There is a little guy hiding inside our brain that watches and evaluate everything that we do. That little fellow is in charge of setting the mark that will determine our level of self-confidence and self-esteem. Sigmund Freud gave the little guy a name. He called him the Super-ego. That’s his real name, however we [...]

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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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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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Life never stands still. It is either on the upward trajectory of growth or on the declining path of impending extinction. As humans, it leaves us with two options; we can let nature and outside circumstances follow their natural course or we can pursue the quest for personal growth and self-actualization. We are never too [...]

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Before starting on a journey to a specific destination it is essential to know our present situation. A boat that is lost at sea has no way of knowing in which direction to steer to get to a specific port. It is the same with our personal status. First we must determine our present location [...]

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Popeye, the sailor, said, “I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam.” He may be the most vocal to voice that statement but he certainly is not the only one who believes that, “I is the way that I is and that’s all that I is.” That’s both a shame and a [...]

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A man’s capacity to climb the ladder of success is directly proportional to his ability to handle criticism. The higher the post, the more the person occupying it will be subjected to personal attacks, verbal abuses and disrespectful comments. It goes with the territory. That is not to say that people are fundamentally negative. Far [...]

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The major reason that we set goals and objectives should be because it’s one of the best possible way of optimizing the talents that we were given at birth and in doing so, become all that we can be. The process is also called self-actualization. We were born with noting but potential for growth and [...]

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No one will dispute the fact that fear of rejection is one of the major reason why people fail to take action. Dreams are put on the shelves and some of the more promising projects will never see the light of day because of that fear. Anyone who ever hopes to achieve anything significant will [...]

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Over seventy years ago, Dale Carnegie wrote the classic, How to Win Friend and Influence People. It’s all about human relationships and how to be more effective when dealing with people. It’s a great book but it’s not very practical. Who can walk around, meet people and try to recall some fifty different rules that [...]

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Albert Einstein said, “Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world.” It is true that each of us has his own simplified view of the world but the simplification does not stop there. We reduce it even further so that it can [...]

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The Number One Cause of Failure – How to Fix it After spending over three decades in self-improvement and hearing the stories of hundreds of people who are still struggling, the number one observation that stands out above all other is that, people fail to achieve success because they cannot get themselves to take action. [...]

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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 [...]

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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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There is always a hot new Personal Development book on the market or a brand new seminar being given that is guaranteed to solve all your problems and make you an instant success. That’s been going on since Benjamin Franklin, father and founder of the self-improvement movement, developed what he called a plan for regulating [...]

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There is nothing like a nice fire in the fireplace to put you in a contemplative mood. It almost has an hypnotic effect. One evening, while looking at the flame dancing in our fireplace, it dawned on me that I was witnessing the perfect symbiosis necessary to develop and sustain a beautiful relationship. There were [...]

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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 [...]

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There are six universal human needs. They are: Certainty, Uncertainty, Significance, Love, Growth and Contribution. Somehow, each of us manage to fulfill at least the basic requirements for all these needs. And the way that we fulfill those needs will determine the direction that we take in life. In this Blog, I would like to [...]

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Personal Development dates back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In those days, Personal Development was a quest to reach “arête” which means, Personal Excellence. Arête, or personal excellence, was sought in order to attain Eudaimonia, commonly translated as “happiness.” Times have changed but the common desire to attain happiness has not. And what was true [...]

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