Category Archives: Success
Change Is Good!
Change is often not taken well. Most people do not like change no matter how big or how small the change is. Often what people dislike is how a little change can mean a perspective change, either your own or in others. Can I change perspective? Just like being able to stand on a ladder to change your point of view, you can change your perspective in life. Alternative answers are available when your perspective changes. You may be surprised at how many solutions could be right in front of you. Reading books on a subject you want to change … Continue reading
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To Learn Success Be a Teacher and Student
Life is full of lessons. Some of them are harder to learn than others. Other lessons may not become clear until you start explaining the lesson to others. This is when the lesson becomes clearer that it has been. In teaching another person, you need to explain the material, this causes you to process the information differently than you did. Sometimes you need to explain things differently than you learned them so it is clearer for the other person. This change of perspective may just give you enough insight that you are able to see the lesson differently and gather … Continue reading
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Any News is Good News, Controversial Success or Failure
In discussing the GoDaddy controversy you may wonder if “any news is good news” or if controversy can be successful. The problem with creating conflict to create news is that… … you are creating conflict to create news. Think about it. If you are creating conflict, you never know what the end result will be. It does not guarantee others will embrace your company Depending on the controversial subject, you may lose YOUR buyers. GoDaddy CEO shot an shot an elephant. While many people may not agree with hunting, others will. But the video goes further. This going further bit … Continue reading
Go to Bed Early Rockstar
You probably had heard the saying “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This piece of wisdom is often credited to Benjamin Franklin, yet it actually an age-old proverb. Despite the fact many people try to disprove this, scientists and doctors have proved the wisdom and truth behind the proverb. So let’s go through this healthy, wealthy and wise bit and see how it makes your inner rockstar shine. How to create a healthy rockstar Your body has an internal clock. When you allow it to sleep during the darkest hours of the day, … Continue reading
Announce Success To Yourself
Announce success to yourself everyday. Announce to the person in the mirror your daily successes and that you have reached your goals. Stare the person in the mirror in the eye until that person believes it with all their heart and soul. You may questioned why make this announcement to yourself, yet this can help you reach your goals and dreams easier. Does talking to myself help? You are telling yourself affirmations. These are simple statements you can repeat over and over again. In simple terms they have the ability to change your mind to view it as reality. A … Continue reading
Don’t Let Excuses Block Your Goals
Excuses easily replace the firm resolutions we make. The firm “I will do this daily” unfortunately all too often fades to black quickly and easily. You seize opportunities to not work toward your goal today, and then the next day, and then the next. Reasons and excuses to wait until tomorrow replace them until the resolution is all but forgotten. Excuses, excuses, excuses…. If you are trying to exercise, it’ll be too late, too early, too cold, too hot to exercise. If you are trying to spend more time with the family, you will use some of those excuses, and … Continue reading
Keep Learning and Keep Living
Maybe you think because school was long ago, you do not need to learn or you are “too old” to learn anything new. Success planning is not a single incident. Success requires making adjustments to your plans. With these things in mind, it should come as no surprise that life long learning is an important part of success planning. How does life long learning help? You are exercising your mind, helping your memory, even helping your future. The mind is like a muscle, if you stop using it then you start losing mental abilities. This means coming up with new … Continue reading
Do You Hear Negative?
A big source of negative influences is what you hear. Some music is full of hate, rage and negative talk. If the music you listen to is negative, the shows you watch are negative, then that is what your mind is going to read as normal. Motivate yourself with positive news while is not as easy to find but does exist, once you start ignoring the negative news you will find it easier and easier to not even notice it. Look at positive images, listen to music that is positive and encouraging. Garbage in is garbage out. In the computer … Continue reading
Your Inner Voice and Success
Inside you is a voice that can lead astray or guide you to success. It can remind you of all the reasons you have self doubt or give you reasons to keep moving. Your inner voice can discourage you or encourage you. The difference is learning how to use that inner voice not for doubt but for motivation. How can I use my mind for motivation? Self-doubt, worry and fear are often learned behaviors. Although it is not always easy, the goal is to stop those thoughts and replace them with empowering thoughts. Think about things that motivate and encourage … Continue reading
Time to End Bully Behavior
Today people are wearing purple, both to remember those who took their lives due to bullying and to speak out against it. Yet walking down a busy road the other day, many cars had their windows down, with songs calling women names, races names, songs saying abuse was acceptable, and songs of hatred. There are the stories of teenagers committing suicide over bullying and people are shocked wondering how it can happen. How it happens. For some reason, one person or a group will attack someone who does not fit the standards. They get called names, they get shoved, books knocked … Continue reading
