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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sticktoitivity: lessons learned!
- Walt Disney coined a special phrase for persistence and determination; he referred to it as sticktoitivity. I reflected upon this recently, because I stumbled across 20 old business cards from previous business ventures and jobs I had been associated with over the last twenty-five years. Those old business cards certainly brought back a museum full of memories and mixed feelings. I had forgotten a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why are manhole covers round?
- Recently I stumbled across a list of Microsoft Interview questions and was amazed by how the questions challenged me to look beyond the ordinary. I share some of the questions for you here in the hopes that you also will recognize the spark of creativity that is required to solve these fascinating puzzles.Questions 101The experts tell us that we each have somewhere around 60,000 thou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can anyone become a successful business person?
- Can anyone become a successful businessperson? I am asked this question many times after I have given a speech on business procedures and strategies. The answer is not that simple.Before we get to the answer, let me ask you a question. Can anyone become a successful medical doctor? To become a doctor, there are several very important factors that have to be given a lot of careful thought an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The best way to perform the miracle of success
- These days success is a hotly debated subject. Nevertheless, people haven't realized that the real pathway to success is an internal process. As soon as you develop the consciousness of prosperity, this energy spreads out to your exterior world, imparting the Midas touch to everything you perform.Many people have discovered unconsciously that certain systems of behavior are conducive to ben...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Goal setting: pops proves its never too late
- Pops first set the goal in high school, but when he graduated he thought he wasn't mature enough to pursue it so he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He dreamed about it as a member of the 82nd Airborne as he became an Army Ranger. Later, in the first Gulf War, he thought about his goal again, as he also did during his service in the Kosovo conflict. For 20 years, through his Army career, a war, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your own worth should be worth success
- Read these four simple steps that reveal how to get into the habit of being persistent. The average person can easily learn and practice these all-important steps. 1. Always know exactly what you want and allow your whole being to strive, without wavering, to follow the path to fulfilling your plan. 2. Design a good plan and don't let it lie dormant for any waking moment....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 simple tips for attaining wealth
- What with the millions of words printed every day about "How To Achieve Success," why aren't there more new millionaires.Basically, it's simply because the people reading this "How-To" information don't understand what they read, or else just don't have the drive it takes to put what they've read into action. In truth, it would seem that everyone wants to "find out how to become rich," but ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 keys to designing a personal lifelong learning process
- A Lifelong Learning Plan is a conscious, continuous engagement in acquiring, assimilating and applying knowledge and skills in the context of authentic, self-directed growth and challenge. It is rare for individuals to take this initiative. Most people operate on a "what they need now" plan and typically attend educational institutions for their training. Lifelong Learning is a philosophy o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating your own success support system
- People who are on the same journey tend to band together, and the journey of life is no different. Throughout the Internet and in the real world, like-minded travelers have joined to form support groups, newsgroups, goal-buddy groups, chat rooms, tele-groups (using conference call telephone bridge lines) coaching groups, and mailing lists (email or snail mail) - just to name a handful of the avail...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Back-planning for success
- Coming up with new dreams and passions can be fun, easy and inspiring - at least until you sit down and begin trying to sort out how to actually accomplish these wild goals. Suddenly, what seemed like such a clear and well-marked path takes on the aspect of an overgrown and thickly brambled wilderness of dangerous, unseen pitfalls and endlessly branching and unmarked trails. It's enough to make yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Chinese gooseberries and oprah?
- Oprah and Harpo Productions, consistently reap awe-inspiring progress and record-breaking profits even after 25 years. While Oprah consistently soars with stellar growth, the rest of the industry seems to stumble, tumble or even disappear. So, just what is it about Oprah that has her consistently reaping hilacious growth for more than two decades and still remain fresh and vivacious as ever? Oprah...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reading-the best 15 minutes youll ever invest
- I recently was made aware of two comparative statistics that I thought you might find extremely valuable. I learned that the average American reads less than 2 books per year- one and a half to be exact, with almost two thirds of those going unfinished. On the whole, Americans have lost the habit of reading good books.There is a notable exception, however. CEO's of Fortune 500 companies rea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discipline
- I've been thinking a lot about what I believe to be the central challenge facing our clients right now, along with the rest of our society. It's not an original concept by any means, but more and more I come to believe that it is the key to unlocking every success principle in existence.Discipline.Discipline may seem like an odd thing to emphasize- but I see the results of real disci...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 ways to supersize your life
- McDonald's does it, why shouldn't you? Life is filled with choices; why not choose to live life in a more satisfying way.1. Say Yes to Life. "Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact." -Henry JamesSaying yes to life allows wonderful blessings to come to you. Say yes to opportunity and success. Say yes to a life that...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creative destruction
- This past Memorial Day weekend I decided to revisit my bookshelf to poke around and reminisce with books I'd read over the last decade. You see, I not only like to collect great books, I also date each one to remind me of when I read it. My 'invisible finger' guided me toward a book I read seven years ago titled, "Wealth and Freedom" by David Levin. Wealth and Freedom (I know?sounds bori...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Consuming passions consuming success
- The other day I went shopping at the local consumer electronics warehouse where they have everything from talking toasters to serenading telephones. I was looking for a new printer since mine had just died from a respiratory belt problem.As I shopped around I was simply amazed at how large the warehouse was and the selections available. Just the television section covered an area the size o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Promethean hispanic fire
- In the Greek tale of creation, a Titan (Greek god) by the name of Epimetheus is given the task of creating living creatures. He screws the job up by giving all the good DNA and survival mechanisms to the animals. When it came time to creating man he had nothing left but soft skin and weak limbs.Desperate, he calls upon his brother Prometheus (which means forethought) to help him out. Promet...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Moving to the other side of box
- Few books have impacted my perspective on human psychologically and behavior. A little over a year ago I read a book by Dr. Martin Seligman called, "Learned Optimism". Seligman was intrigued by an experiment he had witnessed involving dogs who exhibited inexplicable behaviors. His curiosity led him to create the "Shuttle box" experiment. Without going into great detail, the two...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to lose your money, fake your destiny with great success
- Everyone talks about how to be successful through hard work and effort. Forget that! I'm going to take a different approach. I'm going to show you how to lose all your hard earned money and fake your own death (I mean destiny), and be successful at it.Step 1: Be a Sissy-Being a sissy has nothing to do with physical strength and everything to do with mental strength. I know you want t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hispanicus economicus
- Something's missing! As a Hispanic in this great country, I can walk tall knowing that our contributions to the American ideal is everyday becoming more visible.But something's missing!Recent studies show that Hispanic purchasing power continues to increase at a healthy pace. Hispanics are opening new businesses and moving into the upper echelons of Corporate America.But somet...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fallen ladders dont matter
- We own a home on the island of Puerto Rico nestled high in the mountains against the backdrop of the United States' only national rainforest, The Yunque. To say that the trees, faunas and wildlife are incredible is an understatement.Where we live there are only a few handful of houses spaced apart enough to enjoy one's own privacy. One of my neighbors is a wonderful retiree name Emilio. Whe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lessons from my garden
- What does "Lessons from My Garden" have to do with "getting organized? One of the things I've learned after 20+ years as an organizing consultant is that organizing has something to do with everything!Here's how organizing principles apply to the art of gardening:"Half of any job is using the right tool!" (Note I said "using" ? not "having!&quo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - For meeting planners: organizing your office for less stress and more profit
- If you discovered your speaking career depended on how organized your office was, your reaction could range from complete composure to sheer terror. Even the most successful professional speakers sometimes utter, "Some day I'm really going to get organized," but purging files, organizing computer files, tackling piles of unread journals, or learning a new software program (even one that will help ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tracking success with a goal tracking chart
- Creating a goal tracking chart is as simple as drawing a basic grid or table. Create as many vertical columns as you have goals to include, and include a horizontal row for every sub-goal or milestone you wish to divide your goals into, plus one row on top for your "Finish By" date and one row below for your goal heading or title. [Hint: Creating a goal tracking chart poster-sized on inexpensive a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reach your goals - give back
- Give back Once you've achieved success, use your skills, talents, position and influence to help others. Have you finally made it famous? Volunteer to show up at benefits to draw in the crowds (and the donations). Has your artistic ability finally achieved a level that garners good prices and lauded praise? Donate some works to a charity, or offer to do a mural or other piece for someone or...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reach your goals - throw a success shindig
- Once you've made it...throw a Success Shindig! Of course you should celebrate your wins, but why do it in the time-honored (and boooooring) ways? Throw yourself a theme party, invite all your friends, coworkers, family - whomever you think should share in the fun - and let the good times roll. Ideas include: Throw a rock-climbing party at the local indoor climbing wall to celebrate y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reach your goals - have a pitch party
- Have a "Pitch Party" Invite friends and work together to haul out all the old stuff in your life that no longer works with your new direction. For example, if you have lost a substantial amount of weight, drag out all those too-big clothes, the ugly sweats you slouched around the house in and anything else that belongs with the "old you" (diet magazines, weigh-in charts, etc). If your goal ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reach your goals - give yourself a gold star
- Give yourself a gold star Remember how rewarding it was in grade school to get back an assignment with a gold star sticker or some other tangible acknowledgement of a job well done? Well you can apply the same psychological boost to your goal-based activities today! Sure, you could go about this in the literal sense, adding a sticker or some other item that makes you smile, such as a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reach your goals - clown around
- Clown around Among the Plains Indians, heyoka, or sacred clowns, often purposely behave in strange or counter-intuitive ways, such as living their lives "backward" (riding facing the rear of the horse, drying off before bathing, etc.). They also tell tales of sadness and woe during good times and spin gleeful tales during times of want. This is done to teach the tribe's members not to take...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reach your goals - use your holidays
- Use birthdays and other gift-giving holidays to help reach your goals Suggest to friends and family that for your birthday, Christmas, Hanukah, etc., you would much rather receive goal-related gifts than a new set of bath salts or scented candles. Examples: Tuition assistance at the college you're attending to get that new degree. Supplies, or money toward supplies, to open yo...