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ARTArticleAfter the Honeymoon: Navigating the Labyrinth of a New RelationshipPicture this: You have met a new person recently and you are instantly “in love”. You want to spend all day and night with them. It feels as if you are drugged with this new person’s energy and you cannot get enough. You need your daily fix and will do whatever it takes to keep the feeling alive. You love every little thing about them and you don’t sensor yourself one bit in terms of how much time you want with them. Activities, hobbies, family and friends go by the wayside as the new romance takes over every part of your life.ARTArticleAll That You Will Ever BeAll that you will ever be resides in your hands. It does not lie in the person next to you, down the street or anyone else around you. People, places and things might help to influence what you want to do in your life, but it is ultimately up to you.
All that you will ever be does not lie in yesterday’s experiences, it lies in your tomorrows. What one person says or does is on their shoulders, it is not to be rested on yours. You will be, and will have what you desire most in life.rARTArticleALWAYS BE YOUR BESTALWAYS BE YOUR BEST!
When you think it doesn’t matter
if you fail or pass the test.
Keep in mind this simple reason
you should always be your best.
While the whole world may not notice
if you try to give your all,
there is a special person
to whom it matters if you fall.
That little voice inside you
which directs your thoughts each day
will make the final judgement
if you won or lost today.
Never will you fail yourself
if you give it all you’ve got.
The world extends a helping hand
when you give life your best shot.
For all that really mattersrARTArticleAn Ever-Growing Gap Between Managers And Employees In The Information AgeAn Ever-Growing Gap Between Managers And Employees In The Information Age
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William Cottringer
When we first started on the path of the Information Age in the early eighties, we had no earthly idea where it was going to take us. Ironically, here in 2014, we still don’t know the answer to this question because the possibilities keep expanding. And, there is no end in sight if what they say about knowledge doubling every few years is true.ARTArticleAnd Then There's LifeJust when you think you nailed it, life happens. You have to laugh at the irony of it all. It is those times when you mail out all of your bills just to receive five more bills in the mail. It is when you save up for something special and you end up spending the money on something else.
It is those times when you map out an entire vacation and the weather changes. Sure, you might have to adjust some things on your itinerary, but you can still have a great time.rARTArticleAngels Among UsAngels Among Us
Many people are enamored by spiritual things. Television shows depict angels and demons, but what does the bible say about angels?ARTArticleAny Day You WishJim Rohn is one of the true greats in the motivational field. Let's look at one little quote of his right now:
"What we ponder, and what we think about, sets the course of our life. Any day we wish, we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish, we can open a book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish, we can start a new activity. Any day we wish, we can start the process of life change.ARTArticleAre You A Tragedy Queen?Introductionr
Benjamin Franklin:
“Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”
A tragedy is a dramatization of any event that has magnitude. The tragedy arises from your self pity and fear. The dramatization brings solace of its own. It gains for you attention and sympathy from others.
A dictionary definition of a tragedy is “A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life.
Tragedy drama is a play with the disastrous downfall of the central character. In real life, that character is you.ARTArticleAre You Afraid of SuccessOn many occasions while giving a talk on Success Esteem I will ask audience members to raise their hand if they believe they have some fear of failure. Typically about 80% of the audience will raise their hand. Then I ask them to raise their hand if they believe they have some fear of success.ARTArticleAre You Consciously Creating?Here’s another good affirmation for you: “You are a creative center, from which increase is given off to all."
What we, for short, call an “affirmation”, is more technically defined as “an affirmation of something that is true. This is not mystic mumbo-jumbo, you are a creative center, from which increase is given off to all.
A lot of times, the mentor has the ability to see right through to the truth that is someone's major stumbling block. Lack of self-confidence is so common it's not even funny. Doubt, second-guessing, thinking of the opinions of others.ARTArticleAre You Going To Leverage And Maximize What You Create?So often we hear the "But I don't have money!" cry. Well, neither did Colonel Sanders. He wasn't traveling around the country in his 60s trying to sell his chicken recipe and sleeping in his car because he wanted to sleep in his car. He was sleeping in his car because he had no money.
Social Security wasn't paying for his lavish accommodations. And by the way, age is another excuse people use for not trying to succeed.
W.ARTArticleAre You In Breach of the Universal Laws of Success?To live a harmonious life, you must not only abide by the laws of your country, but also by the natural Laws of the Universe. If we transgress, there will be consequences. Like any country, the universe is also governed by certain laws. We refer to these as Universal Laws or Laws of Nature, ‘whose content is set by nature and is therefore universal’ (Wikipedia).ARTArticleAre you living a life of restriction or expansion?Many people go through their lives constantly coming up with reasons on why they cannot do something. Why they should not do something. Is this how you are living your life? Do you spend more time making excuses rather than living in action?
Making excuses will not get you to where you need to go. This is living a life of restriction. When you are in restriction you will not see possibilities; you will only see reasons on why something can’t be done.
What you focus on you attract.
Successful people do not make excuses.ARTArticleAre You on the Express Lane to Debt?There are always plenty of articles and commentary written about rapacious lenders and banks taking advantage of the “little guy” by giving him too much credit too easily and then when most inconvenient for the borrower they hit him with higher interest rates or some other financial disadvantage. I’m not about to defend big banks but like any “addict - pusher” relationship you can’t have one without the other.
Credit cards and charge cards are our most common type of short term credit.ARTArticleAre You Simply Too Lazy to Live Your Dream?As a once senior banker, I know all about inertia. Studies from various parts of the world show that the majority of bank customers are unhappy with the levels of service they receive. In addition, many bank customers are aware that, at various times in their “relationship” with their bank, they have been inappropriately treated or overcharged. However, when it comes to current or checking accounts, the rate of customer movement between banks is tiny in comparison to the amount of customer dissatisfaction – they’re simply not dissatisfied enough to bother to make the change and, asARTArticleAre Your Thoughts Doing You Any Favors?It was Norman Vincent Peale who said "Change your thoughts and you change your world"
There's no shortage of advice on how to change your thoughts, mind-set, perception or even the way your brain is wired; on the internet, in books, seminars, courses and workshops.
This is all fine and good. But whether they work or not hinges on the fact that change must come from within and anything otherwise is considered coercion.ARTArticleAs I WalkAs I walk, I see all that life offers and what others give. I notice everything that surrounds me, both beauty and menace. I am deeply moved by random acts of kindness that I witness; others helping others in need, just because.
I see the beauty in the flowers and trees that mother earth has given us. I take notice of the rocks in streams and the life that is sustained in the water. I also take notice how others deface the beautiful landscape.ARTArticleAs We GrowAs we grow our wants and needs change. What suited us in our 20’s and 30’s will not suffice for us in our 50’s or 70’s. We live in an elaborate world, with some of the most beautiful places, the best restaurants, and some of the finest boutiques.ARTArticleAsk Me All Your Burning LinkedIn Questions!In the old days I used to drop $30,000 a year to be listed in 5 different Yellow Pages and Super Pages phone books. Like so many other business owners, I did that because it used to be that most people would pick up the phone directory when they were looking to hire and fill a need.
The sad part is that in 10 years I spent $300,000.00! — which turned out to be a tremendous cost (not a worthwhile marketing investment at all). You commit to one ad which you cannot change for a full year — not a smart offer by the phone books.ARTArticleAsk Yourself First: Total Self-Reliance Begins All Successful ProjectsIt only takes a moment, but it makes all the difference. Before you begin your next project, stop to ask your deepest self how you define the scope of this new task.
The difference is one of inspiration and guidance. We all have this deepest self, and most of us are lucky to have had fortunate moments where we feel unstoppable because we are tethered to the momentum of our dreams – in these times we do not need to stop everything and check in with ourselves because we feel already wholly self-reliant due to being integrated with the forces that create, compel and motivate us.ARTArticleAttachmentWe are a society that is filled with attachments. We love our technology; we have to feel connected to the rest of the world at all times. When we try to evolve ourselves we learn to release. Sometimes when we release one thing, we become attached to something else. You also have to stop and ask yourself; is this device helping my life or hindering it? Is (name whatever it is) consuming all of my time and energy?rARTArticleAttack Strategies for Email SanityThere’s only one thing I hate worse than mopping the floors…
…and that’s dealing with the endless emails that come into my inbox.
I’m not talking about the stupid once-in-a-lifetime-do-it-right-now-or-die kinds of emails, I’m talking about the legitimate things you need to deal with. Things like requests from vendors, employees and contractors. Or “what do you want for your birthday” emails from Mom.
If you know anyone that sends email (and I’m sure you do), you are dealing with this too.ARTArticleAuthentic Leadership: The Eye of the Heart Sees EverythingIs it 'eye' or 'I'? That is the question. It is interesting that they are pronounced the same. The physical eye allows you to see the physical world. The 'I'-who you think you are-determines the clarity of your perception: how you see the world and your life experience. Authentic leadership engages the head and the heart. The heart is the feeling nature and can either follow the lead of your ego ('I' in Latin, by the way) or your True, Authentic Self, the real 'I'.ARTArticleBANDWIDTH AND “P” POINTS FOR SUPER SUCCESSBANDWIDTH AND “P” POINTS FOR SUPER SUCCESS
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Bill Cottringer
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill.ARTArticleBe Empathetic Not SympatheticAs leaders, we are often called to help people get perspective and to see and move through apparent inner and outer limitations. During this process, people will sometimes experience emotional reactions as they face challenges in their personal and professional lives. Our conditioning might tempt us to lose ourselves in their dilemma in an attempt to sympathize with them.
We may find ourselves saying things like: “Oh you poor thing. What happened to you is just terrible! You must feel awful. I wish there was something I could do.”
Do these words sound familiar?ARTArticleBe Here Now Be Successful NowThere is a success we can attain that goes far beyond simple material success. This deep of success is attained only through the giving up our attachment to being "right" about all the illusions we have surrounding what it means to be successful. In the online seminar I do with participants, we work a lot on processes that assist us in giving up the energy wasting practice of attachment. Attachment to illusions usually!ARTArticleBe The Change You NeedWhile it is very easy to be distracted by exte
al factors on a daily basis, it is important to be able to remove or shut out the distractions that negatively impact your productivity so that you can optimize your time spent on the things that are most important to your present and for your future goals. Life has a way of constantly throwing us curve balls, and only the strong will rise above the distractions.ARTArticleBe Your Own Motivational Speaker!Do you ever wake up in the morning full of good intentions for the day ahead and find that, by the time that you get to work you’re no longer motivated? Or, maybe, you get off to a flying start but when the first minor distraction or interruption occurs, you go off the rails. Do you ever find that, despite your best efforts, the little voices in your head keep dragging you down? Do you keep finding yourself being internally asked searching questions that make you question either your own ability or the prospects for success? In other words, how easy is it for you to run out of steam?ARTArticleBEING OKAY WITH BEING AVERAGEBEING OKAY WITH BEING AVERAGE
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Bill Cottringer
“Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. ~Satchel Page.
In reality, the great majority of people fall within the “average” range of the so-called Bell Curve.ARTArticleBelieve In Your SuccessBelieve in your success. Believe with all your heart and soul. That's Principle #2 in The NEW Think and Grow Rich—Faith! Because when you believe in your cause, in your mission, in the fact that you will be successful, why of course you have the confidence to move forward confidently.
Of course you put the energy and the drive into the things that you do that give you the multi-power you want and need. Believe in it. You create your future. Listen, you as an individual can control your destiny.