Year: 2012

The following is from David H Paul on persistence and ways to be a success in network marketing especially using the $100000 success formula. Thanks David.
How to Use Focused Peristence: Are You Avoiding  Persistence? This week we are going to talk about a topic that many people want to avoid, persistence. Persistence requires consistent, daily effort and action. Can the actions be effortless? Sure they can be, as long as we have done the previous 8 steps (chapters) in “Think and Grow Rich”. Finding the [...]

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The following article may be aimed at women from Kim Kiyosaki yet it is applicable for men too. It is a powerful article on negativity and what you want to do with your life.
Stop the Negativity Women!:
Are you stuck in a rut of negativity and think there is no chance whatsoever that you’ll ever obtain financial freedom? It’s time to change your mindset and start pursuing your goals. Kim Kiyosaki’s Rich Woman offers her insights here.

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From Positively postive a wonderful article on finding out what your own success is as a person.
Success: Do You Have It?:

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

Maya Angelou

Understanding what success means to you is a process. It seems simple, but it’s not. One person wants to build a business, another wants to spend time with her kids, and still another wants to give back to his community and make a difference. To gain a greater sense of fulfillment, your actions and goals must be tied to your values and definition of success. That’s the simple truth!

How do YOU define success?

Does it mean being in a loving relationship, inspiring others, creating jobs, helping people change their lives, having time for yourself, creating a vibrant community, laughing with friends, being promoted, having a house, or making a certain amount of money? Success is dynamic; at different times in your life, it will take on various meanings.
Regardless of what you do for work, your level of education, how much money you have in the bank, your title at work, or where you live, you need to define what success means to you.
Society offers many definitions of success: where we should work or go to school, what we should do with our lives. The reality is that the meaning of success shifts at various stages in our life.
When you’re twenty-two, success may mean getting your first job.
When you’re thirty-two, success many mean buying your first home.
When you’re forty-two, success may mean starting your own business and working for yourself.
These “definitions” will continuously shift, so you need ask the question often and look inward, not outward, for answers.
I talk to clients regularly who have achieved success in different areas of their life—whether it’s in their career, relationships, finances, or healthy living. The fascinating part is each one has a different vision for success today. For example, one client wants to run fifty-two marathons in fifty-two weeks to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer (www.MarathonGoddess.com), another wants to expand her yoga business globally while spending time with her family, and another client just wants some “me” time. Again, success will mean completely different things to each of us. The catch is depending on how you define success, you will need to take different actions to ultimately feel fulfilled.
What does success mean to you, and are your actions and goals aligned with your vision?

Alissa Finerman is a Professional Business/Life Coach, motivational speaker, and author of Living in Your Top 1%. She works with individuals and organizations to help them think bigger, redefine what’s possible, and get results. Alissa has an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. She has appeared on national radio stations such as CBS and Clear Channel Radio and has worked with the Milken Institute, LA Business Journal, Prostate Cancer Foundation, and NBC Universal. To learn more about coaching with Alissa, please visit her website and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
Please join Alissa for her on-demand, downloadable four-week online class to Live in Your Top 1%. Turn your ideas into action!
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Don’t Be Afraid to Ask the Question
by Roger Dawson

I used to be afraid to ask questions for fear that the question would upset the other person. I was one of those people who say, “Would you mind if I asked you?” or “Would it embarrass you to tell me?” I don’t do that anymore. I ask them, “How much money did you make last year?” If they don’t want to tell you, they won’t. Even if they don’t answer the question, you’ll still be gathering information.

Just before General Schwarzkopf sent our troops into Kuwait, Sam Donaldson asked him, “General, when are you going to start the land war?” Did he really think that the general was going to say, “Sam, I promised the president that I wouldn’t tell any of the 500 reporters that keep asking me that question, but since you asked I’ll tell you. At 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday we’re going in”? Of course, Schwarzkopf wasn’t going to answer that question, but a good reporter asks anyway. It might put pressure on the other person or annoy him so that he blurts out something he didn’t intend to. Just judging the other person’s reaction to the question might tell you a great deal.

If you want to learn about another person, nothing will work better than the direct question. In my own experience—now that I’m no longer afraid to ask—I’ve met only a few people who were seriously averse to answering even the most personal questions. For example, how many people get offended when you ask them, “Why were you in hospital?” Not very many.

It’s a strange fact of human nature that we’re very willing to talk about ourselves, yet we’re reticent when it comes to asking others about themselves. We fear the nasty look and the rebuff to a personal question. We refrain from asking because we expect the response, “That’s none of your business.” Yet how often do we respond that way to others?

When you get over your inhibitions about asking people, the number of people willing to help you will surprise you. When I wanted to become a professional speaker, I called up a speaker I admired, Danny Cox, and asked him if I could buy him lunch. Over lunch, he willingly gave me a $5,000 seminar on how to be successful as a speaker. Whenever I see him today, I remind him of how easy it would have been for him to talk me out of the idea. Instead, though, he was very encouraging. It still astounds me how people who have spent a lifetime accumulating knowledge in a particular area are more than willing to share that information with me without any thought of compensation.

It seems even more incredible that these experts are very rarely asked to share their expertise. Most people find experts intimidating, so the deep knowledge that they have to offer is never fully used. What a senseless waste of a valuable resource—all because of an irrational fear.

From Jim Rohns newsletter a wonderful article on asking the questions

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A Thankful Thanksgiving by Jim Rohn

Editor’s Note: In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November as a day for its citizens to give thanks for all that they have in their lives.

You may be wondering why I would call this article a Thankful Thanksgiving. Aren't all Thanksgivings thankful? Unfortunately, no. Since I had experienced more than 75 Thanksgivings, I recognize that being thankful is something that we have to work at, even on Thanksgiving.

If your home is like most, your Thanksgiving Day will be very busy, with either traveling to where you want to go or preparing your home to have others over for the day. Either way, that can be very hectic and emotionally trying, which doesn't lend itself to preparing your heart to be reflective and thankful. In fact, Thanksgiving weekend is the most traveled weekend in America. Airports are full, and don’t always provide much room for contemplation of your good fortune.

This means all the more that if we want to be the kind of people who are characterized by thankfulness, then we must make sure that we focus on it, and not just on Thanksgiving Day, but at all times during the year.
Here are a few key words as well as some thoughts that are simple and practical to apply; something you can use right away in your quest to become more thankful:

Time. Set aside time regularly to be quiet, to reflect. We live in the fastest-paced time ever. From the moment we awake to the moment we collapse into bed, we have the opportunity to go at full speed and never slow down. If we schedule time every day in which we can be quiet and reflect, we will free our hearts and minds from the tyranny of the urgent and rushed.

Thought. Give thought to the many blessings that you have. Living in a consumer culture, most of us are fully aware of what we do not have and how we absolutely must have "it." But how often do we reflect upon that which we already have? Take some time each day and think of one or two things you have that you may typically take for granted, and then take a moment and give thanks for those. In fact, I make it a part of my reflection time to review a list of things that I'm thankful for.

Generosity. Be generous toward those with less and not envious of those with more. We tend to look at others who may be wealthier than ourselves and think, "I sure wish I had what he does." That kind of thinking breeds envy and jealousy rather than contentment. What can we do to break that cycle? I would suggest being generous to those who are less fortunate than yourself. Go to work at a food bank, and not just during the holidays—everybody works there then—but on a regular basis during the year. That will remind you of how good you really have it.

Ask. Ask a friend what they are thankful for. You will be amazed at the answers you receive and you will create a meaningful bond with your friends as you focus on this powerful question.

Acknowledge. Lastly, tell those you love how thankful you are for having them in your life. So many times we neglect to take the time to craft the words to express to those closest to us what their presence in our lives means to us. Take the opportunity of Thanksgiving Day to write them a note, or sometime during the day put your hand on their shoulder, look them in the eyes and tell them. Let them know what they mean to you, and in return you'll begin to create the possibility of deeper, richer, more fulfilling relationships with those you love.

Of course, we should do what we can to make the most of the day we call Thanksgiving, but wouldn't it be a shame if the only time we reflected on our blessings was that one Thursday in November? And the answer is, of course! So let's do our best to be aware of the many great gifts that we have each and every day of the year. As we do so we will see our hearts soar and our minds more and more at peace as we regularly remember and remain aware of our good fortune.

From Jim Rohn’s newsletter a wonderful article on the power of giving and thanksgiving and being thankful.

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