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ARTArticle10 reasons why Andrew Carnegie was materially and spiritually successfulWHERE DOES SUCCESS COME FROM?
Behind every successful man is a team of people – past, present and future.
You probably have heard that “Behind every successful man is a woman.” It is certainly true that a good woman can really help a man to be successful, but the truth is that behind every person is a team of people who have helped in some way.
BEHIND NAPOLEON HILL IS ANDREW CARNEGIErARTArticle10 Things I Learned On The Way to 10,000 Twitter FollowersWhile some have said I’m some kind of Twitter expert, let me tell you a little secret: a few months ago I had zero plans (yes ZERO) to use social media. I found it to be confusing, overwhelming and frankly not much fun. While I may have figured a few things out, in no way do I see myself as a guru of any kind.ARTArticle10 Ways to Get More Done with Less StressWhen it comes to getting things done in your business, do you find yourself drowning in overwhelm? Do you feel frustrated or confused by trying to figure out where to start or what comes next? Is procrastination the default for handling your stress?
It doesn't have to be that way.
There ARE ways to get more done - with less stress, every day.ARTArticle12 Secrets of Language and Professional Success. A dozen ways to be better in any language and in life1. Head Start
According to their daughter, first prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and his wife Kwa Geok Choo said “Languages were best learnt young, when the brain is most plastic.”
2. Get Ready, Go!
Earlier is better than later when it comes to language learning. As soon as your child is aged two, start finding a suitable class for your child. If you are no longer a child – well better late then never but when it comes to languages the early bird really does catch the worm!
3. Expert EnergyARTArticle1st Presidential Debate: Obama lacked-the-luster of a commander in chiefThe first Presidential debate I asked . . . what will win over the American voter, substance, style or possibly both?
And the answer is BOTH — at least for Romney.
First, let me state that I observed the presidential debate from a non-partisan point of view. As a speaker coach, I was listening for clarity of thought as well as how each man expressed himself.
So, what exactly did Romney do that projected a presence that said, “confident, credible and congenial”? What happened to the dynamic and engaging persona that has contributed to Obama’s popularity?ARTArticle2 Sure Fire Ways to Know When to Delegate TasksWritten by Traci Brosman
Have you ever felt like you had way too much to do and not enough help or time in the day to get it all done? As a small business owner knowing when and when not to delegate work can make all the difference in the world.ARTArticle21 EASY WAYS TO HAVE MORE PEACE OF MIND, HEART & SOUL21 EASY WAYS TO HAVE MORE PEACE OF MIND, HEART & SOUL
BynBill Cottringe
n A worthy growth goal and improvement strategy, which builds a valuable sense of general wellness that leads to more success, is to carry out an action plan to give your mind, heart and soul more peace. Hear are 21 ...ARTArticle25 Self-Development Truths You Can Take To The Bank Or I Don't Know Anything25 Self-Development Truths You Can Take To The Bank
Or I Don’t Know Anything
BynBill Cottringer
"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." ~John Ruskin.
Here are 25 self-development truths I am certain of through firsthand experience ...ARTArticle3 Important Things You Can Learn From The Wild Animal KingdomHave you ever stopped, I mean really stopped for a minute to listen, hear, smell and feel the sounds of the wild animals around you?
They’re everywhere…in the city, in the suburbs, in the skies and underground.
And they have something to say to you…can you hear them?
If there is something on your mind, a problem you’re trying to solve, a situation that needs a resolution or an unanswered question in your head, chances are the answer is right in front of you.ARTArticle3 Presentation Peeves: Add them to your resolution listPet peeves. Those mundane (yet infuriating) habits that get under your skin and drive you crazy! We all have them. Perhaps your pet peeve is drivers who don't use turn signals. No? How about someone cracking their knuckles...or noisy eaters? Admit it, you've got at least one.
As 2012 comes to a close, I’d like to share three of my pet peeves -- presentation peeves, of course! Each is remarkably easy to fix and each an ideal resolution for sharpening your skills in the coming year – transforming a presentation peeve into presentation presence.
#1. Avoid the weak “thank you” opener.rARTArticle3 Reasons Why You Don’t Need to Heal Your PastTraditionally, we have be accustomed to believing that if you want to remove your dysfunctional behaviors or emotions you need to explore your past and figure out what happened that traumatized you and produced your emotional imbalance. At first glance it makes perfect sense since we are a ...ARTArticle3 Steps to Setting Great GoalsIn the past I have written about replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts and ideas on how to get what you really want. Today I am going to write about Goal setting and how to use this tool to help you get what you want. Realize that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit, so if ...ARTArticle3 Techniques Guaranteed to Engage Your AudienceWhile visiting a friend recently in Chapel Hill, NC, we attended a lecture on the University of North Carolina campus. When the speaker started presenting, I noticed that the audience — which ranged in age from 6 to well over 60 — was completely enthralled (including me!) from start to end.
Intrigued, I decided to take a step back to see exactly how this presenter was creating such a powerful experience for his listeners.
To tell you the truth, he wasn’t doing every single thing right — and somehow it didn’t matter.ARTArticle3 Tips on How to Live Stress-Free in Troubled TimesEverybody knows troubling times. What troubles one, might not trouble another, but one thing is certain - everybody's troubled by something. Understanding who you are and aligning yourself with the challenges that life presents is key to surviving all troubled times. If you'll develop the ...ARTArticle4 Ways to Connect With Your Customers4 Ways to Connect With Your Customersr
By Susan Foxr
Freelance Copywriter
thesusanfox@gmail.com
n© 2012 Susan Fox
PO Box 421
Avon, Ohio 44011rn(740) 531-0400 24-hour message line
These simple marketing ideas can connect you with customers and qualified prospects in a unique way:
1: Create An Event at Your Store That Interests Your CustomersrARTArticle5 Practical Steps to Channel Your Abundant Energy Right Now1. Add a quiet moment of silence twice a day. It is important for one to become still, quiet the mind and experience an inner calm of silence. It is in this place where creativity resides and limitless potentiality is born. Accept the divinity that is within you and spend time quietly receiving all the answers that you will ever need. “Be still and know that I am God,” – Psalm 46:10.ARTArticle5 Practical Tips To Beat The CompetitionSmall businesses often fail because of their inability to take into account the actual competition. The competition is usually tougher in fields where a number of small businesses are jostling for space and have more or less similar products or services on offer.
To survive in that competition and rise ahead of competitors is a real challenge for small business owners. To do this, you need to study and analyze your competition right from the beginning.
Here are a few tips that will help you beat your rivals:
1. Do market analysisARTArticle5 reasons to take a free online college courseMega Movement
A new movement is developing and it has an acronym: MOOC.
MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses. How big it becomes is anyone’s guess but if it is free then it will attract legions.
Think Again
One of my friends encouraged me to get involved. He said he was taking Think Again: How to Read and Argue by Duke University. The platform is https://www.coursera.org/. The courses here are currently free and lead to a certificate or Statement of Accomplishment. Music to my ears: Free and a certificate!
1. FREEARTArticle5 Steps to Create Solid, Powerful GoalsYou know where you want to go, but how do you get there? You may find that making some decisions is easier than others. What do you do first? How long will it take? Will you need help getting there? How do you decide what’s right for you?
It helps if you understand what makes you tick; your ...ARTArticle5 Steps To Fire Off Your First Social Media Marketing ProgramWhen first exposed to the idea of social networking, a lot of professionals marvel about how social is “free”. But is it really free?
Sure, you can sign up for any of the major services and then start interacting for no financial cost.
You can engage no investment whatsoever. But in the end, is it right to refer to social media effort as free?
SIMPLE ANSWER: NOARTArticle5 Things You Must Know About Sudden SuccessThese are very interesting times. The world seems to be polarized - truly feast or famine. Businesses are going under and the cries of “the economic crisis” ripple through the planet like waves ripple out when you drop a rock in the water. Fear, failure and the world’s obsession with dramatic events blanket the airwaves. It’s almost impossible to ignore.
But there’s something else going on - something nobody’s talking about.
On the other side of the fear and failure are people and organizations that are experiencing massive success.ARTArticle5 Tips to Set Your 2013 GoalsWritten by Traci Brosman
As we wrap up 2012, it is a good time to reflect on what we have accomplished this year and to begin thinking about what we want our life to look like in 6 months, 12 months and longer.
Before you jump forward to the planning part, take some time to look at what you have accomplished. This is extremely important because many times, we focus only on what we did not get done and we ignore all of the wonderful achievements that we have done.ARTArticle5 ways to increase your communication skills with greater careHere are five good reasons to put more care into your English expression.
1. Positive Care
If you could not speak, you might still be able to communicate through sign language and written language. We often take for granted our ability to communicate, but we should care more about how we communicate because it impacts upon personal and professional success. Care is a feeling, an attitude and an action. The other reasons point to how we can care in action.
2. Change Your WorldrARTArticle5 ways to reach you peak potentialThe turning point in my life came when I discovered the law of cause and effect, the great law of the universe, and human destiny. I learned that everything happens for a reason. I discovered that success is not an accident. Failure is not an accident, either. I also discovered that people who are successful in any area usually are those who have learned the cause-and-effect relationship between what they want and how to get it.
Determine Your Personal Growth and Development ValuesrARTArticle5 Ways To Stop Second Guessing YourselfI remember breakfast time one morning, some 7 or 8 years ago. I was standing in front of an open cupboard in my kitchen, my eyes flicking between a box of Frosties and a box of Cornflakes, trying to decide which to have for breakfast. I stood there for 5 minutes, until - utterly frustrated - I ...ARTArticle50/50 – U.S. Versus The WorldAs a commentator on human affairs, I really enjoy getting to see a lot of things going by.
I have long been a proponent for women's rights; it began in the '80s for me—that's the 1980s, for those of you who weren't even born then. I was at Cal State, Fresno. It was a center of the feminist movement, and we enjoyed it and we got moving along, and everything was going on.
AND as a professor who chose to teach a good number of courses in the evening, I was very, very, VERY privy to who was attending those classes.ARTArticle6 Handy Tips to Remember When Setting Up a New OfficeSetting up an office isn’t as hard as it is made out to be! Or is it? On the face of it, you think it couldn’t be much of a trouble because all you need to do is get hold of decent space, set up some furniture and workstations and get your guys in.
But when you actually get around organizing it, you find it requires meticulous planning and budgeting to create just the right kind of set up required for your business.
Let’s look at some essential points to keep in mind while setting up a new office for your small business.ARTArticle6 Steps To Creating A Life You LoveThere is a call going out from the Universe urging us to step forward into our dreams. It asks us to move outside our comfort levels and follow the path of our hearts. The yearning we all feel for more authentic lives; lives where we feel fulfilled- that is the siren song of the Universe. We ...ARTArticle6 tips to overcome procrastination: Stop putting off 'til tomorrow what you don't want to do today!We all put some things off until tomorrow (or next week), but sometimes that behavior can cause problems. Bills don’t get paid on time. Tax forms are submitted late. Projects are postponed for a last-minute scramble.
This behavior can cause us to feel guilty, burdened, and exhausted. Plus, it ...ARTArticle7 Attitudes That May Be Keeping You BrokeThere has been a lot of talk about inflation, depression and recession lately. There are only two ways to really “shield” yourself from the dire news that are flooding the media left and right; one is to move to a remote cave in the Himalayas. The second (and easier) option is...
to transform your current “prosperity vibration”.
And how do you know that you’re NOT vibrating in a negative frequency regarding money and prosperity? EASY. I have a quick quiz to all my personal coaching clients who face money challenges.