Negative self-talk has to be the number one destroyer of self-confidence. You know the type of self-talk that goes on in the incessant chattering of the mind. The type of talk that says, “I’m so stupid. I always mess up. I can’t do anything right.” That kind of self-talk is an ego pleaser. It gets [...]

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Let’s put it this way, life will never be as great as your favorite guru would like you to believe but, if you put enough work on improving yourself, you will see a major change. That’s not saying that you no longer will face challenges. Everyone does. Even Tony Robbins had to face bankruptcy at [...]

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“Some men see things as they are, and say, “Why?” I dream of things that never were, and say, “Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw Sooner or later, we are bound to get stuck. We are at an impasse, deadlocked. No solution comes to mind. Why is that? The answer to that is simple. We [...]

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“I believe that it’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Anthony Robbins Our decisions have taken us to where we presently are in life and decisions will, to a large extent, determine our destiny. It is our decisions that have produced the level of success that we are now enjoying [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Almost without fail, people on a mission are seen as charismatic. So, the question that begs to be asked is, which came first, the charisma or the mission. Charisma is a very elusive trait. It can be found in the most diverse characteristic qualities but it is not attached to anyone of those qualities. According [...]

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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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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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If you ask a question to the brain, it will always come up with an answer. As a matter of fact, it can come up with several answers or what we could be more adequately called hypothesis. An hypothesis, as defined by Webster is a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test [...]

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Everyday, countless of very worthwhile projects are shelved because of lack of resources. That’s a tragedy. It’s a tragedy because lack of resources can always be compensated with resourcefulness. Lack of resources should never be an excuse to abandon a project. Lack of resource is the mother of invention. Lack of resources stands behind almost [...]

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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 [...]

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Willpower might work fine for short time commitments but it’s very unreliable for the long run life changes. Ask anyone who has ever tried to lose weight, stop drinking, give up drugs or stop smoking. Willpower will work for a few days or maybe a few months but, chances are very high that sooner or [...]

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Almost everyone had their childhood heroes. I know that I did. They would inspire me. I wanted to be just like them when I grew up. I would try to dress the way that they did and act out their part. My heroes had exceptional courage, nobility and strength. They would fight evil and they [...]

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Passion or, Personal Drive with an Erection. Nothing great ever was achieved without passion. Passion will give you energy, creativity, endurance and the wherewithal to surmount almost any obstacle. Passion is essential to great achievements. Biographies clearly demonstrate that a common trait among super-achiever is passion. Passion for life, passion to excel, passion to achieve. [...]

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