The image that we project goes a long way to influence people and if we want to have any success in life, influencing people is a prerequisite. To make a sale, we have to influence people, to get a promotion, we must influence people, to implement any agenda that we may have, we must influence [...]

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In 1970, Robert J. Ringer came out with the book, Winning through intimidation. Millions of copies were sold but now the book is no longer being printed and Amazon.com has only one new copy left priced at $143.58 and a few used ones in the twenty dollar range. But, it’s a very simple book and [...]

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Personal development means exactly what the words imply, it’s a quest to develop inherent qualities, abilities and resources in the individual. Contrary to popular beliefs, it is not restricted to material success. Material success does not imply a successful, meaningful and rewarding life. Personal development does include all these factor plus the ability to perform [...]

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Reading a Personal Development book and doing it in a way that will contribute to our life is not an easy task. It requires time, effort and dedication. We don’t read such a book to see what’s in it. We read it in an effort to change who we are, change the distinctions that we [...]

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I strongly believe that the high level of happiness that I’ve enjoyed throughout my life is due to the fact that I never demanded much from life. Most of the time, being alive and not hurting is all that was required to keep me in a happy frame of mind. Life truly is a gift. [...]

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Should a terrorist be respected? Should a killer be respected? Respect, where does it start, where does it ends? Profound questions not often addressed. First, it must be understood that without respect, communication is impossible and without communication there cannot be improvement in any situation. Without respect, the law of the jungle predominate. Lack of [...]

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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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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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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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Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all leaders. Each and everyone of us is being observed by someone else trying to learn something or get some insight into some particular situation. Some of us have greater leadership skill than others, but no matter where we stand on the scale of leadership [...]

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For most people, the real Shamou was a magnificent English Bulldog. For me, he was much more than that, he was a friend and a mentor. Shamou taught me a great many things. Not the least of which being that, as far as being accepted by others, character is much more important than personal look. [...]

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The Mad-Sad, Pout-Shout syndrome is a crippling condition. It renders the sufferer totally ineffective and confined to a life of frustration and hardship. It is usually contracted somewhere around the age of three. Something frustrates the toddler and he throws a fit. And as if per magic, the cause of the frustration is removed and [...]

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The purpose of the Shamou Blog is to share some of what I have been fortunate to learn on the subject of Personal Development during the past three decades. Being a member of the Chiropractic profession I had the privilege of belonging to a very large organization who would hold motivational seminars every two months [...]

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