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- Turning Procrastination Into Perseverance - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonTurning Procrastination Into Perseverance If you want to ensure that you always arrive at your chosen destination and that you are never left stranded alongside the roadside. You must always check your fuel before embarking on any journey and top your fuel as necessary, during the ...
Views: 2507 - Understand your Energy – Optimise your Life - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2013 from Andrew HortonEnergy as defined in Physics is the capacity to perform work. With this awareness, now ask yourself, “How much energy do I have right now”? If you are feeling de-energised or tired, you obviously understand that you will not be able to perform the crucial tasks you need to carry out daily, at ...
Views: 897 - Understanding how to get from mediocrity to super achievement - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from Andrew HortonThe best way to convert a fantasy or a dream into a goal that you can achieve, is to write your dream or fantasy down and then to formulate a broad plan to achieve that goal. This simple step begins the process by creating something concrete in your mind. This then programs your mind to start ...
Views: 1544 - Understanding how to get from mediocrity to super achievement - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe best way to convert a fantasy or a dream into a goal, which you can readily achieve, is to write your dream or fantasy down and then to formulate a broad plan to achieve that goal. This simple step begins the process, of goal achievement, by creating something concrete in your mind. This ...
Views: 1086 - Unleash your Inner Champion - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Andrew HortonImagine, what it would be like, if you were forced to watch a continuously repeating vivid movie, at the end of your life. Depicting the life you could have lived, had you, believed in your dreams and had the vitality and foresight to take the daily action you needed to take to succeed? I could ...
Views: 1154 - Unleash your Inner Power - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2013 from Andrew HortonAs you know, nothing happens to you, everything happens, because of you. So if any future dream is to be converted from that electrical charge of possibility, which exists in your brain right now and converted into something, real and tangible, then you must live by the old adage of, “If it is ...
Views: 671 - Unless it gets Measured, It doesnt get Done - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Andrew HortonReview your Day It is always good practice to set time aside at the end of your day to reflect on how you did. Are you meeting your commitments to create the future you desire? This is an opportunity for you to go over everything you have done that day. Are the actions you are taking delivering ...
Views: 833 - Unlock Your Inner Knowing or Intuition - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe pressures imposed by society on us to conform to the norms and expectations of the masses and the notion that anything you can’t touch, feel or see, cannot be real and is most certainly not believable, has forced us to repress our ability to know things before we think or in other words, we ...
Views: 1417 - 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: 2157 - Unlocking Support for Change - by Submitted on May 20, 2013 from Andrew HortonDo you believe that leaders like change and followers resist it? This was the misconception I used to live under for a number of years. I believed that leaders were out there with a machete, cutting a path through the jungle of life and business, encouraging change, whilst their followers were ...
Views: 1321 - Unlocking the True Value of Knowledge - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2012 from Andrew HortonUntil you consistently apply knowledge in your life, to direct and manufacture your future, the knowledge remains only a set of guidelines, which serves no real purpose. The way to turn any knowledge you gain into your “Power tool for Success” is to consistently apply it to drive your behaviours ...
Views: 650 - Use Negative Events to Expand and Grow - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2011 from Andrew HortonWe all have the objective of achieving our full potential, living a meaningful and fulfilling life, filled with joy and happiness. As children we are filled with dreams about our future and we are committed to a notion of excellence and possibility. Yet after observing our adult role models and ...
Views: 1542 - 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: 2310 - 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: 2140 - Using Feedback as a Power Tool for Success - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2012 from Andrew HortonFeedback is all around you, if you are willing to look, listen, feel, search inwardly and listen to your inner voice. It remains only information though, until you make the crucial choice to use the information it provides, to guide you to take inspired daily action, which will help you create ...
Views: 618 - Vision is an Expression of Your Purpose - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2012 from Andrew HortonOur goals are no more than an organised expression of our dreams. So to convert your dreams into your future reality, you must constantly keep defining and refining them and organising them into achievable goals. This process will ensure that you keep polishing your dreams so that you can create ...
Views: 1128 - Vision, Mutual Support, Trust and Appreciation are the Four Pillars of Great Teams - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2011 from Andrew HortonGreat teams of supportive, inspired and driven team members, where no individual member is driven by their own self-interest or ego, are the most cohesive and deliver the best long term performance. Once you have these crucial elements in place, where you have a real team of supportive and ...
Views: 1702 - Visualization will Support you on your Success Journey - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2012 from Andrew HortonVisualization is a really powerful supplemental tool, which you can utilize on your success journey, to support you to build belief, encourage activity and help you to stay focused on achieving your vision. It is by no means a standalone process, which on its own, is going to deliver the meaning ...
Views: 1199 - We all get Knocked Down – Achievers Don’t Stay Down - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2012 from Andrew HortonEvery One Gets Knocked Down at some Point The secret to super achievement is to spend as little time as possible licking your wounds when you encounter any of the inevitable challenges on your journey towards success, before you pull things together and get on with life. The measure of who you ...
Views: 777 - 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: 2079 - What do People expect from you? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2013 from Andrew HortonAs you know becoming successful in life or in sales, is all about relationships. The better the relationships you are able to form with the people around you, the better will be the results you will be able to enjoy in the long run. Success in life or in sales Is not only based only on what you ...
Views: 678 - What do you Believe You Deserve? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2013 from Andrew HortonWe are all born perfect, with passion, purpose and all the deep rooted flair and confidence we will ever need. This perfection is unfortunately not left to grow and flourish, as it should be. Other people step in and tamper and influence it, until it changes and the perfection and greatness gets ...
Views: 724 - What do you Deserve? - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Andrew HortonWhat are your beliefs around, what you deserve to achieve financially in your life? Is inviting financial abundance into your experience, seen as a gift and a way to increase your philanthropic activities or do you view money as “The Root of all Evil”. Holding onto either of these two ...
Views: 1138 - What does it take to become a Super Achiever? - by Submitted on May 09, 2013 from Andrew HortonAs part of my research towards my PHD, I have had the incredible privilege of studying a number of super achievers, from around the world. It has been an excellent opportunity, amazing experience and very fascinating time, during which I have learned much and made a number of very interesting ...
Views: 1015 - 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: 2229 - 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: 1837 - What is Really Important to You? - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2012 from Andrew HortonI often visit my mother at the Ihlati Senior Living centre, where she lives in Primrose. The thing that astounds me the most about everyone I speak to whilst there, is that none of them wish they had spent more time at work, or growing their fortunes. Without exception, every single one of the ...
Views: 1074 - What is your Commitment to your Life-long Growth and Learning? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Andrew HortonFormal education is important, but not crucial; to create sustainable success in your life, as it only equips you with the fundamentals for making a living. A commitment to lifelong learning and consistent growth, on the other hand is crucial, if you want to achieve and sustain greatness, as it ...
Views: 1622 - Whatever Gets Measured Gets Done - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Andrew HortonThe thing you need to consider as you review your actions, daily, weekly and monthly, is whether they are delivering the desired results. Planning is important, but unless you are ensuring that you are taking the right actions every day, they remain just words on a piece of paper. Assess your ...
Views: 1127 - When Anything Gets Measured, it gets Done - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2012 from Andrew HortonA genius without a roadmap will get lost in any city, whilst an average person with a clear map, will easily find their way to any location they want to travel to in the city. So even if you have a clearly defined concept about where you are and a crystal clear picture of where you want to go, ...
Views: 750 - When do you Think you Should Give-up? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2013 from Andrew HortonThere are so many stories of persistence, where people kept chipping away for many years, experiencing constant setbacks and challenges along the way, but they never ever gave up. Every one of them, who kept relentlessly taking action daily, eventually achieved incredible levels of ...
Views: 623 - When Selling, Lose the Fear and Make the Sale - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonWhen sales professionals avoid any situations, where they have the potential to fail or make mistakes, they are limiting themselves and are in fact positioning themselves to fail. The fear of failure or rejection holds far too many sales professionals hostage. They have the ability and the ...
Views: 1657 - When should you Fire Customers? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2011 from Andrew HortonCustomers are crucial to any business and should be encouraged to know, like and trust our businesses. Are they however always right or are they sometimes even completely wrong? My wife and I were on board a flight that was delayed more than 30 minutes. The delay was due to 3 passengers that ...
Views: 1339 - Where are you headed? - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2013 from Andrew HortonAction Idea: Set aside some quiet time today, to allow you to walk into the future, where you can invest some time to explore and discover, exactly what you would like to experience when you get there, one day? After uncovering all you desire, pack a suitcase filled with all these pictures of ...
Views: 1087 - Where does Integrity Start? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonIntegrity is similar in meaning to a word we all encountered in math class at school, namely the word integer. As you remember, an integer in math means a whole number and similarly, integrity means wholeness or always projecting one set of standards to the world. Over the years the true meaning ...
Views: 1765 - Who do you need to become, to Attract what you Desire - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2013 from Andrew HortonInstead of blustering forward and looking for what you need to do, to enjoy the success you desire. Try a different approach this time and look at your vision and instead ask a different question. Ask yourself who you need to become to attract the level of success you desire into your life? Once ...
Views: 652 - Who doesn’t want to be a Winner? - by Submitted on May 27, 2013 from Andrew HortonYes, I know it is not politically correct for you to want to want to be a winner. The truth though, is that inside; we all have a desire to be one. I believe that we are all engineered for accomplishment, designed for success and that we are all endowed with incredible potential to be great. If ...
Views: 1090 - Who is Really in Charge of Your Future? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Andrew HortonStop acting like a victim any longer and accept 100 % responsibility for everything in your life. Decisions made by government, business and the people around you may have a general effect on your circumstances. They will only have a specific effect on your circumstances if you allow them to. ...
Views: 820 - Who is Sabotaging your success? - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2012 from Andrew HortonAre you sabotaging your potential, because you are afraid of success or worse, you have never taken the time to find out what success really means to you? Search within yourself, explore and listen to your inner self and don’t be too hasty to answer this question with the first thing that comes ...
Views: 740 - Why are you Sabotaging your Progress? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Andrew HortonAre you sabotaging your potential, because you are afraid of success or worse, you have never taken the time to find out what success really means to you? Don’t be too hasty to answer this question. Give yourself time to sit and contemplate it. Allow your mind out for a walk today and allow ...
Views: 1286 - Why are your Dreams not Taking Flight? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2012 from Andrew HortonOf course a ship is always safest when it is in the harbor, but a ship was not designed to spend its life, rusting away, safely in the harbor. It was designed to venture out into the large, unknown ocean, to explore, discover and bring back the wonders the world has to offer. The same is true ...
Views: 1460 - Will you “GO THE EXTRA MILE”? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2013 from Andrew HortonIf you want to finally break free from average and achieve the meaning and fulfilment, you have always desired, then it is time for you to accept that you must “GO THE EXTRA MILE” All the people I have researched and studied, who live fulfilling lives, do not perform at average levels, they all ...
Views: 1595 - Would Buy what you Sell with Absolute Confidence? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Andrew HortonIf you are in sales and you have been struggling to meet your sales targets for the past few years. Ask yourself the simple question “How committed am I to what I am selling, would I buy it myself” In fact a better question would be “Do I believe in what I sell so much that I Have actually ...
Views: 739 - You are Unique and Special – Now Live that way - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2013 from Andrew HortonEvery one of us lives a unique life, filled with completely different experiences. Most of us experience relationships, both good and bad, we have friends, a career, financial freedom or debt, which either gives us freedom of choice or keeps us trapped in lives devoid of meaning. The quality of ...
Views: 534 - You can Change the World, You See in 2013 - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2012 from Andrew HortonIs there one universe, in which we all live in one world, where we all get to experience the same reality? I do not believe so, I believe that we all get to experience our own form of reality, where everything we see as “our reality”, is filtered by our perception filters, through which we view ...
Views: 611 - You can Double your productivity in only 30 Days - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonJohn lives an average life, waking up at 7 am every day. He immediately switches on the radio as he wakes up, filling his brain with all sorts of random pointless distracting input. He drives off to work with the radio blaring away in the background. This allows him to stay tuned out of his day ...
Views: 1169 - You can Make your time count - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2013 from Andrew HortonThe two most valuable assets, you possess are your time and your health, can never be locked away in a vault for safekeeping. In fact in most cases their true value rarely gets appreciated, until they are depleted. Remember that both your health and your time are the raw materials, which create ...
Views: 1419 - You Can Master 2012 and Have Fun Too - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Andrew Horton2011 is winding to a close, another tear has passed, and we are all planning to spend some quality time with the people we love relaxing and having fun. These next few days are a perfect time to sit and reflect on everything that has happened or not happened during the past year. This solo time ...
Views: 1020 - You can Master the Art of Innovation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2012 from Andrew HortonWe live in an ever changing world. Any casual observer can see that the pace of the change, we see all around us, is speeding up every day and so the best way to survive and to thrive, in this ever changing environment, is to commit to constantly innovate, evolve and grow. Your commitment to ...
Views: 789 - You Can Never Exceed Your Own Expectations - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2012 from Andrew HortonRegardless of your age, gender, ethnicity or even how big or small your dreams may be, self-confidence and self-esteem, coupled with a healthy dose of belief in your potential, are the crucial ingredients for inviting any level of sales success into your experience. No matter how amazing the ...
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