“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 started [...]

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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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If we want to be on control of our behavior and if we want to know the reason that people act as they do, we must understand what shapes us and what guides or behavior.
There are two major elements that shape us and direct our behavior. These are, the way we see the world [...]

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When the time comes in our life that a change must made, the first thing that must be done is to raise our standards. Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
Unless a fundamental change is made [...]

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Over a period of three decades I have taken about 100 motivational seminars so I believe that I am qualified to write about the subject or at least to describe my personal experience and the conclusions that I have reached after the experiences.
One thing that a good seminar will do is to get you boosted [...]

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In today’s competitive world, victories are won by the slightest margins. Contracts, jobs and advancements are awarded among hopefuls of almost equal competence and ability. I believe that the old saying that says, “It’s a jungle out there” is not all that far fetched. To win and get ahead, nothing must be left to chance [...]

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We have a tendency to put label on people, events and experiences. As an example, we read something that someone wrote then we make a judgment on what we have just read and on the person who wrote it. That judgment, which could also be called labeling, goes to the bank of references in [...]

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Being a believer in the benefits of emulating (imitating someone) I have been studying Barack Obama for the last few months. The new President displays many great qualities worth emulating.
However in order to be able to emulate someone, we have to get to the core of that person’s being. We have to know what [...]

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“Get real” is an expression that we hear quite frequently. What that expression mean is, get a reality check and to stop behaving as though you’re living in a fantasy world. That’s quite funny because we all live in a fantasy world that we created in our own mind and mistakenly believe is real.
Each and [...]

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Some topics are very prone to become inflammatory. Most people have strong opinions on subjects like religion, politics, race and sexuality. They identify with those opinions and view criticisms of those opinions as personal attacks. That is when tempers will flare and debates will turn into scrambles. Once this has happened, the debate is over. [...]

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I strongly believe that the high level of happiness that I’ve enjoyed throughout my life is due to the fact that I never demanded much from life. Most of the time, being alive and not hurting is all that was required to keep me in a happy frame of mind.
Life truly is a gift. It’s [...]

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Should a terrorist be respected? Should a killer be respected? Respect, where does it start, where does it ends? Profound questions not often addressed.
First, it must be understood that without respect, communication is impossible and without communication there cannot be improvement in any situation. Without respect, the law of the jungle predominate. Lack of [...]

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It would not be an overstatement to say that stress is today’s public enemy number one. This is what leaders in stress research have to say, “Stress reaction is predicted to be the leading occupational disease of the 21st century, responsible for more days lost than any other single factor.”
Almost everyone is adversely affected by [...]

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The force of life is passion. If you can get yourself to be passionate enough, you can do almost anything. Passion will give you the drive to accomplish even the hardest tasks. Passion will sparkle the imagination and make you more imaginative and creative. Passion [...]

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“If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.” – Anthony Robbins
Nothing could demonstrate with more accuracy the veracity of that quote by Tony Robbins than the following anecdote which can be found [...]

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Shamou is a semi-retired Doctor of Chiropractic who has been passionate about Personal Development and Motivational subjects for over three decades.
He has attended scores of Motivational Seminars, he did the Tony Robbins’ fire walk, has attended Neuro-linguistic Seminars (NLP) given by Dr. Greg Cheetwood and is a member of the Grand Tour Organization (GTO) [...]

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For most people, the real Shamou was a magnificent English Bulldog. For me, he was much more than that, he was a friend and a mentor.
Shamou taught me a great many things. Not the least of which being that, as far as being accepted by others, character is much more important than personal look. Let’s [...]

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The purpose of the Shamou Blog is to share some of what I have been fortunate to learn on the subject of Personal Development during the past three decades.
Being a member of the Chiropractic profession I had the privilege of belonging to a very large organization who would hold motivational seminars every two months [...]

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