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Don’t Cheat Yourself – Live With Passion

“At one time in our lives, we all had a vision for the quality of life that we desire and deserve. Yet, for many of us, those dreams have become so shrouded in the frustration and routines of daily life that we no longer even make an effort to accomplish them. For far too many, [...]

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A Little Advice that Goes a Long Way

You never know when you’re going to run across one of those little gem that seems almost innocent at first sight but eventually turn out to be a priceless advice. Such was the closing remark of a long forgotten motivator. The man left us with the following quote, “Always leave your universe a little better [...]

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What To Do When You Get Stuck

It has happened to the best of us. We’ll be working on a project and suddenly we hit a brick wall. We’re stuck and nothing seems to come to mind as to how to get out of the imbroglio. The mind goes blank as in a semi-comatose state. The two most frequent causes of this [...]

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How to get in the Flow

The state of flow is that state where a person can do no wrong and almost everything is accomplished almost effortlessly. Everything just seems to turn out just perfectly. The parking spot is open for you in a crowded street, the job that you’ve always wanted is offered to you on a silver platter, the [...]

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Why the Negative and Self-destructive Habits

The first step in trying to eliminate self-destructive habits is to understand why these habits are entertained in the first place. Understanding why people overindulge in drinking, overeating, gambling, promiscuity and other assorted destructive habits will give us the key to the solutions for these problems. The main reasons that people adopt self-destructive habits are [...]

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How to Overcome Shyness

Overcoming social anxiety or shyness is a must for anyone who seeks to obtain a place under the sun. To succeed, social interaction is essential. Not only is it essential but it could be argued that the level of personal success is directly proportional to one’s ability to socialize. Something that is very hard to [...]

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Self-sabotage – Why we Do it and How to Avoid it

Sometimes we are our own worse enemy. We start something and then sabotage it. At the time, it seems as it had been some silly mistake or oversight that had done the damage, but, in retrospect we see that the sabotage almost seem to have been intentional. There are two main reasons why we will [...]

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Don’t Even Try to Succeed Without This

Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, said it first, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” Years later Tony Robbins added, “Certainty is the winner’s edge.” These two giants knew that faith and certainty are the two legs upon witch success in any endeavor stands. Believing is [...]

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The Personal Planner – A tool for success

Over two decades ago I asked one of my very prosperous friend what the secret of his success was. He went on to explain that whatever success that he was having was mainly due to the fact that he constantly worked with a Personal Planner. The notion resonated with me and I have been using [...]

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The importance of small distinctions

It is the small distinctions that we have made in the past that have brought us were we are presently in life and it is the small distinctions that we will make in the future that will lead us to or away from our intended targets. Huge and very important decisions that will influence our [...]

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The power of the state of mind

How well or how badly we perform at any given moment depends mostly on the state of mind we were in at the time. Understanding that premise and understanding it well could be one of the most powerful lesson that we’ll ever learn in our lifetime. Have you ever said anything, or come up with [...]

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We must be, before we can do, before we can have

It would be safe to say that most people who are interested in self-improvement are also interested in having more money and other material possessions. Most personal goal lists include the expensive car, the big house and the fat bank account. Nothing wrong with that. What may be wrong though, is the way that people [...]

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Being productive

While I was active on the Anthony Robbins Web Community Forums I was always amazed at seeing comments from some of the members complaining that Robbins was not spending time on his own site. After ten years, Tony had a grand total of two posts and he probably did not even write those himself. What [...]

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The three most important investments

I have been around for quite a long time and life has taken upon itself to teach me a few lessons and one of these was about investments. Life, being so wise, made me realize that our most important investments were not made with money but with time and efforts. We have limited time and [...]

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Barack Obama’s secret

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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The benefits of writing

Writing is contagious. The more we write, the more we feel like writing. The question then becomes, “Why is that?” First and foremost, writing is a wonderful way of expressing ourselves. There is no “pacing” as we see in conversation. That is, we can stop in mid-sentence and evaluate where we are going with our [...]

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The key to super-achieving and greatness

Barack Obama said, “Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.” When we read the biographies of great men and women we find that [...]

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Real life versus sports

The greatest success guru is the “world of sports.” The rules that applies to success in sports are the same that will determine success in the business or professional world. Most people who have made it financially see the professional life as a game. They are out there to play hard and win and they [...]

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Winners and Losers

The operative word in differentiating between winners and losers is the noun accountability. The winners will take responsibility or accountability for whatever happens in their life. The losers will not. They will take the victim stance. Feeling responsible for what happens in our life allows us to take and active role on influencing the outcome [...]

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Connecting and bonding with people

In order to communicate with people a rapport has to be established. This rapport is also known as connecting or bonding. A rapport is established when there is mutual acceptance and willingness in the part of the parties involved to reach an acceptable conclusion on a specific matter. So long as this rapport is not [...]

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