In the past years, there has been a sudden rise of motivational speakers. They appear in television and in magazines as well as sold out seminars that are just brimming with people who are just craving to get some direction with their lives.
It's been said that knowledge is power. While that's true to an extent, it isn't the whole truth. Knowledge without action is almost useless.
Halloween has never been my favorite holiday. But little did I know that beyond the witches and goblins, there was a lesson for me to smile and move on.
Where does confidence come from, and how can we become and remain confident? These seven actions will help you develop unshakable confidence.
The realization of our goals, dreams, and deepest desires depends greatly on commitment, stepping from the familiar into the new. It requires putting our faith on the line to honor our personal contract with life. Today, you can realize the courage to make profound life-changing commitments.
Seeing the wonder in things around us is one of the ways we make our lives more meaningful and enjoyable. The key is to add more wonder to life by re-capturing past wonder, and finding new wonder in the things we do each day.
Words can make a big difference in the lives of others and in our lives as well. It is important to remember the words we choose do matter.
Do you feel stuck in a rut? Is your job a dead end or do you want to simply explore whatever else is out there? Matt shares 5 important tips to help you make your move.
Natural leaders are made, not born. Ever ask yourself why so many giant corporations invest so much money in books, tapes, seminars and coaching to train their people in leadership? Obviously there are many more slots for leaders than there are people to fill them. It's also obvious those huge companies aren't waiting around for enough leaders to be born. They create their own supply.
Have you noticed how everybody takes it for granted a bad experience is automatically all bad? That nothing good could ever come from a bad childhood? I'm hearing the comment more and more often that we have become a victim society. Maybe this is true. Well, maybe all the bare facts of your childhood are true, but isn't it time to start looking for the positives that are buried in all that negative stuff?
Standing in the gale-force winds, the kid was looking queasy. We could all see the storm was growing more intense. The rain had already plastered his hair to his forehead and his new black suit was starting to cling to him in ways Mr. Armani never intended. A typhoon was coming -- the seventh this summer to hit Japan -- and the kid's job, as newest employee, was to stand in front of a TV camera while the weather buffeted him about for the nation to watch. Sort of a talking weather vane.
Tonight the beach is dark. No fireworks will dazzle the crowds tonight. No concession booths will sell snacks, and no families will congregate to enjoy the summertime display. All those plans. All the money invested in food, in merchandise, in giant fireworks that shoot two hundred meters into the air. When a typhoon comes, the merchants here just go to Plan B.
Want to drastically cut the workload in your business, reduce the emotional drain to nearly nothing, and inject more pleasure into your work day? Here's a secret -- check your client list. Troublesome clients will -- if you let them -- account for a disproportionately large part of your workload and emotional strain.
When I started a new job selling door-to-door, it seemed like heaven. I was ecstatic from the first minute of the first day. Every house I walked up to, my heart sang and I said over and over to myself, "I am SO-O-O-O-O-O glad to be out here and not trapped in that cubical." Then, after a few weeks, something quietly changed.
When you jump out of bed every morning, all fired up with enthusiasm and eagerness to... Huh? What's that? You don't do much jumping in the mornings? Well, okay, when you ease out of bed every morning, all eager and enthusiastic to... Huh? What's that? You don't do that either? Well, okay, when you're lying there in bed every morning wondering why the heck you should get up...
Without a clearcut intention, we're reactive and don't get around to doing the important things when we want them done. Instead, we spend our time fighting random fires. Intentions are like the steering wheel on your car. Their whole purpose is to give you control over where you're going. But how -- specifically -- will you put your mission into action today? What will you actually DO about your highest intentions?
Tackling new skills can feel intimidating. But we only feel intimidated because we overestimate the task and underestimate our own abilities. Take learning to drive for example. Today, millions of very mentally un-gifted people got into automobiles and drove them. And most of them had no accident today. So how hard can it be, this task that's intimidating you?
Most of the people I hear from hate networking. They go only because they know they "should," but it's like pulling teeth for them. If you've experienced the usual clammy grip of fear when it's your time to introduce yourself, the following may help you feel more at home, make deeper, more lasting impressions, and attract voluntary referrals from many of the other attendees.
Ray was on a tear. "All that self-help stuff has never worked for me. In fact, it usually makes things worse." I asked for examples. "I'm out of work and I've wasted the last two months trying to affirm myself a job. It would have worked better if I'd just applied for the jobs in the classifieds or visited employment agencies." "You didn't physically do anything to find a job?" I asked. "I didn't want to drain my energy away from the affirmations. I mean, that'd show a lack of faith, right?"
As we grow, we do so in fits and starts, lurching forward then back, sometimes looking more like clowns than seekers. Learn to keep the progress you make.
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