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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Success: 10 tips to make failure work for you
- 1)Failure is normal.Everyone has faced failure. Some people talk about their failures. Some people don't talk about their failures, which makes it look like they never fail. Don't believe it.2)Define or refine.Failure can define you or refine you. If you quit, you have allowed failure to define you. If you keep going, learn from it and get stronger, you have used failure to re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Opportunities for success: a nickel in the road
- Exercising is not one of my favorite pastimes but I know it's good for me. So every day I try to get outside and take a 2-mile walk. Most days I carry a small notebook and pen with me so that I can jot down the random brilliant thoughts that come to me as I stroll around the neighborhood.A few weeks ago I was rounding a corner about half way through my walk and noticed a nickel in the road....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How important is your lemonade stand?
- When my neighbor's child was about 8, he decided that he wanted to lemonade stand. He asked me to help him, which I did. And he was very serious about the whole matter. The stand had to look like a "real store." The "lemonade needed "real" lemons. We had to go to the bank, so that he would have, as he put it, "the appropriate amount of change needed to complete any sa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your words have power
- You teach others how to treat you by how you treat yourself. Make a commitment to honor your word, choose your words carefully, and learn how to follow through on all of your promises. By taking your word more seriously, you will find that you are more confident, your self-respect increases, as does the respect you receive from others.Here are some how-to-tips that might support you in keep...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Unlocking human potential
- Before we can unlock human potential, we need to know what it is. Human potential is defined as an unexposed ability and hidden power. For a rock seated on a cliff, it has a dormant ability, a reserved power, but for you and I, it simply means unused success, hidden talents and capped capability.To unlock human potential is to do what you can do but have yet to do it. We must also operate w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The other f word - how failure can be the key to your success
- Thomas Edison has done it. Naomi Watts often jokes about it. Sylvester Stallone mastered it. Billy Joel did it with his piano. Even Abraham Lincoln earned a name for himself for doing it many times over. In fact most of us experience it fairly frequently. Some more than others. It's known as the other 'f' word. The difference, however, between the mega-successful and the rest of us ordinary folk i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The psychology of success; part 2
- In the first part of this article you learned some very important psychological skills for success. You learned how to build up your self-confidence and how to be assertive, fairly. And, how to ask for what you want, but without being confrontational.In the second part you are going learn how to put things in perspective so that you can counter stress, depression, and anxiety. You'll see, f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The ancestral cream
- "I am the greatest warrior. I have fought with gods and beaten them. I have fought with giants and won. I am strong; I cannot lose in a battle. I am the greatest warrior ever," said the confident warrior".In West African culture there are many brilliant methods that grandparents use to teach humility and success to young men and women. One of these methods is that of using my...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Youve got to find passion in it
- People often ask me, "Josh, if you had one bit of advice with regards to starting a business or looking for a new opportunity or direction in life what would it be?"Admittedly at first glance my answer may appear to be a bit open ended; however, I do believe it does a good job of addressing the question. Without a doubt I believe you've got to be certain that whatever you choose to pursue i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fear not if you dont feel youre off to quite the blazing start youd like
- There are those out there who would lead us to believe that if we don't meet with overnight success in our endeavors that we are some how not trying as hard as we can.I am here NOW to debunk this way of thinking!...First off lets look at the type of person who would have you believe this...Often these are folks that are not very forward thinking people themselves. If they were...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont view your failures as being final
- Do not make the mistake of looking at your failures as final, instead understand that it is simply a step in the process as you move forward on your success journey.Remind yourself that your nonachievements are rarely as final as the word failure implies. Rather they are lessons you can use to gain insight into how to do things better the next time around which will lead to a more favorable...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The psychology of success; part 1
- Business knowledge and skills are not the only keys to success. To be successful, you also need to master the psychological skills that will help you to be satisfied and fulfilled, and thus more effective in your work. Knowing how to manage your mind, and understanding how to deal with lack of confidence, stress, anxiety, and depression, is as important as knowing how to handle the strategic and o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 basic steps to success in anything
- Since belief always precedes action, simply changing your beliefs can change your actions to those that will result in living any of your dreams.It's not complicated at all. In fact, taking these three basic steps can make anyone a winner in their chosen endeavors.1. Control and direct your thoughts.It's a decision you make concerning what you think about. So whether you think...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who else wants to keep failing?
- Who wants to carry on being a failure?Failure. Not a great word is it? It is a very negative word, it says nothing good happened at all. But it's still a word that is used a lot by so many people.Here in the UK as this is being written there is a huge buzz in the media about an alternative phrase for the word failure. This buzz centres around a group of school teachers who have decid...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get out of the way of your own success
- Success is something that happens all by itself once you've decided to have it happen and let go of the process. How many things in your life are you absolutely certain that you can be successful at? Take some time to answer this question because your answer will establish the upper limit of your success.What I never used to understand about life is that success is our natural state of bein...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why success is a science
- My studies of the highly successful prove that they continually achieve their results by doing "certain things in a certain way." I have also found that "like causes produce like effects." Therefore, if you and I consistently employ the same thought processes and actions of these highly-successful individuals, we must produce the same results. This is why success is an absolute science. If you app...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sell yourself to be successful in life
- If you want to be successful in life, business, or relationships, you must learn one simple secret. That secret is ... you must learn how to sell yourself!Now before you get too antsy and worried, and begin to list all the reasons why you are not a salesperson and you could never do this, please understand that selling yourself is not about learning and using finely honed sales skills like ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 power tips to increase financial success fa$t!
- Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be blessed with miraculous success while others are not?Successful people don't achieve their success by accident. It takes much more than skills and talents to attain great success in life. Even the most talented people can fail. It's the ones who recognize their power and use it to their advantage that achieve the success they desire!J...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Defining success
- I'll be the first to admit that everyone has his or her own definition of success and what constitutes living a life with greatness.Success comes in so many shapes and sizes that it can often go unnoticed if you do not take the time to recognize the many facets where it exists in your life. With that said, I would like to offer up my short definition of success.Success is the mother ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Habits and success
- I got a big reminder over the last couple of weeks about what happens when you let your good habits slip - and how easy it is to fall into the trap of being overwhelmed.This week when I am getting back into the habit of having the dishes cleaned up before I go to bed, eating healthy, and actually getting to bed at a reasonable hour, I am seeing again what a difference it makes in my product...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seven keys to success in the information age
- In 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down and the World Wide Web went up, the world changed forever. This marked the end of the Industrial Age and the beginning of the Information Age. It is not just a new world we are living in, but a brand-new world, where the changes are so profound, so sweeping and so swift that we may no longer be able to control our own lives, much less achieve the success we ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increasing reading speed
- Reading is an integral part of our daily work lives. On a typical day, I spend a lot of time reading. For example,- reading reports - reading emails - reading on the web - reading manuals - reading booksIt is true that the more one reads the more one becomes better at it. Therefore, your reading speed can increase if you read a lot. This is the natural reading speed d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Achieve the success you want: 7 reasons why people dont
- Change is one of the biggest concepts facing today's society. We are all confronted by how fast the world is changing and how we must change to keep up. We should view change as exciting!What is the process we need to understand when seeking to change our behaviour? What are the prerequisites to lasting change? Most people don't do what they want to do and do what they don't want to do. Why...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont assume you cant do it, just because conventional wisdom says you cant
- Be weary and leery when it comes to standardized tests and things of that nature that attempt to gauge your intelligence, aptitude, or ability to achieve at your given goal or dreams.Please don't misunderstand me, such things can and do have their place and even be quite effective in steering a person towards the right career path, classes to take in college, or which educational degree to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An honest commitment to action is key to your success
- With topics in personal development ranging from goal setting to neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), and many things in between it's no wonder at times we are left feeling as though all this learned knowledge is not being made the best use of. We wonder why it's not working for us.Please don't get me wrong; I'm not getting down on any of the various areas of self-improvement. What I am sayi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Helpful tips to overcome procrastination
- Many among us, on many instances, have the habit of putting aside to a later time or day some things that needs to be done or acted upon like a project, work, job, or duty. For purposes of discussion, we will confine ourselves to procrastination on repair works typically at home. It equates to other circumstances as well.Procrastination is one habit that is hard to beat. We procrastinate fo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Check your comfort zone at the door
- No matter what goals and dreams you desire, there's a good chance it's going to mean reaching beyond what you believe yourself to be capable of.This fine line between what we think we can achieve and cannot is often referred to as one's comfort zone.Whether it's giving a report in class, or preparing to make a speech to the board of directors at your company -- we all have a point wh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business success secrets: improving yourself by 1% daily
- Hey,Josh here from Investor Wealth Academy sitting 29 stories above the glitter of Times Square.Lou and I are in New York this weekend on business and we were both super excited about some of the things going on in the real estate industry right now.More on that later.Over the last few years we have really seen extraordinary success in our own and our Mentoring students...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 8 dos and donts when asking your boss for a raise
- Feeling overworked and underpaid? If you're starting to feel like you deserve a raise, here are eight DO's and DON'Ts to build your confidence and tact (and what to avoid!) in asking for the salary you feel you deserve.DO1. Devise a "Plan of Action". First and foremost, get a strategy together. Make a note of the specific projects you've undertaken and the results you've ac...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small but mighty!
- When most of us are asked the most important possession in our lives, we tend to look at the big stuffs we have acquired over the years. We easily point to our cars, mansions and even the money we have being able to amass in large quantity. To us, these are the things that make our lives go smoothly. But if we ask a successful man what his prized possession is, we will all be amazed at his answer....