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Why is it that some people seem to have the ability to attract wealth and are seemingly successful in everything that they do while the majority of us drift along. making a living but never making any money?
Is it luck? Do these people know something you don't? Of course they do! For ... Views: 689
What do you do to meet your goals?
Try to imagine asking this question randomly and you’ll probably get a variety of reactions.
Anyone who’s ever wanted more will have probably laid out a plan to achieve what they want.
Personal goals are of course closest to the heart of any dreamer or ... Views: 689
You want to be successful who doesn't? why don't you start to set a goal for it?. Of course, almost all of us wanted to progress in life. It’s the main target of many. But the big question here is how, right? People look in various ways on how to be an achiever and get what they really want like ... Views: 688
"Our intention creates our reality." - Wayne Dyer
The process of setting intentions is a powerful way to design and create your life in exact accord with your desires. In the process of identifying your desires and then focusing the Energy of your thoughts in that direction, you are applying ... Views: 688
The trick-or-treaters are ready to come out, and turkeys are starting to appear at the grocery store. Along with the impending holidays, it’s also that time when we start thinking about ideas for next year. What’s possible? What dreams do you have for your business and for your life? Is this the ... Views: 687
Journaling time today was a bit out of the ordinary. I knew something was up when I felt an urge to use write in my journal using bold red ink. I honestly had no idea why I felt an inclination to use red. I never use red. My journal is filled mostly with inks of a soft pink, violet or green. ... Views: 686
If 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: 685
What is the meaning of my life? What is the purpose of my existence? For what reason was I put here on this planet? From time to time, we’ve all asked these questions of ourselves, and perhaps we’ve asked them of our friends, loved ones, or spiritual advisors. And, of course, if you discuss ... Views: 685
Solopreneurs and micro-business owners, like us, often wear many hats. We are the CEO’s, the bookkeepers, the marketers, etc. We also tend to do many things at once…multi-task…because it seems that everything has the same deadline. It is no wonder we often get distracted from our business ... Views: 685
Have you ever been on a date with someone at a restaurant that is too noisy that you can't hear your date speak? Well, that's what it's like to have an inner critic (a.k.a., the judge, saboteur, gremlin, mental monster, etc.) that never shuts up.
When your inner critic talks nonstop, it ... Views: 685
In the spirit of preparing for a workshop about goal setting, I would like to share with you how you can set goals not only to know what you want to reach at some point in life, but also to use them as a study and work motivation or to get into a better mood whenever you are down!
I bet all ... Views: 684
Every year as Jan. 1 approaches, people begin to look back at the year that has passed and look forward to the year that is ahead. It is considered a new beginning. Today’s world will cause many people to evaluate their lives in a different light and resolve to make a plan to better themselves. ... Views: 684
If you are prepared, when the opportunity presents itself, you get lucky. Consider this…
Oprah Winfrey was making The Color Purple and she was sitting at lunch with Steven Spielberg, arguably the world’s greatest director. He was writing in his journal the goals he was going to ... Views: 684
An excerpt from Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate
For part of my visit to Tokyo to straighten things out with Nakano Productions I arranged to stay at Nishijima Sensei’s itty-bitty apartment in a gigantic government-subsidized apartment complex called Takashimadaira. That’s way too long ... Views: 683
I find the end of a year to be a time of reflection. For me it is important to formally "complete" the year that is closing so that I can set my intentions for the year that is before me.
I like to sit in the quiet of my living room, a candle lit, some quiet music in the background, a pad of ... Views: 683
Well today, I'll teach you my three proven tips so you can have more confidence even if you're shy and introverted like me.
Let's talk about confidence! This is one of the big things that people ask me all the time, especially my high-level coaching clients. When I'm doing live events, when ... Views: 681
How often have you given up? How often have you quit just before you’ve struck gold? In life there are many keys to success but one you simply cannot do without is consistency.
Think about it, if your goal is to get fit, to be slim and trim you have to take consistent and steady action to ... Views: 681
Why do a small percentage of Consultants qualify year after year as top in their Company while others sit back and wonder how they could ever achieve it.
There are many reasons, including Knowledge, Good Habits, Positive Mental Attitude and Excellent Skills, but research has shown that these ... Views: 681
Most people don't believe they deserve to be successful. They don't believe they know how to be successful. They can't see themselves making five, or ten, or a hundred and ten times what they're making now. They can't see themselves owning a business that's successful. They can't see themselves ... Views: 679
One of the first steps in pursuing a more successful future is to create goals for yourself. It may surprise you that many people don’t really even have goals. They just float through life and just accept what comes their way. Not surprisingly, these people have little to no chance of ever ... Views: 679
It's sad but true that many people are failing in reaching their goals!
Even though they sit down and ask themselves what they really want in life, write it down, break their goals into small action steps and take action - they won't achieve most of their goals.
Do you know why they'll fail? ... Views: 678
I seem to lost count on how many times I've read and heard of celebrity marriages failing almost left and right. Not that I care (and personally I don't), it seems strange that we often see movie and TV stars as flawless people, living the fairytale life of riches and glamour. I suppose we all ... Views: 677
Instead of changing your flooring, contemplate adorning with area rugs. There are many choices on the market in relation to these rugs. You can gown up a hallway or add colour to a bedroom. They are straightforward to seek out, affordable to buy and so they offer you the ability to move them ... Views: 677
Here we are, a quarter way into the year already. What resolutions did you set for yourself this year? Are you on track to reaching your goals or did you give up after the 3rd week in January? If you did, why do you think that is? You'd be surprised to hear that many people are in the same ... Views: 676
Everyone reading this article is six inches away from experiencing huge successes and breakthroughs in their life. Six inches? Sure! That’s the distance between your ears.
What I’m saying is we are designed with all the resources needed to make our fondest dreams come true. We only need to ... Views: 675
“Life is too short to be little.” - Disraeli
Have you heard the story of the circus elephant? When the baby elephants are small and weak, they get chained to an immovable stake. As they grow larger and more powerful, they continue to stand chained to the same stake even though they could ... Views: 674
Face it, ladies, we have a natural predisposition to take care of others. Usually to the point that we put others before the care of ourselves. The problem with this is…if you don’t take care of you, who will?
Then there are those elusive Somedays. “When the kids go off to college, I’ll have ... Views: 673
All people have goals they need to achieve in either their career or their personal life. A quality found in any productive or successful person is setting personal goals, as well as having a plan to follow in order to achieve them. One of the most powerful success secrets is the ability to set ... Views: 673
I remember the first time I was deployed to Iraq during Operation Southern Watch. I sat in an intelligence mission briefing with 50 of my fellow fighter pilots (my wingmen) where we were briefed on the multiple threats that scattered the enemy terrain in Iraq. The SAM’s (surface to sir ... Views: 673
While aspects of you encourage, “Go for your dreams,” simultaneously other parts threaten, “Don’t you dare.” A cast of characters lives inside of you and at different times you may receive conflicting or contradictory messages. If you are want to be happy, successful, and fulfilled, consider ... Views: 671
When people say to me:
- I want to go someplace, but I don't know where
- I want to do something, but not what I'm doing
- I don't know what I want to do, and if I sound confused, that's part of my
trouble
I tell them, "You have to set a goal."
They say, "I know, I don't have a goal. ... Views: 671
As a business success coach and speaker, I listen to audio cassettes, watch videos, read books and go to workshops all in order to learn how people can improve their possibility for achieving success. When I hear the stories of successful people, I look for the "gold nugget" that has universal ... Views: 671
The Achieve Master Series: Getting There…
(Note: Some of the following may seem offensive or controversial to some...well, I'm sorry but anything interesting enough to read usually is)
Earl Nightingale said that “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.” Because he was ... Views: 670
Have you ever planned a vacation? If not, then let’s start right now!
“Wait a minute… I thought this article was supposed to be about how to set goals. I’ve been tricked!”. Before you hit the ”back” button on your computer, please bear with me for a moment, as I assure you, planning a ... Views: 670
A lot of people stay not successful or get alternating ordeals with successes together with lack of success, simply because they do not know that they've got lots of bad traits. Bad traits have to do with habits as well as individual features that in the long run trigger failure. A number of the ... Views: 669
THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE- YET VERY DOABLE - STEPS FOR OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION
We started this blog series talking about procrastination in general, and then shifted our focus to start thinking about what we procrastinate about and why. Now we’re going to get to work! Remember, document your ... Views: 669
Usually, just right after the New Year’s celebration, many of us start looking at the resolutions we made and, if you’re like many people, yours probably resemble more of a grocery list: You want to exercise more, make more money, have a savings, learn a skill (let’s say playing the guitar), get ... Views: 668
Our communications are always in terms of ‘words’ regardless of whether we interact with other people through speaking or writing. But, our thoughts are something completely different from that because then it becomes all about pictures and concepts rather than words. Top 10 schools ... Views: 668
"Three tries for a dollar," shouted the midway huckster above the din of the crowd. "Shoot a duck and win this giant gorilla." The stuffed animal had an affable sneer; it was cute.
I eyed the yellow plastic ducks as they swam across the plywood ocean at the back of the booth. Each little ... Views: 667
Spring is the time of the year I miss my kidhood the most. Growing up on a farm the spring brought many activities and tasks, but my favorite was preparing the soil and planting a crop.
There are two truths of planting that all farmers know. First, you must plant the seeds that you want to ... Views: 667
One set of skills that is critical in any organization is that of setting, aligning, and implementing priorities. These skills are particularly important in times such as those we have experienced recently, when management has to find effective ways to “re-group” in the aftermath of devastating ... Views: 666
You want to take a big step to the next level, don’t you? You want to reach a big goal; you want to increase your income; you want a breakthrough that transforms your life –not just makes it a little better . . .
The big question is how? You’ve read the books. You’ve set goals. Maybe you’ve ... Views: 666
There are a lot of goals we want to attain in life like start our own company, become great at something and even write awesome blogs. Problem is, with all these great aspirations, many of us do not have time for anything. We are too busy with our daily lives to focus on dreams that seem ... Views: 665
How to make friends by Beth Shepherd psychic. A case study. Names etc changed. My parents were always very critical if I was friendly with another child at school. We never had birthday parties, never invited anyone round, there was just my dad, my mum and me with no visitors whatsoever and ... Views: 665
One 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: 664
Connections
To capitalize via web-based networking media, make the connections you work with it your ultimate objective. That may sound somewhat idealistic for any individual who is grounded in increasingly conventional and unmistakable business estimation and measurements, yet make a stride ... Views: 664
He had big dreams since his childhood. At the age of nine he started playing cricket. He wanted to play cricket at national level. He wanted to become the best bowler of the world. He wanted to become the Captain of the national cricket team. He wanted to be recognized as the greatest player in ... Views: 663
I’ve told you how powerful it is to imagine your ideal Love, your perfect life.
But what do you do after you have those clear images of your desires in your mind?
How do you get from where you are now to that ideal state of being?
Plan Your Dream
Planning is a crucial piece of ... Views: 662
There is all the hype these days about the Law of Attraction and the process of manifesting your desires into your life. Basically the key to this law is that you will manifest whatever you desire. There are several contingencies that come into play when you want to manifest your desire. First ... Views: 662