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- Foundation grant-Applied Today By a Huge Population of Mass - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2013 from Leo TheisenThe real fact is that nonprofit fundraising requires a strategic mix of contributors. And, of course, the most important key to getting valuable assistance is finding foundation grant that align with your nonprofit's vision. It has been observed that all the foundations have an agenda and a ...
Views: 806 - Goals and Visions Unlimited - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiIt is about time your marketing and business, heck, your life even, started working out successfully and predictably, isn’t it? How are your plans working out? Your marketing plans, your business plans, your product plans, your life plans, and all other sorts of plans? Do they work out exactly ...
Views: 1169 - All Limitations Are Perceived Horizons - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiNot so long ago, people thought the world was flat. They looked out into the horizon, and it appeared to them that the earth ended somewhere far out there, and at the end of the earth, one could possibly fall off the edge and die. Therefore, people did not dare to reach the horizon, for fear of ...
Views: 1482 - Imagination: The Most Powerful Force - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiAlbert Einstein said that imagination is the greatest creative force. Why would such a great man say something that sounds so silly and trivial? Look at those words again: ‘greatest creative force’. Imagination? Not education? Nor money? Nor luck? Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, ...
Views: 1622(1 vote) - Sponsoring Thought, The Inner Critic, Success and Failure - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiThere is such a thing as the thought behind the thought. This thought behind the thought is often hidden from us. It is the sponsoring thought from which the conscious thoughts arise. The sponsoring thought has a large effect on your life. It is responsible for much of the mysterious events that ...
Views: 1210 - How to Achieve Your Goals Effortlessly, Guaranteed - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiThere are some two very simple questions which, once you get their answers, can change your life dramatically for the better. This is so because these two questions relate to absolutely everything that you experience and create in your life. Everything in this universe runs under universal ...
Views: 1358 - What Is Your Success Distance? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiThe ease and speed at which you get from point A to B depends on the distance between point A and B. So, what is the distance between you and success in whatever field you choose? What is the distance between you and success in your marketing, financial, relationship, happiness or health ...
Views: 814 - When Is It Time Not To Plan? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiMany of us have all heard the age-old saying that failing to plan is planning to fail. And many of us know the value and power that is found in setting goals, especially written ones. Every business guru, diet guru, sports guru… any guru… take your pick from the plenty there are… all of them ...
Views: 870 - Self Talk Shakedown - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiAs a man thinketh, so is he. Once you realize that your world arises from your thoughts and emotions, that your outer situations reflect your inner state, you start to see a much larger pattern working in your life. You start to understand how your financial, relationship and health situations ...
Views: 1093 - Capability (What Can You Do?) - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from David GikandiWhat is capability? What can you do? What is “can”? You say, “I wish I could do that. But I can’t.” Sometimes the thing you desire seems most evasive and elusive to you. You may seem to think that you need money or something else that is external to you for you to be able to achieve your ...
Views: 1223 - Creating From the Inside Out - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2013 from Cathy EckThe Creative Process Most creative processes involve setting goals, deciding what actions need to be taken in order to succeed, and finding the motivation to do what must be done. Success requires willpower. Getting the goal, or the perks associated with the goal, is the purpose of creating ...
Views: 1655 - Does Goal Setting Work - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Jeff ParoWe’ve already completed the first week of the new year and I’m curious how you’re doing with your New Year’s resolutions? To me a new year’s resolution is just another form of a goal. Roberto and I recently posted our goal setting worksheet for you to use to set your goals. When I shared that ...
Views: 931 - Communicating Effectively – Keeps our Goals on Target - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2013 from Larry CraneCommunication is probably one of the most important aspects of being human and accomplishing our goals. Communication is more than just speaking or writing. Communication is for the purpose of engaging our senses in a manner that communicates information. Communication exists in many forms. ...
Views: 1458(3 votes) - Time Management 101…NOT! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Carrie GreeneTime management 101 tells us that we should figure out how long something will take us to do and block out the time to do it. Makes sense on the face of it. What bothers me with this way of thinking is that it puts the project in control of your "time budget" instead of you deciding how you ...
Views: 1194(1 vote) - How To Overcome Negative Thoughts And Push Your Way To Success - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Ardiv JauhariHow to overcome negative thoughts How to overcome negative thoughts? Well first, I am sure that most of you have experienced a situation where you are overly excited about a certain goal and that you are willing to do whatever it takes to obtain that certain something, whatever it might be, but ...
Views: 1196(1 vote) - Best Way To Stay Focused While Still Maintaining Balance In Life - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Ardiv JauhariStay Balanced, Stay Focused Would you be able to look back at your school years and what you had gone through to arrive at wherever you are at present in your life? Have you had a compelling journey? It's funny looking back, I did not realize how fast time flies. You see, the majority of the ...
Views: 861 - The 10 Minute Method - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Ardiv JauhariAchieving Success With The 10 Minute Method Let's admit, sometimes we tend to overestimate ourselves to achieve success in a shorter period of time than the others who have done it before us. Wanting to write and finish an eBook in such a short period seemed realistic until you realize that ...
Views: 1012 - Take Your Power Back and Break Your Bad Habits Using Brainwave Entrainment - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Wanina PetlockBrainwave entrainment alters your dominant brainwave frequency so that you can take your personal power back and break habits that are negatively impacting your life. Habits are unconscious and compulsive. If you surrender yourself to something habitually, it can become an addiction. Addiction ...
Views: 1527(2 votes) - Break A Bad Habit Using Brainwave Entrainment - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Wanina PetlockThe beginning of a new year is not the only time that you may take stock of your habits and decide that you need to reign some of them in, but it often represents a place or a time to start. Brainwave entrainment is a personal technological tool that helps you access specific brainwave ...
Views: 1656(1 vote) - How To Set Goals and Achieve Them Using Brainwave Entrainment - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Wanina PetlockBrainwave entrainment is an easy way to access the frequency of your subconscious mind, which is where you need to go if you wish to achieve your goals in an effective manner. The subconscious mind controls 98% of your perception and behaviour. This unconscious part of your mind processes ...
Views: 1533(1 vote) - 5 Resolutions for Young Professionals Seeking Success in 2013 - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from RavenDelana RobinsonThis post comes with a warning. NEVER make resolutions or set goals that you don’t intend on committing yourself to. It’s challenging enough to hold true to your authentically set goals with the hurdles that life throws at us. Adding Fake Commitment, only cements your fate. So commit fully ...
Views: 840(1 vote) - Grants for small business-Just for the Well Being of Businesses - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Leo TheisenAs it is the common case with any new business entrepreneur, money is a basic requirement in order to not only start your business, but grow it as well. And, the main thing is a plethora of businessmen are tethered to a job they dislike as they can not find the cash required to help to start ...
Views: 992(1 vote) - The Tough Cookie Challenge: Getting Organized For the New Year - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Renee UrsemOut of all the cluttered spaces that I’ve seen as a Professional Organizer this year, one image remains. No, it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen, and it wasn’t found in the home of a hoarder. It was an opened package of Oreos® perched on top of a stack of plates in a kitchen cupboard. The ...
Views: 1257(1 vote) - Structures to Keep You on Purpose - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Jeanna GabelliniYou know the importance of goals, so you make them. You know what a bad habit looks like and notice when you're doing that thing that you do that sabotages your success. But how do you stop doing those things that keep you from your goals and start doing more of the good? Create a structure ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - My Top Secret Tips for Achieving Successful Resolutions and Goals - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from James MapesFirst, let’s get some facts straight. Research shows that more than 80% of us fail at keeping our New Year’s resolutions because we unconsciously set ourselves up for failure. One of the main reasons is, without awareness, we focus on the downside of not achieving their goals. That means we're ...
Views: 1277(1 vote) - Seven Strategies To Create The Best Year Of Your Life - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Marla EnhelderIn order to create the best year of your life, you must know the course you want to chart and the life you wish to live. Goal setting is an excellent way to start the path of life transformation. Unfortunately, however, the majority of people quit before successfully attaining their goals! ...
Views: 1183(1 vote) - Give Me Success... Or Give Me Death?! - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Michael CraigI received the following message from a subscriber to my radio show a while back. It was, in fact, such a great question, I included it as part of this article . . . It went like this: “Hi, Michael - I listened in to [your show] yesterday which had me totally intrigued – enough to go ...
Views: 2428(1 vote) - Learn How to Goal Set for the New Year! - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Gary DalySome people don’t know how to goal set for the New Year. Why? They may be feeling low or overwhelmed about the year ahead. Perhaps they didn't have a great year in 2012 and are predicting the same results for the year ahead. I've been there but these feelings don’t last forever. They will ...
Views: 1553(4 votes) - What are you going to do differently this year? - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2013 from Sandra DawesI don’t know about you, but 2012 was quite an eventful year! Many things changed, but a lot remained the same. While I did accomplish a lot last year in terms of goals I had set at the beginning of the year, there are still a few things that I wanted to get done, that didn’t. I know that I ...
Views: 1241(3 votes) - What are you going to do differently this year? - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2013 from Sandra DawesI don’t know about you, but 2012 was quite an eventful year! Many things changed, but a lot remained the same. While I did accomplish a lot last year in terms of goals I had set at the beginning of the year, there are still a few things that I wanted to get done, that didn’t. I know that I ...
Views: 1241(3 votes) - ***Lighten Your Load And Boost Your Momentum - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)Lighten Your Load And Boost Your Momentum December 18, 2012 Posted In: Momentum By: Dr. Mo We think thoughts all day long and sometimes these thoughts cause us great dismay and worry. When you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and nervous it’s important to practice the skill of listening ...
Views: 3377(3 votes) - ***Ten Ways To Motivate Yourself When You Are Feeling Down - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)10 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Regain Momentum when You Are Feeling Down Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Posted in: MoHow By: Dr. Mo Sometimes you feel down…that’s normal. It comes with the territory called “being alive”. Life is like a wave; and just like the wave, it has ...
Views: 5156(5 votes) - ***How To Use Momentum Thinking Tools To Deal With Adversities - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2013 from Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)January 4, 2013 Posted in: MoHow By: Dr. Mo Life serves up all kinds of situations that most people call problems. For most people these problems are sources of upset, dismay, and they are often dealt with in unhealthy and destructive ways. In this post I will describe three momentum mind ...
Views: 3211(4 votes) - The definition of insanity - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2013 from Kelly RoachAlbert Einstein famously said "Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." I love this, live by it and reiterate it to my clients over and over again. This principle has driven my ability to solve almost any problem when it comes to business growth. I ...
Views: 966 - How to Set Goals You Will Actually Achieve - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2013 from Sydni Craig-HartEntrepreneurs are great at coming up with ideas! But we're not always very good at following through and turning our ideas into reality. Too many business owners fall in love with an idea or project, but then quickly become overwhelmed when it's time to execute. Thus they give up and never reap ...
Views: 886(1 vote) - 5 New Year’s Resolutions For a Stress Free Year Ahead - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Mulyadi KurniaNo matter how stressful the bygone year has been for you, this new year is another story and another opportunity to make the best out of your life. Here are 5 New Year’s resolutions that, if you follow will lead to a stress-free year ahead. Assess, Evaluate, and Modify- Assess the reasons for ...
Views: 1335(1 vote) - Goal Getting 101: How to LET GO of Last Years Junk to Make Space for Something New - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Vanessa SimpkinsAre you tired of this happening to you every new year? You make goals and intentions with every ounce of certainly that you will make a change come hell or high water - and then slowly you lose steam, things get too hard, you cave in: you fall short of the diet, cheat on getting your newsletter ...
Views: 1533(2 votes) - Six Figures on 24 Hours a Week - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Jeanna GabelliniI was recently asked by an entrepreneur in the Mastermind group I coach, "How do you work 24 hours a week and be successful?" I thought that was a great question and one that requires honesty. When I originally claimed a 3-day workweek for myself, I didn't have kids. I scheduled all my ...
Views: 1272(2 votes) - Arnold’s Goal Setting Secret - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Joe VitaleRecently I posted the following on my Facebook Fan Page: “Action attracts motivation. Get moving and you get motivated.” That insight was driven home while I was reading Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography, Total Recall, a book I love. Even at over 600 pages, I’m reading every word of it. ...
Views: 2433(1 vote) - Making Successful New Year’s Resolutions - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Sharon WilsonMaking a plan for the New Year is important because it is a vital step towards reaching your goals and keeping your resolutions. Once you have accurately identified the stories and issues that have held you back in the past and changed your mindset in these areas, it is time to begin ...
Views: 1157(1 vote) - Are Your Stories Sabotaging Your New Year’s Resolutions? - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Sharon WilsonOne of the key elements of looking into the New Year, however, is getting a plan together for turning your resolutions into realities. The first portion of this, is to look at what things may be holding you back. What less than positive mindsets and vibrations have kept you from meeting your ...
Views: 1216(1 vote) - A Call for Practical Curriculum in Higher Education - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2013 from Dale SchlundtThe various hierarchal levels in a corporate business, business mergers, countless statistical formulas for probability, and of course accounting are a few of the topics covered while working on my bachelors in Business Management. Important material you might suggest. Good to know, possibly. My ...
Views: 861(1 vote) - Well-Intentioned Messages: It’s For Your Own Good! - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia Henderson“You want to start your own business? That´s terribly risky.” “You want to go where? But that´s so far.” “You want a new what? Now, that´s not very practical.” “You want to leave a ‘good job’ for that idea? How will you take care of your family?” Any of this sound familiar? From whom do ...
Views: 1343(1 vote) - But What If They Don’t Like It? Strategies for Persuading People to Agree With and Support Your Ideas - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonGaining others’ acceptance of your ideas can be difficult, and even downright frustrating without the proper approach. Why do you think so many companies look to a marketing or advertising agency to promote their products and services? Planning an effective persuasive strategy can be ...
Views: 1612 - The Path Runs Both Ways: Mentoring to Support Someone Else’s Ideas - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonChances are, at some point in your life, a friend, family member or colleague will come to you for advice or guidance on an idea that they have. You should view this as the ultimate compliment, because this person values your opinion and respects what you have to say. They are looking for you to ...
Views: 1318(1 vote) - You’re In Charge. It’s Your idea. What’s the Problem (With Everyone Else)? - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonOur personal and professional relationships are sometimes less than supportive and convinced of our ideas. For some of us, adversity is more of a daily occurrence than a once-in-a-while situation. When you are in a position of authority, it is the moment of crisis that can be the most difficult ...
Views: 1340(1 vote) - Strong Relationships Help Ideas Flourish - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonWhen you have an idea that you’re passionate about, you are likely inspired to figure out ways to make it happen…and fast. Whether that requires a brainstorming session, a sales pitch, or a capital investment, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with other people can help you ...
Views: 1281(1 vote) - Hold an Ideas Txtversation - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia Henderson"Have an idea for the open house at your downtown property." "Great. But I’ll be out of town on business. Can you handle?" "OK. Will call your assistant to help me. Need keys and voucher." "Perfect. Call me later with details. I trust you!" (Txtversation between two professionals familiar ...
Views: 1257(1 vote) - Picture This! Use Visual Aids to Illustrate Your Ideas - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonWhen you communicate verbally, you communicate in one of the most direct ways you can to get your idea across to an audience. Yet, you can enhance what you say and how you say it by showing what you say. Letting people see your message adds another dimension to your communication. Visualizing ...
Views: 2821(1 vote) - Seven Ways to Make Unpopular Ideas Appealing - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonIt’s a great feeling to successfully persuade people to support and help you implement your ideas. Yet sometimes, positive acceptance is elusive. New ideas and suggestions for improvement can scare people who resist change. When you have a difficult time convincing your colleagues to believe in ...
Views: 1343(2 votes) - 9 Ways to Get Past Roadblocks to Implement Your Ideas - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Sylvia HendersonYou’ve likely heard the saying, “Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.” But if you did take it for an answer in the past, it’s possible you never saw your idea or plan through to a successful completion. No matter where you travel in life or what you accomplish, there are always roadblocks and ...
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