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- Your Unique Selling Proposition - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Dawn AngierYour USP (Unique Selling Proposition)—whether for yourself or your business—is a critical part of your marketing success. How many times have you been at a business or social function when you were asked what you did? How did you answer? Were you able to articulate clearly in just a sentence or ...
Views: 686(2 votes) - Handling Frustrations - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2009 from Dawn Angier“I’m sooo frustrated!” These words—or something perhaps even more colorful—are things we’ve all said at one time or another. Several times over the past few days, I said them myself—at least in my head. We recently incorporated a new computer into our network, and it raised all kinds of ...
Views: 878(4 votes) - What Worked, What Didn't, What's Next? - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Dawn AngierOne of the common denominators of successful people is their ability to persevere when things don’t go as planned. Effective people don’t allow themselves to get bogged down in feelings that don’t serve their purpose. On the other hand, ineffective, unsuccessful people allow their emotions ...
Views: 829(2 votes) - What Are You Tolerating In Your Life? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhat 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: 875(3 votes) - Position Yourself for Success - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Dawn Angier“Just like in a race or game of chess, you must position yourself to make the right move. By being in the right place at the right time, you can dramatically increase your chances for success in any endeavor.” In the spring of 1940, Winston Churchill was asked to lead Great Britain in its ...
Views: 1212(3 votes) - Visualize Your Success - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Dawn AngierVisualize Your Success How Visualization Can Become Reality If you’ve had any kind of exposure to success technologies, you’ve certainly heard about the power of visualization. Well, it’s true. It works. We attract what we think about. And we do it all the time—consciously or ...
Views: 921(3 votes) - When Is It Great Enough? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhen is it Great Enough? For the past few weeks, my wife and I have been putting the finishing touches on my latest book. We’ve been proofing, revising, editing and even swapping out chapters. Finally, we proclaimed it “complete.” It’s often a tough call—particularly when it’s your ...
Views: 830(2 votes) - How To Solve Problems In Your Sleep - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Dawn AngierHow to Solve Problems in Your Sleep Employing the Science of Universal Delegation Would you like to utilize a strategy that’s been used for thousands of years by most of the world’s great minds? Inventors, writers, artists, scientists and philosophers have employed this technique to solve ...
Views: 1051(2 votes) - Let's Clean This Place Up! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Dawn AngierLet’s Clean This Place Up! “The world is not to be put in order; the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.” —Henry Miller A few years ago, I was the publisher of a magazine called Creating Excellence. We were nearing an important advertising ...
Views: 898(2 votes) - The Rule of Three - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Dawn AngierThe United States Marine Corps believes strongly in what they call “The Rule of Three.” They’ve found that implementing this rule saves lives, gets more done faster and more efficiently. An article on The Corps in Inc. magazine says, “The rule dictates that a person should limit his or her ...
Views: 2841(3 votes) - Living Full Out, 100%, No Matter What - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Dawn Angier“Every man dies; not every man really lives.” —William Wallace, Braveheart The movie Braveheart, starring and directed by Mel Gibson, is one of my favorites. It’s the story of the legendary William Wallace in his valiant struggle to free Scotland from the oppressive King Longshanks of ...
Views: 702(3 votes) - Our Self Esteem - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Dawn Angier“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” — Maxwell Maltz A reader from the Middle East wrote to me recently asking how he could improve his low self-image. He said, “it ruins my social and professional life.” He wanted to know what techniques he could employ to ...
Views: 692(3 votes) - What's Holding You Back? - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2009 from Dawn AngierOftentimes we’ve set a goal, but don’t seem to make much progress toward its achievement. When faced with an unrealized goal, it’s easy to beat ourselves up for not making it happen. If you’re not making the progress you’d like to be enjoying, there are several questions you can ask yourself in ...
Views: 722(2 votes) - Your Success is an Inside Job - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from Dawn Angier“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: 923(3 votes) - The Art of Inspiration - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Dawn AngierWhat exactly is inspiration? We often talk about being inspired—inspired to do something, a feeling of inspiration: “I felt inspired.” We speak about inspiring people: “She’s an inspiring speaker.” The word inspire comes from the word spirit, the Latin spîritus, meaning breath, which was ...
Views: 785(2 votes) - That Motivation Stuff Doesn't Work! - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Dawn Angier“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” - Marcel Proust I ran into an old acquaintance of mine awhile back and in the course of our conversation we got around to asking what each of us was doing. When I told him ...
Views: 744(3 votes) - Your Agreements Show Your Integrity - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Dawn AngierExcept for disease and climatic disasters, I believe that over 90 percent of the world’s problems result from people not keeping their agreements. Think about it. From countries to corporations to families and friends, most every upset—little or large—can be traced back to someone not keeping up ...
Views: 1054(2 votes) - Are You Addicted To New And Different? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2008 from Dawn AngierIf you are, it may be costing you more than you know. For many entrepreneurs, the temptation to always be innovating, creating and launching new things can be pretty addictive. It's great to be constantly improving, but it's also real easy to let go of the routine fundamentals that have built ...
Views: 714(2 votes) - The Ability To Respectfully Disagree - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2008 from Dawn AngierA critical key to success in your career and in your life overall is developing and maintaining good relationships. In fact, "Relationships" is number five of the Ten Pillars of a World Class Business. Our relationships with coworkers, suppliers, spouses, clients, bosses, siblings, employees, ...
Views: 903(2 votes) - Top Ten Reasons To Live A Life Of Integrity - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Dawn AngierYou might think that it's a no-brainer why one should live an honest life. But it's apparent to me that a life of integrity is the exception rather than the rule. How many people do you know who are honest all the time? We could make a case about the morality and the "rightness" of living ...
Views: 1709(4 votes) - What Do You Really Really Want - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Dawn AngierDo you know what you want? Are you sure? Mark Twain said it over a hundred years ago: “I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.” And it's as true today as it was in the 1800s. Most of the people I talk ...
Views: 781(2 votes) - Ten Thousand Failures - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2008 from Dawn AngierThomas Edison once mentioned to reporters that he had tried over 10,000 materials as filaments for his new invention, the electric light bulb. One reporter asked how the young inventor maintained his persistence in the face of so much failure. “Failure?” he responded. “I didn't ...
Views: 831(3 votes) - You Have More Of A Team Than You Might Think - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2008 from Dawn AngierMany of our subscribers and members are entrepreneurs and small business owners. And unlike people who work in larger organizations, solopreneurs often don’t feel part of a team. Most don’t even think they HAVE a team. But they do. Here at SuccessNet, we have only two employees. ...
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