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- The Other Four Letter word for Success - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2013 from Andrew HortonWhether you have the word Salesperson on your business card or not, I am certain that you were involved in a number of sales conversations today, without even being aware you were selling or trying to sell something. Maybe you tried to influence a work college to see your point of view or you ...
Views: 1391(2 votes) - The World has Changed, Have You? - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from Andrew HortonIt would be naive to say that things have not changed in our environment; we are most certainly facing tougher, or should I say different conditions, than we have faced in the past. The reality of these uncertain times though, is that they are here to stay. I believe that this is how normal will ...
Views: 1496(1 vote) - To Network and Market using Social Media or not to, that is the Question. - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe arrival of the large number of social media platforms is not something to fear and resist. Social media offers any wise entrepreneur a number of new ways to communicate and research his markets. Embracing social media and using all the amazing benefits it offers will allow your business to ...
Views: 1400(1 vote) - To Network using social media or not to Network that is the question. - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Andrew HortonKeynote Motivational Speakers - If you want your company to stand head and shoulders above the competition, you must commit to use a blend of traditional networking strategies combined with a targeted social media strategy. Traditional networking requires face to face meeting and developing ...
Views: 1076(1 vote) - Trust is the Lubricant, which will help you achieve Greatness - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2013 from Andrew HortonYour parents give you your name when you come into the world, but it is up to you what sort of name you present to the people around you throughout the rest of your life. As you know it takes years to build your reputation, but if you allow your guard down, one small discretion can destroy it ...
Views: 992(1 vote) - Turn Knowledge into, Your New Success Habit set - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2013 from Andrew HortonThere are a number of classic children’s books out there, like Dr. Seuss, Cat in the Hat and Horton Hears a Who, to name but a few. All these classics are unforgettable; the pictures conjured up when we think about The Cat in the Hat, for example, brings vivid pictures into your head of a tall ...
Views: 742(1 vote) - Turning your Dream into Reality - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Andrew HortonWhat must you do every day to finally live your goals? To get from where you are to where you want to be or should I rather say “where you passionately NEED to be”. You must firstly be certain that you really need and want, whatever goal you are attempting to achieve in your life. You must ...
Views: 1513(1 vote) - Unleash the power of visualization - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2012 from Andrew HortonHave you got any idea where your life or business will be one year or five years from now, or are you satisfied to leave that to chance? You are most certainly going to arrive somewhere, one year or five years from now. My question to you is “WHERE” is that going to be. You can continue to fly ...
Views: 1116(1 vote) - Unleash your Creative Power - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Andrew HortonOur thoughts determine the size and scope of our expectations, our expectations drive our creative capacity and our commitment, perseverance and creative energy eventually turn into the reality we get to experience. Are you guarding the thoughts that you are thinking, ensuring that you focus ...
Views: 1689(1 vote) - Unlock your greatness, turn learning into earning - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2011 from Andrew HortonUnlock your greatness and know that even when the prize you are seeking seems out of reach or you may be facing challenges that seem insurmountable, you have what it takes to triumph. Light a candle in your mind and allow yourself to look inside, discover your incredible level of resolve and ...
Views: 1762(1 vote) - Use Social Media for Targeted Marketing - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Andrew HortonUse Social Media for Targeted Marketing Inspirational Speakers The first step to turning your networking and social media strategy into a success is to identify your target market. Next you must select businesses and individuals within your target market, so that you can take action to ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - 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) - What are your values reflecting to the world? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhat are your values reflecting to the world? Create a set of great personal values and surround yourself with the right people that can form your support system. Have an optimistic spirit and develop a strong purpose that you completely believe in and everything you can imagine is possible, ...
Views: 1230(1 vote) - What Investment will Exponentially Grow my Wealth? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2011 from Andrew HortonThe greatest investment you will ever make is an investment into your on-going personal development. No other investment will ever give you the same returns. As you consistently invest into your most important asset, namely your own self-development, the returns you will enjoy, go well beyond ...
Views: 3096(1 vote) - What is Your Personal Billboard Telling the World? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhat is Your Personal Billboard Telling the World? Motivational Speakers There is a simple yet very profound quotation from the philosopher Virgil that states “The greatest wealth is health” We only appreciate how important our health really is when we encounter any challenges relating to ...
Views: 1807(1 vote) - What is your relationship with money? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhat is your relationship with money? I believe that money serves no purpose other than to offer us choice and freedom. We always want more of it and we are terrified by the prospect of not having enough and the devastating prospects of bankruptcy, foreclosure and destitution. Shift your fear ...
Views: 1473(1 vote) - What obstacles are preventing you from achieving your goals? - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhat obstacles are preventing you from achieving your goal? What must you do to overcome them? Knowing what you must achieve is not enough. You have to anticipate the challenges you are likely to face. Think about what you can do to deal with those challenges and perhaps turn them into ...
Views: 4694(1 vote) - What will it take to unlock the Superhuman in you? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Andrew HortonHave you ever explored the limits of your potential? Or are you limiting yourself by what you believe is possible for you. There are amazing stories going back through history, where humans have exhibited incredible feats of both physical and mental prowess. One of the stories that really stood ...
Views: 1360(2 votes) - Who are you Really and who do you want to Become? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2012 from Andrew HortonNo one can ever expect to feel fulfilled or to be living a life of meaning, unless they have a clear vision and mission for the future. The two greatest tragedies in life is to either, never have a mission or vision for the future or to feel like you have fully achieved your life’s mission, ...
Views: 917(1 vote) - Who Deserves the most effort and Attention in your Life? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhen you strive to give this person as much attention as possible, you dedicate a portion of your time every day, exclusively to them and you worker harder on them than on anyone or anything else, everything in your life will improve. This person I am referring to is you. When you make the ...
Views: 1732(1 vote) - Why it’s good to FAIL - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Andrew HortonFailure is really only feedback from our environment or the universe telling us that our response to various events in our lives was not correct. What that in effect means is that our responses did not deliver the outcomes that were desirable at that time. So failure really only serves as an ...
Views: 2719(2 votes) - Wrestle Back Control, Start Your Day Focused On Your Needs - by Submitted on May 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonHave you ever wondered why you sleep with your smart phone next to your bed? Does it give you some sort of comfort to know that your phone is there, so anyone, anywhere in the world can disturb your sleep and interrupt that crucial time you spend rejuvenating and recharging your batteries, at ...
Views: 1316(1 vote) - You become the choices you make - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Andrew HortonHave HUGE EXPECTATIONS about what you want from the rest of your life, have HUGE EXPECTATIONS about what you are going to do with the rest of your life, Have HUGE EXPECTATIONS about what you are going to become in this life and have HUGE EXPECTATIONS about the legacy you are going to leave ...
Views: 1279(1 vote) - You Can Achieve Financial Independence - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Andrew HortonHave you dreamed about living a life where you are financially independent, where you control your financial destiny and no one has claim to your financial resources? Achieving a life where you are the master of your financial future and you are able to live off the proceeds of your investments, ...
Views: 1402(1 vote) - You can be a Superstar at Public Speaking - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Andrew HortonYou can be a Superstar at Public Speaking Business Speakers To create real sustainable and meaningful success, you need to enhance your ability to sell your ideas. Expand your sphere of influence and connect with people that can make a difference in your life. To become great in all of ...
Views: 1659(1 vote) - You can be happy Right Now - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Andrew HortonHappiness like success is very often misunderstood and too many people think that happiness is a function of how much money you have. Most people wrongly believe that if you make enough money, you can buy happiness. I have had the experience of pursuing money at the expense of everything else ...
Views: 1162(1 vote) - 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) - You can never Manage Time - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2011 from Andrew HortonTime is only a concept that allows us to rationalize linear changes in our lives. The only reality that makes any sense to me is that we live in a universe without any beginning or end and that we are all an important and integral part of this eternal universe. We exist as intelligent energy ...
Views: 1461(1 vote) - You Can Once Again Choose The Hard Way Or You Can Do It Differently This Year - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2012 from Andrew HortonThere is always more than one way to achieve anything, you can choose the hard way and attempt to achieve things by continuing to coast through life without any plan to grow and expand. Or you can make achieving success a cinch by committing to a lifetime of learning and growth, where you ...
Views: 2444(1 vote) - You Cannot Succeed Alone – Build a Rock Solid Support System - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe people you choose to associate with are one of the most important factors or influencers, which will determine how your life and business will turn out in the future. These influencers will get to determine whether you stick to your daily commitments to take action towards achieving your ...
Views: 1561(1 vote) - You never need to be motivated, If you are Inspired - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2011 from Andrew HortonI have recently been asked the question “What motivates and inspires you”? I found it rather difficult to answer this question at first and got inspired to write this article, now that I have given this issue some deep thought. When my son was 10 years old, I never needed to walk into his room ...
Views: 1431(1 vote) - You Really are Amazing and can Become a Super Achiever - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2012 from Andrew HortonYou must begin to believe in your unlimited potential. Know with certainty that every day when you open your eyes and look into that bathroom mirror, you are magnificent and a valuable contributor to the world. You are a very important part of this amazing planet and you are perfect just the way ...
Views: 1380(1 vote) - You Will Get Knocked Down – Are you going to Stay Down? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Andrew HortonYou Will Get Knocked Down – Are you going to Stay Down? Motivational Speakers Facing challenges on the path to super achievement is not only likely, it is inevitable. As you traverse the path of success you are going to be knocked down a number of times. This is a natural progression and ...
Views: 1581(2 votes) - Your Ability to Influence Others, is a Crucial Life Skill? - by Submitted on May 28, 2013 from Andrew HortonSelling or the ability to positively influence the people around you is a crucial life skill needed by everyone on this planet. The ability to sell is most certainly not limited to only those select few, who have sales professional printed on their business cards. Anyone who wants to succeed in ...
Views: 1147(1 vote) - Your Attitude and strength of Character will determine your Altitude - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe attitude you project to the world can never be something, which depends on what is going on in your life or business at that time. It is something you have 100 % control over. In fact one of the most important choices you must make every day, is the type of attitude you intend to project to ...
Views: 1018(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) - Your Habits are Creating your Future - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe way your life will turn out, one year or even five years from now, is the result of an accumulation of all your current habits. Everything in our lives is governed by our habits. Starting with how you get out of bed in the morning, to how you dress, to how you speak, think and most ...
Views: 1399(1 vote) - Your Healthy Self-Esteem Unlocks your Dreams - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2012 from Andrew HortonHave you ever wondered what attribute or attributes, makes some people winners while other people just seem to stand around life as spectators, watching their lives flash by in a wave of discontentment? I believe the biggest reason is vested in the fact that winners believe in themselves and ...
Views: 720(1 vote) - Your Thoughts Create your Future - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Andrew HortonIt is possible to change everything in your life with one decision or a single thought. All that you need to do, to start this miraculous process, of creating exactly the future that you desire, is to make that one decision, to begin doing things differently. This single thought can positively ...
Views: 3775(1 vote) - Multiplying your Efforts in 2013 - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Andrew HortonI am sure that you have had a great 2012 and as we near the beginning of another wonderful year, it is time to put 2012 behind you, learn the lessons it offers and move forward into 2013. You cannot achieve greatness if you continue to stare into the rear-view mirror as you travel into this new ...
Views: 1041(4 votes) - Do you Know why you want to Achieve Greatness in 2013? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Andrew HortonJim Rohn, was one of the greatest business philosophers, who ever lived. His wisdom was always sound, yet very simple to understand. One of the greatest philosophies he left with us, as his legacy, was that “Success was not something you pursue; it was something you attract by the person you ...
Views: 1308(3 votes) - Achieving Goals, can be Easier than you Think - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe easiest way to set and achieve your goals is to reach into the future, where you will discover the most vivid picture of the success you desire. Look at this picture and discover what you are doing, enjoying and becoming. Borrow this wonderful picture of what is possible and use it as your ...
Views: 1670(2 votes) - Are you just drifting through life? - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Andrew HortonAre you just drifting through life? Too many people just drift through life, going with the flow, never having any direction about where they want their lives to go. They are like a paper cup that blows around in the car park at the shopping Centre. It is totally at the whim of the wind and ...
Views: 8577(2 votes) - Dare to Dream - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Andrew HortonDare to Dream We all have an unquenchable desire to dream about and create a better life for ourselves and our families. What makes life so incredible is that we have the ability to establish goals that will allow us to live these dreams. It is so amazing that we have the affinity and ability ...
Views: 1396(2 votes) - Do you Know your Limits? - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Andrew HortonIf I asked you the maximum number of push-ups you could do? You would probably answer a low number like 5, as push-ups are not there on your scale of important things to do. What about if you did your maximum of five and I said that you could rest for a while. Could you do another five after ...
Views: 849(2 votes) - Fear Destroys your Potential – Belief Supports it - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from Andrew HortonAre you destroying your ambition for meaningful success, because you are allowing yourself to remain trapped in FEAR? When I speak of FEAR, I am referring to the irrational FEAR; so many people have about success or failure. If left unchecked, FEAR destroys our lives, limits our progress, holds ...
Views: 1490(2 votes) - Grow your “DREAM TEAM” from the ground up - Together Everyone Achieves More - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2011 from Andrew HortonThe first step when creating a “DREAM TEAM” is to acknowledge that you as the leader are accountable for every team member. When you accept that you are fully responsible for ensuring that you have the right people to fill your teams, you have created a perfect foundation for building a “DREAM ...
Views: 1586(2 votes) - 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) - How do you want to Project yourself to the World? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2012 from Andrew HortonIf you were asked to describe yourself in one word, what would that word be? Would it be something like, honest, obsessed, driven, compassionate, humorous, empathetic or any myriad of other possibilities? Write down the one word you would use to describe yourself. Is it the same word other ...
Views: 3713(2 votes) - How to Become a Super Achiever? - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2012 from Andrew HortonMost people want to live their full potential and become the best possible version of themselves possible. My experience has shown me that it is possible for anyone to dramatically improve their performance and for them to realise their potential, if they are willing to make a few small targeted ...
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