Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and…
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Focusing and Acting on Your Dream
by Les Brown Whatever dream you decide to go after, whether it is a family, or a career goal, you must consciously decide that it is your life’s mission. Benjamin Disraeli said, “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” You must go at it obsessively and set high standards…
Continue Reading....The Conclusion of Four Steps to Success!
Four Steps to Success! Part 2 This two part article by Jim Rohn reminds all of us that success is within our grasp, we just have to break it down into smaller steps. The first two steps were explained in Part 1 of this article. Part 2 outlines for the…
Continue Reading....Four Steps to Success!
We can all achieve success. Sometimes, though, getting to success seems overwhelming. This two part article by Jim Rohn reminds all of us that success is within our grasp, we just have to break it down into smaller steps. The first two steps are explained in Part 1 of this…
Continue Reading....Look up to the Real Heroes
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. One of those holidays that most people don’t celebrate, it just means the bank and Post Office are closed. And that is so wrong, to me. As far as I’m concerned, Veteran’s Day is one of the most important days of the year. Politicians are fond…
Continue Reading....The Qualities of Skillful Leadership
by Jim Rohn If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent. I call…
Continue Reading....Keeping a Journal- One of the Three Treasures to Leave Behind
by Jim Rohn (excerpts from “How to Keep a Journal” audio series by Jim Rohn) If you’re serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don’t trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across…
Continue Reading....If Selling, Listen to the Symptoms
by Ron White ‘Doc…I got this cough.’ ‘Is it a light cough?’ ‘No Doc it is a deep hacking cough like this….KUUH… KUUH’ ‘Okay, anything else?’ ‘Yeah, I got the shivers and this red bumpy rash.’ ‘Oh, well you have got the Jungle hemoglobin neuro-cardio virus. Take these pills for…
Continue Reading....If You’re Not Screwing Up, You’re Fired.
Most people in their jobs or client relationships worry about “getting fired” for making mistakes. Indeed, we all make them—and as Alan Mooney, a close friend and work colleague likes to put it: if we aren’t making mistakes, then something is wrong. In fact, he sums this policy up in…
Continue Reading....I’m Not an Actor, but I play one on TV
Continuing on the topic of “state”—Are you in control of your state, or is your state in control of you? Successful people are masters of their states—and thus their resourcefulness at virtually any point in time. It is largely the cumulative condition of your thoughts and your physiology; your mind…
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