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Ethic A Tool For Success

There are three ways that we can reach the top pinnacle of success: it can be done illegally, lawfully or ethically. Out of these three options, one is short lived, one is not satisfactory and one is the smart and wise thing to do. No one will deny the fact that some people have made [...]

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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 [...]

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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 direct [...]

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Building Self-confidence and Self-esteem

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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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 [...]

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The Enemy Within

There is an African proverb that says, “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” That is very true in a metaphoric sense. Most of the time, we are our own worst enemy. That usually happens when passion supersedes reason. We like to believe that we are creatures of reason, motivated [...]

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A Sense of Entitlement

From Alexander The Great to Donald Trump and from Napoleon Bonaparte to Arnold Schwarzenegger all great Movers and Shakers had one belief in common. The believed that they were born to be great. They believed that they had been blessed by the gods and entitled with a special gift. Were they born with that belief? [...]

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How to Get the Things that we Want the Most

“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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Scanning the Brain for Virus and Malwares

Our computers are equipped with Anti-virus programs that will hopefully stop any malware from infecting our hardrive and affect the performance of our beloved PC. These programs are quite effective but, just to make sure that we have no bugs, we perform periodical scans. Unfortunately, our brain is not equipped with any Anti-virus program and, [...]

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Why Self-improvement is Such a Slow Process

A wise man once said, “A message can go around the world in less than a second but it may take months or years for that same message to travel from the ears to the brain.” That is especially true when it comes to self-improvement. One of the strongest forces in the human organism is [...]

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The New Reality of Consistency

“One of the strongest forces in the human organism is the need for consistency.” – Anthony Robbins We need consistency to establish some certainty and order in our world. What we don’t need is rigid consistency where everything becomes so familiar and so automatic that we go through life half asleep, half hypnotized and simply [...]

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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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Appreciation and Bonding with People

There are six basic human needs. They are: certainty, uncertainty, connection and love, personal growth, the need to contribute and significance. Each of these needs have to be filled if a person is to feel complete and whole. Naturally, the need that is most pressing for anyone is the need that it not met. In [...]

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The Longest Step – A Lesson on Faith and Courage

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. That event is now known as, the longest step. That first lunar landing was undoubtedly the greatest feat of the twentieth century. Not only had man set foot on another celestial body but the new advances in technology that were discovered to make [...]

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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 Power of Certainty – The Winner’s Edge

“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.” — William Lyon Phelps Certainty is a double edge sword. It can propel someone to incredible heights as it can stifle knowledge and enlightenment. [...]

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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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The Metaphoric Logo

“With all the power that metaphors wield over our lives, the scary part is that most of us have never consciously selected the metaphors with which we represent things to ourselves.” – Anthony Robbins With a single image, a metaphor can represent an entire concept. Perfect examples of that would be the cross, the flag [...]

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Advice for Rough Times – How to Change your Karma

The EST guru, Werner Erhard, used to say jokingly, “Your karma is what happens to you and what happens to you is your karma.” When things are going well for us, that type of circular reasoning might be funny but when nothing works and it appears that the sky is about to fall on our [...]

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How To Feel Good All the Time

One of the problem with the human mind is that it finds it very hard to grasp extremes. A very simple truth is just as hard to be accepted as a bold faced lie. So, if we want to accept a simple truth, what we have to do is complicate it enough so that we [...]

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