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Climbing the Ladder of Success

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn The best way of climbing the ladder of success is by outgrowing the situation that we are presently holding. A person’s worth leaves clues and these clues don’t go unnoticed. Sooner or later, we gravitate to our level of competence. Contrary to popular [...]

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The Seeds of Success

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammad Ali The outer layer of the brain, called the cerebral cortex or grey matter, [...]

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Changing the Self-image

Few things are as important in life as a winning self-image. The self-image is the lens through which we see the world. The main difference between the guy who’s sitting on top of the world and the guys who feels that he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders is the self-image. In [...]

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Guiding Lights for Turbulent Times

“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.” – Dalai Lama We live in a fast paced world. What was true yesterday should be questioned today. Either we develop the ability to change and adapt or we fall by the wayside. The age of dogmas is now passé. Everything is open [...]

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A Sense of Entitlement

From Alexander The Great to Donald Trump and from Napoleon Bonaparte to Arnold Schwarzenegger all great Movers and Shakers had one belief in common. The believed that they were born to be great. They believed that they had been blessed by the gods and entitled with a special gift. Were they born with that belief? [...]

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Failures – Stepping Stones or a Stumbling Blocks

“Today, though, I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” – Tony Robbins We are pretty well the result of past failures. Almost everything that we’ve learned is the result of failures. It [...]

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How to Perform at Peak Level

“Your behavior is not the result of your ability, but of the state that you’re in at this moment. To change your ability, change your state.” – Anthony Robbins The effectiveness of the brain depends on the quality of the chemical reactions and electrical circuits that are going on in that organ at any given [...]

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The Key That Will Unlock Any Door

“I’ve learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.” – Tony Robbins Sometimes, a single remark will change our entire life. I was with a very successful friend and during our conversation he [...]

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If You Can’t Get Going – Get Angry!

There comes a time in our life when something needs to be done. The status quo is no longer acceptable and major changes in our life become mandatory. That is when anger can come to the rescue. There is no such thing as a good or bad emotion. It always depends on how, where and [...]

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Fueling on High Octane for More Personal Power

Personal Power has been defined as the ability to take action. On the other hand, it is a well-known fact that the worst stumbling block on the way to success and personal accomplishment is the inability to take action. Most people know what to do to succeed but can’t seem to get themselves to take [...]

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The Longest Step – A Lesson on Faith and Courage

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. That event is now known as, the longest step. That first lunar landing was undoubtedly the greatest feat of the twentieth century. Not only had man set foot on another celestial body but the new advances in technology that were discovered to make [...]

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How to Achieve the Big Goals

“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” — Denis Watley One thing is certain, [...]

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Increase Your Personal Power – Be All You Can Be

“Your behavior is not the result of your ability, but of the state that you’re in at this moment. To change your ability, change your state. To open up the multitude of resources that lie within you, put yourself in a state of resourcefulness and active expectancy—and watch miracles happen!” – Anthony Robbins Our performance [...]

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The Metaphoric Logo

“With all the power that metaphors wield over our lives, the scary part is that most of us have never consciously selected the metaphors with which we represent things to ourselves.” – Anthony Robbins With a single image, a metaphor can represent an entire concept. Perfect examples of that would be the cross, the flag [...]

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Push your Limits – Dare to Grow

The quote, “You never really know what you are capable of, until you go out and try.” has been attributed to the award winning actress Sarah Michelle Gellar but is has to be one of the most overused cliché on Planet Earth. So overused in fact that it no longer means anything. That’s a tragedy. [...]

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The Ego, Super-Ego and the Id – A Balancing Act

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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The Culture of Quality

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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A Rat Race or The Pursuit of Excellence

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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There is Plenty of Money in the World

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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Designing a Life – Planning a Life’s Path

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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