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- Checklist for Establishing GOALS - by Submitted on May 30, 2007 from NancyAnn PicotteGoals must be set in advance! Determine your direction accordingly. When you consider setting goals in your life, you are much like the captain of a ship. You have the vast area of the sea of your life before you. You have the ship of your abilities, potentials and desires to carry you to your ...
Views: 974 - Hooked on Money - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2010 from Jeanna Gabellini“Why?” you ask. “Why does money always seem to be an issue for me?” Let me soothe your money feathers. It’s an issue for MOST people. Some of you focus on the issue more than others, but if I poke around a bit I can find places of resistance in most people. And this includes myself! Now, I ...
Views: 974(4 votes) - Success skills everyone should develop until reaching adulthood - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2018 from Cynthia MadisonWhen you are a kid and you only think about playing or a teenager and your head is full of hopes and dreams and see no negativism in the things which surround you, you do not realize the importance of working on your personal development before your reach adulthood and you have neither the same ...
Views: 974 - Does Goal Setting Work - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2013 from Jeff ParoWe’ve already completed the first week of the new year and I’m curious how you’re doing with your New Year’s resolutions? To me a new year’s resolution is just another form of a goal. Roberto and I recently posted our goal setting worksheet for you to use to set your goals. When I shared that ...
Views: 973 - The Life Cycle… - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Mark TingWhen you talk about life insurance with your customer, use a Bell Curve illustration to aid him visually to understand the concept of the life cycle and the way it relates for the changing need for life insurance. The need for insurance along with the benefit amounts should increase or decrease ...
Views: 973 - Are You Spring Training? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from Karen KanakanuiIt happens to all of us. We have been hibernating during the Winter, and all of the sudden Spring is upon us, at which point we find out, we are simply “out of shape” not to mention hungry, thirsty and in need of much wanted nourishment. And it is not just about the body, but the mind and ...
Views: 972 - Goal Setting - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowIt truly is a blessing to be able to think ahead and see things in our future that we would like to work toward. Having visions in your life of something that you want to achieve creates drive and excitement for your time ahead. Goals give you a reason to live. Goals inspire you to aim for ...
Views: 972(1 vote) - Make It To The Top With Personal Power - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraWhen you are at the top of a big organization or business, you need Personal Power, so that people and your subordinates and your peers are motivated or animated behind your vision regarding in which direction your business is headed. In this case, you would find that the farther the ...
Views: 972(1 vote) - Sprint Your Way to Success - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Janet SorrentinoINTRODUCTION Do you tend to make a list of resolutions every year and never achieve them? Do you make glorious plans and never follow through? Do you start a project valiantly, with all the best intentions and then give up at the first bump in the road? Everyone laughed at me when I ...
Views: 972(11 votes) - The Decider - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Jennifer Ransaw SmithAnybody who knows me can testify that I'm a BIG dreamer. And in the past, depending on how those dreams were channeled, they could either be a gift or a curse. For years, I was one of those who always had big plans, but never a plan on how to achieve them. I spent hours upon hours in my head, ...
Views: 972(1 vote) - The Steps to Do to Find Your Goal - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2011 from Dion DalyThe significance of achievement depends on the person who is asked to explain it. For some, this all comes down to finding and achieving their goal. And once that is achieved, they feel confident to tackle whatever other ventures they have chosen to go for. But this is not as simple as it ...
Views: 972(1 vote) - 3 Important Questions to Ask to Make Your Dream a Reality - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Claire McGeeEveryone has a dream. Everyone has the ability to imagine what life can be like. We all wonder or “wish I could” do things. Yet many people continue to place that dream aside and go with the flow of everyday life. If you are someone who is ready to do something different or incorporate ...
Views: 971 - Personal Goal Setting For Maximum Success - by If you want to go anywhere in your life, you must first decide where you want to go! Without a plan in mind, you will lack all but the most general direction, and moving forward will be difficult if not impossible.
There are many reasons why setting goals will do a lot towards helping you ...
Views: 971 - Get What You Want, Right Now - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2007 from alex blackwellA good way to tap into your unspoken wants is to pretend you have them right now. The first thing you must do, however, is to accept you are indeed worthy to have these wants, right now. There is no more waiting, or price you must pay, to begin living your life. It’s time to move past the litany ...
Views: 970 - The ONE Worst Excuse That Sabotages Your Dream! - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2012 from Saskia RoellHow many things do you believe in and do in your life “Because everybody else does?” If you have teenagers, you've probably been given this as an excuse for unfavorable actions. For example, when our oldest son passed his driving exam, we didn’t know that the first thing he did was pick up ...
Views: 970 - The Power of Goal Setting - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2006 from Amy BiddleGoal setting is a tool to use to have more fun in life. Life is perfect as it is. It is perfectly itself, whole and complete, lacking nothing. That may seem like a funny way to begin an essay on goal setting. "If my life is fine the way it is," you may think, "why bother with setting goals?" ...
Views: 970 - 5 Ways Setting Goals will Improve Your Life - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Kate IrwinSetting goals is one of those things we fully intend to do, but never quite get round to. However if you realise just how much your life could be improved by this one simple task, you would make the time! Below are just 5 of the benefits to setting goals, so have a read through, then take 30 ...
Views: 969 - 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: 967 - The Scientific Process Behind Making Wishes Come True - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2015 from SelfGrowth.com StaffI've told people thousands of times that they've just got to ask for what they want. And I find that most people only have one problem with this directive . . . They don't KNOW what they want! You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is! In this exercise, I'm going to start ...
Views: 967(1 vote) - It Truly is the Journey - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2012 from Brian DeanThere is a time that we sit down and decide what we want to do with our lives or this next part of our lives. In that moment, we make a decision, and we set goals. We set the ‘big’, ‘final’ goal which is the overall outcome, then we set some smaller goals which need to be met to reach that ...
Views: 966 - Specific Goal Setting - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Christiane TurnerWhenever we set a goal we want to make sure that it's done in a very specific manner. The brain loves detailed directions. It's just like when you ask someone for the way to the airport and imagine they tell you something like: "Oh, just go west til you hit it." How satisfying of an answer would ...
Views: 966(1 vote) - We Reached the Half Way Point of 2007 - Are You on Track to Reach Your Goals? - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2007 from Jill KoenigWe just reached the half way point of 2007. Six months of 2007 are gone. Six months of 2007 remain. How are you doing on your Goals? Are you on track to reach them? The sad reality is that the vast majority of people won't even take another look at their Goals again until January 1st, ...
Views: 966 - Creating Your Legacy is a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2013 from Chris RuisiYour future success is a choice; you have to choose to want to be successful Just before he died, renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw was asked to name a famous deceased man whom he missed the most. Shaw replied “the man I miss the most is the man I could have been”. This was an ...
Views: 965 - Super Counsellor: The First Incubator for Career Counsellors - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2019 from venkatesh TThe world is progressing rapidly with booming technologies and opportunities that can easily confuse students/learners to make a choice on what to pursue and how. The multiple career options and choices ranging from commerce, management, medicine, engineering, to culinary arts and fashion ...
Views: 965(2 votes) - Work Less, Make More Money and Enjoy a More Balanced Life - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Anne BachrachApply Coaching to Your Life and Realize Your True Potential Coaching is a form of teaching, with the directive of instructing and training a person to develop a specific ability. There may be many abilities involved under one broad category in this training, for example, athleticism or ...
Views: 965 - Are Your Dreams Just 30 Minutes Away? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Mary-Jeanne "MJ" Cabanel“You have put in many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile” ---Brian Tracy We generally accept that it takes 30 days to change a bad habit. Just replace the old habit with a new habit for a month and you’re on your way to a new life. ...
Views: 964(6 votes) - Discover What You Really Want - by To be effective in achieving your goals it is absolutely important to make them something that you really want. But how do you do that? Often uncovering your desires and dreams is a bigger challenge than making them come true.
One of the ways to spot what you want is answering the questions ...
Views: 964 - Entertainment news for entertainment buffs - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Nikita VermaIf researchers are to be believed that Indian entertainment industry is increasing than ever before. If you want to know about all happenings in the entertainment industry, then you can visit www.in.com as the portal is bombarded with entertainment news, entertainment stories, entertainment news ...
Views: 964(1 vote) - Freedom - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2007 from Dwayne GilbertFreedom is a word that Americans like to throw around and use often in our society. The problem is that very few people truly understand what real freedom is. Freedom is not something that we have to fight for in another country. It's not found in chemicals or local bars. Freedom isn't found in ...
Views: 964 - Reinvent Balance to Improve Employee Well-being - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2018 from Pat HeydlauffDoes the concept of work/life balance make you cringe? Do you envision the scales of justice meeting out the exact amount of minutes you should perform work duties, spend time on social media and engage in personal life activities? Is there is a solution? Nobody seems to get the fact that ...
Views: 964 - Your Plans - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Jeanna GabelliniAre you planning… • for disaster? • to be broke? • to barely be making ends meet? • for extreme wealth? • to be let down? • on someone saving you? • for success? • for struggle? • for ease? These aren’t trick questions. At first glance you may think that you would ...
Views: 964 - The 4 Steps to Successful Goal-Setting - by Successful people have always had clear, focused goals that guide them to greatness.
It took Thomas Edison thousands of attempts and thousands of failures over many years to invent the electric light bulb, but he new exactly what he wanted, and his goal kept him going until he achieved it The ...
Views: 963 - 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: 963 - Networking: Iron Sharpens Iron - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2004 from James BriggsNetworking: Iron Sharpens Iron by James Briggs, Jr. In a society where selfishness runs rampant, it's refreshing to witness individuals working together as a unit to assist in each other's dreams, goals and aspirations. Arguably, one of the best examples of this process is Networking. ...
Views: 962 - Get What You Want Now - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Lynn SmithRecently I was listening to a program by Anthony Robbins where he said something that really struck me "If you ask yourself a better question, you will come up with a better answer and therefore a better result." The process of thinking is nothing more than asking and answering questions. ...
Views: 961(2 votes) - Moving into the New Year - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Ben NelsonThe final hours of 2010 are here. This is when we all should make our final reflections on the past year, and see what we need to repeat, and what we need to change in the following year. Here are some tips for getting 2011 started off right. 1) Write down your goals. Goals are much much more ...
Views: 961(1 vote) - Top 10 Tips to Achieve Your Goal of Reducing Weight - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2012 from Dr.Irina KolesIf you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie My Dear Friend, If reducing weight is one of you near future goals, ...
Views: 961 - Words You Can Never Ever Use Again (if you want to be successful) - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2019 from Kate BeedersThe other night, I was watching the news on television. There was an expert panel discussing some critical issue, and the group was made up of three men and one woman. When the woman wanted to make a point, she would ask,“Can I interrupt?” and wait to see if she could interject and share her ...
Views: 961 - 5 Steps to Make the Rest of 2005 Extraordinary - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2005 from Steve ErreySo here we are in July. Where did the first half of the year go? It only seems a couple of weeks ago that I was drinking festive egg-nog, wearing my Christmas sweater and humming 'Sleigh Ride' too loudly in line at the supermarket. It's kinda scary to think that there's just six months of 2005 ...
Views: 959 - 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: 959 - Tips for Psychologically Healthy Goal-Setting - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from William G Jr CovingtonStress occurs from setting unrealistic goals. Self-imposed pressure does nothing to enhance the quality of life. A goal might be met, but the price paid is not necessarily worth the effort. Setting goals in a healthy context can have positive ramifications in that both process and result are ...
Views: 959 - Achieving Goals And The Power Of ACTION - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Rhod JonesTalking about your dreams, goals, and aspirations is always great fun and a piece of cake. However, actually achieving goals, dreams and aspirations is somewhat a different matter. TALKING A GOOD GAME For any of our goals to be realized and fulfilled they have to be built on the ...
Views: 957 - Planning For Life - by Submitted on May 27, 2012 from Chris HammerMost of us plan reasonably well: we easily decide what to wear in the morning, what to have for dinner in the evening, what route to take to work. We also plan without too much difficulty the tasks of our jobs: how we prioritize our to-do lists, the most efficient ways to get things done… ...
Views: 957(1 vote) - How to Follow Through on Goals - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2012 from Amanda BrooksSmart, measurable…well, you know the drill. We’ve all heard the acronym (S.M.A.R.T.) and we all know the best way to set goals, but where things tend to fall apart is in the week to week execution. The truth is many of us continue to seek out the newest article on 5 ways to lose belly fat or ...
Views: 956(1 vote) - What You Can Do Now - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2008 from Jon GregorySo what can you do right now to change your life? Well, I have some thoughts on that. Starting today, starting at this very moment, you can decide to follow your dreams again. Yes, your dreams. Remember those? Yeah, it's those things you've stuffed into a tiny little box at the back of your ...
Views: 956 - Business Rx – 6 Week Teleclass with Jeanna Gabellini - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniPut yourself on the profit makers list for 2011! There isn’t really an official list of profit makers. But wouldn’t you like to be able to say that in the first quarter of 2011, you upped your income and did it with grace?! HELL YES, right?! Well, then you have to get your bootie off ...
Views: 955(4 votes) - How To Find The Work You Love, Not Just A New Job - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2011 from ruth davisSeveral of my clients are not happy at their jobs. They don't feel appreciated. They don't feel challenged. They don't love the work. They wish they were doing something more fulfilling, more exciting, more passionate. And their first questions to me are, "Can you help me write my objective ...
Views: 955(1 vote) - My Secret Goal Setting Formula - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2009 from Linda HuntGoal setting is an important exercise and is crucial to the success of any business, but is particularly important for entrepreneurs who can become distracted with multiple priorities. Goal setting allows us to be proactive, instead of just being reactive. We’ve all had days where we just seem ...
Views: 955 - 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: 955 - The Strange Reason Why Creating a Road Map and Setting Goals will help you Succeed - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Marc-Andre TerriaultSettings goals represents one of the key components to find success in your life! This is what guides you and tells you that you are on the right track. But before you write your goals down, you need to know where you want to go! You need to determine your end result to find success. That ...
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