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If you're wary of making commitments, see that making and keeping promises strengthens your personal power, which helps you realize your dreams. This implies that dislike of commitments is pure self sabotage. So to become more effective in keeping your promises, enjoy these tips to change your ... Views:3124
Respond and responsible have the same Latin root [re 'again', spondere 'to promise']. You can respond when you take responsibility. This is a decision that you are accountable for your circumstances, which doesn't mean you're to blame.
Be Responsible
Without taking responsibility, you ... Views:3117
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." ~ Thomas Alva Edison
Having lived most of their lives with the inconsistency, unpredictability and undependability of life with ADHD, it is incredibly common for adults with ADHD to view themselves as “failures”. Because the ... Views:3113
We all have goals – some are very difficult, while others are less so. How do you keep on track with all of your goals? What is the secret to meeting every goal every time?
One of the biggest challenges we face in setting and reaching our goals is that many of us have too many goals going on ... Views:3112
"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself." — Robert Bennett, U.S. ... Views:3104
Are you gullible - do you just believe what other people tell you? Or do you appreciate the vital difference between understanding something and real knowledge?
My Brother's Shiny New Red Bicycle
Many years ago, I was just five, my older brother was given a bicycle, a deep red bicycle. I was ... Views:3104
A consultative strategy is one of the most powerful approaches to sales ever developed. Sure, it takes time and effort to master and slipping up can be quite disheartening, but when done right, consultative selling can yield some truly spectacular results.
While transactional selling can help ... Views:3099
We’ve all heard that lifelong readers do better at pretty much anything. How important is reading? Here are some interesting statistics associated with reading (from the website http://www.readfaster.com/education_stats.asp#literacystatistics.)
More than 20 percent of adults read at or ... Views:3086
I was on the learning team this week, and I thought you'd benefit from what happened.
SuccessNet has been doing business on the Internet for over 12 years. And during that time, we've come to be known as one of the most trusted sources for personal and professional growth on the Web. We're ... Views:3073
There are some people who have the ability or the skill to do something and yet, that is as far as it goes. And this is going to mean that they end up wasting what they have and it will always be a mystery as to what they could have achieved.
In other cases, there are going to be people who ... Views:3072
Success is not something that is haphazard or that happens quickly in life. People who are successful generally find success after they have worked hard and persevered through many trying times. The thing that makes people successful is when opportunity meets hard work.
Many people find ... Views:3069
This is an excerpt from the book "Get Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" by David R. Portney, edited by Anthony R. Michalski. It can be found at http://www.getyourmoneywhereyourmouthis.com and is available through Kallisti Publishing— http://www.kallistipublishing.com
There are four ways you can ... Views:3059
Dress code is very important aspect of interview. Improper dressing or shabby dressing can create troublesome situation. Dressing properly can create positive results in favor of a candidate. Here are few points about dress code for men and women.
Men -
1) Hairs should be properly cut. No ... Views:3056
“First Impressions”
Over the course of my life and career, I have heard the following statement countless times, “First impressions are everything.” What you wear to a job interview, office party or business meeting can have a lasting impact on how you are viewed by others. As a business ... Views:3055
WINNING PRINCIPLES
By William Cottringer, Ph.D.
“Winning and success are what you get from doing what you do to get them.”
~The Author.
I have been an avid student of the psychology of winning/success for four decades now—learning all the knowledge and skills that bring about ... Views:3053
The Only Affirmation You Will Ever Need from Rob White
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Affirmations are a dime a dozen these days. In the above guide, Rob White shares the one affirmation that produced tremendous results in his own life. With ... Views:3045
Pet Peeves About the Way You Communicate
Karen Cortell Reisman, M.S.
The Wall Street Journal dedicated an entire front page of its Journal Report to the issue of pet peeves. The subtitle, adjacent to a pictured unhappy woman ripping her phone in half, asks “Why do cellphone customers have to ... Views:3038
For the most part, there are things that have happened in our life or will happen this week, of which we have little or no control. When stuff happens it has a way of draining our enthusiasm, optimism, belief, and faith. Certainly those who rely on the Gulf of Mexico for their livelihood have ... Views:3031
I do enjoy motivational speakers. Their words act as a blast of positive energy but just as the perk of coffee fades and the charge of a Red Bull diminishes, so does motivation. Somewhere along the way, we must find motivation from the inside out. Yes, it is great to have reminders but when all ... Views:3029
Just about every small business owner I know wants a successful business because they value freedom. Most of us have been employed at some point in our lives and know what it’s like to work for someone else – you’re accountable to them, all your efforts conspire in the direction of making them ... Views:3003
SECRETS OF SUCCESS
Picture your heart’s desire as already having happened or taken place if you want something, so say many inspirational gurus. In other words, you have to believe something to be possible and having actually savored it in your mind as real and acted as if it is real. A tall ... Views:2988
The first step to using Law of Attraction as presented in the movie The Secret is to clarify exactly what you want. Remember—determine, write down and talk about what you do want, not what you don’t want. Be as specific as possible. Once you have clarified what you want, do the ... Views:2980
One of the first dance songs I ever heard was 'It's My Turn' by Angelic. The artist, however, was a pseudonym for two people: Amanda O'Riordan (Judge Jules's wife) and someone I came to know as Darren Tate. Over the following years, I continued to hear many of Darren's songs, and these were ... Views:2979
Truth = The absolute way things could be in a perfect world, where we are trying to go.
Reality = The relative way things are in the real world, where we are at now.
Conflicts occur when people have differing opinions as to the causes of and solutions to particular truths and ... Views:2977
Spring cleaning is a phrase that is usually relegated to the home, but it is just as relevant to the well-being, productivity and future of a small business or a large corporation.
Spring cleaning is the practice of cleaning a home from top to bottom, especially after long hard winters in ... Views:2970
Spring cleaning is a phrase that is usually relegated to the home, but it is just as relevant to the well-being, productivity and future of a small business or a large corporation.
Spring cleaning is the practice of cleaning a home from top to bottom, especially after long hard winters in ... Views:2970
Organization in the workplace or anywhere else is crucial to our efficiency and peace of mind. There is nothing worse than being unorganized and running around looking for something wasting valuable time. There is a saying that if you want to get something done give it to a busy man. The busy ... Views:2965
I’ve been thinking about the word power lately and what it really means. This word can overwhelm us when we think of how power is used in a negative way to control and manipulate others and situations.
I want to talk about power plays because they can wreck havoc on our emotions. Power plays ... Views:2954
I can not think of any excuse that someone could come up with that would make me feel that them being a failure was alright. The fact that the opportunities abound all around us and that few others are willing to try to capture them tells me that nothing someone could bring up would be worthy of ... Views:2952
When it comes right down to your image, are you firing one out of the park or you just bunting to get through the game? What is it that people think about when they hear your name, or your company name?
If you can’t really answer, you’re uncertain or you’re just stuck with a ho-hum image ... Views:2931
by: Geoff Ficke
How We React to Failure Defines How Much Success Most People Can Attain
In 1954 the manager of The Grand Ole Opry told Elvis Presley, “You ain’t going nowhere son. Go back to driving a truck”.
After his first audition the great actor Sidney Poitier was told by the ... Views:2923
Learn How to Think like a Millionaire, start to Think like a Millionaire and you will become
a Money Magnet, Make Money Fast and be a Millionaire.
- Self Image, the Basis of your Success.
Most likely, someone you know or heard about have already WASTED so much money and ... Views:2921
There are important habits that help motivational speakers to excel as they expand their speaking career. Some get so motivated that they forget the basic speaking principals. There is a great need to help speakers to spend their preparation times in the right places. You can increase your ... Views:2901
What does L.F.G. stand for, and what is the story behind this acronym? Would you believe me if I told you that understanding and applying the principles of this acronym would ensure your success in anything in life?
In early 2008, I started a real estate investing business. In the process of ... Views:2895
Submitter's Note:
This article (in point form) is a brief summary of my notes from an excellent motivational, up-lifting and inspiring book 'THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WINNING' by Dr Dennis Waitley. I am sharing the contents of this work in the spirit of encouraging and hopefully even inspiring those ... Views:2894
Barry teaches in Dover, Canterbury and Ramsgate. From september he will be teaching adult education classes in Canterbury and Ashford. Born in Windsor on August 9th 1970: Barry moved to Kent in 1980, he left school in 1987 and studied a City & Guilds in Engineering. He then worked as an ... Views:2884
Are you over complicating things?
I was at our local Whole Foods Market® for a networking meeting. I drank a cup of tea (I’m not a coffee drinker) as a small group of us talked about our businesses and exchanged ideas.
After the meeting we said our goodbyes, I grabbed my empty cup and ... Views:2861
Who Are You?
It’s a deep seeded question that requires some real in depth self assessment. Only YOU can define who you are and you can change at any time!
For this article, we’re going to focus on your associations with other people. By associations we mean who you spend the majority of ... Views:2859
I’ve been running my Personal Development Workshops for the last fifteen years and, during that time, I’ve met plenty of people who, for one reason or another, wanted to change their life. I’ve all sorts of reasons – from the proverbial midlife crisis to the career crossroads, from low self ... Views:2852
The first song I listened to from Emma was her collaboration with Chris Lake ‘Carry Me Away’, and this was then followed by ‘Not Enough Time’ with Cosmic Gate and ‘Live Forever’ with Lange. And while I have listened to a lot of trance music, these are two songs that stand out.
But even ... Views:2842
Not too long ago while in my living room, I spied a wasp clinging to the window. Not liking wasps all that much I went over to see if he was on the outside or the inside of the window. As it was, he was trapped between the glass window and the window screen. He had obviously flown onto the ... Views:2839
Here's what happened: for a while now I've been watching a project develop that I secretly think is a waste of time and doomed to fail.
I've kept my head in the sand and just ignored it, pretending it's someone else's business. (Not great leadership here, I can assure you!)
But here's the ... Views:2838
Imagine someone you do not particularly like coming up to you, and in front of all your friends, begins to passionately accuse you of things you have never thought of, let alone have done. How would you react in such circumstances?
In such cases, maintaining temperance is the key; otherwise, ... Views:2837
In 2005, a 16 year old small town, self taught hip hop artist took the music world by storm, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the first male in over a decade to do so with a debut single. And just like that Chris Brown had arrived! With his self titled album going double ... Views:2824
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss.
Just like glue appearing to be very smooth until you touch it, communication can seem to be that way too, at least until you actually try to undue miscommunication ... Views:2821
By understanding the different kinds of weaknesses you have, you will find that you are a much stronger and better person through accepting what you can change and what you cannot. The other benefit of knowing about the different kinds of weaknesses is that you will be better prepared when ... Views:2814
In contemplating a future career as a private practitioner in the career counseling or coaching field, it is necessary to perform an abundance of research. Moreover, planning ahead for such an endeavour is prudent, and the counselor or coach must be motivated to research relevant field ... Views:2803
The only way to take control of your life, raise your standard of living and move beyond merely surviving is to create your own unique product or service that you offer to increasing numbers of people in exchange for the things of value that you desire. This simple formula applies to countries ... Views:2800
Courage. This bold word means in essence "take heart." Like cowardly lions given new hearts by the Oz wizard, we only come to know fearlessness in our lives when we choose to love enough. When we "take heart" fear subsides. When focused in our hearts, we unite with the life force of others. We ... Views:2798
Failure is something we all face in our lives. I've sure had my share. I remember in the mid-1990s, I had worked myself all the way from a sales person to Marketing Director to COO of a thriving company - only to discover that I really did not like that position. So I did something radical. I ... Views:2796