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The Correct Use of the Imagination

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” – Albert Einstein The imagination is probably the most powerful tool that we have at our disposal. Everything that man has created [...]

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Thinking Outside the Box

“Some men see things as they are, and say, “Why?” I dream of things that never were, and say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw Life is about balance and equilibrium. One of the best ways to learn and grow is by emulating the Greats of this world. On the other hand, since each of [...]

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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 Best of Tony Robbins – Life Changing Words

One of the greatest milestones in my life came about the day that I stumbled upon the following citation by Tony Robbins, “Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” When it is well understood and assimilated, this one sentence contains an entire [...]

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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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The Art of Selective Ignorance

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius Strange as it may seem, in some cases, ignorance can be a blessing. Most of the world’s greatest achievements came to be because someone simply did not know that it could not be done. That’s when it would be appropriate to invoke the [...]

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Beware of Mental Spammers

Mental Spammers. They are the ubiquitous victims. They keep on bombarding us with messages that we don’t need and don’t want to hear. The only thing that keeps them going is the ever-unfolding dramas that fill their lives. In their book, everything is black, everything is negative. It’s never their fault. The world is dedicated [...]

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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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The Theory of Egoistic Altruism

You cannot give what you don’t have. Just as you cannot give away money that you don’t have, you cannot spread happiness if you’re not happy yourself. Same thing with love. Unless you are able to love yourself, you simply cannot truly love others. These may be shocking words for some but it’s the truth. [...]

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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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Stick to the Basics and Succeed

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” – Jim Rohn Reading self-improvement books serves an essential purpose however that purpose is not what you may think it is. We read self-improvement books because they motivate and inspire. Not because they inform. We already know what [...]

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Finding your Mission on Planet Earth

We were all conceived for a specific reason. We all have a role to play in the grand scheme of the Universe. It could even be said that we were divinely ordained to fulfill a specific mission. Those are scary words for some, self-evident statements for others and food for thoughts for everyone. Our notion [...]

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The Process of Self-actualization

“Not only do you have to decide what results you are committed to, but also the kind of person that you’re committed to becoming.” – Anthony Robbins Basically, self-actualization means working toward becoming all that we can be. It should be a process that starts at birth and last until the last curtain falls. Unfortunately, [...]

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How to Avoid the Specter of Fear

Fear has to be one of the most unpleasant emotions on the face of Planet Earth. For that reason, the quest for some sort of security is an ongoing process for many people. Some people will seek safety through Divine intervention through prayers. Others will do it by gathering as much money as possible. We [...]

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The Efforts of Excellence or the Pains of Regrets

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” – Vincent Lombardi We love heroes. We love to see these people who are totally committed to a cause and who are willing to pay the price that it takes to win and [...]

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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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Self-sabotage and Limiting Beliefs

“If you raise your standards but don’t really believe you can meet them, you’ve already sabotaged yourself. Our beliefs are like unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what’s possible and what’s impossible. – Anthony Robbins It is said that if we redistributed equally among the population all the money available in the world, in [...]

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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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The New Reality of Consistency

“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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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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