It’s time to get SHOCKED out of your comfort zone!  Success is Your Own Damn Fault!

Known as The Pitbull of Personal Development® and The World’s Only Irritational Speaker®, Larry Winget isn’t interested in stroking egos, telling trite parables, or making anyone feel good about their lack of success.

What he IS interested in is telling the truth about success and how to achieve Read More...

As a reader of this blog, you’ve likely given some thought to the whole idea of your “attitude.”  I mean, even the most casual student of Personal Development usually has a corny but helpful poster with some pithy saying about “attitude” right?  Some of the more popular ones:

“Attitude is everything!”
“It’s your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude”
“Attitude is contagious- is yours worth catching?”

Or pick your favorite. There are lots of options, and I think that’s great- in fact I have some of those very posters! What we’re hoping for with this article is to go a Read More...

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The way that you choose to view your world is your attitude. So what tool can you use to improve the way you view your world? One of the tools which will positively affect your attitude is your ability to focus.

Focus on what you may ask. I would suggest that you have a few options.

Option One – Focus on the Positive Instead of the Negative

This will immediately lift your attitude. My college roommate used to call me a walking Read More...

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I believe laughter truly is the best medicine. Uncle Albert says it perfectly in Mary Poppins when he sings, “The more I laugh the more I fill with glee, and the more the glee the more I’m a merrier me.” Yeah, okay, I realize that’s silly but it’s true. I mean laughter makes you happy or at least it makes you happier than if you’re not laughing.

According to Web M.D. and healthguide.org, laughter has been proven to Read More...

An input source is the information, from various sources, that comes into our brain and has a huge impact on our attitude. The two main sources of input are internal and external.

External input sources include what you read, watch, listen to and, a very important one, the people you hang around with.

Internal input sources are what we say to ourselves and what we say to other people. It’s information that comes from within us.

The topic of managing your input sources is very simple. Put positive things in, and you will have a more positive attitude. Put in negative things, and you are going to have a more negative attitude Read More...

What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?

…….imagine the possibilities!

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”

Jamie Paolinetti

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Our September newsletter and blog is focusing on Attitude and there will be tons of tools, tips and discussions on how to manage and boost your attitude.

A major component of managing your attitude deals with what you say to yourself, also called self-talk. In our everyday life, we have joys, disappointments, successes and failures. How you respond internally and externally to these events determine whether your attitude is optimistic or pessimistic. Research has shown that optimistic people live longer, have more fulfilling and healthier lives, have more friends and enjoy greater success.

The majority of our blog and newsletter readers are in sales. Salespeople get told yes Read More...

Thanks to everyone who contributed their Elevator Speech for our contest. We received over 20 entries. Apparently we have clients who sell glue, who pretend to be presidents, who work with special needs kids and who are reducing greenhouse gases. It’s great to know that we work with so many amazing people who are doing so many amazing things.

For those of you that didn’t win, there were two overriding factors for you to consider. First was the length of your speech – remember, 150 words Read More...