July 21, 2010

Finding the Path of Success

Filed under: Goal Setting — Tags: , , , , — Tom Weber @ 6:00 am

For a moment, I’d like you to imagine that you are in a deep dark tropical jungle and you are completely lost. You are not quite sure which way is North, South, East or West. You can’t see the sun because the tree canopy above is so thick, which also means that you can’t see any of the mountains that you have been trying to find.

Suddenly, in the distance you hear a small group of friendly voices and the sounds of machetes chopping through the thick undergrowth. Like any smart adventurer you head towards the sounds of those voices, hoping that they will be able to point you in the right direction or let you join them.

Unfortunately, as you don’t have a machete it is slow going for you get to where those voices Read More...

April 14, 2010

The Daffodil Principle and How You Can Use it TODAY

Filed under: Attitude Management — Tags: , , , — Freedom Personal Development @ 6:00 am

The Daffodil PrincipleThe story of “The Daffodil Principle” originally appeared nearly ten years ago in Jaroldeen Edwards’ book Celebration!  The story illustrates 3 key points of how to create grand results in your life and the world.  These are

-         Moving towards a goal one tiny step at a time
-         Loving the doing
-         Using the accumulation of time

 When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world. 

Read this inspiration story for a more complete description of this Read More...

February 19, 2010

Video – Brian Tracy on Doing What You Love

Filed under: Goal Setting, Videos — Tags: , , — Freedom Personal Development @ 6:00 am

Why do people continue to work after they have achieved their financial goals? Because it makes them happy! When you do what you love, your brain releases endorphins that make you feel good and gives you a natural high.

Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. When you are moving towards a goal, your brain motivates you by producing more Read More...

April 8, 2009

4 Barriers to Growth and How to Overcome Them

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If you are reading or listening to this, I would guess that it is because you have a strong desire to improve the quality of your life and to grow.  It is amazing to me how in our quests to grow how often we seem to get stopped.  It makes us wonder what is wrong with us.  

Well you know what I find out that when we get stopped or block in our quests for growth it is usually not the result of a character flaw nearly as much as it is the result of one of what I call the Four Emotional Barriers to Read More...

March 27, 2009

Video of Napoleon Hill – What the Mind Can Conceive and Believe, It Can Achieve

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SEE and HEAR Napoleon Hill explain how it is true that what ever the mind can conceive, and believe, the mind can achieve. Regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past, or how lofty your hopes may be. He breaks this down in easy to understand point form for immediate transformation of your life.

Napoleon Hill also talks about the wisdom billionaire Andrew Carnegie shared with him Read More...

March 11, 2009

The Magic of 3 Letters – The AND Principle

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The And Principle is one of my favorite methods of getting off to a quick start with a new project or a new goal. It’s also a sure-fire way to quickly fix a slump. It’s very simple.

Here’s how it works: Every performance is broken down into two components. It has an effort and then it has a result. What the And Principle focuses on is you achieving both the effort and the result before you stop working on that Read More...

June 3, 2008

5 Characteristics of an Effective Goal

Leah SimpsonNot to start off on a pessimist not, but how did you do with your goals from LAST year? Do you even remember what they were? Have you stopped setting goals because you KNOW you never hit them?

What if I shared with you a formula of the key components to guarantee that you hit your goals and make the things you want in your life a reality? Interested? Keep reading!

The best way to actually make things happen is to set goals that have the follow characteristics. Even if you think you understand goal setting, use these 5 components as a check on the goals you have set for yourself-do they meet all the criteria?

There are 5 characteristics of an effective goal:

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