Things get really tough sometimes, don’t they? Unplanned emergencies arise, things break, people don’t follow through like they said they would, money falls short, time runs out, you feel sick—bah humbug…. Did you know that some of the greatest accomplishments of human kind have been done by people who had all sorts of barriers, limitations […]

The amount of power you are exercising in your life, is directly proportional to your focus at each given moment. And, your focus is always what you choose it to be. Blow away the negative. Your internal dialogue—that chatty voice in your head—is the central creator of negativity. Between sixty-five and seventy-five percent of all […]

Have there been things you’ve considered doing, but were intimidating in some way, so you just never took that first step? Perhaps you’ve considered enhancing a skill you already possess, but to take it to the next level is just way to much time and effort, so you settle for what is now. Progress in […]

Would you like a method to guarantee you’ll never fail to make a strong presentation? Never miscommunicate? Never irritate the people around you? Here’s how…. Never pick-up the phone; never walk-in the clients door; never make a presentation, never ask them to buy. This is guaranteed to make you a success at failure. Here’s a […]

Outside factors may help or hinder you, but ultimately your success is up to you. Every action you take has a consequence. Though there are single actions you could take that could blow you out of the water, rarely will your long-term success hinge on just one thing. There are many factors that determine whether […]

If you want have long-lasting and effective relationships, you must first be able to establish, and then second be able to maintain, rapport with those people you interact. The Communication Connection In a letter being written by President Abraham Lincoln to one of his generals during the Civil War, he talked about getting soldiers to […]

Have you ever known someone who really achieves a lot, on a consistent basis? It doesn’t matter if their accomplishments are at work, hobbies, sports, school, seeing the world or wherever. There is a little thing that makes a huge difference. That little thing is attitude. Since the beginning of recorded history, we can track […]

Without change we’d still be forced to live in caves. (Unless of course you’ve found a cave you really like, and moved in recently.) Change results from dissatisfaction of some sort. You are tired of the old, or desirous of something new or different. Everything you see around you is the result of discontent with […]