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- Fun Motivational Game: What and Who? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2008 from Ladan LashkariLet me ask you a simple question… If someone with big magical powers comes to you right now and tells you that you may wish for anything you want to have and become anyone you want to be, what and who will you choose? Let me clear it up that you may choose ANYTHING – no matter how ...
Views: 1094 - What makes you tick? - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2012 from Calvin DormanHave you noticed that successful entrepreneurs seem to know what makes them tick.... they know what they want and they know how to get there. Only once you truly know yourself, will you be able to fully tap into your strengths & abilities each day, regardless of negative people and ...
Views: 1094 - 4 Reasons Why Your Business May Be Failing - And What to Do About it - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Anastasia Netri9 out of 10 businesses make it past their first year. Why does this happen? 90% of people? It's not that there is anything wrong with these people, that they can't do it, are not smart enough, or any of that. I know one thing for sure, a person is not given the desire for something without the ...
Views: 1093(2 votes) - New Year's Resolutions - Effective Goal Setting for The New Year - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2007 from Tom KellyAre you one of those people that set New Year's resolutions? If so, how often have you found that at the end of the year, you haven't achieved what you set out to accomplish? What would it mean for you if you could actually achieve your goals this year? Here are my keys to goal setting, why ...
Views: 1093 - Subliminal Messages – Three Tips to Get Your Goals Within Your Reach - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. Live a powerful goal-driven life simply by letting the full power of your mind come out. Do you know that people only use 10% of the brain’s full abilities in everyday life? The gifted ones use only a little bit more. And already, the world ...
Views: 1093 - The Truth About Bad Habits - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Anastasia NetriThe other day, I was sitting in my bedroom faced with a decision about whether to go exercise or go to the coffee shop. I used to exercise every day. Lately, so much in my life has shifted that I somehow, without even noticing, got out of the habit of daily exercise. It's been nearly three weeks ...
Views: 1093 - 3 (Easier) Steps to Making Your Goals Happen - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from Zoe RouthBefore I started training for my first marathon, I adopted a book as my coach called "The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer". Perfect! I have always been more belly dancer than runner, so this suited me to the 't'. I opened the book and saw the training program written out on one page. That was it! ...
Views: 1092 - How To Build Self-Esteem In Seven Easy Steps - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Belinda DalyWhat is self-esteem? Well, self-esteem is the contrast between the sensation of being very confident and powerful in all you do, and the emotion of being scared witless. How you perceive yourself has a huge bearing on how others observe you. The fact is, the more self-esteem you have, the more ...
Views: 1092 - The Ten T's that Guarantee TOTAL New Year's Resolution Success! - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2006 from Jill Koenig(excerpt from Jill Koenig's book "Goal Rush!") With Today's fast paced lifestyle, it is crucial to embrace and implement simple strategies for achievement and fulfillment. Your job in this life is to follow your bliss, design your destiny and consciously direct the steering wheel of your ...
Views: 1092 - Achieving Goals is a 5 Step Process - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from TJ PhilpottAchieving goals is much more a process then it is an event. This is likely why many goals go unaccomplished. Often people in an initial burst of enthusiasm set goals but eventually their drive dies out due to a lack of motivation. The end results of course are the failure to reach goals that ...
Views: 1091(1 vote) - Why Grown-ups Stopped Dreaming? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from J. AcobWhen you ask a toddler this question, "What would you like to be when you grow up?" With a child-like confidence they would blurt out and say, "I want to be a Lawyer, theater actress, doctor, painter, supermodel, superstar, etc". Follow that question with "What would you want to have?" And no ...
Views: 1091(2 votes) - Goal Setting and How You can Guarantee Success - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2005 from Rich DouglasWe all know how important it is to have goals? But what isit that separates success and failure when endeavoring toachieve your goals? If I’m to point to one specific thingthat can surely sabotage your goal success it’s ambiguity.It’s a lack of being specific. It’s that vague paledefinition that ...
Views: 1090 - GROWth Coaching - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2009 from Jaco BeukesWe all want to grow in life. We want to develop our potential and become the best that we can be. Sport stars all have personal coaches and trainers to help them with this. Over the last 5 years people realised that we need the same for our personal-, career- and business development. In this ...
Views: 1090(2 votes) - How to make a decision that will benefit you? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from Dia ThabetHow to make a decision that will benefit you? Do you know how to make a decision? Is making decisions easy for you? Many people find themselves lost when they want to make a decision. People often do what they will do when it is clear to them what they do not want. Usually, no one can ...
Views: 1090 - 5 Steps to Achieving Your Goals … Faster! - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2014 from Kellyann SchaeferI was reading the Tortoise and the Hare the other day and it got me thinking about goal setting… When trying to reach the finish line… Is it better to go fast? Or slow? And what I came up with was that in order to Go fast… we need to at times start off slow, by putting in thinking ...
Views: 1089 - Are You Affirming Your Goals Or Resisting Them? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Thomas LomaxDo not think of being poor. Go ahead...really try. How'd you do? Trying to not think of being poor maintains the thought of being poor. You tend to manifest, or keep manifesting, whatever you resist. Now, how does knowing this apply to using affirmations effectively? One way is to take ...
Views: 1089(3 votes) - The Anatomy Of Risks - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2007 from Cyndi SafstromTHE ANATOMY OF RISKS Comfort Zones keep us safe from RISK. Taking a risk is when we do something new and we don’t know how it’s going to turn out. Period. If you are human, that stirs up anxiety and fear of the unknown. The “What If” Thinking often begins: “What ...
Views: 1089 - Finding Yourself: Finding Passion Series - 1 of 3 - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2004 from Skye ThomasWe have been told that the things we don't like in our children are the same things we don't like in ourselves. We are told that we project our own flaws and issues onto our perceived enemies in an attempt to work them out within ourselves. We stereotype people according to who they hang out ...
Views: 1088(1 vote) - Setting Goals At Work - Is BIG Better Than SMART? - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Alan MatthewsHave you set yourself goals at work for this year? If you haven’t, go away and set some and then come back and read this. Done it? Good. Now read on to see whether you’ve set the right sort of goals or whether you might be selling yourself short… What’s the point of setting goals at work? ...
Views: 1088 - Ways to Set Goals in Finding a Romantic Relationship - by As you spend another Saturday night glued to the television, don’t expect Mr. or Mrs. Right to walk through the screen. Without setting goals to locate the love of your life, you'll continue to remain lonely until you put your best foot forward by outlining a plan for success. One of the best ...
Views: 1088 - 5 Steps That Will Allow You To Take Charge Of Your Life - by Do you find yourself setting goals and then not following through on them? You start, then get sidetracked. Before you know it, you have fallen back into your old pattern and given up on your dream once again. If this sounds like you, don't give up. Read on...
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Views: 1087 - How to align your actions to reach your goals faster - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2012 from nathaneal mohrSetting goals is great. They have a beneficial effect even if you do nothing more than set them and move on with your life. But in this article I am going to show you how to address hard to reach goals that you want to highly increase the chances of getting to in the shortest period of ...
Views: 1087 - Could You Being Living With More Courage! - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2007 from Margie WarrellFinish this sentence – If I had the guts I would… What would you do? What issues that you’ve been silently brewing on would you speak up about? What changes would you make in your career, your relationships… your life? What goals would you take on and what commitments ...
Views: 1085 - Fear Is Not a Reason to Shut Down a Goal - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2008 from David SchaeferFear has a purpose -- it should not be ignored, but definitely faced head on. Whether the fear is physical, emotional or social, it can have beneficial value to protect us from possible harm. In this respect fear can serve us well. The down side is when we allow fear to consume us or shut ...
Views: 1084 - Make Your Decisions Quickly - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Reggie OdomHow quickly do you make decisions? How do you make them? We have the opportunity to make hundreds of decisions every day. Decisiveness or lack of it impacts the success of every area of your life - your business, relationships, creativity, health and finances. Leaders in life and ...
Views: 1083(2 votes) - One Practice To Help You To Keep Going! - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Mary RivasIt’s natural to experience challenges as you move closer to realizing your goal. That’s part of life. Don’t be discouraged. Keep moving forward on your path. Use every opportunity to learn and grow. Wherever there is growth, there is personal power. When you encounter challenges along your ...
Views: 1083 - Is 2009 Really Going to be Different for You? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2008 from annie breathingspacetherapies.co.ukWhen I was asked to write an article about resolutions for January 2009, I wondered what I could write that hasn’t already been said. And then I thought, ‘I wonder how many people made resolutions last January and how many people actually achieved what they set out to do?’ ...
Views: 1081 - New Year Resolution--How to Make - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2010 from Pradeep GusainI am an avid New Year’s Resolutions writer! In fact, I write them often. May be two or three times in a year! My success rate with them is mixed. I am more or less disciplined and hard-working person. So I keep on pushing ahead. But my Resolutions are too ambitious, you may say impractical, to ...
Views: 1080 - Pro Bodybuilder, Zack Belknap, Thrives on A Plant-Based Diet - by Submitted on May 28, 2020 from Kathleen GageFrom the typical “bro jock” who always had a passion for the environment, Zack Belknap connected the dots about the hypocrisy of what he ate and being an environmentalist when he watched the movies Dominion and Cowspiracy. Growing up, Zack was a hunter and fisherman. Yet, it never sat right ...
Views: 1080 - What I Learned From The Inventor Of Zoom - by Submitted on May 31, 2020 from Noelle NelsonIf there’s one thing I noticed about our sheltering-in-place time, it’s that complaining did absolutely nothing about it. Zip. Nada. Complaining about the lack of work didn’t magically produce more work, ditto lack of income. Complaining about the ordeal – pardon me, challenge – of ...
Views: 1080 - Goal Personal Planning Setting Success - How To Find a Purpose For Your Life! - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2007 from Kevin YallupDo you KNOW why you get out of bed every morning, eager to start a new day. Do you have a burning desire to achieve something that keeps you going against all odds until you eventually succeed. If you answered no to either of these questions, you need to find your Major Definite Purpose! What ...
Views: 1079 - The 5 Keys to Living On Purpose - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Brodie WhitneyDo you ever find yourself asking the questions, “Why am I here?” and “What is my purpose?” The answers to these questions are fundamental to creating purposeful direction in our lives. Our purpose is always in process and is continually revealing itself in each moment. I believe that we have ...
Views: 1079(1 vote) - 3 Ways Your Message Helps Your College Admissions Strategy - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Jeanmarie KellerThe key to a good college admissions strategy is your message. What one or two things do you want the colleges to know about you? You will continually drive this specific message home throughout your application process–in your essay, during an interview, in the short answers, and in your ...
Views: 1078 - How To Improve Your Chances To Retire In Security At 50 - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2011 from Christa BlairAre you well over 50 and worried that you won't be able to retire in security? There are 2 things you must give consideration to that will increase your chances to a secure retirement. If you're short on retirement savings at fifty and you believe that there is no way you can afford to ...
Views: 1078 - Rewrite Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Kristy RobinettAre you sleepwalking through your life or are you creating a vision for how you want your life to be? I grew up in a small Victorian home in Detroit, Michigan. On the weekends, all I wanted to do was drive around the suburbs and look at large homes and dream. I loved going in the evening ...
Views: 1078(2 votes) - The Dynamic Power of Discipline - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2007 from Jill KoenigI used to feel threatened by discipline. In my youth, my greatest passion was art and my ability to create a masterpiece was based purely on spontaneous inspiration, which didn't always jive with discipline. I used to think that too much discipline would interfere with my creativity, or ...
Views: 1078 - Tips for Achieving Your 2011 Goals - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Carolyn CooperAny time of year is a good time to make healthy lifestyle changes, but the beginning of a new year is a time when most of us are filled with hope and enthusiasm to make the coming year even better than the previous one. Each January is a great time to set new intentions because it offers an ...
Views: 1078(1 vote) - A Powerful Millionaire Mindset Factor To Help You Succeed! - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2006 from Jason OmanThere's one thing ALL self-made millionaires understand and live by. It's incredibly important for developing the millionaire mindset and for learning how to become a millionaire. This one concept can flat-out MAKE or BREAK your chances for wealth building or achieving success in anything you ...
Views: 1077 - “Quantum Leap Thinking” EXPLAINED - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2020 from James MapesRed phosphorus and potassium chlorate are stable chemicals when kept in isolation, but when they are mixed together and shaken, they explode. There is undeniable energy and a transformation takes place. Quantum Leap Thinking, or QLT, is a collection of ideas, concepts, distinctions, and ...
Views: 1077 - 7 Key Goal Setting Steps - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Kageni PierceWhat are the goal setting steps outlined here going to do for you? "If you do not have a plan for your life, someone else has a plan for you."-- Jim Rohn You want to have plan of action for your life. One of the most effective ways to do that is to activate the goal setting gene in your ...
Views: 1076 - New Year's Resolutions - Six Tips for Your Success - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2008 from Arleen HannichDo you ever get really excited about your New Year's resolutions, only to have your enthusiasm quickly turn into apathy or frustration? Or, are you so bummed out by the whole concept of New Year's resolutions that you've given up on them completely? If so, I'd like to offer you six tips for ...
Views: 1076 - Creating a Positive Focus to Reach Goals in Your Business - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2009 from Loren FogelmanYour success is dependent upon your focus. Thinking about all of the day to day demands and everyone needing your attention leads to anxiety and overwhelm. This is energy draining. You are likely to get everything done, but will feel frantic as you rush. The minor day-to-day details can get in ...
Views: 1075(1 vote) - How to Build Confidence When You’re An Introvert - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2020 from Noah St JohnWell 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: 1075 - Do You Have To Many Goals? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Matthew FerryI just finished creating my goals and intentions for the Second Quarter of 2010. I started by assessing my Q1. In doing so I realized that I wasn’t living my over arching intention for 2010. I have two signs in front of my computer screens… 1. Simplicity 2. My time is valuable In the first ...
Views: 1073(1 vote) - Successful Resolutions - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2009 from Carrie FlehartyThe ultimate success formula begins with clarity. Now that the New Year is upon us, many of us have made resolutions or have written down what they want to attract for the year. In other words you have determined what you want and desire. The question is why do you want that? What purpose ...
Views: 1073 - Top Tips for Deer Hunting Success - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2019 from MD Rasel MIahSuccess in deer hunting depends on skill and practice. The more skill you have, the better chance of success rate is out there. The more you give time and spend in hunting, the better you become at. There are always scopes and chances to develop your skill. Hunting needs experience. You may be ...
Views: 1073(1 vote) - Creating a Business Strategy - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2019 from Mark Lamplugh JrOn a scale of one to ten, having a good business strategy rates about a fifteen! No matter what kind of business you have -- whether you sell products or service, as the saying goes, "if you fail to plan, then you're planning to fail." Creating a strategy can mean the difference between ...
Views: 1072 - Have a New Year's Health Resolution? Here's 5 Ways to Help You Stay on Track - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2020 from Lizzie WeakleyWith a new decade on the horizon, many are keen to bid farewell to unhealthy lifestyles and toxic habits. Unfortunately, nearly 80 percent of people abandon their resolutions. In the energy of the holidays, it can be easy to make goals that you lose motivation for. To ensure that you don’t ...
Views: 1072 - Setting Goals - The Important Factors - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 from Steve GillmanSetting goals sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Why is that? What makes it an effective practice, and when does it fail? It's all about how you do it, and later in this article you'll find six or seven tips on how to properly set goals. But first lets take a deeper look at the "motivation ...
Views: 1072 - What's Stopping You From Achieving Your Goals? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonI was walking through the airport today and caught a glimpse of a great advert which showed a picture of Tiger shielding his eyes from a dazzling sun as he peered down the fairway. The caption I think related to the difficulty of making a plan of action if you couldn't see what lay ahead; I ...
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