new and then a setback occurs and you just go back to the way you were?
Don’t worry, you are not the only one! Setbacks and difficulties occur all of the time – they are a natural activity of life.
There are two ... Views: 1463
We spend more time and money doggy paddling through life than actually learning how to swim different strokes that take us from where we are to where we want to be.
There is the butterfly stroke (the most challenging), the breast stroke, the side stroke, the back stroke, the front crawl and ... Views: 1458
I find it disheartening to see people who, when faced with life’s battles, decide to give up and retreat when I know that despite all that is happening, no matter how painful it feels, they can prevail. When confronted with the toughest moments in your life, you can’t afford to succumb to fear, ... Views: 1149
Chapter from the the Book ' The Psychology of Rapid Self Employment Achievement Plan'
The Psychology of Conative Connection Part 4
How to Use Your Instinct to Success
You do not need a PhD to comprehend what makes 1+1=2, but you must ' endeavour ' to ' comprehend' a process of success ... Views: 2110
Chapter from the the Book ' The Psychology of Rapid Self Employment Achievement Plan'
The Psychology of Conative Connection Part 3
How to Use Your Instinct to Success
Comprehension the cure of all anxieties
Returning back to our concerns and anxieties about our future success ... Views: 1429
Chapter from the the Book ' The Psychology of Rapid Self Employment Achievement Plan'
The Psychology of Conative Connection Part 1
How to Use Your Instinct to Success
Learning, and comprehending come with the understanding that you don't have to be a genius to make a dream come true, but ... Views: 3340
I often marvel at the innovative men and women responsible for the advancement of modern technology. Somehow these brilliant minds refuse to believe there are limits to what they can create and accomplish.
When you think about it, our minds are the most intricate and powerful “computers” ... Views: 1129
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, a life can end. And when that time comes, how will others remember us? Did we reach for the stars, or did we simply live each day as we did the day before. What disturbs me the most about many people is the way in which they view themselves. How you view ... Views: 1549
At a wedding I attended last Summer on the most southern island of Greece, an American was marrying a Greek woman he met at graduate school. People traveled there from 20 countries. Of the 90 or so guests, all under 30 years of age had visited at least five countries, often for study, work or ... Views: 1432
We have all discovered, again, the only constant is cultural change. Just look around and you will see state and presidential politics on messy display, financial institutions in chaos and Wall Street crashing.
This is not the first, nor will it be the last time that we see these ups and ... Views: 1314
When I turn on the TV, open a newspaper or hop online, all I see and read are the negative stories about our horrible economic situation. This news is very important, as it affects the lives of every American, but I’m beginning to wonder—are we focusing on it too much?
We all need balance in ... Views: 1239
Having a dream means having a goal or a vision. It also means seeing your hopes fulfilled. Success then, is the realization of your dream.
If you have a dream, you have a passion, a burning desire to see your dream come true. While you work toward the realization of your dream time goes by ... Views: 1031
Excerpted from "The Psychology of Rapid Self Employment Achievement Plan"
The Psychology of Conative Connection Part1
How to Use Your Instinct to Success
Learning, and comprehending come with the understanding that you don't have to be a genius to make a dream come true, but unless you ... Views: 1521
Excerpted from "The Psychology of Rapid Self Employment Achievement Plan"
The Psychology of Conative Connection Part2 -
How to Use Your Instinct to Success
The psychological arithmetic process of success:
Desire
Intention
Attention
Love
Belief
Action
Results
Your results are ... Views: 1421
1. something accomplished, esp special effort, great courage, etc.; a great or heroic deed: his remarkable achievements in art.
2. act of achieving; attainment or accomplishment: the achievement of one's object.
Achievement is the desired result of any and all Human Activity. First and ... Views: 1915
It’s that time once again when we restate our ambitions and commit to achieve more, be more, or stop doing that thing we could live without.
"This year I will..." How could you finish that sentence for upcoming year?
The reality is we make resolutions on New Year’s Eve that we quite often ... Views: 1244
What are you thinking? Do you ever stop and ask yourself that question. Thoughts are things and they manifest themselves in our everyday life. The Bible says “they will be known by their fruits,” good thoughts bring forth good fruit (positive attitude, happiness, success, etc…) bad thoughts ... Views: 945
We are at the end of yet another year, which has been particularly challenging for many of us. As usual we have learned many ways of how not to do things and naturally intend to do better next year. As we know, when we do the things we have always done we will get what we always got. Simple, ... Views: 1012