“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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The title of this article sounds like of one of those cheesy add that tells you how to build a fantastic physique by training just a few minutes a week. The good news is that you won’t have to make twelve easy payments for it and I won’t lie to you. Seriously, if you are [...]

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“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” – Mario Andretti This quote by Mr. Andretti sums up the messages that can be found in most books on motivation, [...]

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“To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.” – Hugh Prather Crushed expectancies create frustration which in turn leads to crushed self-image, blows to self-worth and major damage to self-confidence. The number one cause of procrastination is the very [...]

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Tony Robbins defined success as, “Conducting your life in such a way that it gives you tons of pleasure and very little pain.” By that definition, success would be, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the best possible way to restore, promote, protect and enjoy the highest possible level of physical and mental health. Stress [...]

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“One of the strongest forces in the human organism is the need for consistency.” – Anthony Robbins We need consistency to establish some certainty and order in our world. What we don’t need is rigid consistency where everything becomes so familiar and so automatic that we go through life half asleep, half hypnotized and simply [...]

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“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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Most of us were brought up with the belief that if we were good, we would be rewarded and good things would happen to us. However if we were bad, we could expect that life would somehow punish us. That may be a sound moral lesson to teach children; unfortunately it has nothing to do [...]

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Henry David Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” It does not have to be this way. Life can be a fascinating adventure thanks to the most important word in the English language; that word is caring. Though most people are familiar [...]

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“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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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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Most of us are familiar with the film Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone but the story behind the film is not so well known. It is one of the most edifying examples of the power of determination that you could ever come across. Inspired by a fight between Muhammad Ali, champion of the world, and Chuck [...]

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States of mind are contagious. There is nothing like spending a little time on the phone with someone who’s upbeat and positive to get into a state of positive expectancy and enthusiasm. It only takes a few minutes and the effect is immediate. The focus is realigned, the doubts vanish and the mood takes an [...]

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Success leaves clues. People who have succeeded have told their stories and they have given clues as to how they did it. Follow these clues and they will lead to success. Seems simple enough. However, if it’s so simple, how come so few catch the brass ring? For the simple reason that most people want [...]

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Whether we know it or not we are constantly selling. Every time that we try to influence or convince someone, we are selling. Whenever we try to be accepted by others, we are selling. The great leaders of this world were all master salesman. They convinced others, they pushed their agendas through, they were selling. [...]

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We created for ourselves personal rules regarding every facets of our lives. We are the one who decided what is takes for us to be happy. We decided what success means for us and we even decided what success was. We decided what our personal standards are, what we expect of ourselves what is acceptable [...]

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Mark Twain said, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” The story of evolution is a tale of struggle. [...]

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Anthony Robbins said, “The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.” When the state of mind is peaking, we perform at our best and when it’s slumping, life becomes a comedy of errors. In today’s world, a [...]

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Much could be said about the qualities needed to succeed in both our personal life and in our professional life. The list could include perseverance, dedication and a whole list of others, but one quality supersede all others in terms of importance. And that quality is caring. Robert Pirsig, who wrote, Zen and the Art [...]

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The main reason that people fail to achieve something significant in their life is that they fail to believe that they can. Great projects require massive action and unfailing dedication and they always contain some elements of uncertainty. The resources, time and knowledge necessary for the completion of these projects may not seem to be [...]

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