Face it, life is hectic. With juggling a professional career, meetings, family obligations, appointments, your kids’ extra curricular activities, trying to live healthy, keeping up-to-date with current with current affairs, we hardly have time to sleep!For this month’s contest, we want to know your advice on how to effectively manage your time.

To enter, simply type you name, email and your answer to this question:

If you were coaching an individual on time management, in your opinion, what is the one concept that they should absolutely know?

Winners will be based on how concise their answer is, applicability and quality of Read More...

Of all of the contests we have had on the Freedom Personal Development blog, this was by far my favorite! With over 40 entries, I spent a bunch of time laughing as did other members of the Freedom Team.

Watch the blog next Tuesday as we will be posting the top 10 videos that made us laugh.

But now for the winners!

First Place 
Winner of an “Expect Success” Book, Freedom Personal Development Water Bottle and Calculator is #13 by Mary Ellen Shown.

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Freedom Personal Development is hiring speakers and sales superstars in all major cities across the country.  If you are looking for a career where you are your own boss, have access to the best coaches in the country and live a life of freedom all while helping people better their lives, this is the job for you.

Here is more information about the position and how to apply:

Responsibilities:
• You will be selling and teaching the most sought after business skills in America.
• You will give high impact presentations to groups of 5 to 150 people.
• You will develop and maintain relationships with our training Read More...

When it comes to communication, the most powerful word is “you.” It doesn’t matter what language, the power of the word “you” is universal. When this word is used, you put the focus on the other person, not on yourself, and the results can be magical.

This is such a powerful concept that it can literally change your business for the better. In communicating your message most effectively, whether in advertising, in person or business writing, it is really about the other person or their needs, their interest, their desires. When people read or listen to a message and it has their name or “you” or “yours” in it, it automatically becomes about them and the benefits Read More...

Jack Canfield discusses the importance of your attitude aka how you CHOOSE to view your world in this video. Being optimistic WILL change your life.  Jack Canfield is the author of the best selling books Chicken Soup for the Read More...

I believe that everyone reading this understands that no matter what business you are in- Real Estate, Financial Services, Teaching, Auto Sales, or any other profession, we are all in the PEOPLE BUSINESS. It’s been said that fully 85% of your success in life is directly related to your ability to effectively work with people. So I wanted to pass on a little tip that will make all your dealings with clients or co-workers much more effective.

It is laid out extremely well in Dale Carnegie’s all time best selling book How to Read More...

How many times have you felt completely overwhelmed in your life? If you are anything like most people, that answer is too many times to count. So today, I am going to show you how to do one simple thing. Make space. That’s it, make space. And we are going to make space in the place you need it the most, inside.

We live in a fast paced world. Most of us are juggling five million things throughout our day. As a result, our brain becomes cluttered like our office or our desk. Do you know the feeling you get when your office or home become overwhelmed with papers, piles, lists, contracts to sign, junk mail, dirty laundry, dirty dishes and it reaches the point where you finally say “That’s it! Read More...

1. Take Risks 
Do not be afraid to take risks…where is the fun in that? If you want something, go for it! Do not try and justify every action you make. Sometimes, all you have to do is to take that big leap! We usually allow ourselves to settle at what is safe and secure and yet we end up wondering at all the “what ifs?” and “what could have been?” in life.

If you take a risk and fail, move on!!  The best way to learn anything is to fail at first. 

We recently posted an article with some great stories on how people overcame failure.  We recommend you read the article, Read More...

Today I’m going to give you some very practical tips on how to actually deliver a presentation.

1.  I strongly suggest that you commit your presentation to memory. This frees up your hands, your eyes, and your whole body to send out your message to your audience. I don’t mean this to be a shameless plug for our memory training workshop, but if you have taken the workshop, you know how easy memorizing a presentation can be if you just know how. It’s well worth the effort in terms of the increased credibility and communicative power.

2.  I also suggest that you practice your presentation - a lot. If Read More...

Tim Ferris, author of the book, ”The 4-Hour work Week” says you can work a lot less and enjoy life more.

In this video, he Tim outlines 3 tips on how to escape the 9-to-5 grind and work just four hours a week.

The tips Read More...