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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Waiting on your big break is playing desperation life!
- Have you ever put all your eggs in one basket? Have you ever had so much riding on one big break that if it didn't happen you would have to move down to the zoo and live off of kudzu and stump water? If you have, you're playing desperation life!Desperation Life= Trouble Before You Start!If you're playing desperation life, then you didn't do something right early on. Being forced to g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Commit it to paper
- Commit it to paper - You have the idea so therefore you have within you the ability to make it a reality. Admittedly it may not always be obvious, but rest assured deep down you're capable.The catch is that often we don't lay the correct foundation so that we have a plan as to what it will take to make the idea a reality. First off we must understand that things often don't just happen. Rat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rebuilding oneself: the universes basic training
- I remember Air Force Basic Training. My Training Instructor not only wanted to teach me the military way, but he also wanted to break me down so that he could rebuild me according to the needs of the military. These are two of the underlying premises of your first few weeks, or months, of your time in the military. Actually, I enjoyed it, but then Air Force Basic is only between six and eight week...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whats perfect about imperfection?
- Let me try something new but please, please, please, let me do it right and well the first time. If we always do things well, always do things right, and people know us as someone who always gets it right, then we've set ourselves up. It's costing us. As my friend John pointed out just yesterday, it gets lonesome and tiresome being the one in control, waiting for the world to catch up.Looki...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Getting to the top by fits and starts
- I would venture to believe that most people have the qualities to make them a success. Then why are not more of them successful? One observation is; by not following through on actions that they started with. They have victory in sight and then do you want to know what they do?Settle For Mediocrity!Have you ever known someone who was full of immediate action with no ultimate purpose?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Focal point of success
- Fortune will flow into your hands like a river flow into the sea if only you can invest a high percent of your time on a high value activity with big pay off.I mean you can attract great riches into your life when you harbitually focus all your heart and mind on that critical action that will lead you to attaining your much cherish goal.Let me tell you, you can achieve anything in life when...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 11 basics of goal setting
- "Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals." ?Aristotle"Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal." ?Elbert HubbardMillions of words have been written about goal setting. Millions of people set ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Share your true colors
- Don't you just love the leaves changing colors in the fall? Here in the Midwest we are almost at the peak of leaf peeping season. The trees are showing their true colors ? glorious yellows, reds, and oranges.While they appear green during the spring and summer, those vibrant fall colors are always present, just not seen by us. As the bright green chlorophyll fades away for the winter, the a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Planning ahead of everyone else to win
- What does it take to plan like a champion?Well lets take a look into our minds a little bit to answer this question.OK, I need you to be honest to yourself with these next questions. If you lie, you will only lie to yourself and will have learned nothing...Do you regularly plan ahead?Does your plans involve EVERYTHING you ever wanted?Do you pla...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who needs a rear-view mirror? successful living by mastering our past
- When driving, we need to check our rear-view mirror every few minutes to perceive dangers lurking behind - tailgaters, hecklers, over speeding cars, and drivers under the influence. Aside from anticipating threats, it helps us contemplate our next move, giving us enough time to be cautious before overtaking or stopping or . . . slowing down.So for safety reasons, the rear-view mirror is ess...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Plant! -- and accept the consequences!
- Welcome to Weekly Wisdoms. Last week I found a new way to communicate over the internet with audio. After you listen, if you'd like to try it for yourself, click here for a chance to make your own free audio postcard... Too cool! Have fun! What a busy week! The lumber package for the barn is on the way. Malcolm is here to saw up the rest of the logs for the siding. We are building a new riding are...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing your personal vision/mission statement
- I recently spent some time revising my personal vision/mission statement for my coaching practice. While doing this, it occurred to me that the vision I have for my work is closely related to my personal vision. Having a job that reflects my personal vision is powerful because it has allowed me to create a business life for myself that truly reflects who I am.Companies know all about vision...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cheerleaders
- This week's article assumes that you have chosen a goal, dream, or task for yourself. You may or may not have started implementing your step by step plans yet. Are you a bit shaky in your faith though? Maybe you have a tendency to doubt your ability to carry this thing out to completion. You need a support system that will hold you up when the road gets rocky.Think about the people you know...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten ways to achieve your goals
- 1) Write them down! Statistics show people who write down their goals have over an 80% higher success rate of achieving them. Start a Goals journal. Make sure they are SMART goals- specific, measurable, achievable, results-oriented and time-limited.2) Create a plan made of small doable steps to get you where you want to be, with timelines. Review your plan monthly.3) Write down your ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Resolutions? try this!
- Several articles and newsletters with the message that New Year's resolutions are a worthless exercise and a poorly disguised setup for failure have passed across my desk this last week, and the year before, and the year before that.I do not believe in failure! There is always something good to be found in any learning experience. Besides, if we always succeeded at everything we did, we wou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding your inner flame: finding passion series - 3 of 3
- Why is it that some goals have a fire and a passion behind them that creates an almost self-propelled drive towards completion, while other goals are left dead in the water before they've hardly even begun? What causes that level of motivation to manifest itself? Can we harness it? Can we predict when and where it will hit? The answers lie in finding out if the person setting the goal is in touch ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Exploring beneath the surface
- Unwanted feelings and thoughts are rich territory to dive beneath the surface for fresh insights that open the heart. Imagine for a moment that you are floating along on the ocean of feelings unwilling to accept that the choppy waves to your left signify anger. If you put on snorkeling gear and dive under them, you will see a whole new world.Beneath the anger you will most likely find a hur...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Working on your groove
- We all come to a point in our lives, like in the movie "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" that we lose sight of who we are. Life has a person in so many different roles such as parent; employee and spouse we tend to lose "us" in being there for others. Although Stella got her groove back by meeting a man that was 20 years younger than her, how do we know that Stella's groove is g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Getting to good: your spontaneous woo quotient
- As I was driving to a friend's house, I passed the Dublin Pub, a local watering hole known for its live music. On the reader board, one band's name caught my eye: Spontaneous Woo.I did a little digging and learned that the band hails from Bay City, Michigan and offers a funk/jazz blend. The term "spontaneous woo" refers to an audience response often seen during concerts in which a rising ti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Figure out the pebble in your shoe
- "By asking for the impossible, we obtain the best possible." ~ Italian sayingIf you are serious about achieving a more meaningful life then you'll need a new perspective for viewing your life and your career. The following exercise is a new method for going through your day and your week. It's a new sense of being alive being responsible, being at choice, and being the architect in your lif...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating your vision for your business, career, and life
- Many people go through their daily lives feeling overwhelmed. There are so many things to do and there never seems to be enough time or energy to do them all. Is this how you feel about your business, career, or life?Have you promised yourself that this month you are going to make some serious changes but you just aren't sure what those changes need to be?Think about laying out a vis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Plan, prioritize, play 10 strategic ways to be time rich and stress free
- 1. Retrain your self-talk, to remove selfish from your vocabulary and replace it with self-care. In order for you to take care of the people you love you need to take care of yourself first. Friends, family, loved ones look to you as a model, make sure to model self-care, taking time to play, relax, and read. This is especially important for parents; this will give your children the confidence to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Struggling to make a decision?
- Every great success story begins when a person makes a decision to do something or not to do something. They make a clear decision to make a significant change.Amidst all the opportunity in the world many people either become scattered and try to much at once or don't know where to begin.So where should people start?I believe people need to start with themselves. Decide what y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Habits what i want for you
- Think for a moment about your Self. Is there something that you would like to have, somewhere you would like to go, or something you would like to do? What is holding you back? I can probably guess at the possible answers:"Not enough money." "Not enough time." "I couldn't do that!"At the risk of going out on a limb, I am going to suggest that the only thing holding you back from doing what ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 21 life changing questions you cant afford to not ask!
- Imagine finally taking off seven coats you've been wearing on top of each other for years and years. You've forgotten that some people consciously choose to live without seven layers of coats on even though most people are living that way.You remember the possibilities you imagined your life would be when you were a child. You decide to take off the coats and start running joyfully through ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 12 commandments of goal setting
- Many professionals have a basic idea of what they want to achieve in their careers. They may want to close more sales, earn a higher income, or move into a different job. However, somehow they do not achieve the success they desire. Why? Why is it that intelligent, motivated, hard-working individuals are not achieving the success they deserve? It is because they haven't set clear goals.They...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If you cant see your way to completing your goal, its time to check your vision
- Have you been having trouble achieving a specific goal? Are you allowing other less important things to get in the way of accomplishing what you really want? Then this is the time to do a VISION check. Just as it is important to get our eyes checked regularly to assure that we will be able to see clearly, it is equally as important to do a VISION check to be certain that our goal is on track....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to lose weight, make money and get women
- When deciding to write this article, I decided that I wanted to show all the things that not just getting in shape, but accomplishing something extraordinary, can do for you. If you are overweight and lose weight and get in shape, many incredible things begin to happen.You see I have, in the last year, lost about 35 pounds. After the weight loss, I began to notice that things, once hard to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Challenge the universe: demand your desires!
- There have been so many times in my life where I have run into a series of obstacles that never seemed to stop. I could handle each and every one, but after a while, I would grow weary and want it all to come to an end so I could return to a reasonable life.Over the years, I've learned that I can't just hope for positive change, I have to demand it and act on it. This approach is has nothin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why you must stop setting goals
- My goal in life is to have no goals. They get in the way of true progress.Plenty of successful people swear by goal setting. They're praising the wrong behavior. Brain research tells us that the goals don't matter--it's the intention that gets us where we want to go.Intentions and goals are not the same. Goals tend to be arbitrary and number-oriented, such as the number of pounds los...