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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Elephants are really big, arent they?
- In fact, this very type font I am using is called Elephant! I looked around and I didn't find any type fonts named Ant or Dog or Cat, Just Elephant.Ok, so what's the point and how does this help you in my Network Marketing business?Well, let's pretend you were really, really hungry and the only thing left in the world was you and the Elephant. So you pull the Big Guy over to your hot...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Organizing your goals
- We all have goals and dreams that we want to accomplish-some big, some small. But until we can organize a plan on how to pursue these goals and dreams, we may never reach our final destination or possibly even start. Goals can help us to feel more confident and fulfilled. They can give us direction and help us to make decisions. Goal setting can help us to feel more organized.Here are some ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The process of developing meaningful goals
- DEVELOPING A GOAL-SETTING CHECKPOINT: The process of developing meaningful goals and objectives can be a challenging task for any manager. There is a method to make this process easier, however, and it involves following a few general guidelines. The Goal Setting Checklist for the first-line supervisor has been specifically designed with two main objectives in mind: (1) for specific use in transla...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Setting goals and obtaining results
- GOALS SHOULD BE QUANTIFIABLE: It should be possible to analyze every goal in terms of specific quantifiable objectives. Naturally, for certain tasks, measurement of objectives will be more difficult to attain; the key is to make every effort to reduce each goal to its most quantifiable form. For example, a customer service department might have the following general goals: 1. To increase output on...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Goal setting skills ensure success
- SO WHAT DOES GOAL SETTING OFFER? It closes the manager-employee gap. Often there are misunderstandings, miscommunication, or even no communication at all between upper management and lower level employees regarding company goals and plans. By setting reasonable goals with each employee, a supervisor can truly bridge this communication gap. After all, the employees actually perform the required wor...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Blogging your way to goal success
- If you have always been procrastinating on how to get started or going with your goals, try this interesting method. Write a blog."What? You are asking me to publicly declare my goals?" Before you start thinking that this is another fruitless suggestion, would it convince you if we are to tell you that famous professional life coaches such as Anthony Robbins actually encourage peo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 steps to make the rest of 2005 extraordinary
- So 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 left to run, and we've already had the longest day of the year which means that the nights are star...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make 2005 your best year ever - its not too late!
- We are moving rapidly through 2005, and you'll find previously intelligent and reasonable people struggling with trying to keep a 'resolution' that they made earlier in the year to push themselves to create change in a specific area of their lives.If you're ready to make some BIG changes, but you're not sure where to start, or if you have already made some promises to yourself, but need pos...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Goal setting
- The goal-setting process enables an organization to check on the attainment of both its short-term and long-term objectives. When properly done, this process provides an array of valuable benefits and is a link to coaching, motivation, and performance management. Working without goals is much like trying to bowl without pins at the end of the alley. There is nothing to aim for, no way to determine...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Be discontented with the status quo
- It is natural to be satisfied with the way things are; but the moment we settle for how things are, we give up the opportunity to experience how things could be. Life is evolutionary, but only if we allow it to be. If we choose to, we can get stuck in the comfort of the status quo and miss the real opportunities that require us to step into a bigger life.Many people in business are comforta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mind over matter -- the power of thoughts
- One of the greatest challenges in life is understanding just how powerful our thoughts are. Many of us learn this the hard way -- myself included. After spending most of my early life caught up in negative thought patterns, it occurred to me that I had created exactly what I had been thinking about all those years.I worked at a stressful, unfulfilling job. I had an extremely low income, and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Maximizing the time of your life
- Setting goalsSetting personal and business goals are a must if you want to experience the benefit of time management. Setting goals outlines your intentions for what you plan to do and makes it real to you.Goals are not results!Many people are afraid to set goals because they are afraid of what happens if they "fail" to achieve them. They believe that it negatively affects the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Goal setting - the facts behind the fiction
- To have hopes and dreams for the future is a wonderful idea. If you want to call them 'goals' that's fine also but do learn to get things in perspective. They are NOT achieved in the way you have been led to believe.The much talked about conscious mind, subconscious mind, the will, belief patterns, etc. are simply descriptions of mental procedures and do not exist in isolation, as many peop...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A fundraising road trip: planning & achieving your goals
- Do you ever daydream about going on a great vacation? It's fun to think of all of the great sights and things to do once you get to the destination. But usually there's lots of planning involved, such as planning around schedules, getting tickets and placing reservations. It can be quite an ordeal. But once you're on your dream vacation, boy is it worth it.Oddly enough, creating fundraising...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Journal your 100 life goals
- Journal Your 100 Life GoalsBy Doreene Clementwww.the5yearjournal.cominfo@the5yearjournal.comRecording and tracking your 100 Life Goals in a journal is a powerful tool that can add to your personal and professional well being. Journaling goals is a great way to focus, clarify, and understand what your true intentions are, and how you are going to reach your goals....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A winner never uses chance or luck to win
- In games of chance, what separates a player from a winner and are they mutually exclusive?It takes some skill to be a good poker player. Certainly one needs to know the number of cards in a deck, how many suits in each deck and what the different hands are and which hand beats which. One must also be very good at math and be able to figure the odds of any card or hand showing up in the game...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The painless solution to procrastination
- I have a confession to make. Once upon a time, I had a bad case of procrastination. I could find all sorts of excuses for putting off any activity which I just didn't feel like doing!Big ideas - I had them. But the follow-through was not there. So I wasted years not working on my ideas. I'd see other people come up with the same ideas and even make a career of them or write a book, and I'd ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make this your most productive year ever - 26 tips
- Each year we start the year thinking about our goals, our job, our health, all the 'new' routines and commitments we make to ourself to make this our best year yet? but two weeks into January all our planning and resolution goes out the window! You can make this your best year ever by applying some of these simple ideas (and re-reading this article each year to keep you on track.Make a d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding your niche
- Why are there so much stress and unhappiness in the work force? One reason is that 95% of workers never find their niche. Most of them drift through life taking whatever job they can get. Although one can make a living in this manner, it would be much more enjoyable and profitable to find what fits your talents.The trouble is that many don't have a clue what they want to do. It is impractic...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whose goals are they?
- Many have goals, but few reach them all. Businesses like sports teams aspire to making goals (gaining points) to earn rewards. Are your goals clichéd with being productive? Why is it so difficult to set realistic goals that 100% of the time you can reach with ease? Ever think about what the motivating factors are that caused you to choose those goals? Goals cannot be set alone - t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Achieving your goals
- You may or may not have a set of written goals. If you do not, then I strongly urge you to make a written set of goals and clarify what you want to achieve. Whatever the case, you may be struggling with achieving your goals in life. In this article, you will learn some techniques for achieving your goals.Think of a time in your life when you achieved something you really wanted. Did you dou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mission statements improve goal setting and decision making
- A Mission Statement consists of a short phrase or a few sentences that form an overview of your core priorities and guiding principles. It describes what you are trying to accomplish and what you value. It forms the basis for all of your long-term planning and outlines the overall direction of where and what you would like to be. Writing personal Mission Statements gives you the opportunity to est...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Setting goals for success
- "In any and every given moment of your life, you are either in command of yourself? or you are being commanded." -Guy Finley, AuthorIt pays to learn, especially from your mistakes. The successful entrepreneur learns how to deal with mistakes every day. They look forward to the challenge. It's important to remember that they don't have to know it all. There's always someone they ca...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Develop your soul goals!
- Occasionally when I talk with people about goals they seem to interpret the intention of goals as being to get more things. Naturally things are important but there is so much more to goal setting that I wish to share with you.Of course it is important to have goals for new things ...Perhaps your dream home by the ocean ...Maybe a nice shiny new car to get you around in style ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do many smart, motivated people never achieve their goals?
- In his multimedia "Unleash Your Greatness Success System" Mike Litman gives his audience a virtual "kick in the butt" - albeit nicely. In this program he pushes hard to get the reader past their desire for "feel good" motivation; instead he offers a plan that, if followed, should result in the listener making strides towards achieving his or her goals.The first time I listened to Mike Litma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Actual achievement part 1
- Sport is an excellent medium in which to explore the mechanics of achievement. My own background is in Whitewater Canoe Slalom, which requires power and technique in a constantly changing environment. How is this for a fitting metaphor for today's business environment and life altogether? You need resources (power), like money, people or things and use them in skillful ways (technique) to adapt, g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ten reasons to have an inspired, world changing goal
- In a nutshell, having an inspired, world-changing goal is the difference between idly walking along a path leading to nowhere and taking a purpose-filled journey to somewhere.But before you can really consider why you need an inspired, world-changing goal in your business, it's important to first understand what exactly an inspired, world-changing gGoal is.An inspired, world-changing...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What do you really, really, really want?
- If the 90s British pop sensation 'the Spice Girls' ever get remembered for anything, I hope it's for bringing the question 'now tell me what you want, what you really, really want?' to the mass consciousnessNow you may laugh at this, but when you really, really think about it, is there a more important question you could ask yourself?What is a want?A want is a desire. Whether ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The great american dream challenge: faith restored
- Years ago, people came to America in pursuit of their dreams and still do to seek a better life. Work hard, stay focused and you can achieve the American Dream. But our nation, in fact our world, changed on September 11, 2001. Our hearts and spirits were broken, fear and cynicism crept into our collective consciousness, and many are still in need of restoration.To prove that we are still a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The psychology of success
- Everybody has a dream. A fantasy, if you like. Usually it takes the form of something we would like to have, or something we would like to happen to us. How we respond to this dream will decide whether we are successful, or whether we remain as we are.We could continue to dream and say 'If only...', knowing that we will never see our dream come true. In this case our dream becomes a SUBSTIT...