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...
Read MoreDo 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...
Read MoreYour 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 ...
Read MoreTime 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...
Read MoreYou Can Succeed, There Are No Limits
For the past few days, sharing goals have been discussed. With goals, one typically wants success. Yet there are times when almost anyone can have doubts as to if success is actually possible. This may seem impossible when there are those who seem to have no limits, yet when you think about life there are people whom are born with limits, who develop limits through accidents and other things who should never be able to do certain things. Yet they get up. They try again. The physical...
Read MoreThe Key to Sharing Goals
The idea of sharing your goals with others is that you will do more to achieve them, or they will help motivate you. Studies as far back as 1920s have proven this actually does not work. Rather than take action, you are less likely to do so. What is wrong with sharing goals? By feeling like you are closer, you are tricking the mind that you are closer without taking action. This has been proven in several studies, including one by Peter Gollwitzer. He had 163 subjects, all made a...
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