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- Use your personal Billboard as an example, to persuade and influence your Customers - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Andrew HortonWho you are and the standards you maintain and reflect, scream far louder than what you say. If you want to influence or persuade anyone, then one of the best tools available, for you to use, is the principal of great ethics, in which you reflect a picture of discernment, character, wholeness, ...
Views: 2320 - Developing a Success Habit Set, Promotes Long Term Sustainable Success - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2012 from Andrew HortonInspiration is that fire in your belly, which drives you to begin taking the necessary action to realize your dreams. Sustaining that initial momentum and to keep effectively traveling on the path of achievement, requires you to develop a success habit set, to help you sustain your daily ...
Views: 2317 - Anyone can Make the shift From Mediocre to Magnificent - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Andrew HortonIt is extremely rare for anyone to exceed their own expectations, so if you can only see yourself achieving mediocre results, that is exactly what you will experience in your life. If you want to break free and create a life of meaning and satisfaction. You must first commit to create a vivid ...
Views: 2284(1 vote) - Becoming a Super Achiever is about taking Calculated Risks - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Andrew HortonAcquiring great success and achievement, often requires you to take on some level of risk. As most super achievers have taken a number of risks in their lives and it is very often that very risk taking that made them successful in the first place, it seems pretty obvious that super achievement ...
Views: 2258(1 vote) - Schedule Time Every Day To Carry Out Your Goal Specific Priorities - by Submitted on May 15, 2012 from Andrew HortonWe are nearing the middle of the year. How are you doing with the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the year? Remember what Anthony Robbins said, “We often overestimate what we can achieve in a year and significantly underestimate all we can achieve in a decade”. If you are not ...
Views: 2247(1 vote) - What Does Success Mean to you? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhat is success? Have you got any idea what success means, what it means to you specifically? Explore the idea of success for a moment and try to decide what it means to you. Does it mean? 1) Having power and fortune. 2) Fame and fortune. 3) Following your dreams and loving what you ...
Views: 2240 - Are you willing to turn your vocation into your vacation? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Andrew HortonAre you willing to turn your vocation into your vacation? Avoid the tendency of over-romanticizing the notion of discovering and living your true life purpose. Discovering your purpose is seldom, if ever, accompanied by a drum roll and fanfare, it is just a deep knowing, a feeling of ...
Views: 2225(1 vote) - Focus Your Energy on the Positive and What is Possible - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhen faced with any obstacle, change, challenge or roadblock, examine them just long enough to uncover the difficulty they present and immediately change your focus to look for what you can do to overcome them, prevail and turn them into opportunities. All challenges you encounter are ...
Views: 2203(1 vote) - Unlock Your Inner voice and listen to your Intuition Once Again - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe pressures imposed by society and its expectations, regarding anything you can't touch, feel or see, has forced us to repress our intuition and to stop listening to our inner voice. I hear you asking the question "What inner voice are you talking about". Well that inner voice that just asked ...
Views: 2166 - Sharing Ideas Makes Your Life Worthwhile and Fulfilling - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Andrew HortonWe live in a truly abundant universe, where there is an abundance of everything. To live a truly unique and worthwhile life, you must accept that there is more than enough for you and everyone else. When you commit to share this abundance, you begin to share in the magic. You feel really great ...
Views: 2159(3 votes) - Change your future by changing your vision of what is possible - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Andrew HortonNo matter how good your eyesight may be, it will be of little value if you do not have vision. This is your ability to see things that may be invisible to other people or to innovate and see things that may not even exist yet. The limitations we face in life are not due to our current ...
Views: 2158(1 vote) - Using Affirmations to Inspire the Optimal Behavior in Your Team - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe type of success you will get to enjoy in your life or business is directly affected by the clarity of your vision, how serious you are about what you want to achieve, the quality of your goals and plans and your daily commitment to carry out goal specific actions, which will help you to ...
Views: 2150 - Mistakes and Challenges are Your Best Teachers - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2012 from Andrew HortonSuccess is a wonderful journey, but like any worthwhile long trip you will take, you will inevitably encounter a few challenges along the way. These challenges may even knock you down for a while. The secret to inviting sustainable success into your your life and business, is to spend as little ...
Views: 2135(1 vote) - How do you Invest your most Valuable Possession? - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Andrew HortonLife is a series of trade-offs and every wasted moment is spent forever. Time and therefore your life are traded for the things you choose to do or not to do. You have an incredible privilege right now, that privilege is awareness. Use that awareness from today, to wrestle back control of your ...
Views: 2131(2 votes) - When Should you trust the advice of experts? - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhen you choose to follow the advice of any self-professed experts, it is always advisable to be absolutely certain that their advice is sound. Ideas and concepts that work for one person may not work for someone else. The safest way to use any advice you may encounter is to examine it first, ...
Views: 2117(2 votes) - Why do you Lead, What are you Trying to Accomplish? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonIs the reason you are leading your team a worthwhile cause, do you have a clear vision of exactly what you are trying to accomplish and does your team know what that vision is? Is your vision worth the time and effort you devote towards achieving it every day? I hope these questions start ...
Views: 2113(1 vote) - What Are your Expectations for the Future? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from Andrew HortonWhy do you think everyone has different expectations and beliefs about what they can achieve in the future? I know you are expecting a really profound answer here, but I am afraid the answer is really simple. Your most prominent thoughts drive your expectations. So what you think about, actually ...
Views: 2092 - Using logic as a tool to persuade your prospective clients - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2011 from Andrew HortonThe secret to success is not found by trying to shout louder than everyone else out there. The secret is to move away from the crowd and the noise and to begin the process of building connection with the right people, in the right place at the right time. This is a case of going back to basics ...
Views: 2086(1 vote) - Great Leaders are not Served By Others, They serve the People They Lead - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Andrew HortonGreat Leaders are adept at treating their people really well and always give credit to their team members when they do well. The best type of leader is someone who gives credit to his team members when the team achieves great success, but is quick to accept responsibility, when the team performs ...
Views: 2077(1 vote) - Achieve the Impossible, One Step at a Time - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2012 from Andrew HortonAt some stage in your life, you still dared to dream and you had those grandiose goals and aspirations, to live a life of meaning and fulfillment. What killed that drive and determination in you? Was it because you really were dreaming the impossible or you just simply did not have what it took ...
Views: 2062(1 vote) - Take Charge of your Life, Empower yourself to Greatness - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Andrew HortonI am sure that you have heard many people say that you can never expect to achieve any level of sustainable success, unless you accept 100 % responsibility for your life. For most of us, accepting 100 % responsibility for everything, both negative and positive in our lives, is a really difficult ...
Views: 2062 - How Can you Control How Your Life Unfolds? - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2012 from Andrew HortonMy grandfather had a really vivid imagination and whenever he would babysit for my parents, he would play a little good-night game with my brother and I. I loved this little ritual and was eager to go rushing off to bed, to wait for my grandfather to come tuck me in. He would sit with my brother ...
Views: 2039 - Build Momentum and your Sustainable Success is Assured - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2012 from Andrew HortonI am sure we all know someone like Jane, she was really inspired last week and decided that she finally wanted to change her life. She set herself a goal to double her income by the end of 2013 and vigorously started taking action on Wednesday, so that she could finally start to deliver on the ...
Views: 2021 - Are you a Secure Enough as a Leader to Empower Others? - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe most effective way of leading any team is not by trying to do everything yourself, clutching onto every morsel of power your position holds. The best way to lead any team to greatness is to identify leaders within your teams, invest time to build them up into great leaders themselves. Give ...
Views: 2003(3 votes) - Real winners never cross the line, they Keep Moving the Goal Posts - by Submitted on May 23, 2012 from Andrew HortonWhenever I watch the athletes being interviewed, before the Olympic Games I can quickly tell who the winners and who the participants will be. The most reliable way of doing this is by simply listening, to their answers, during sports interviews. Those that say “I am just glad to be here” are ...
Views: 1999 - The Art Of Authentic Leadership - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhenever you are in a leadership position always have a crystal clear picture about, what your vision and purpose as a leader is. As this allows you to have a track to run on, gives you a set of criterion against which you can measure every decision you make and allows you to keep moving toward ...
Views: 1980(3 votes) - Are you learning from the Top Sales Performers in Your Organisation? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Andrew HortonI find it astounding that the same sales professionals achieve the top sales results, year after year, whilst others sit back and wonder how they could achieve similar results themselves. When I work with sales teams, I ask one simple question. I ask them if they know who the top three sales ...
Views: 1968 - Character, Attitude, Consistent Effort and Support From Others Are The Cornerstones Of Sustainable Success - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Andrew HortonWe are all born with a personality, if we want character though. We must decide exactly how we want our character to be projected to the world and then we must go about the task of sculpting it exactly that way. Building character is a conscious process in which you gradually turn who you ...
Views: 1958 - Character and Attitude are the bookends of Sustainable Success - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2011 from Andrew HortonInspirational Speakers We are all born with a personality, if we want character though. We must decide exactly how we want our character to be projected to the world and then we must go about the task of sculpting ours to meet that need. Building character is a conscious process in which you ...
Views: 1944 - You can Never Fail unless you give up - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Andrew HortonIs there such a thing as failure? You can only fail if you choose to give up and stop trying. As long as you are pressing on, taking action and trying to achieve anything, all you have encountered is an unresolved roadblock, challenge or difficulty. These unresolved challenges, roadblocks or ...
Views: 1942(1 vote) - Personal Mastery is the Key to Super Achievement and Sustainable Success - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe rapid rate of transformation and the growth of knowledge all around us has made the consistent acquisition of knowledge a necessity. In the past the select few people, who engaged in the practice of constant and never ending improvement, where they committed to continue learning and growing ...
Views: 1938(1 vote) - Empower Yourself, Accept Challenge as Part of your Journey Through Life - by Submitted on May 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonEverything that happens in our world is merely an event. We give each one, meaning and get to decide whether it is positive or negative. For example: If two young children climb onto a roller coaster. One is an adrenalin junky and loves being out of control. The other is a more serious child, ...
Views: 1933(1 vote) - Know why you want to Achieve Something and Nothing can Stop You - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2011 from Andrew HortonAny superficial motivation that presents outside of you will be fleeting at best and offer very little or no long term, enduring inspiration at all. For motivation or inspiration to offer you any long term value, it must either help you to answer the question; “Why is this important to me” or ...
Views: 1924(2 votes) - You can Never Find Time, but you can always Make Time - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Andrew HortonI am sure that you cannot remember the last time you had too much time on your hands. If you are like most people, you try to squeeze so much into your schedule every day, it is physically impossible to complete everything written into your daily planner. You mistakenly believe that you will ...
Views: 1923 - Are you Better Today than Yesterday? - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Andrew HortonI was sitting with a client the other day discussing a really difficult situation, he was experiencing in his company. He had been in various managerial positions for over 20 years and the challenge he was facing was caused by his naive approach to leadership. The error he had made was a really ...
Views: 1921(1 vote) - Your creative energy flows where your thinking and expectation goes - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Andrew HortonOur brains are amazing they work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from before you are born, right up until we fall in love. The truth is our brains are far more powerful than any computer ever developed; our thoughts are in fact so powerful that they can either create or destroy. They can create ...
Views: 1913(1 vote) - Accept 100 % Responsibility for Creating Your Future Success - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2011 from Andrew HortonAs long as you keep nourishing the cause of your frustration and you persist in doing nothing about the cure, you will live a very normal, basic life in which you never get to realize your potential or live a complete and satisfying life. You must stop cursing the effect of your unhappiness and ...
Views: 1902(1 vote) - Imagine what is Possible for you - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Andrew HortonMuch of the research I have read from many renowned Psychologists shows that people miss out on upward of 68 % of all opportunities around them, simply because they are unaware of them or rather because they have not programmed their brain to be on the lookout for opportunity. Most people are ...
Views: 1874 - Invest your Most Valuable Possession, your Time Around the Right People - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe influences, which the people you spend time around have on your life, are very subtle. Just like anything, either positive or negative, if you repeat something consistently over time, they add up and eventually shape the way you live. The people you consistently spend time around will ...
Views: 1860 - Planned rest, proper nutrition and daily meditation are the power tools of super achievement (Part 2) - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Andrew HortonIn the article yesterday we explored the necessity of regular rest, proper nutrition and for making time in your day to clear your mind and meditate. The greatest challenge you will face, as you try to introduce these three crucial components into your life, is that you will feel like you are ...
Views: 1857(1 vote) - Dare to Break Free From your Comfort Zone and Live your Potential - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2012 from Andrew HortonYou can choose to continue living your life like a little shadow, which runs across the field of your potential every day and then simply disappears when the sun sets or you can make the choice today to begin taking the strides necessary to finally invite your full potential to shine. When you ...
Views: 1856 - Strive to Create a Positive Environment - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2012 from Andrew HortonLet’s face it; it’s difficult enough to maintain a positive, confident and enthusiastic outlook in the face of setbacks and the ever changing world we live in. So why do we sometimes add to the challenge, by hanging around in environments that are filled with negativity and compound the ...
Views: 1856 - Create a new Success Habit Set to Support Your Dreams - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2012 from Andrew HortonChange is always disconcerting, if not terrifying, for most people. I want to offer you a few tips in this article, which will help make positive changes in your life, which will take you from where you are to where you want to be. The positive change I encourage you to make in your life right ...
Views: 1854 - Potential is the greatest source of wealth available to mankind - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Andrew HortonNothing ever invented, produced or multiplied a thousand times over, could ever match the potential wealth that lies untapped in the minds of people. Are you convinced that you are living your full potential or are you just coasting through life, spinning your wheels? Remember that you can only ...
Views: 1846(2 votes) - What does Success Mean to you? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonSuccess means owning a large house in the best neighbourhood, filled with all the latest gadgets, driving a fancy car, having prestige and standing in the community isn’t it? Or does success mean something completely different to you? My objective with this article is not to judge and state that ...
Views: 1846 - Effective Communication is the foundation of all success - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Andrew HortonCommunication is critical when developing mutually beneficial and mutually enjoyable relationships. Relationships require trust, and one of the best ways to develop trust is to focus on helping the other person feel heard and understood. Remember this important distinction: There’s a big ...
Views: 1835 - Only Look in the Rear-view Mirror if you want to go Backwards - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Andrew HortonIt often astounds me, how things that are such common sense, are seldom common practice. We all know that history serves only one purpose and that is to act as our tutor. Yet so many people spend an inordinate amount of time reminiscing about what could have been or using the past to justify ...
Views: 1835(1 vote) - Does Your Success, Depend on the State of the Economy? - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Andrew HortonDoes Your Success, Depend on the State of the Economy? I do not believe that any change or fluctuation in market conditions should have any bearing on how your future turns out. The real predictor of how your life will unfold is determined by your beliefs and consistent daily behaviours. ...
Views: 1816(2 votes) - No One will Follow Someone they do not Respect - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2012 from Andrew HortonSome people are born with more natural leadership ability than others. They have a more natural affinity to lead others and as such people are drawn to them as leaders. Despite this, I believe that almost anyone can learn the art of leadership and become a better leader. Yes the people with ...
Views: 1815(3 votes) - Make the Shift Today – Manage the Right Activities Within Your Available Time - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonWe can easily earn more money, if we are willing to apply ourselves, develop meaningful relationships at any time during our lives or acquire abundant possessions, trinkets and treasures. There is an endless supply of these available to us, at all times. Time, energy and health on the other ...
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