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The Benefits of Keeping A Journal
Keeping a journal has many advantages and benefits. Whether you write a few lines or pages, through journaling, you can record and track a lot of information that can be easily retained for future reference. You can actually see what you were thinking because your thoughts and experiences are in a journal. When you commit to writing them down, you have put your thoughts and experiences into a solid form. Below are some examples of the benefits of keeping a journal.
Discover How to Stay Motivated and Be Successful
If you surveyed 50 people asking each their definition of success, chances are you would receive fifty different answers. Even so, there are certain steps everyone must follow in order to be successful. One of the most important is - staying motivated.
Discover the Hidden Power of Self Motivation
Many studies have been done to research the effects of motivation and mental health. As the implications of helping those with negative self-esteem, depression and anxiety are immense this is certainly an area of research that deserves a great deal of attention.
Motivating Yourself To Take Action Daily
Daily action towards a goal is the fastest way to achieve your goal. As you take daily action you see the results of that action fairly quickly if not immediately. Visible results which are clear and undeniable are huge motivators.
Success Through The Power Of Daily Action
Daily actions to achieve your goals means daily progress and daily excitement as you start to feel your dreams are actually coming true.
Beyond Procrastination – 8 Questions To Ask Yourself
Why am I constantly putting things off? Why don't I do the things I'm "supposed" to do, but don't really want to? Why do I always seem to be forcing myself to do things? Whether it's chores at home, work for school, or projects at work, how do I get beyond procrastination? Most often, something is operating "underneath" the procrastination. Asking yourself these nine questions and spending some conscious time reflecting on your responses can help you uncover why you are ...
I'll Do It In A Minute... Or Maybe I Won't
‘Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.’ Christopher Parker
Recommendations for the Best Personal Growth Books
I can't stress this enough: You've got to motivate yourself in order to motivate your team. You don't motivate people, they motivate themselves (or they don't). If you model motivated behavior, so will your team! Read on for a few suggestions on books to help you make it great!
JJK's First Six Secrets to Becoming a Successful, Creative Entrepreneur!
Hello Creative Entrepreneurs! As many of you may know I have 24 Secrets to Becoming a Successful Creative Entrepreneur. In this article I am going to share with you my first SIX SECRETS but let's start with the thought for the day: Your determination and desire to succeed and be a winner will take you far, even though sometimes events may be moving a little slower than you wish. Even if you don't see instant results today, don't ever give up! Remember it’s ...
Get Started! Do Something!
This is about getting started. Taking that first step. It is so easy to moan about our lives and complain that things aren’t how we want them to be. We all do it. We all have done it! So how can we break out of that moaning habit and turn it into a doing one? Making the decision to do something is the first step – but taking action is the most important one. So you get it wrong. It can happen. What do you do? Do you lay there on the ground feeling sorry for yourself while life ...
Ask Your Question – Get what You Desire
"Questions get answers, advice, opinions, beliefs, impressions, stories, and more questions. Questions are about life, people, careers, achievements, facts, and faith. Ask and learn." - Ruby Bayan What would just the right question be worth to you? There is nothing more effective for bringing deep insight and understanding than a powerful question. You truly can ask questions that create meaningful change in your life. The right questions can lead you toward ...
Have You Said 'Thank You' Today?
‘When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.’ --G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) English essayist, novelist, journalist, poet
You are the Master of Your Destiny
Every thought of a human being is transformed as picture in everybody's mind. The picture transformed into your mind will be depending upon your thought. If your thought is about success, the picture transformed into your mind, will be as if you are getting success. If your thought is failure, then the picture transformed into your mind will be as if you are getting failure. Never think or doubt, when you begin with something that it will end in failure. If you ...
Pushing Through Your Comfort Zone
Our greatest growth in life comes from pushing through our present comfort zone. This process starts at birth. A baby feels safe, warm and secure in its mother’s womb. However, to stay there much longer than the gestation period would mean certain death for both the mother and child. Life began for all of us as we left the comfort and security of the womb and faced the strange and unfamiliar world outside. Our first breath is often a painful experience, a cry of protest at temporary ...
5 Fun & Easy Ways to Get Out of the Rut
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel less than great. Low, grouchy, fed-up and bored are all words you could use to describe what I’m like on those days. Thing is, days like those are part of the deal with being human – it’s not an elective. There will always be off days, and that’s okay.
The Secret to this Famous Singer's Success
It seems the longer think we have, the longer we put off living the life we see in our heads.
Taking Action NOW: 9 Key Strategies...Part I
Awareness, understanding what impacts you! Awareness makes it possible for you to begin to understand what is happening in your life, what is missing in your life, or even what you did or didn't do to be happier than you are now. Without awareness your understanding can be incomplete. Therefore, the choices you make, may be influenced, by a flawed or limited understanding. Your level of awareness will directly impact your ability to be successful. It will even ...
To Boldly Go
For the first time in many years, Star Trek Fans will no longer be able to explore those new frontiers where no man has gone before. Thank heavens for reruns, videos and DVD’s! One reason for the success of this TV series is because the storyline appealed to the human desire to explore the unknown. Our curiosity of what’s around the corner to the next solar system and our capability to deal with unexpected challenges propel. inspire and motivate us forward even when circumstances may start ...
How Do I Stop Procrastinating?
Often times we procrastinate because it just seems like so much WORK to get what we want! We just don't feel like the rewards justify everything that needs to be done to obtain those goals.
This Powerful Quote Was Earth Shattering!
I hope you're having an AWESOME week! Let me first say that Lou & I really enjoy getting all the feedback and suggestions from you. It's fantastic stuff. Onward. Last night I was cleaning up my office, and going through some notes I had taken when I met with my business mentor in New York last week, and I came across a powerful quote. This quote is actually very simple to understand, but literally blew my mind when I really thought about it. "You ...
Why are You Living?
It was 4,O’Clock in the morning, my regular time to leave my bed and prepare myself for the day’s activities. But today, it was special…some thoughts were troubling the peace of my find. Why are we living? What is the purpose of this life? For whom, I am living? For my parents, my spouse, my kids, my country, my religion, NO, I am and in that manner we all are living for ourselves. If today anything happens to me, will my spouse, my parents, my kids, stop living? No, they will not. Then, ...
Procrastinator No More!
Procrastination is when ever we postpone a task or duty intentionally without a valuable explanation. It is a natural tendency in people. Let’s face it, sometimes we are tired or a specific task is unpleasant to perform and we respond by putting it off until later. If it happens only once or on something of not much importance it is okay. But, what happens when a student keeps putting off the school work. At the last minute he may want to make up for the lost time but fails the class. So, ...
Optimistic Vs Pessimistic
Studies have shown that on average an optimist will have a longer, healthier and a more fulfilled life then a pessimist.
Are You Suffering from the Autopilot Dilemma?
An epidemic is occurring all around you, and there is a good chance it has already found its way into your life. It begins slowly at first, nearly imperceptible. But it grows. In time it can take over your entire life. I have seen it happen too many times, and if you don't act now, it may happen to you.
The Time To Start Working On Your Dream is Now Not Later
Most of us are hesitant to start anything because we are afraid we might make a mistake or fail. Go ahead make mistakes! Don’t wait for more experience or to be good enough to start. You don’t have to be good to start, but you have to start to be good.
Why Idle Hands Create Stagnation in Our Lives
You've probably heard the phrase, "Idle hands are the devil's tools" -- meaning if you don't have something to keep you busy, you're likely to get into trouble. That can be argued of course, since the intent to cause trouble probably has to be present also.
Three F's and a Challenge
It’s no secret that life is a tricky animal to understand and it’s even harder to tame it so that it delivers what you want. But from my work in the world of personal development I've figured out three simple things that can transform any situation, any problem, any issue...and any life. Three things that once in place can bring the best out of you, bring the best to you and allows you to enjoy all of it. What are these three things? I call them the Three F's - Fun, Fulfillment ...
Be Action Orientated
Are you a melancholic online business owner by nature? I have something to tell you. In case you do not know what melancholy is, a melancholic person is someone who has a very detailed attitude. He or she is very aware of his or her surroundings, usually is good with words, and often good planners and strategists. Seeking details is probably their second nature. I like everything about melancholic people except for one thing – they usually lack the initiative to take action. ...
Stretch!
“Only as high as I reach can I grow, Only as far as I seek can I go, Only as deep as I look can I see, Only as much as I dream can I be” Karen Raven
Success: 10 Easy Success Tips To Help You Achieve Your Ambitions In Life
I want to wish you good health, long life, success and happiness. Most people are capable of setting up goals for them to achieve. That is the easy part. The difficult part is in the implementation of those goals. Psychologists, Janet Polivy and Peter Herman, reported that 25% of new year’s resolutions will be abandoned in the first 15 weeks; the average number of times an individual makes a new year’s resolution is 10, and that those whose resolutions lasted for ...