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- Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" - Part Two - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2007 from Craig LockArticle Title: Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" - Part Two (by 'Skip' Ross with Carole C. Carlson) Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): Success, Personal growth, Motivation, Life purpose, spiritual, spiritual gifts, inspiration, Skip Ross Other Articles are available ...
Views: 531 - Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" (Part One) - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2007 from Craig LockArticle Title: Summary of the Book "Say 'YES' to your Potential" Part One (by 'Skip' Ross with Carole C. Carlson) Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): Success, Personal growth, Motivation, Life purpose, spiritual, spiritual gifts, inspiration, Skip Ross Other Articles are available at: ...
Views: 2317 - Keeping Perspective When Life Smacks You Up - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2007 from Joshua UebergangIt is extremely difficult keeping perspective when life hits you hard with a problem that appears insurmountable. A problem so big you feel it will be the end of you. The events we experience radically change our perspective where one moment you feel on top of the world and the next moment a ...
Views: 863 - THE LAW OF SUCCESS - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2007 from Bill BartmannSuccess or failure is not determined by genetics, geography, environment or heritage. It isn’t a function of race, religion or creed. While I will agree that some situations and some environments make it more challenging than others- it isn’t those factors that will ultimately ...
Views: 576 - "Say 'YES' to your Potential" - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from Craig LockArticle Title: "Say 'YES' to your Potential" Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): Success, Motivation, Life purpose, spiritual, spiritual gifts, inspiration, Skip Ross Other Articles are available at: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles.html (Personal growth, self help, writing, ...
Views: 614 - Oh, Migosh, I'm Going to Succeed! - by That realization can put fear and joyous expectation into us at the same time. What? you ask. How could anyone be afraid to succeed. Well, it's like this.
There's a part of us that wants to express life at our highest and best and a part of us that fears the challenges we'll confront and the ...
Views: 1406 - The Most Destructive Illusion about Success - by Have you ever put your heart and soul into a project, just to see your very first attempts to make it succeed miserably fail?
If you have, you are no different than me and most other successful people.
Despite that we all are attracted to the "overnight success stories" we see on television ...
Views: 1312 - Internal Competition Can Kill Your Organization - by Competition is believed to be the driver of the Western Economy. Most Western countries believe that competition produces innovation, stimulates thinking, and it is simply characterized by many as the engine of capitalism. In a similar fashion, “internal competition drives business results” has ...
Views: 1013 - Recession Protection: Learn To Brand Yourself For Better Job Search Success - by After the feverish storm of abundant jobs and wealth, corporate America has started seeing and feeling the negative sense of what almost always follows “boom times??a recession. Companies of all sizes are laying people off. So how do you make yourself more appealing to recruiters when everyone ...
Views: 714 - Use Your Knowledge Skills To Improve Customer Service - by We live in an increasingly service-oriented economy. A better phrase might be an “attention-oriented economy? No doubt you already understand the importance of serving your customers well in order to retain their repeat business and referrals. However, the key factor that seems to be ...
Views: 793 - Focus On Soft Skills: A Leadership Wake-up Call - by The rules for succeeding in business are changing daily. Yet people are still asking for the magic formula that contributes to a successful organization. Is it talented, knowledgeable people plus innovative products? That's a great start, but something vital is missing from this equation.
More ...
Views: 774 - How To Offer Individual Praise Without Undermining Team Efforts - by A lot of discussions lately are centered around teamwork and leadership. This is especially an issue after all the leadership scandals that have been brought to light in corporate America this past year. Due to major layoffs, and the loss of exceptional brainpower, there is a huge need for ...
Views: 610 - Expectations At Work Can Destroy You if You Don’t Communicate Them! - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2002
http://www.progressiveleadership.com
Expectations have a powerful impact on our emotions, behaviors, and most importantly, in our performances. Have you noticed what happens when you expect no raise or promotion at work? Most likely you will not get them! The ...
Views: 630 - Your Strengths Are the Path to Excellence - by What is the one strength that - if you worked on it - would make the difference in your profession? Is it your ability to draw pictures? Translate feelings into beautiful visual images? Take words and put them into persuasive sentences? Are you especially clever with numbers? Can you sing ...
Views: 731 - Master the Art of Communication. Part 1 of 2- Using Your Passion To Make A Connection - by by Carole Nicolaides © 2002 All Rights Reserved http://www.progressiveleadership.com
One skill that we should all develop further is effective communication. Communicating clearly to your employees, co-workers, friends, and family is a critical part of your success and your ability to improve ...
Views: 681 - The Mindset of “Job Security” Can Be Killing Your Best Resource - by When it comes to managing knowledge, learning from past mistakes, and capitalizing on the hidden knowledge and the wisdom of people, organizations historically have not done that well. Instead of building human portals and mediums that connect and unite people, and creating safe environments ...
Views: 608 - Taking Responsibility – A Step Toward Progressive Leadership - by Recently, I was asked to facilitate a meeting and offer coaching to 20 executive members at a company’s strategic conference. As I sat quietly and observed everyone in the room, I began to notice that all conversations seemed to revolve around placing blame.
Can you picture the setting? A long ...
Views: 604 - The 7 Deadly Sins Of Progressive Leaders - by Thousands of years ago and miles away in Ancient Greece, Heraclites, a wise man known in the west as “Heraclites the Dark”, said, “Although this truth [self-awareness] is eternally valid, men are unable to understand it. Not only before hearing it but even after they have heard it.” His words ...
Views: 978 - Control Your Emotions and Reach the Top! - by Socrates knew it all along. If you want to succeed in life you must “know thyself.” This is the first step for everything and for anybody who wants to make a difference in his or her life. The ability to listen to our own emotions, wants, desires and needs is as important as listening to others. ...
Views: 654 - Why Most People Will Never Reach Their Goals! - by Customer service is the foundation on which businesses are created. Unless you understand your customers and treat them with respect, you will go out of business. That is a well-known fact. However, too often leaders fail to see that creating high quality products, or delivering excellent ...
Views: 4141(1 vote) - Creating A True Collaborative Environment By Honoring Your People - by We all know the benefits of creating a collaborative teamwork environment. Where we often fall though is in creating and sustaining such a united front. We often hire the brightest people, inspire them to be the very best that they can be and then we forget to do the simple things that will ...
Views: 1478 - Your Happiness Depends On You ?Not Your Circumstances - by People are just about as happy as they make their minds to be.
-Abraham Lincoln
There are literally thousands of self-help books on this topic and yet I regularly see more and more people who are unhappy. People are still looking to find happiness from anything and from anywhere but ...
Views: 899 - Heightened Perception - by I walked into a warmly lit room in the company headquarters. The space was long and rectangular. In the center of the room was a very expensive timber and glass coffee table. The whole place had the scent of prestige, money and power. If this room had a name, it would have been known as "The ...
Views: 3918 - Breathing Freely: The Hidden Key To Vibrant Coaching - by Some experts estimate that we take more than 20,000 breaths each day. Based on that figure, we breathe in and out about 833 times per hour and 13 times a minute. In every coaching session, you are either breathing in, breathing out or holding your breath. So is your client.
How you and your ...
Views: 632 - What's Your "Missing Experience?" - by One of the things that I listen for when I coach is what I call the “missing experience,” an important, life-enhancing experience that is absent for the client. What I mean by that is, the experience itself has yet to take place in their nervous system and body--so they don’t know what it ...
Views: 734 - Accelerate The L.O.A. Force In Your Life By Uniting Your Conscious Desires And Subconscious Mind. - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2007 from raymond mooreWhatever it is you want to achieve in life, prosperity, abundance or the fulfillment of your dreams, you'll be glad to know that the attainment of these things are possible for those who learn how to apply the Universal Law of Attraction. This law states that anything you want in life, you ...
Views: 735 - Receive... and you shall be given more... - by Has someone given you a compliment lately?
It could be a simple straightforward statement such as "What a beautiful shirt you're wearing".
I guess they did.
What was your response to the compliment?
Something along the lines of:
Oh, it's an old one...
Oh, it was cheap...
Oh, it's my ...
Views: 536 - LORETTA CLAIBORNE - by Earlier this year, there was a wonderful Movie of the week telling the story of Loretta Claiborne, a young African-American woman who has mild mental retardation. Claiborne, born partially blind, unable to walk and talk until age 4, was raised by a no-nonsense and loving single-parent mother, ...
Views: 2305 - MISPLACED PASSION - by You're married. You're very married. Or you're in a serious committed relationship, either way, you know you shouldn't be doing this. "This" being an incredibly HOT passionate affair you are completely caught up in, despite
your best intentions.
You only meant it as a one-night stand, a "Gee, ...
Views: 667 - Money Woes - by "Money makes the world go 'round" may be a great song title, but all it seems to do in your household is make things come to a screeching halt. It's the holidays, and you can't believe you and your wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend are fighting about money - again. She goes out and buys this ...
Views: 485 - What is coaching? - by Simply put, people want more out of life. A quality of life, if you will. They are turning to external sources namely coaches, to assist them in achieving their personal goals and outcomes. Coaches have ventured beyond the boardroom when selling their services. Individuals at all levels and ...
Views: 580 - IMAGE VERSUS ESSENCE -The Turn On Switch for Presenting - by Most of us are taught that there is a certain way we are supposed to be when we stand up in front of a room to present our message or material. To be the perfect presenter, we have to know our material completely and deliver it with ubiquitous grace and style. We believe we must be taken ...
Views: 740 - Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Badly - by Our culture seems to have elevated the quest for perfection to the status of virtue. When someone is described as a perfectionist they are frequently admired and envied. A perfectionist, in my opinion is someone living in a constant state of dissatisfaction and that isn't healthy. To ...
Views: 1790 - Get Thoroughly Worn Out - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Steve ErreyI remember when I was around 17 or 18 years old, I was so upset because I wanted my life to be about something and feared more than anything that it wouldn't be about anything. I knew that I had potential and that I wanted to use all of it, and it felt like I was flapping my wings against the ...
Views: 1020 - 7 People Who Should Hire a Coach NOW... and Why! - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Steve ReiterThis may seem like a shameless plug for coaching. And perhaps it is. But folks really need to know that help is available and, despite cultural messages to the contrary, getting the support you need is a good thing. You’ve got a deadline, the clock is ticking and you’re not doing what you ...
Views: 657 - How to Achieve Your Goals. - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2007 from Fred BlackDo you want to change something in your life that you're having trouble changing? The thing you want to change is something that's not so easy. It can be anything, but for whatever reason, you can't seem to make progress. It could be: - Get a new relationship, - Loose some weight, - Gain some ...
Views: 875 - Achieving Success: 10 Important Ingredients - by Success involves the attempt to reach a particular level of status in an area of life or the achievement specific objectives or goals. While the recipe of success is never the same for each and every person, there are certain ingredients that help sweeten the outcome and overall journey. Below ...
Views: 903 - The Success Factor! - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2007 from John RowleyIf there is one ingredient that sets the successful apart from the rest, I would have to say it would be their passion. The dictionary says that passion is a strong liking or desire for, or devotion to some activity, object, or concept. One thing I have noticed over the years is that anyone ...
Views: 1815 - OUR BELIEFS ARE LIKE ADDICTIONS - by The week seems to have been quite long for many of us. I am hoping that many of you that have written to me are feeling better. Some one said it was an astrological aspect that hit us all. Whatever the reasons might be, it is important to be aware of the fact that we have choices.
Basically it ...
Views: 534 - The Urge to Transformation - by We are changing--we have got to change. We can no more help changing than leaves can help going yellow and coming loose in autumn.
D.H. Lawrence
God helps those who help themselves. And since few human beings experience abiding inner peace or fulfillment, most of us are involved in improving ...
Views: 692 - Bridging Two Worlds - by Our awareness resides, moment to moment, in either the conventional or transcendental realities. Each of these realities has its own truths. From a conventional view, illness is a misfortune and death is final. From a transcendent perspective, illness (or any adversity) is a perfectly natural ...
Views: 641 - AUTHENTIC SPIRIT _ SUCCESS THE AUTHENTIC WAY! - by I own a stack of self improvement books ten feet tall. Achievement seminars I've attended number in the dozens. I had been trying to improve myself since the second grade when Mrs. H. burst my young bubble. Although I went on to fourteen more years as a star pupil, I never forgot the way she ...
Views: 637 - Are You a "Struggler?" - by CEOs, executives, and managers everywhere are recognizing that the old systems just don’t work anymore. Most people find that working harder actually decreases their productivity. The solution? Let go of the "old" and build a new effectiveness model.
Let’s begin with the distinction between ...
Views: 908 - The real 'Sign "of your "nature" - by Sign your way to greatness!
Did you know that the scribble you casually slap on a letter, cheque or credit card docket can give insights to your personality? And did you know that your handwriting can tell a different story about the real you?
Your signature — or sign of your nature — ...
Views: 1793 - Elnner Guidance and Success: The Path of Least Resistance - by Acquisition is Not Success!
Ever since I can remember I have been entrepreneurial. As a child this creative urge expressed itself in music, art, dance and a variety of money making ventures. As I grew into a young man I was often told I was a born salesman and soon my attention was directed ...
Views: 722 - Worry for Success - by Worry for Success
Worry can spark action if you worry and realize a plan of action needs to be initiated-- and you act. Under those circumstance worry is serving you well.
Worry can spark your imagination. Sometimes having a cerebral cortex is not much fun. Imagination can litter our internal ...
Views: 694 - It's Time To Create Your Yearly Theme! - by Did you have a theme this past year? Will you have one for next year? Themes can make your life fun and focused. Have you ever given a birthday party and asked people to bring gifts with a "garden" or "fishing" theme? I know someone who asked people to bring something they made themselves! What ...
Views: 815 - Eight Ways To Great Days - by If you need a little help on the way to success, try on these eight steps.
Although there is no such thing as instant success, research in peak performance has uncovered working techniques common to any high-achiever. Success is predictable. I'm committed to the belief that you can have more ...
Views: 594 - Journal to the Center of Your Soul - by I have always been intrigued by the idea of keeping a journal. I was always in awe of people I would see furiously writing in their journals at the park, the beach, at lunch, or on the train. What they heck were they writing about? From the looks on their faces, it seemed pretty intense!! ...
Views: 646 - The Essence of Success! - by What do you really want? For many that's an abstract question. Very few will be able to answer it with conviction. But that question is the foundation of success. And what is its essence? Wanting it badly that you'll go through thick and thin, hail and snow, failure after failure, to get to ...
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