Without being overly pessimistic, we must face the fact that some people are going through some challenging times. A few days ago, Tony Robbins issued a free video giving some advices to people who find themselves facing an uphill battle. For those who did not have the chance to see that video, here is a [...]

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The major reason that we set goals and objectives should be because it’s one of the best possible way of optimizing the talents that we were given at birth and in doing so, become all that we can be. The process is also called self-actualization.
We were born with noting but potential for growth and [...]

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To reach the brass ring we must perform at our highest level. Being good will not do it, being excellent will not do it. The prize comes to those who are outstanding on a regular basis and to be outstanding, top notch performances are required.
Contrary to popular belief, high level performance does not involve [...]

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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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Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, ended his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005 with the following words, “Stay hungry. Stay Foolish.” It would be fair to say that most of the hundred of thousands who have heard or read the speech probably have forgot everything about that allocution except these [...]

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It has been said that life is selling. We don’t consciously see it this way but it is a fact of life. Selling is the act of getting someone to accept a suggestion or a proposition. We do it all the time. Getting acceptance from others is selling who we are, influencing others to love [...]

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Goodwill, defined as, a kindly feeling of approval and support, is like money in the bank. It adds to the value of the individual. It’s a personal resource that can be bartered or exchanged for other commodities. It’s a source of wealth that can be used to acquire many of the heart’s desire. And, best [...]

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Being rich has nothing to do with the state of our bank account. Being rich has everything to do with the feeling that, no matter what, we can always get the things that we need or want.
To put it in other words, being rich does not mean having resources it means having resourcefulness.
We can always [...]

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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 know [...]

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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 its [...]

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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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Whether we know it or not, we are always emulating someone and most of what we are today is the result of the emulating that we’ve done throughout our life.
Emulating is the fastest and easiest way to shape whoever we want to become. Each and everyone of our heroes has left an indelible mark on [...]

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Personal Development dates back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In those days, Personal Development was a quest to reach “arête” which means, Personal Excellence.
Arête, or personal excellence, was sought in order to attain Eudaimonia, commonly translated as “happiness.” Times have changed but the common desire to attain happiness has not. And what was true [...]

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The force of life is passion. If you can get yourself to be passionate enough, you can do almost anything. Passion will give you the drive to accomplish even the hardest tasks. Passion will sparkle the imagination and make you more imaginative and creative. Passion [...]

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Anyone who has been exposed to Tony Robbins’ material has heard about Massive Action. Tony even gives us a perfect example of Massive Action. He tells us that when he decided to become a public speaker, he would give three speeches a day instead of three speeches a week like every other aspiring speakers did. [...]

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The immortal Robert M. Pirsig who wrote, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance said something to the effect that, if metaphysic brings something into your life, good for you, if not, forget about it and go on your merry way.
Zen and the assorted Oriental philosophies are for believers. If you’re a believer it [...]

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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 skill, [...]

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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. Let’s [...]

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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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