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- Intention: “The Sub 4Minute Attempt Is On” - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Ted CiubaIt's fairly well known in motivational circles and sporting circles… The story of Roger Bannister, the first person to break the four minute mile - or as they say it in the track and field arena, to run the sub-four minute mile. What a lot of people don't know is what went on to make that ...
Views: 1110(2 votes) - “Enthusiasm Is Not “Some” Thing It's EVERYTHING!” - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Ted CiubaI was broadcasting in the company of several legendary marketers… Really, a dream come true… And it came my turn to comment on “enthusiasm”. And while I have much to say on the topic and your weal-being, HoloMagic in the moment had gifted us with the company of a very special achiever, so I ...
Views: 1097(1 vote) - Have you started your business yet? - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2009 from Karen WardleIs your business idea still just an idea? Is starting your own business something that you would love to do but haven't as yet? Is your idea still 'on the back burner', something that you will allow yourself to pursue 'one day'. Research and planning are paramount to your business success ...
Views: 1188(3 votes) - What Does It Take To Have a Positive Mental Attitude? - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2009 from Diana SamalotI wanted to expand some more on the article I wrote recently "Mental Attitude Is Everything" as there is so much to say about this topic of Positive Attitude. And, don't be surprised if later on I will want to cover this topic again as I truly believe that Mental Attitude IS Everything. ...
Views: 688(1 vote) - Is Mainstream the Wrong Stream for You? - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorFor many, mainstream is like a tailored suit; for some, it’s like a straightjacket. Are you swimming in the wrong stream or against the current? Mainstream, in this writing, means demonstrating via your life, work, relationships, etc., an “acceptable” model or role model, as much as ...
Views: 1478(6 votes) - How do you gain your self respect?! Steps to lead you to the way. - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Amany saadSome of us ignore his identity and doesn’t know who he is? Is he a liar or honest? Good or bad? Sincere or hypocrite? And the answer is very simple: you have first to remove the dust from the surface and you will see the deep! Who I’m?! I’m a human gifted by God with all the talents and ...
Views: 2957(1 vote) - Fear - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Stephanie FrankLet’s take a close look at the concept of fear. Not fun, you say? Fear isn’t your problem, you say? Are you sure? Or is that denial talking? Like many people, I had unconsciously run much of my life based on my fears. I was always finding excuses for my self-defeating behavior, unfortunate ...
Views: 1384(3 votes) - Living Your Purpose and Mission – A Three Step Plan - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Stephanie FrankAre you living your purpose? Do you know your mission? “What am I here for? What is my purpose, in this lifetime?” You may be asking yourself these questions. More and more people are these days. There have been hundreds of books written on this important and debatable subject. Suppose I ...
Views: 1385(3 votes) - “Boss, Nobody Has Shoes!” - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere is a lot of misunderstanding in the marketplace that I'm involved in, and I get people all the time who tell me, "Listen, I don't want to learn about mindset. "I want to learn about the stock market, I want to learn how to trade options, I want to learn about Forex, I want to learn ...
Views: 1858(1 vote) - ***Vision Boards - Visualized Goals Get Results! - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Vision boards are powerful tools that like goal setting worksheets, help in setting personal-goals and making your dreams a reality. It is a creative picture collage of what you desire. They are fun to create and very powerful to use. They effectively take what you imagine in your mind and ...
Views: 2908(9 votes) - It's All About Mindset - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Ted CiubaI was talking to Nik Halik the other day—Australian, adventurer, investor, trader, multi-millionaire. We were talking some business strategies, and I invited him onto my radio show, The NEW Think and Grow Rich radio, and we did an interview. I have read his book, which I highly recommend: The ...
Views: 1256(1 vote) - The Pike Syndrome - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Ted CiubaThe professor had the graduate students that were his aides bring in a table. Then he had them bring in a big glass fish tank. It was pretty big, about five to six feet long and about four feet high. Then he had them bring in the pike, which is a carnivorous fish—and then bring in the ...
Views: 6143(3 votes) - 11 Mental Strength Secrets to Examine and Create Your Beliefs - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Gregg SwansonOnly two things make up your life, your reality. They are: 1. Your Beliefs 2. Your Actions That’s it. So if you want to change your life, change your thoughts and then your actions. Pretty simple uh? Simple yes…easy, not so much. In this article we’ll look at beliefs, since ...
Views: 1278(3 votes) - 11 Mental Strength Secrets to Examine and Create Your Beliefs - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Gregg SwansonOnly two things make up your life, your reality. They are: 1. Your Beliefs 2. Your Actions That’s it. So if you want to change your life, change your thoughts and then your actions. Pretty simple uh? Simple yes…easy, not so much. In this article we’ll look at beliefs, since ...
Views: 1103(1 vote) - Self Love Journal - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsDo you ever have those days when you just wake up in the morning with a huge big dark cloud over your head and feel miserable? The trouble is, if we start the day like this, the negative vibration that we send out, as well as the negative thoughts, will often result in our day getting generally ...
Views: 3962(6 votes) - Your Own Personal Bill of Rights - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsWhat do you think you are worth? Do you think you deserve to be treated fairly? Do you believe that other people deserve to be treated better than you do? Actually…………….We all possess the same basic rights! Many people seem to have forgotten or may have never been told that these basic ...
Views: 13790(6 votes) - The Price Of The Holy Grail - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Ted CiubaWe've each got our favorite periods of history we identify with, and our favorite personages and activities. And one of my favorites, from early childhood—the very first things I remember reading in depth, so I had to be in the first, or presumably, the second grade—were the stories of Sir ...
Views: 1160(3 votes) - Are You Going To Leverage And Maximize What You Create? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Ted CiubaSo often we hear the "But I don't have money!" cry. Well, neither did Colonel Sanders. He wasn't traveling around the country in his 60s trying to sell his chicken recipe and sleeping in his car because he wanted to sleep in his car. He was sleeping in his car because he had no money. Social ...
Views: 1157(3 votes) - Feeling Not Good Enough - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsDo you really think you are not good enough? Do you criticize yourself? Do you give yourself a hard time or punish yourself with harsh words or thoughts? Do you beat yourself up when you feel you have done something wrong? Do you get angry at yourself? Do you speak to your friends better than ...
Views: 5212(2 votes) - Being Positive Every Morning - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsHow do you feel each morning when you hear the alarm clock? Does that sound fill you with dread as you drag yourself out of bed, or do you jump out of bed with excitement wondering what wonderful things the day has in store for you? What thoughts run through your mind as you prepare for a new ...
Views: 2030(3 votes) - Feeling Inferior - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsWe are all liable to feel inferior to another person at some time. This can show up in the fact that we may feel not as attractive, intelligent, slim, rich, popular or somewhat ‘ less than’ other people for many different reasons. When we feel like this, we look at others in our lives as being ...
Views: 7305(1 vote) - Don't Take Things For Granted - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Michael JonesHave you ever thought something was going to happen just because its what you thought you deserved? Or that somebody else knew something because you knew it? “Yes, I have, Mike. What’s the big deal? Everybody does it.” Here’s the big deal. If you think something is supposed to ...
Views: 5182(1 vote) - Perseverance - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowYou cannot fail if you try. You may fall down and not feel on top of the world, but you can always get back up and experience another day. Let’s be realistic and not set our expectations so incredibly out of reach that they destroy our hopes and dreams. Being realistic and taking one step ...
Views: 1292(3 votes) - Me Time - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowSetting aside some time each and every day to regroup, re-energize and take a moment for yourself is completely and utterly imperative for your continued success, growth and development on your pathway to greater health, a lighter you and a calmer way of life. You must make time for self to ...
Views: 922(2 votes) - 10 little things that make a big difference - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Molly BurkeIt’s the little things that count, it’s true. We, all of us, have myriad opportunities every day to imbue the little things in our lives with enough power to make a big difference. It’s easy, and it’s fun. In the process, you’ll gain goodwill, confidence and karma points. Ready? Here they ...
Views: 2326(3 votes) - Cultivating The Fruits of Success in the Orchard of your Mind - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2009 from Margaret ButlerWhen you see a beautiful fruit tree and enjoy its fruits, you notice the seed inside the fruit. In this small seed, the mighty fruit tree grew. It produced the sweet fruit and created pleasure. It bore abundant fruit because it was carefully cultivated. When you think of fruit, it is easy ...
Views: 2168(1 vote) - The Most Powerful Way To Be Influential - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2009 from Paul Dalton"You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.” - Scott Adams Quotes are such powerful directors of thought. They have the ability to condense big and complex ideas ...
Views: 1582(5 votes) - Let it go - by Submitted on May 08, 2010 from Santosh KalwarWe tend to cling to every object in our lives. We hold on to our profession, relationship or possession as if our entire world depends on them. We are so busy clinging to our own lives that we have forgotten to live with the flow. We are afraid to move ahead, afraid to let go. Life in essence ...
Views: 737(2 votes) - Take Time to Reflect - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Pat MussieuxHere in Canada, we just celebrated our Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a special time for me, personally. It's a time of reflection and, often, for me, a time of change. I love the change of seasons, the magical colors of the trees, the crisp Mac apples (my favorite!), walking through the ...
Views: 2040(3 votes) - Blame - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Lisa PhillipsYou might not wish to hear this but, YOU are responsible for much of what is happening in your life and your life, is your responsibility! Unfortunately, nobody is coming to save you! In all situations in life, you have the freedom and choice to choose how you will react and what actions you ...
Views: 1555(3 votes) - Did you forget, you are happy! - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Justin CrinerAre you just forgetful, don’t know how, or are you choosing not to be happy? I just got home from a conference in Bermuda where I got to spend some time with Fred Johnson www.fredjohnsonvoice.com. Fred and I were walking together he looked at me and said “Are you happy today, Justin.” I ...
Views: 3112(11 votes) - SHRINKING FROWNS AND EXPANDING SMILES - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from William CottringerSHRINKING FROWNS AND EXPANDING SMILES By Bill Cottringer “A smile cures the wounding of a frown.” ~William Shakespeare. Here are ten practical ways to reduce your unhappy failures and boost your happy successes, curing your frowns with smiles: 1. Follow the reality principle. ...
Views: 1596(6 votes) - Take Charge - Change - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Ted CiubaWhen is the best time to start your new program, to open up to the new consciousness where you become a new person, where you adopt new habits, patterns, where you change your lifestyle to give you what you want? When do you think is the best time? This is a question that's come up throughout ...
Views: 1150(2 votes) - The Nourishment of the Fruits of the Mind through Hypnosis Cds - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Margaret ButlerWhen a seed is precious to a farmer, it is lovingly nurtured. This nurturing of the seed brings out its fruits which later profit the farmer. What mental fruits do you nourish? Do you nourish success fruits or those of poverty? The thoughts that you hold in your mind are the fruits most often ...
Views: 1464(1 vote) - Positive Always Wins - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2009 from Powerteam InternationalWhat you think is what you get. Whether you think you’re a victim of your circumstances or you think you’re creating your circumstances, you’re right! Luckily at any moment you can choose to start creating your circumstances instead of letting them create you. No, you can’t change things ...
Views: 1111(8 votes) - Is Attitude Gratitude Or Is Gratitude Attitude? - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Sharon MikrutI often wonder about whether attitude is gratitude, or if gratitude is attitude. Actually, I think it is both. If your attitude is positive, more than likely you are thankful for everything that you have. And, if you are grateful for what you have, that says a great deal about your attitude. ...
Views: 1476(4 votes) - The Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Jeff GeeYour mind is like a giant magnet. But unlike a typical magnet that attracts metal objects, your mind attracts thoughts. They’re like thought bombs, and once you have attracted them, they explode in your mind and you create either a wonderful life or a life full of worry, upset, and depression. ...
Views: 497(1 vote) - Face Your Fear - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Ted CiubaHave you ever eaten fire? Have you ever walked on burning coals? They call it firewalking. Well, I have-I've walked on burning coals several thousand times. I used to lead empowerment seminars where that was a regular feature of our event. I don't do that today. Eating fire, yes-dozens and ...
Views: 1037(1 vote) - Excuses, Excuses - What They Reveal About PeopleSubmitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Gian Fiero |Parents are well-acquainted with excuses and reasons. After all, they get exposed to plenty of them while raising their children. Some children become adept at making excuses from the time they learn to talk. Left unchecked, the pattern becomes habit forming and lingers into adulthood. It also ...
Views: 1380(5 votes) - Stressed Out - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowMany Lovely Ladies tend to reach for a comfort tool when they are under pressure. That tool is certainly not a hammer, nor is it pair of scissors or a drill; I’m sure you know what it is. Yes, you are correct. Many women use food as their instrument of reassurance. Not because they want to, ...
Views: 994(2 votes) - Breakfast Breakthrough - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowFueling your body when you first wake up from a good night’s sleep plays a critical role in your ability to control your appetite throughout your day. Think of it in these terms . . . would you ever knowingly operate your vehicle when you are out of gas, or set sail on your journey in your ...
Views: 1227(3 votes) - Goal Setting - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowIt truly is a blessing to be able to think ahead and see things in our future that we would like to work toward. Having visions in your life of something that you want to achieve creates drive and excitement for your time ahead. Goals give you a reason to live. Goals inspire you to aim for ...
Views: 939(1 vote) - Weekend Woes - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowWorking hard all week long to live a lifestyle that is balanced, healthy and enjoyable takes work; there’s no doubt about it. Somehow it seems like Monday-Thursday are the continuous week days that sit at the top of the pile, holding authority over your aspirations and goals. These are the ...
Views: 953(2 votes) - Eat Me Now - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowDo you ever have a day when no matter how hard you are trying to stay on track and be thoroughly aware of portion size and food allotment that you seem to be under attack from the “Eat Me Now” nemesis? You know the days when you have eaten a sensible amount of food and that archenemy inside of ...
Views: 1202(1 vote) - Patience - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowIf there’s one thing that you could hone in on during your trials and tribulations in the health, wellness and weight loss department it would be the ability to stay calm, take one day at a time and be willing to allow yourself the time needed to make a difference in your life. All good things ...
Views: 1390(3 votes) - ***Plagued by Negative Thoughts – Break Free! - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.If you are plagued by negative thoughts and a “bad” Attitude it’s time to take a look at your early programming and decide whether you want to exercise the power of choice and break free. Most people don’t feel good about themselves based on their early programming – the thoughts they ...
Views: 2899(9 votes) - I've Not Given Anything Up - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Ted CiubaI could've been out at the lake when I was writing this article; it was a beautiful day. As I dictated this, I'd just seen a group of about 12 Harley riders go by. Not on my street-where I live is a little more insulated than that-but I can see a few streets over on a major thoroughfare. It was ...
Views: 1027(3 votes) - ***How to Be and Get Dream Partners for Success: Secret #5 See Opportunities not Obstacles - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Patty Sadallah"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." ~Harry Truman. Before opening the Redwood Sisterhood, I was in a job that I didn't enjoy. I was not challenged and wasn't really using my gifts and talents to my ...
Views: 1406(2 votes) - I Never Said, "Don't Risk" - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaA listener to my audio articles recently shared with me a point that she noted. And indeed, it's true-in a recent group of articles, I was clustered around grief. I was involved with my father-in-law's passing, and so I took advantage of that circumstance that life presented to reflect on those ...
Views: 1013(1 vote) - What’s Your Sauce? - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Will MarreYesterday I went to a funeral. Mary was the 94 year-old grandmother-in-law of one of my best friends, Michael. Mary is a fearless soul that left a big impression by simply being herself. Her life was the great American Dream. Italian immigrant. Little education. Came to San Diego from ...
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