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Our Internal Bank of References

We have a mechanism inside of our brain that analyses every one of our experiences, determines what it means and then stores the results in our bank of references. The process started while we were very young and has been going on ever since.
That is the process that allows us to perform automatically most of [...]

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Change your Perceptions – Change your Life

As our Universe unfolds in front of our eyes, it creates the setting for a magnificent movie of which we are the Director and eventually the unique spectator. What we do with that movie will either be a film that we’ll enjoy, fear, admire or loathe. That film represents, “Our Reality.”
Being able to [...]

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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, has [...]

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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 to [...]

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The Ten Minutes a Day Success Kit

The title of this article sounds like of one of those cheesy add that tells you how to build a fantastic physique by training just a few minutes a week. The good news is that you won’t have to make twelve easy payments for it and I won’t lie to you.
Seriously, if you are willing [...]

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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, such [...]

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How to Avoid Frustration

“To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.” – Hugh Prather
Crushed expectancies create frustration which in turn leads to crushed self-image, blows to self-worth and major damage to self-confidence. The number one cause of procrastination is the very real [...]

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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 achieve. [...]

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If You Don’t Take Control of your Life…

“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.” – Anthony Robbins
Your ship is sailing. Either you grab the elm and steer it where you want it to go or someone else will do it for you. We are all on a grand voyage called life. It can be a fantastic odyssey of epic proportion or [...]

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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 less [...]

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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 casually [...]

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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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How to Increase Willpower and Self-control

The brain, like a computer, needs to be studied and understood before it can be used effectively. In order to be able to increase the effectiveness of our willpower and self-control we need to know what directs our behavior.
There are two main forces controlling every action that we take and every decision that we [...]

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How to Think Big Without Drowning

There it is, in black and white, on top of the goal list, “Become a Millionaire in less than ten years.” A very lofty goal and certainly a reasonable one. It’s been done many times before. Sadly, that same goal, or similar big objectives, have kept many from ever achieving anything worthwhile. They simply drowned [...]

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The Path to Excellence — Deliberate Practice

Scientific studies have found that, contrary to popular beliefs, innate abilities are not the major factor in achieving excellence in any sphere of endeavor. We are not born with predispositions to excel in particular skills; those are learned.
Even in the cases of child prodigies, studies have found that the predominant factor behind their exceptional skill [...]

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How to Make Your Dreams Come True

Just as the flap of a butterfly in Australia can cause a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean a simple postulate can transform a whole life. I know. It happened for me. One day, I stumbled on the statement that said, “Your feelings attract your life.” From that day on, my life has never been the [...]

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Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

Most of us were brought up with the belief that if we were good, we would be rewarded and good things would happen to us. However if we were bad, we could expect that life would somehow punish us.
That may be a sound moral lesson to teach children; unfortunately it has nothing to do [...]

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The Secret to a Fascinating Life — Caring

Henry David Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” It does not have to be this way. Life can be a fascinating adventure thanks to the most important word in the English language; that word is caring.
Though most people are familiar [...]

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The Pursuit of Money – Do’s and Don’ts

Money, the golden calf, the answer to all problems, the missing link to total happiness, the most sought after and least understood resource; here is how to get it.
“Money is the byproduct of service rendered” is the fundamental axiom upon which any discussion pertaining to money making should be based. To make money, find what’s [...]

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Perception is Everything

To succeed in any field of endeavor we must communicate. That’s how we get our message across and influence people. It’s how we get people to buy our product, accept our ideas or come to accept our way of thinking. It’s how we get the things that we want out of life.
Communications are not [...]

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