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- New Year's Resoluions - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Laurel ClarkAt the beginning of the year, many people get inspired … to lose weight, start a business, write a book, or fulfill some other desire. By the end of January, the desire may have faded, and by March it’s only a wish. How can desires become goals? The secret lies in creating a clear ...
Views: 1483(2 votes) - On the Science of Goal-Orientation - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Tad WaddingtonIt is roughly accurate to characterize the enterprise of science as explaining how one billiard ball strikes another and how that one ricochets into another, and so on. But when this approach is applied to people, it can fall short, because people are goal-oriented. For example, the philosopher ...
Views: 1581(1 vote) - Personal Goal Setting - Clarify Your Goals for Greater Success - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Mark FooGoals are what direct us. If you are trying to get to a place in life that makes you happy, setting personal goals will help you to get there. But don't forget that your goals need to remain clear, even if it means reevaluating them on occasion. Take the simplest route in order to get to your ...
Views: 1012(1 vote) - Planning Your Life and Programming Success - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Liz CopelandDo you plan to be successful or do you just plan? There is a big difference between the two. Any kind of plan is probably better than no plan at all. But do you know the reason so many plans fail or succeed only as a faded, watered-down version of what they're supposed to be? It could be ...
Views: 1277(1 vote) - Reach for the Stars and Land on Uranus - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Erik Fisher“Master, what is the answer to finding Inner Peace,” the student asks the teacher? “That is for you to find, within,” the teacher elusively answers. If I had a nickel for the countless times this question has been asked throughout time… well I don’t have to tell you that I would give Bill Gates ...
Views: 1772(1 vote) - Relationship Goals Involve WHAT? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Lynn MooreHow are your relationships working for you? When it comes to relationship goals, here we find some of the most intricate challenges. Unlike most of your goals which involve yourself and inanimate objects or subjects such as your living quarters, your career, your money, your material items ...
Views: 1183(2 votes) - Resolution 4: Strengthen My Relationship With My Spouse - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2013 from Tracey FarmerToday I am moving into a new category of resolution: Strengthening Relationships. With an endless list of ways to strengthen the relationships that I have with my spouse, children and friends, I decided that I need to focus on only a few at a time to have a greater probability of ...
Views: 1022(2 votes) - Resolution 6: Strengthen My Relationships With My Friends - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2013 from Tracey FarmerAs I finish up my series on strengthening relationships, I have chosen friendships as my final focus. While God and extended family clearly take precedence, I feel like friendships do not always get the proper attention that they deserve, since they fall a little further down on the list of ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - Setting a Goal is Not Enough - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Jeannette KoczelaMost successful people admit that they are goal-setters. They consistently set and achieve their goals. You may wonder HOW they can set and achieve their goals on a consistent basis and I want to tell you about the “how.” It’s not enough to just set a goal. You must also become who you ...
Views: 1311(1 vote) - Setting and Achieving Goals - 3 Results Driven Secrets To Doubling the Profitability of Your Goals - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Earlvin HarrisOne of the most daunting aspects of setting and achieving goals for achieving financial independence is everything seems so darn overwhelming. Not to mention the major worries that may stand in your way. It's enough to make any entrepreneur or solo professional scream for a break! As ...
Views: 732(2 votes) - Smart Goal Setting: How To Live A Better Life - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2010 from George TiganusSmart goal setting is the subject I will be dealing with today. It is something that, if only given proper attention, could change people's lives around. It is well known that a lack of specific aims in your life will have you going nowhere fast. So why is that goal setting helps? Because the ...
Views: 1781(5 votes) - Success Secrets For Students and Professionals - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Bheki ShabanguA vast majority of students navigate through their studies with no picture of their future. A large percentage is just collecting degrees. Many land themselves even to jobs that has nothing to do with their line of study or area of expertise. What is the cause? A lack of vision. A lack of vision ...
Views: 1062(1 vote) - Take Control of Your Life in 3 Steps with Life Coaching - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2012 from George TsoukalasIf you’re wondering when you’ll get around to those all important goals that you seem to never have any time for, I have great news! As a certified life coach I can help you do this now, rather than later, or as later usually becomes -never. In my coaching sessions, I empower my clients to ...
Views: 2015(1 vote) - Techniques to Help You Overcome Resistance to Change - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2013 from Michelle SearsAre you wanting to make change in your life but for some reason you just can't seem to make change stick? Well you're not alone. I get a lot emails from women all the time who ask me the same question about change. They all want to know why they can't make a change stick and the reason is ...
Views: 1361(1 vote) - The 5 Most Destructive Limiting Beliefs and What to do About Them - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Kimberly EnglotA limiting belief is something that you falsely believe to be true about yourself and it prevents you from moving forward. A lot of the time you don't even realize that you are operating under false, limiting beliefs since they just seem natural. Many times you would make a decision because it ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - The Deadly Ego, Thinking You Understand When You Do Not. - by Submitted on May 31, 2010 from David SamuelThere is a great danger in the whole idea that thoughts are things and we create what we think. This danger is to people who do not fully understand what that principle means, how it works, and how it can be confused with guidance and intuition. That danger lies in the ego which thinks it knows ...
Views: 1528(3 votes) - The Mysterious Problem of Goals - by Why is it that some people successfully achieve their goals and New Year's resolutions while others don't?
Why is it that sometimes we get what we want and other times we don't?
Since Tony Robbins, motivational guru after motivational guru has told us the same story:
1. Consciously decide ...
Views: 773(1 vote) - The Six Stages to Achieving Your Goals - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Denis DixonSetting goals works much better than not setting them. Successful people from all walks of life have always set goals, and find the process to be an integral part of their life achievements. When the concept of goal setting was first introduced, everyone was very enthusiastic with this new ...
Views: 1115(1 vote) - The Window is Closing on Orlando Short Sales! - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from Jennifer ZamoraThe Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 is set to expire The tax-relief provisions enacted by Congress during the housing crisis to help financially strapped homeowners is about to come to an end. This is the 2007 law that allows taxpayers to exclude from income the amount of debt that is ...
Views: 764(1 vote) - To Step Up & Play Big Means You Have to Fight Distractions - by Submitted on May 15, 2012 from Chris RuisiHow Many of the Top 6 Do You Encounter? There is never enough time during the course of typical day to get to everything that you want to get done. What makes it worse is the many distractions you will encounter to get tasks from your in-box to your out-box with enough time left that you can ...
Views: 2135(1 vote) - What You Need to Know About SMART Goal Setting - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Victor GhebreGoals are important tools that can help you stay focused and bring you closer to the kind of career and life you envision for yourself. Goals help in measuring your progress and provide inspiration to make your way through problems and obstacles. It gives you control of your life and environment ...
Views: 5032(1 vote) - When Being Driven Takes You to the Dark Side - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Melanie Benson StrickAs an entrepreneur we are trained to focus on results – make more money, get more clients, sell more products, and achieve more recognition. It becomes easy to let these hard numbers dictate our daily levels of success, happiness, and even survival. In order to get more results, many of us ...
Views: 1414(1 vote) - Why Now Is The Time To Invest In The Stock Market - by Submitted on May 08, 2012 from Linda Le PhanInvesting in the stock market has made certain people millionaires, while others have made a few hundred on the side with some smart investing. So, when should you invest? Well, the time is now. While there is a large variation between each stock, and you can’t expect each one to be a goldmine, ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - Are We Working Together? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Dr. Robin Rushlo“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success…”-Henry Ford Anyone who has been in multilevel marketing for any length of time realizes quickly how important relationships are to your business. Not only are the relationships with your customers ...
Views: 1647(6 votes) - Use the Law of Attraction to Grow Your Business Through the Roof - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Betty JonesI talked about solo-preneurs, coaches, consultants, healers and spiritual teachers who are struggling, and frustrated to get to the bottom of why they’ve been hiding out, playing small and repeatedly attracting the same kinds of negative people and situations in their businesses. If some or all ...
Views: 2073(3 votes) - About Your True Purpose - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from David SamuelMany people are focused on finding their true purpose. They spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to find their true purpose, but never get it no matter what methods they try. My best advice is to forget it and give up because you will never find your true purpose. This entire ...
Views: 1491(5 votes) - Do You Wish You Were Somewhere Else? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI got a mass email the other day asking me where it was that I would rather be. I thought and thought, I am already living on a tropical island, so this was a little difficult to answer... :) So, I changed the wording to instead say, Where do you want to be in the future? In the end I came ...
Views: 802(2 votes) - Don't Die with Your Potential Intact - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniI used to care about leaving a legacy behind. I thought having that focus would source some BIG thing from me and I like to think big. The truth is, I just want to make sure I don’t wimp out on things I feel inspired to experience or create in my world. Even when I say I like to think BIG, I ...
Views: 1679(2 votes) - Hooked on Money - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2010 from Jeanna Gabellini“Why?” you ask. “Why does money always seem to be an issue for me?” Let me soothe your money feathers. It’s an issue for MOST people. Some of you focus on the issue more than others, but if I poke around a bit I can find places of resistance in most people. And this includes myself! Now, I ...
Views: 949(4 votes) - A New Approach to New Year's Resolutions - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Stephanie RobertsThe New Year is traditionally a time to reflect on where we are in our lives and to think about improvements that we'd like to make. It seems obvious that the first step in choosing appropriate New Year's Resolutions should be to define specific goals for what we want to achieve in the coming ...
Views: 1404(1 vote) - Being Versus Doing - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2013 from Andria CorsoAt the start of a New Year many of us are thinking about New Year’s resolutions or, what we want to “do” in the coming year. Being a goal-oriented person, I set annual goals every year, which I’m pretty good about accomplishing. Since it’s the start of the year, I’ve been thinking about what I ...
Views: 1079(1 vote) - Does Your Business Need Some Pruning To Grow Successfully? - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2013 from Jennifer HazlettDuring a recent masterminding session I attended via web conference with fellow online solopreneurs, we discussed the topic of 'Growing Successfully'. We were asked to come up with the analogy of what our business would look like if it were a tree. I immediately envisioned the maple tree in my ...
Views: 1306(1 vote) - FACING THOSE SMALL FEARS - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsToo often we allow our fears to prevent us from achieving our goals or living the life we truly want to live. Fears have no boundaries and differ from person to person. We can be fearful of anything ranging from relationships to rabbits! In this newsletter I am going to focus on facing our ...
Views: 1367(1 vote) - How to Achieve Your Goals As Soon As Possible in Your Business - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Dion DalyA lot of people believe that you need to finish your goals at a certain time. Ok a lot of this is true in many situations, but there are definitely many ways on how you can accelerate the course of your achieving your goals. You can accomplish the things you want faster by concentrating on the ...
Views: 951(1 vote) - Just Keep Trying - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Chris HammerThomas Edison once said, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”. Think about the meaning of that statement for a moment. Really. Imagine pouring hours upon hours of effort and hope into something important to you – then ...
Views: 1122(1 vote) - Why You Need To Take Control Of Your Own Career - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2017 from Linda CattelanIf you had expectations of plugging in thirty years with only ever working in one company, think again. The landscape is changing for career and business minded professionals, and it is becoming more prudent, now more than ever, to take control of your own career. Forbes Magazine coined the term ...
Views: 1219(1 vote) - Getting What You Want By Setting Smart Goals - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraDo not wait for another day because the future is now. Perhaps you have heard some of the techniques and strategies for accomplishing goals before but oftentimes we have to hear them again. A simple and easy acronym to recall is “smart” goals. These smart goals actually stand for specific, ...
Views: 1084 - Go Ahead: Set Those Dream Goals Now! - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraLife indeed is just too short to let it pass by and success in its most phenomenal state is just around the corner if you simply apply a few of these theories and principles. 1.) Focus, focus and focus. By concentrating and focusing on your dream goals and steps for at least one hour per week, ...
Views: 1443 - Personal Goal Setting: Live Your Life Your Own Way - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraIf you are thinking about your ideal future, goal setting is a powerful process. You must motivate yourself to make this dream into reality. Processing your goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. When you know what you desire to achieve, you have an idea where you should focus your ...
Views: 743 - Ready And Aim First Before You Fire - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraAiming is a process in planning which takes time and should be done before you could fire your way into into a successful career, organization, relationships, and life in general. I have seen a similar thing in some people’s professional and personal lives most of the time. Several individuals ...
Views: 985 - The Fast Action Plan For An Effective Goal Planning - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraEven you’re not the very goal-oriented type, I’m sure you’ve got your own goals or anything you want to be in the near future, or whatever you want in life. That’s why it’s still important to have your own goal setting planning. It’s true that it’s all in the attitude if you want to have a good ...
Views: 814 - A prison cell? - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2004 from graham julieDo you have a goal? A focus in life? Have you invested a great deal of time, effort, money to achieve and yet feel you haven’t made it yet? For all your effort do you still feel that there is something missing in your life? It is obviously very important to set goals in your life. It gives you a ...
Views: 1132 - All You Need to Know about Corporate Goal Setting - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2013 from Joel SinkolongoCorporate goal setting is an integral part of business planning. It is a very effective technique to increase individual as well as organizational productivity and efficiency. It acts as a powerful source of motivation and brings out the best in everyone. It plays a key role in the long-term ...
Views: 773 - Build Your Business Strategy Around What Matters Most - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2017 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comThe year ended and some of us reflected back on 2016. How did it go? Did you enjoy your work, make progress and achieve some of your goals? If not, you are not alone. We all face moments when we lose inspiration and excitement for what we do. Your work becomes boring or routine or daily tasks ...
Views: 1412 - HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT YOUR FITNESS TODAY? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Paul BatzDon’t you just love the holiday feasts? There are very few things I enjoy more than eating and drinking with reckless abandon over the holidays. When wine is freely flowing and the air is pregnant with temptation, it feels great to grab that extra scoop of cheesy potatoes. Or eat apple pie ...
Views: 1293 - How Do You Sabotage Yourself? - by Submitted on May 04, 2010 from Linda PucciIf you are dissatisfied with your progress toward the goals you set, or just dissatisfied with your life in general, you probably need to look at the issue of "self-sabotage." People tend to operate at two levels. They consciously have a direction they want to go, but subconsciously, there ...
Views: 1636 - How to Achieve your Personal Goals (from Steps to Success, Prosperity and Happiness) - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: How to Achieve your Personal Goals (from Steps to Success, Prosperity and Happiness) Author: Craig Lock Category (key words): Self Help, Personal Growth, Motivation, Goal-setting, Success, Success Principles, Motivation, Inspiration, Sports Psychology, Sport, Mind, Mind Control, ...
Views: 1019 - How to Become Rich for free - by Submitted on May 17, 2018 from TEEN Self ImprovementThere are many people today who are secret millionaires. They do not say they are so rich for security reasons. These are the people who know how to get rich and make an effort to make this wealth truly rich. Unfortunately, most people do not know how to be rich. They think that wealth is ...
Views: 1334 - How To Expand Your Bank Account (Part 1!) - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2012 from Heather DominickHave you ever wondered how some entrepreneurs always seem to create such big successes, while you are stuck “just paying the bills” or struggling to make ends meet? The secret that those entrepreneurs have tapped into is what I use and coach my students and clients to cultivate… a mindset of ...
Views: 1353 - How To Make Sure Reaching Your Goals Makes You Happy - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2007 from Garry ZancanaroWhat can you do if you've established what you want, made plans to achieve it, worked heard and succeeded in achieving everything you ever hoped for, only to find yourself wondering – is that all there is? If for example, you wanted to be a millionaire and reached that goal. One good reason for ...
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