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What Drives You to Succeed?

Freedom Personal Development — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:00:33 +0000

Are you taking the steps each and every day to reach your goals and dreams?� This short video from beyondthequote.com will enlighten your inner flame and guide you back to hitting your goals and living your dreams.

Every dream and goal can be achieved if you believe!�� Find inspiration in your daily activities and Read More...

The Two Certainties of Failure

David Shoup — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:00:42 +0000

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” � Abraham Lincoln
“Success doesn�t make you and failure doesn�t break you.” � Zig Ziglar

Life Lessons on Failure

It was my senior year at Sammamish High School in Bellevue, WA and I was preparing to take that next big step in many young peoples lives. I was looking into attending college and had begun the process of checking out schools and determining what kind of options that I had in front of me. My grades were solid (about 3.4); I was very active in sports from football, wrestling & track. In addition, I was involved in Read More...

Instant Attitude Boost Tool

Roger Seip — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:00:04 +0000

At Freedom Personal Development, we are all about attitude. I have taught countless workshops and given keynote speeches across the country on this topic and wanted to share one of the most important attitude management tools you have.

I always start a class or speech with an informal survey of the audience about whether their attitude is a talent or a skill. A talent being something that you are either born with or not; you have it or your do not. And a skill is something that you will learn through conscious efforts.

People tend to argue with and say that their attitude is a talent, and not a skill. But, then I ask them this question, �Are there things you can proactively and consciously do Read More...

Radical Mental Shift

Tom Weber — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:00:48 +0000

I have long been fascinated by how my mental preparation has preceded specific results.

If I visualize an event going smoothly, it always goes better than if I go into it to �dominate� or �kick-butt.�

If you�ve ever noticed that your mental approach to a situation affects your results, you�like me�may find the following video enlightening.

The video is an Englishman who swam at the North Pole in 29-degree water (below freezing) for 1 km and at a newly formed lake (from a melted glacier) on Mt. Everest at 17,388 feet (5300 m), which is higher than any continental U.S. peak.

Part of his talk is on climate change, but the majority of his talk is on the important lesson that he shares on the radical Read More...

Freedom Fest Sold Out in Chicago IL

Eric Plantenberg — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:19:39 +0000

Freedom Fest 201 in Chicago, IL is officially sold out!

We are busy getting dates and hotels set up for two more Freedom Fests planned for the beginning of next year.

If you would like to be the first to know about the next Freedom Fest, call 888-233-0407 and we will add you to the wait list.

Be Free! Read More...

Contest Winners Announced – What is Success?

Roger Seip — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:24:59 +0000

It was clear from the variety of entries in the What is Success Contest that the word “success” means many things to many people.� After reading the comments, it was clear that everyone that entered put a lot of thought behind what they wrote. To all that entered, I wish YOU success in all that you do.� But I had to pick 3 winners, so here they are……drum roll please!

First Place and winner of an Expect Success Book (filled with positive quotes) is Debbie (#24):

“Success to me is Read More...

Freedom Fest 2010 – The Event that will Change Your Life

Eric Plantenberg — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:51:20 +0000

Contest – What is Success?

Roger Seip — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:20:42 +0000

If you want to be successful in life or any endeavor, you first have to decide what success looks like in order to know when you have achieved it.

Last month we posted a video on our blog entitled �What is Success�. In the video, everyday people off the street where asked to define the word success. That got me thinking how our clients and readers would answer that question. Which leads me to this month�s contest:

How do you define success?

To enter, type you Read More...

A Personal Chinese Farmer Parable

Leah Simpson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:00:15 +0000

Who doesn�t love a good movie? Watching a movie, we can see people fight battles, travel through time, realize they are married to a spy, etc. However, all along, we know they are just stories. We enjoy the emotion they bring for a couple of hours; if they�re really good they get us thinking, we learn something, and then we continue on with our own life.

However, I find it interesting how easy it is to get wrapped up in a story when it is my story. I think back to the parable of the Chinese farmer, watching the ebbs and flows of his life, remaining calm and Read More...

Video – Mark Victor Hansen on Affirmations

Freedom Personal Development — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:00:47 +0000

In this video, Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, talks about the power of using affirmations, both those that build you up to create greatness and those that bring you down.

What are affirmations? According to Mark victor Hansen, they are the words you say to yourself, words others say to you, or images you think about, act upon or act upon Read More...