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- Create the Life of Your Dreams, One Goal at a Time - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2011 from Andrew HortonIt takes as much energy to set a large goal that will stretch you, as it does to set a very small goal that does not challenge you at all. When you set worthwhile goals they should feel a little daunting and require a stretch to achieve. An effectively set goal is one that clearly states the ...
Views: 1236(1 vote) - How should you spell “SELL” – “HELP” - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2013 from Andrew HortonAny sales professional can immediately improve their sales results, if they stop seeing dollar signs, every time they engage with a customer or prospect and instead develop a deep desire to be of service to them instead. To make this work for them they must ensure that they offer the right ...
Views: 1234 - Daily Routines for Super Achievement - by Submitted on May 14, 2013 from Andrew HortonI have not ever met anyone, who did not want to achieve the best possible outcome or results in their lives. The challenge as I see it is that there is only a very low percentile of people, who are satisfied with their achievements and who are living the life of meaning and fulfilment they want. ...
Views: 1230 - 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) - Change is a Door that Opens from Within - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2012 from Andrew HortonWhere you find your business right now is the right place to start, if you want to improve the results you are currently enjoying, by evolving your current culture. It is important to know that the current culture within your organisation is not a bad culture; it is merely a culture, which can ...
Views: 1221(2 votes) - New Years Resolutions Set you Up to Fail - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2012 from Andrew HortonHow are you doing with all the great New Year’s resolutions you made this year? Are you still as inspired to succeed as you were when you made the commitments or promises to really do things differently this year? Remember how committed you felt when you made those promises to finally turn all ...
Views: 1221 - Has Technology Changed The Fundamentals of Networking? - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2012 from Andrew HortonEffective networking has been one of the cornerstones of building great businesses, since the dawn of time. Before the explosion of social Media it was a pretty simple process and was conducted face to face, at events designed to build relationships and meaningful connections. All the new ...
Views: 1220 - One Small Shift That Will Revolutionize Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonOne Small Shift That Will Revolutionize Your Life Best Motivational Speakers We will get out of our lives whatever we invest time and effort into creating. The way our lives ultimately turn out is our responsibility. Whether our lives are fulfilling and enjoyable or difficult and uninspiring ...
Views: 1216 - 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: 1209 - Learn the Art of Positive Persuasion - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2013 from Andrew HortonIf you really want to excel in 2013 and unleash that sales giant, which is inside every sales professional I have ever encountered, when they move away from old school hard selling and instead focus on using positive influence and persuasion, to build meaningful, mutually beneficial ...
Views: 1208 - Positive Influence – Your Power Tool for Sales Success - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2013 from Andrew HortonNo matter how bad the economy may appear to be, or how poor your perception about the world may be, there are always people with a need to buy and others with goods and services to sell to meet those needs. Take a look around the room you are sitting in right now, how many things have you ...
Views: 1201(3 votes) - Closing the Sale - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2013 from Andrew HortonAre you 100 % certain that your value proposition holds more value, than you expect your customers to pay for it? Because if you are not, then you can never expect to convince anyone, to invest into what you sell. Everyone you come into contact with has an innate ability to read you like a book. ...
Views: 1198 - Time – Friend or Foe - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Andrew HortonI am sure that you are like most people out there and you are feeling like you are working really hard every day, yet you just seem to remain trapped in a place where you are feeling overextended, overcommitted and even overwhelmed. I hope some of the tips contained in this article will finally ...
Views: 1198 - The Art of Making Decisions that Can Change your Life or Business - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe ever increasing rate of change in our world, over the past few decades, has resulted in the challenges we face, becoming more and more complex. There is a constant barrage of data and information, through which we need to sort, before we can even begin making any decisions. These constant, ...
Views: 1195 - Focus, Prioritise, Say No and Achieve More - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2012 from Andrew HortonThere is a massive difference between being busy all day, even burning the midnight candle day after day, believing that by outworking everyone around you will be effective, efficient and productive. When in reality, being effective, efficient and productive is something completely different. ...
Views: 1194(1 vote) - Manage the Culture within your Organisation or it will Manage your Organisation Without You - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Andrew HortonUnless you are going to consciously work to manage the culture within your organisation, to support the outcomes you want to achieve, something amazing is going to happen, NOTHING!!! Stop allowing the culture in your organisation, which may have evolved into a major success limiting factor, to ...
Views: 1192(1 vote) - Now is the Time to Start Investing in YOU!!!! - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Andrew HortonNow is the Time to Start Investing in YOU!!!! Motivational Speakers - Are you one of those people that can state every sports statistic about every player in your favorite sports team, but when asked, do not even know what you bank balance or net worth is. People invest so much of their ...
Views: 1191(1 vote) - Keep Commitments with Yourself and Create the Success You Desire - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhen you make a commitment with yourself, do you generally keep all of them? Or do you continually let yourself down? There is always a price to be paid when you make a commitment or promise to yourself. The price can either be one of regret or one of accomplishment. How do you feel when you ...
Views: 1190 - Do you REALLY appreciate all you have? - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2013 from Andrew HortonYou are so privileged to be alive at the best time ever. You have so much abundance around you and in you. Are you truly grateful for all you have? I believe that, when you can look around your world and see all the things, which are working and then identify with all these positive experiences. ...
Views: 1188 - Your Routines and Daily Behaviours affect your Results - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2012 from Andrew HortonI often wrestle with the question why, when I work with a group of people, only a small percentage actually take the material and use it to make positive changes in their lives. This is a question I know has astounded most personal development teachers for many years. I recently offered an ...
Views: 1187 - How good are you at predicting the future? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2013 from Andrew HortonThe one thing, I believe sets, super achievers apart from average achievers, is their ability to very accurately predict the consequences of either doing something or not doing it. The more apt you are at exploring and discovering the consequences any task or activity, will have on your life in ...
Views: 1179 - 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: 1176 - Turn Activity into Effectiveness (Part 2 - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from Andrew HortonThis is the second part in the series on how to achieve great results, by doing less of the unimportant things, so that you can free up time to focus on the important tasks that deliver the best results. This strategy is most certainly not about activity, it aims to help you to focus all your ...
Views: 1173 - What are your Actions Demonstrating to your Followers? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Andrew HortonWhat are your Actions Demonstrating to your Followers? If you want to become a really great leader then it is important that you invest time and effort into developing your skill as a leader. Although there is far more to leading others than possessing the proper technical skills needed to ...
Views: 1172(1 vote) - The Law of Reciprocation In Action - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Andrew HortonThe Law of Reciprocation In Action Motivational Speakers If you want people to assist you and help you achieve your goals, you must look for a variety of unsolicited ways to help them get what they want, first. Go out of your way to be as valuable as possible to people that can assist you ...
Views: 1167 - Just Do It Now! - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Andrew HortonWhen do you think the right time to do anything is? As they say in the classics the best time to have planted a tree is 20 years ago. Well what do you do, if you did not plant the tree 20 years ago? Then the second best time to plant it would be right now. Procrastination is the thief of ...
Views: 1166 - Discover What you Truly Value or “Must” Have - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2012 from Andrew HortonWe have an incredible ability to do whatever it takes to get exactly what we truly value. In other words when you have a really deep rooted need to achieve something, it is something you feel like you just “MUST” have. There is no obstacle or challenge that will stop you from achieving it. ...
Views: 1165 - Manage the Right Activities Daily and Make 2013 Amazing - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2012 from Andrew HortonI know this is going to sound a little confusing at first, but investing time to learn a new time management system, will not help you to improve the results you are enjoying at all. Unless you are certain that you are taking the right actions daily to achieve the results you want, all that this ...
Views: 1164 - 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: 1162 - 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) - Drive Sales Success, Give More to Fewer Clients - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Andrew HortonUnless you are in the business of selling a complete commodity product or service, which relies exclusively on massive numbers of people buying your easily substitutable, low value product or service, you will find that the Pareto principal applies. Where 20 % of your clients give you 80 % of ...
Views: 1159 - Effective Networking is one of the most important Skills Required to Succeed Today - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Andrew HortonDespite the ever increasing rate of change all around us, the most important skill you need to develop in the next few years is your ability to build relationships and real, meaningful connection with people that matter. The way to look into your future and predict how your life will turn out is ...
Views: 1155 - The Simple Cycle of Success - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2011 from Andrew HortonWhen you are searching for different, more positive and sustainable long term results in your life. You must start the process by first developing a crystal clear picture of the exact outcome or result you want to experience and then commit to develop a plan to get you there. The final results ...
Views: 1153 - Attitude is Everything - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Andrew HortonWhen you focus your energy on what is wrong, asking a poor quality question like “How can I get through my day”, you are learning nothing and are left in a bubble of overwhelm. Learn the art of no longer thinking about how bad things are and instead try to focus on how good they will be, in the ...
Views: 1152(1 vote) - Choosing to Be happy is the Key to Invite Meaning into your Experience - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2012 from Andrew HortonInviting meaning and fulfilment into your experience, starts with you making one of the most important and satisfying choices you will ever make in your life, namely the choice to allow yourself to experience true joy and happiness. Remember happiness is always a choice and the level of ...
Views: 1149(2 votes) - 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: 1149 - 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) - The Magic behind Goal Achievement - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Andrew HortonThe Magic behind Goal Achievement Inspirational Speakers After setting your goals and writing them down. The first thought that comes into our minds is “OK! Now what must I do, to turn my goal setting into goal achieving”? Working to discover what you must do is only half right. You must ...
Views: 1145(1 vote) - Tips to become a Sales Super Star - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2013 from Andrew HortonBuild a business Stop thinking about closing single transactions and instead focus on building a sustainable long term business, one satisfied customer at a time and then use all your satisfied customers as leverage, to get referrals to the next perfect prospect, who needs exactly what you have ...
Views: 1144 - Closing a Sale Begins the moment you identify the Perfect Prospect - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Andrew HortonKnowing as much as possible about your prospects and customers, is as important as knowing everything about your own product or service. When you have as much information as possible about your prospects and customers, you are equipped to explore and discover, how well your product or service ...
Views: 1139 - Positive Thinking Leads to Constructive Solutions - by Submitted on May 20, 2013 from Andrew HortonI am certain that if you constantly focus your energy on all the things, that are wrong in your environment, you are not placing yourself in the best frame of mind to achieve anything meaningful with your life. You are surrounded by negativity all the time, in the form of newspapers and news ...
Views: 1138 - Focus, Prioritisation and Rest, are Indispensable Parts of Your Success Toolkit - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe best way to achieve greatness, become a super achiever and to excel at everything you do is to strive to focus 100 % of your attention on whatever you are doing at that time. When you are working, place all your energy into delivering the best possible outcome you can achieve, strive to ...
Views: 1136 - Happiness is an Inside Job - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Andrew HortonIs happiness something out there over which you exert no control at all? Can it be that happiness is something elusive and difficult to find or is it just that you just don’t know how easy it actually is to be happy. Could it be that you don’t accept that happiness is a choice, instead you ...
Views: 1136 - 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: 1136 - Overcome Fear and Invite Success into your Experience - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2012 from Andrew HortonAre you destroying your ambition for meaningful success, because you are allowing yourself to remain trapped in FEAR? Fear, as you know, is our way of looking at our world and seeing “False Experiences Appearing Real”, instead of exploring our world and seeing opportunity and possibility. How ...
Views: 1135 - Becoming a Super Achiever Is Easier than you Think - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2012 from Andrew HortonChanging or improving any part of your life or business, is one simple decision away. When you make the choice to excel at something or to become world class, you must first make the decision that you want this positive change in your life. Then you need to learn a few basic new lessons and ...
Views: 1133(1 vote) - Have you ever explored what makes you happy? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2011 from Andrew HortonHappiness, like success is not something you pursue, anything you pursue, eludes you. Invest some time today answering the question I posed above, it is possibly one of the most important questions you will ever answer in your life. When you understand what actually makes you happy and feel joy ...
Views: 1132 - 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: 1132 - If not You – Then Who? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from Andrew HortonMost people believe that there is something lacking in their lives, they either have a lack of money, romance, success or joy that is holding them away from discovering true happiness, meaning and fulfillment. The key to changing this is to accept that greatness exists in all of us and that all ...
Views: 1131 - Meditation as a Tool to Unlock the Power of your Intuition - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Andrew HortonThe pressures imposed by society and its expectations and beliefs, regarding anything you can’t touch feel or see, has forced us to repress our intuition and to stop listening to our inner voice. The practice of meditation helps you clear away the day to day distractions and if you will just ...
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