Frustration is a dream killer, the cause of most self-destructive habits and the gateway to hell. Frustration has caused people to give up on life; it destroys ambition, causes depressions and breakdowns. It is probably the greatest scourge of our century. Frustration is an emotional response to circumstances where one is obstructed from arriving at [...]

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Anyone seriously interested in self-improvement needs at least a rudimentary understanding of the trilogy composed of the Id, the Ego and the Super-ego. These are not specific part of the brain. They are simply constructs designed to better study and understand how the psyche functions. The Id could be said to be the animal in [...]

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“I believe that it’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Anthony Robbins Our decisions have taken us to where we presently are in life and decisions will, to a large extent, determine our destiny. It is our decisions that have produced the level of success that we are now enjoying [...]

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“Reality is for those who lack imagination” – Unknown It is not unusual for neophytes in the world of self-improvement to get a little uncomfortable when talks about the vagueness of reality comes up. As far as they are concerned, reality is what it is, period. Any attempt to evaluate that reality from a different [...]

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Briefly described, Social-Proof is that phenomena where people look to others to make up their mind on a particular subject and will then accept whatever they observed as being the gospel truth. Social-Proof is the reason that people in communities tend think alike and have a culture that is specific and restricted to that area. [...]

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Movers and Shakers are people who get things done. They are the entrepreneurs who literally create value out of thin air while having access to very limited resources. They are the unstoppable achievers. Eternally on the move starting new projects or resuscitating defunct ones. They are the wonderful alphas without which the economy would soon [...]

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The word “ego” has many definitions. There is Sigmund Freud’s definition, the Law of Attraction’s definition along with many others. However, in the context of this article, the ego will be seen as a close cousin of self-esteem. It will be seen as this mental concept that we have of ourselves regarding our role and [...]

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Studying and learning self-improvement material is essential for self-growth but it is only a prerequisite. We don’t actually grow by learning; we grow by doing. The world is filled with Mensa candidates who are also total and abject failures. Case in point, William James Sidis, often cited as one of the most intelligent people who [...]

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If there is one element that holds unwavering favorable attention, it is quality. If there is a concept that guarantees value, it is quality. If there is one universally perceived source of attraction, it is quality. Quality reigns supreme as the object of attention, desire and value. We are attracted and inspired by quality. It [...]

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Working on self-improvement is like bodybuilding. Unless certain principles are respected, results may be negligible or almost nonexistent. Having vast knowledge about the entire self-improvement art and science is absolutely worthless unless it is used. Knowing without doing is dead. Some of the most knowledgeable people in the self-improvement world are abject failures. They have [...]

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The rat race has been defined as, “An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.” The term could also described the way that a great many people view their professional lives. It a well known fact that in [...]

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As you may know, Bulldogs are not the most expressive animals on Planet Earth but they do have outstanding qualities. At least mine did. He was with me for over ten years. During that time he was one of my best friends and finally became one of my main mentors. He did teach me quite [...]

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First, let’s define what being positive means. Being positive is having faith in the future. It means having an optimistic expectancy and knowing that we will prevail. It’s also focusing on possible solution and not being overwhelmed by the possible consequences of failure. It means being willing, ready and able to tackle life’s problems, no [...]

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If you want to be a huge success, don’t ever work another day in your life. Work is boring, it’s tedious and worst of all, no worthwhile success is ever achieved through hard work. It’s been tried by millions of people and it never worked. If you want to succeed big time, don’t work; play. [...]

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The purpose of a communication is to get a specific message across and hopefully to have your point of view accepted. To a certain extent, the effectiveness of that communication will be due to the rhetoric used. But that’s only a small part of the picture. The most important factor in any communication is the [...]

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The EST guru, Werner Erhard, used to say jokingly, “Your karma is what happens to you and what happens to you is your karma.” When things are going well for us, that type of circular reasoning might be funny but when nothing works and it appears that the sky is about to fall on our [...]

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According to a Marketdata Enterprises market report, the U.S. self-improvement market is worth $9.6 Billion. No doubt it is a huge industry. So huge in fact that it is easy for the neophyte and even for the long time adept to get lost in it. Most everyone interested in self-development is looking for the fastest [...]

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“At one time in our lives, we all had a vision for the quality of life that we desire and deserve. Yet, for many of us, those dreams have become so shrouded in the frustration and routines of daily life that we no longer even make an effort to accomplish them. For far too many, [...]

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The fact is that there is plenty of money in the world. There are also billions of ways to create value that could increase even more the available wealth. Now, with all that abundance floating around, how come the “scarcity mentality” is so prevalent? Why is it that most people believe that there is not [...]

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Most people will spend more time planning a two-week vacation than they will planning their life. Of course no one would even dream of building a house without having a plan or even go on a trip without a specific plan however when it comes to designing a life, in many cases, wisdom is thrown [...]

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