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- How to Broaden Your Horizons and Prepare for the Future - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2020 from Brooke ChaplanIn life, we all have to learn how to expand our minds and see things from other points of view. When you’ve grown up with one mindset, it’s hard to break out of it. If you don’t have friends and family members who are actively encouraging you to broaden your horizons, it’s easy to get stuck in a ...
Views: 1104 - What Habit Blows Up Your Goals? - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Lynn MooreI’m going to let you in on a secret that I have kept for many years because I didn’t want to embarrass myself. But now that I have kicked the habit I will let you in on it. I was an addict My drug? TV Not an all day habit, but about 10 programs that I simply could not miss watching ...
Views: 1104(3 votes) - The Road To Change: Take The First Step - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2007 from Rebecca SheldonMany people get stuck in life because they don’t see how the first small steps will get them to where they truly want to go. They know what their dreams are; they just see those dreams as too big. In fact, one of the major obstacles in their journey is that the big picture can seem a bit ...
Views: 1102 - How Do You Measure Success? - by When someone asks you if you are successful, how do you answer? How does one measure success?
You are a Mother and a housewife who decided to try something new, challenging and rewarding. So you start an online business. You work hard for 6 months and your income is just starting to trickle ...
Views: 1101 - Unleash the Power of Goal Setting - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2007 from alex blackwellImagine how much easier it would be to succeed in life if you were constantly expecting the world to support you and bring you opportunity. Successful people do just that. Experts on the science of success know the brain is a goal-seeking organism. Whatever goal you give to your subconscious ...
Views: 1101 - How to Plan for Success in 2013 - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2012 from Al SpinksFirst of all I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Holiday season. Let me ask you a question, what are you going to do next year that will make you a better person than you were this year, last year or the year before? Are you going to improve your finances, your health, ...
Views: 1100 - Success & Hydrodynamics: Life Lessons From The Pool - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Margie RemmersTHE STORY Keep your elbow up. Reach and glide. No, keep the arm straight out, don't let it fall down. Fingers in the water first. Keep your hand cupped like a spoon--not a fork, not a knife, a spoon. Rotate your hips. Keep the body stiff. Your whole body should tilt to the side. Rotate your ...
Views: 1100 - Take Control Of Life With Smart Goal Setting - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2012 from Tony BurnellSome highly successful people have been able to take control of life and get what they want without setting any goals – or so they say. They may not have sat down and followed a formal process, but in their minds they knew what they wanted. While this does work, it is not smart goal setting. ...
Views: 1100(2 votes) - The definition of insanity - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2013 from Kelly RoachAlbert Einstein famously said "Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." I love this, live by it and reiterate it to my clients over and over again. This principle has driven my ability to solve almost any problem when it comes to business growth. I ...
Views: 1100 - 4 Side Effects of Using a Goal Book - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2010 from Alex WorkGoal setting and the corresponding use of a goal book has been a known cure for apathy and personal dissatisfaction for some time. It is a time-tested and proven method for getting more from life. However, there are known side effects for this “cure.” Potential side effects of using a goal ...
Views: 1099(1 vote) - HOW TO MAKE A VISION BOARD WORK !!! - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2019 from Gagandeep SiidhuVISION BOARDS WORK AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY! *************************************************** By creating a vision board you are creating a sacred space full of visual representations of all your goals, dreams and desires. What you focus on you create and the vision board when ...
Views: 1099 - How To Make Good Decisions - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2012 from Chris HammerIf you’re thinking about how to make good decisions in your life, you might want to explore some strategic planning models. Truth be told, I don’t know a lot about strategic planning – but the one thing that’s always stuck with me is this: “The cardinal rule is to take the path that allows ...
Views: 1099 - Personal Goal Setting – Why Do We Need to Have Goals? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Anthony CarterWithout goals you are essentially dead in the water. You need to have goals in order to obtain your dreams in life. Here are four reasons why you need to have goals. Direction “A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.” ~ Thomas Carlyle If you do not have goals then you ...
Views: 1099 - Have You Worked On Your Goals For This Year? - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonI had an interesting experience yesterday when I settled myself down to write in detail about my goals for the year. I had five or six things which I had decided were really important to me; important enough to me to create a hypnosis recording for myself to use to ensure that I fully focused ...
Views: 1098(2 votes) - How Would You Like to Discover the Master Key to Changing Your Life - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Dean HopkinsThere seems to be so much talk these days on changing your life but is there really a "Magic Pill" to getting everything and anything you want in life? Well, I'd like to share something with you that is perhaps one of the master keys in changing your life, because it is exactly what I have ...
Views: 1098(2 votes) - Does public speaking predict Vocational success? - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2013 from Jacy PatrickMany Professional Speakers out-perform others in giving speeches or taking their stage. But does their public speaking predict their vocational success? Does it all come down to the power of the voice or possessing the authority over your own convictions, thoughts and opinions? Public speaking ...
Views: 1097 - Start With Your Goal In Mind to Maximize Business Success - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2015 from Carrie GreeneI was at a new restaurant. They handed me a menu. I opened it and the first thing listed was dessert. I knew it was going to be a fabulous meal. My husband laughs at me because I always look at a menu in reverse order. What desserts do they have? What, if anything, am I going to want? Is ...
Views: 1096 - Self-Directed - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Beth DargisMany times when I talk to people they tell me they are busy and they don’t know how to stop. They have to take the kids here and here and here. Or work is keeping them overtime. Or they have to attend so many meetings. The biggest difference I’ve noticed between the "too busy" and the "not ...
Views: 1095 - Set It, Focus on It, Make It Happen: The Power and ROI of Goals! - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2013 from Meridith Elliott PowellDo you set goals? I have to admit, early in my career there was nothing -- I mean nothing -- I hated more than goals. I dreaded that time of year when corporate would send down, from on high, their expectations of what they wanted and expected us to do. The goals were always high, always ...
Views: 1095 - Should We Strive for Perfection, or Just Be Happy with What We’ve Got? - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Emile JarreauWe have all heard the adage before, “Practice Makes Perfect.” Imagine, practicing something until you are actually perfect…without flaw in every way…supreme…is this possible? In a word, no. This ideology, if taken to heart, can lead one to a life of constant stress and undue worry and a complete ...
Views: 1095(1 vote) - Goals: A 10 Part Formula for Setting and Achieving Your Goals - by We all know about setting goals, and New Year is a time when many of us tend to make those new goals. Most of the time we make them with great intentions. We have high hopes for success, and we get excited. We join that health club to get in shape or to lose those extra few pounds. We make that ...
Views: 1094 - The Mimimalist Guide to Achieving Success - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2014 from Jennifer Sarpong"A vision without action is just a hallucination."– Unknown There is one thing you must remember on your journey to achieving success in life and business. Intentions are never enough. Intentions are never enough. Repeat this out loud "intentions are never enough.” It's not what you ...
Views: 1092 - Journaling Your Way Through Crisis - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2020 from Linda CattelanOne of the best ways to get through a crisis, (whether it is a personal, professional or even global crisis) is through journaling your thoughts in writing. It helps bring up emotions for clearing. It surfaces creative solutions to the situation you are dealing with. And it serves as a record of ...
Views: 1091 - The Only New Year Resolution You Need - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2009 from Mike McCallThe only New Year’s resolution you need this year is to incorporate principled and focused planning into your life and take action. Principled planning is planning your actions around the principles that are important to you. Focused planning simply means identifying and scheduling ...
Views: 1091 - What You Should Do When You Feel Lost - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2013 from Amr AbbasSometimes we get so lost that we feel that anything we are going to do is not going to do is not going to be getting us anywhere. Sometimes we feel that we are abandoned and we feel that our work is appreciated. Sometimes the people around us do not show us the appreciation we deserve or need. ...
Views: 1091 - Your Focus Determines Your Direction - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Lorraine PirihiWhat are you focussing on achieving in your business in the next 90 days? Do you have any idea? If you don't then you better come up with a goal or outcome otherwise you may find that another 3 months has passed you by and you're no further ahead than where you are right now. When you've got ...
Views: 1091 - Your Success Development – Keep The Goal Setting Steps Simple - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2013 from Tony BurnellSome people have a problem using the recognized goal setting steps if they are not sure what they want or they do not know how to put their goals in perspective. They know they want to improve some parts of their life and they are willing to work on changing them. But they have difficulty ...
Views: 1091 - Growth Knows No Bounds - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Eva GregoryBy Eva Gregory, CPCC Isn't it true that everyone has a goal? Some may dream of wealth, some of travel, some of dedicating their lives to service others, whatever the goal ... it is human nature to have something to "aim for." If you were asked, "How willing are you to take whatever steps ...
Views: 1090 - How to Find Success in 2010 by Setting Goals - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2009 from Marc-Andre TerriaultThe New Year is fast approaching and it’s truly a great time! It’s a time to “start over”- a clean slate from all the procrastination and the non take-actionnest (a new word I just invented :P ) from the year before. But this year, it’s really going to be different for all of you reading ...
Views: 1090 - What's Driving you? - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Dr Bill TothHave you ever heard stories about people who win the lottery and then a few months or years later they are completely broke? Or about people who enter college and change their majors three, five or ten times? What about the people who jump from job to job, or marriage to marriage? Ever wonder ...
Views: 1090(1 vote) - FULFILL PROMISES YOU MAKE TO YOURSELF - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2005 from MARY KAY BUTTERYI believe innately we all do our best. We work with the tools available to us at the moment. With that in mind, a lot of us do let one person down a lot..look in the mirror. Yes that is the person. We do try. Yet often we fall short of the commitments we have promised ourselves.. Here are some ...
Views: 1089(1 vote) - Everyday Tools for Extraordinary Success! - by I am often asked about the "secrets to success". I've had the chance to work with thousands of highly successful people in business and finance, in sports, in entertainment and the arts, and the good news is, there are no "secrets" for success!
There are, however, a few tools that, when used ...
Views: 1089(1 vote) - Consciously Achieve Your Goals - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Lynn SmithI recently came across this quote from Stephen Covey PhD "Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant." I find this to be a very true statement. Either everything we do is done with a conscious commitment or we are going through ...
Views: 1088 - Setting Performance Goals - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Tony DosanjhIn order to achieve your major goals, it is very important that you set performance goals. To be completely sure that a normal goal is possible and attainable, all the parts are put in place in a performance goal. But, there are variations depending on your normal or final goal. When the ...
Views: 1088 - The Benefits of Planning - by A well-defined plan properly executed is your meal ticket to success. You significantly increase the odds of success in any endeavor if you know who you are, what you want, where you are going, how you will get there, and what you will do once you arrive.
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Views: 1088 - This Is Your Wake Up Call! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Patrick Driessen"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as you mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve!" - Mary Kay Ash In my daily role as a business leader of various organisations I always like to challenge the people I’m working ...
Views: 1088(5 votes) - Are You Satisfied? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2006 from Jill KoenigThis past weekend I celebrated another birthday. Lately I have been working extended hours on some special projects so I carved out some time to absorb the majesty of wilderness, in my favorite place to reflect. I decided to spend the day hiking at Starved Rock State Park. It's my top day trip ...
Views: 1087 - Grants for small business-Just for the Well Being of Businesses - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Leo TheisenAs it is the common case with any new business entrepreneur, money is a basic requirement in order to not only start your business, but grow it as well. And, the main thing is a plethora of businessmen are tethered to a job they dislike as they can not find the cash required to help to start ...
Views: 1087(1 vote) - Prospering in your Direct Sales Business Part 2 - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2013 from Heather DoeringDEVELOP SYSTEMS When you start a new job, you typically embark on a training system designed to teach you the expectations, tasks, procedures to effectively carry out the job. Companies have systems in place that enable you to work effectively, efficiently, and thoroughly. The same is true ...
Views: 1087 - 4 Reasons Why Your Business May Be Failing - And What to Do About it - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Anastasia Netri9 out of 10 businesses make it past their first year. Why does this happen? 90% of people? It's not that there is anything wrong with these people, that they can't do it, are not smart enough, or any of that. I know one thing for sure, a person is not given the desire for something without the ...
Views: 1086(2 votes) - Goal Setting for Life Success - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2010 from Kristina von RosenvingeGoal setting for the New Year can almost be referred to as a national pastime. Most people make New Year’s resolutions with the sincere conviction of making changes during the coming year. For some it could be losing weight, exercising more, for others it might be finally to stop smoking, move ...
Views: 1086 - Use Goal Setting To Achieve Your Dreams - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2012 from Debbi DickinsonGoal Setting is one of those important aspects of life that I never did single or married. I have always just gone with the flow. Not saying that is a bad; it is I just didn't have any focus and just moved along with life events as they unfolded. After my divorce with my life in complete array, ...
Views: 1086 - Goals and questions - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2011 from Oakland LewisI recently had to take my princess to get a piece of clothing for home coming since my wife had an event out of town. Being a well trained male shopper, I set up shop in the food court until she was finished. There was this mother and her children paying for their goods. Of the three ...
Views: 1085 - Stress Immunity? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2019 from James MaloneIs it a good idea to remove as much as potential stress and frustration as we can from our children's lives as well as our own? A parallel can be drawn between the health of your immune system and the ability to manage stress that may surprise you. This morning I read an article entitled The ...
Views: 1085 - Achieve 2007 resolutions this year! - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2006 from Leslie Gail"Achieve resolutions this year!" How many of you find yourself replaying the same resolutions year after year? You start the year excited and motivated to achieve them this time around. But as the weeks and months pass, life takes over and you find yourself slipping into old patterns and ...
Views: 1083 - Goal Setting and How You can Guarantee Success - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2005 from Rich DouglasWe all know how important it is to have goals? But what isit that separates success and failure when endeavoring toachieve your goals? If I’m to point to one specific thingthat can surely sabotage your goal success it’s ambiguity.It’s a lack of being specific. It’s that vague paledefinition that ...
Views: 1083 - New Year's Resolutions - Effective Goal Setting for The New Year - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2007 from Tom KellyAre you one of those people that set New Year's resolutions? If so, how often have you found that at the end of the year, you haven't achieved what you set out to accomplish? What would it mean for you if you could actually achieve your goals this year? Here are my keys to goal setting, why ...
Views: 1083 - 5 ways to triple your sales right now - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2018 from Baraka KalumbaFind your target audience. Sometimes as business owners, we have the perfect the product with the wrong a target market in mind than the one that buys our product. This will lead; * Wrong pricing your product may be too expensive for your customers that this will lead to very low sales. * ...
Views: 1082 - Achieving Goals is a 5 Step Process - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from TJ PhilpottAchieving goals is much more a process then it is an event. This is likely why many goals go unaccomplished. Often people in an initial burst of enthusiasm set goals but eventually their drive dies out due to a lack of motivation. The end results of course are the failure to reach goals that ...
Views: 1082(1 vote) - Resolution 2: Eat Healthier - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2013 from Tracey FarmerToday is Day 2 of using New Year's resolutions to strengthen my family, while ensuring personal success. Yesterday, I discovered many ways that I could teach my kids to stay active and get exercise, while I started down the road of achieving Resolution 1: Get in Shape. On to Resolution 2: ...
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