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Changing Your Thinking and Start Thinking Big
In numerous ways, big thinking is all about changing the method how you are thinking and words used. Frequently, you require to look deep inside yourself in order to see deeply established patterns of habits that you might not have actually formerly ... Views:1628
A lot of people are making good money these days, simply by publishing their own blogs. There are a few ways that you can make money with a blog, and let’s face it, this is pretty easy work once you know what you are doing. Of course, you need to make sure that you are targeting the right ... Views:1325
I am a slave to no man, no person not even myself. And more importantly I am not a slave to my paradigms, the interpretations taught from birth to now by the network of influences of our environment with which I walk every moment, every day.
I acknowledge that I as all have been raised in ... Views:1270
When it comes to people who are successful and those who are not, there are often a number of differences in how the behave. Some of these differences might stand out straight away, while others could take some time to appear.
Clarity
One thing that successful people often have in common ... Views:1382
One of the most popular ongoing debates of the last twenty years concerns the distinctions between management and leadership, and the relative importance of each to organizational success. John Kotter of the Harvard Business School once cited “alignment” as the most critical difference. ... Views:1238
Regularly posting on your company’s social media accounts can be extremely beneficial to your fans and follower base, but what if I told you that you could amplify your reach, leading to optimal end results for your company? Going beyond your Company Facebook and LinkedIn feeds to a bigger ... Views:752
Just because you purchased a domain name does not necessarily mean that you own it.
Domain names are used to identify one or more IP address that is typed into the URL search bar. Companies have the ability to purchase multiple domain names, often relating to competition or services, and ... Views:729
Risk taking is a subjective experience. One person’s risk may be another’s hobby. Sometimes risk is forced on you. Your mate of 20 years suddenly demands a divorce, or your job is terminated after thirty years. Imposed risks are often perceived as negative. Sometimes taking a risk involves ... Views:1054
Risk taking is a subjective experience. One person’s risk may be another’s hobby. Sometimes risk is forced on you. Your mate of 20 years suddenly demands a divorce, or your job is terminated after thirty years. Imposed risks are often perceived as negative. Sometimes taking a risk involves ... Views:993
Risk taking is a subjective experience. One person’s risk may be another’s hobby. Sometimes risk is forced on you. Your mate of 20 years suddenly demands a divorce, or your job is terminated after thirty years. Imposed risks are often perceived as negative. Sometimes taking a risk involves ... Views:1172
There are those that are natural born networkers and there are those that are not. I fall squarely into the “are not” camp.
The goal of business networking is to meet, and connect with people so that you can find clients, partners, employees, referrals to people who provide services you need, ... Views:868
What’s the best way to capture, and hold someone’s attention?
I was out for a walk and noticed the lawn signs that contractors put up when they do work at a house. I started to pay attention to which signs I was attracted to and which did not interest me. I learned a powerful lesson in ... Views:921
My client was telling me about an experience he had with a client of his. My client was second guessing himself. Did he do the right thing even if it made both him and his client uncomfortable?
The short answer to his question was, yes. He showed up and did exactly what he was hired to ... Views:900
Freedom of Choice?
By
Bill Cottringer
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” ~Jawaharlal Nehru
A perennial philosophical debate that started with the early philosophers and gave birth to all the earlier theories of ... Views:1255
It is easy to form a bad habit, but I think it is difficult (at least in the beginning) to form a good habit that sticks. This applies to time management as well.
There are certain ways that can help you to become more efficient in your everyday life. Some of the habits that I currently ... Views:1117
Three Paths to The Truth
By
Bill Cottringer
“I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, I would give my life.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes.
As the above quote implies, there are but three main paths ... Views:1151
If someone wanted to assist others, there are a number of things that they could do. For one thing, they could end up doing some kind of volunteering, and this would allow them to have a positive effect on the world.
But if this wasn’t something that interested them, they could decide to ... Views:1126
It was lovely to see Virat Kohli taking things to the finish in the recent matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Do you start brilliantly on a project and then give up before the job has been done? This is a very common ailment. The beginning of any new project or venture is full of ... Views:1020
Have you ever felt:
“It was easy to finish, it was just the matter of starting”
“I feel good at the gym; it was just the matter of getting to the gym”
“I finished it in lesser time than it took for me to start” – This is definitely something we have experienced as students when we left ... Views:942
As students we have always wondered – how will arithmetic help us in our daily life? We did innumerable word problems to become perfect at solving the same. While I was thinking “what to write?” last night I simply used the ART of solving the arithmetic problem.Let me show you how!
Let’s ... Views:886
By creating an intention, we become clear about what we want to accomplish and at the end of the day, we know how to measure our progress. When we set an intention, we connect with the deeper meaning of our desires and we pause to make our actions meaningful. This allows us to progress towards ... Views:1473
A Personal Guarantee is “by making a guarantee you are putting yourself - and your assets - on the hook, by acting as the loan's cosigner. If your business dissolves, you will be responsible for repayment. Creditors will go after you in the event that your business fails to repay the ... Views:890
Ask most solo-entrepreneurs why they are in business and they will tell you it’s to make a difference AND make money. Yet, the majority make the road to success much more difficult than it needs to be. In essence, they are sabotaging their success by what they do and by what they don’t do. ... Views:1043
This is an article about sales and connecting with your prospects, but first I am going to tell you a story.
I had been feeling pretty good overall, but then suddenly, everything was bothering me. My feet were sore, my shoulders were achy and my thumb hurt. None of this was particularly ... Views:856
“Could you really turn the desert into a lush green land? Fifty years ago, one man firmly believed it was possible. For Sheikh Zayed the only limit was your imagination. To turn his vision into reality, the Founding Father summoned prominent agricultural experts from around the world to the ... Views:1334
It’s likely you’ve heard (and you know) the more visible you are, the better. Whether you are an author, speaker, coach, consultant or entrepreneur, the more visible you are to your “sweet spot” clients, the easier it is for them to make a decision to invest in your products and services. And ... Views:1276
How do you define success? Is it about wealth? Is it about power? Is it about happiness? Success means something different to every person, like beauty, it exists in the eye of the beholder. It depends on every one of us to determine what success means to us and do something to bring it forth ... Views:1165
Launching a STEM-based company might seem intimidating if you don’t have an advanced degree in one of the corresponding fields. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) industries require extensive study and practice, and you need a strong background in these areas in order to run a ... Views:1480
“Attack!” he shouts. “Attack!”
Instantly, three people spring into action and are coming at me full on, determined to take me down. It’s their job, after all. These three have volunteered to be my ukes (pronounced “oo-kays” — my attackers) during my aikido black belt test. All I have to do is ... Views:709
Everybody has seen the commercials for free credit scores. While these scores can be called credit scores, most creditors do not use them during the approval process.
The DOMINANT score, that 90% of all creditors use, is called FICO. Named for the company who developed the scoring model, Fair ... Views:935
How do you define success? Is it about wealth? Is it about power? Is it about happiness? Success means something different to every person, like beauty, it exists in the eye of the beholder. It depends on every one of us to determine what success means to us and do something to bring it forth ... Views:626
Jerry was the CEO of a large bank headquartered in New York. As a client of mine for several years, he had grown to trust my ability to work with “difficult” executives.
One Friday evening I got a call from Jerry’s executive assistant, asking me to meet with him to discuss one of his direct ... Views:1022
The other day, a good friend of mine gave a talk in which he described how he overcame his addiction to alcohol, and it basically came down to this: he decided he had a choice. To ease the pain of life by drinking, or to choose happiness. To stop looking at everything that didn’t work in his ... Views:1077
The primary purpose of most Fengshui elements is to bring good luck in a certain place. Nevertheless, there are some elements that are primarily used for scrying and fortunetelling. One of these are a Fengshui Crystal Grazing Ball. In fact, this beautiful crystal ball is one of the most powerful ... Views:783
You’re finally ready to bite the bullet and invest money into Facebook advertising. Your goal is to find lots of people who will opt into your subscriber list and then jump at the chance to buy your products and services.
You have a budget. You’ve hired someone who claims to be an ad expert. ... Views:835
I often connect two things that on the surface seem to have nothing to do with each other. Do you ever do that? Here’s something that occurred to me while I was out for a walk. Your business is like a dandelion. Let me explain.
Dandelions were brought to the United States as a medicinal ... Views:852
You may have heard about it in the news recently — the scandal that’s making headlines, deemed the largest online information leak in history; the Panama Papers. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s an overview:
Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm, got hacked through their WordPress ... Views:888
We all have unique skills and talents. Think about what you enjoy, are good at, what inspires you and what brings a smile to your face. Our passions are an indication of our skills and talents. Interestingly, when we admire and even envy someone, it’s just a sign that we have the same skills, ... Views:1292
During our Passion Test training, we learned about “Jack Canfield’s story” when Janet Bray Attwood, Founder of the Passion Test (http://ulrikeberzau.com/the-passion-test/), took him through the Passion Test.
Both were presenting at the same inspirational conference in Vancouver and Janet had ... Views:96316
My friend called when I was out. My son answered the phone. I got the message when I got home late that evening. It was after ten, too late to call back. Based on my schedule that week, I knew it would be at least two days before I could call her back.
Five days later, I was sitting at my ... Views:916
Welcome to Creating Harmony’s email of indication. Our intention in this Harmonising Times is to provide our readers, friends and everyone else with foresight as to the influences impacting all our lives as we move through the next phase of 2016. So helping each to Create their Life of Harmony, ... Views:1158
Aloha!
Are you a business owner, or in an intensely active, high-pressure professional position? Do you wish you had more time to focus on your spiritual development, but don’t know when to do that? Here are three easy ways to incorporate your increased consciousness into your spiritual ... Views:1756
Why did you start your business?
I’m often told by the entrepreneurs I speak with that the reason they went into business was because they felt a need to get their message out to the world. They tell me how much they love the work they do and how important it is to them. They tell me that ... Views:965
Often our goals aren’t achieved, simply because we believe they can’t be.
Remember Roger Bannister? He successfully ran a mile in under four minutes; it was the first time it had ever been done. Bannister was told it was impossible, yet he continued with his dream.
Since then, thousands ... Views:890
When I set out for my walk today, I had several very specific goals in mind. I wanted to walk for about an hour, cover about 4 miles, and get some inspiration along with fresh air. Based on my goals, I created a plan. I would drive to a large wooded “reservation” near my home. I plotted the path ... Views:889
What do you need to do first when you open your business? Typical responses include open a business bank account, create a website, get business cards, design a logo and start networking.
Yup, you need to put all those pieces in place and none of it will make a difference if you don’t answer ... Views:868
People in organizations talk about trust. Much of that time, however, is devoted to talking about others who they do NOT trust. I hear comments like the following with regularity:
• "I don't trust my boss. He gives me an assignment and then micro-manages me."
• (From a CEO) "I don't trust ... Views:1149
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? That you’re too short, too tall, too fat, too skinny? That you somehow grew a pimple overnight, or a new set of crows feet, or maybe it’s time to go shaved-head considering that ever-expanding bald spot?
Or do you see your wonderful smile, the ... Views:1302
I met Valerie at the Charlotte Airport.
She welcomed me to the “Happy Zone” when I walked into a store to get a bottle of water.
I found my drink and went to the register where Valerie waited. She said, “Welcome to the Happy Zone” again, and rang up my purchase with a huge smile on her ... Views:1090
I was discussing sales with a client. She had never made a sales call (her business was brand new). I started to walk her through the specifics of how to manage the conversation when I realized that there were things she had to know BEFORE she spoke to anyone.
As we talked, we created the ... Views:771