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ARTArticleThree Performance Tips to take from Polo PoniesPolo. "Tis the sport of kings they say.
Jolly good and all that.
As a motivational keynote speaker on peak performance it was fascinating to watch a game at the Houston Polo Club to draw some parallels between business and sports. The ponies are trained for years to stop on a dime and turn on a whim. The players are passionate, skilled and dedicated to the game. Both pony and rider are in perfect sync with one common goal: to win.
Extraordinary performance takes commitment, discipline and focus. Do you have what it takes?ARTArticleTickled PinkPink is in this season! What’s your favorite shade?
If you were to look in my closet you’d see that I was “Tickled Pink”. It’s one of my favorite colors and from the looks of the runways it’s more fashionable now than ever. Flip through any magazine and you will see hot pink dresses, magenta hats, fuchsia stilettos, rose quartz encrusted jewels, mauve handbags and even sunglasses are trimmed in pink.
What color pink are you going to wear this season? It’s time to get out of your closet & be “Tickled Pink” about you!ARTArticleTime Changes How Meaningful Things AreI was recently reminded of how, over time, the significance of our possessions can change as I was helping a client clean out her basement. She had lived in her house for 45 year, raised her family there, nursed her husband through a terminal illness there, and celebrated countless birthdays and holidays there.ARTArticleTime Management for Performing ArtistsTime management can often be quite tricky for visual and performing artists. Achieving success and the stability that comes with it is difficult, and unlike other occupations, that success can be fleeting. More often than not, artists are juggling the job they love with one or more other careers that make it possible for them to eat and keep a roof over their heads. The ability to focus on several simultaneous jobs must be developed quickly, or it is quite easy to feel overwhelmed.ARTArticleTime Management: How to Create Additional TimeI wonder how much more time you would have on your hands, to do all the important things in life, all the things that you really want to do, if you stopped doing the things that you shouldn't be doing.ARTArticleTime to UnboundWhat does it mean to be unbound? If you were a book it would mean you have no binding. Not a good idea to live your life like a book with the pages stuck together. If you’re feeling confined it might be time to “unbound”.
Where in your life do you feel you’re bound?
Do you feel like letting loose and expressing who you really are? If you’re holding back or hiding out. It’s time to stop Tip-Toeing through life bound by what others think, trying so desperately to fit in. Let loose and just be the “unbound” you.ARTArticleTo Face Your FearsMost people say face your fears head on. That way you will over come them. That is fine, but you’ll never know where the fear came from.ARTArticleTo Keep On Keeping OnTom WrightARTArticleTop 10 Time Taming TipsNovember is definitely a month in which we pay attention to time: we enjoy less sunshine each day, and the end of Daylight Saving Time makes the diminished sunshine even more obvious. As we do our best to cope with seemingly shorter days, it’s a good time to work on making the most of our time. What’s your favorite way to tame time? Here are some of mine:rARTArticleToys or Us?As a keynote speaker on peak performance one of the points I emphasize is accountability.ARTArticleTraining Your Dragon ThoughtsTRAINING YOUR DRAGON THOUGHTS
Thoughts become things... so choose the good ones!
~Mike Dooley
I tell people: If you don't want to get into positive thinking, that's OK. Just eliminate all the negative thoughts from your mind, and whatever's left will be fine.
~Bob RotellaARTArticleTransforming Your Inner Critic Into Your Best FriendYour Inner Critic Holds the Secret to Your Success
Inner Critic Mastery as Revealed in the Scheherazad Story
Do you really want to know the secret of your success? I will tell you a secret about yourself that you may not have realized. If only I had known this secret myself when I first started out in life, I would have improved my life and saved myself much suffering. And maybe, because I was young and foolish, I would not have listened. So, YOU be the judge. Will you listen or will you brush it aside and pay no more attention? Behold what you are about to hear!rARTArticleTrapped Under the Middle Part of the Bell Curve?Trapped Under the Middle Part of the Bell Curve?
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Bill Cottringer
“Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.” ~W.A.Tozer.ARTArticleTurn Those "What If's" AroundTime To Turn Those “What If’s” Around In Your Favor
So many people get anxious, get worried, get stressed and let the thoughts of ‘What If’ start running through their head. Even with me just saying that, I’m sure almost everyone reading this immediately thought of the term ‘What If’ in a negative sense. That’s because that is unfortunately how most people view situations, from the standpoint of fear of what could go wrong. What if I lose my job. What if she doesn’t like me. What if I fail.ARTArticleTurn Those Laundry Piles Into SmilesDoes your summer fun in the sun turn to loathing in the laundry room when you look at the mountains of dirty clothes? Does your dog think those piles are his personal bed? Warm weather typically brings on sand, sweat, and stains that may make you feel like you can never get out from under the piles of laundry. Here are some tips to help you quickly turn those clothes piles into smiles so you can enjoy more summertime fun.ARTArticleTurn Waiting Time into Productive TimeI recently was on my way to a client when she called to say she had a last-minute emergency and needed to push our start time back an hour. Since it wasn’t feasible for me to go back home, I parked near her house and spent the next hour making phone calls, writing a few thank you notes, and reading. I was grateful that by having planned my day the day before, I had with me not only a list of phone calls to make and notes to write, but also the materials to get those tasks accomplished. I also had a couple of magazines with me to read.ARTArticleTurn your lack and pain into successIf you have come from a poor background or a life of difficulty, you may have come to believe that success comes only to those who have been born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
Pain hardens you
A study at the University of Califo
ia at Berkeley concluded that the absence of negative experiences actually does not contribute to a better quality of life. Psychologists have further concluded that spoiled children tend to turn into adults who lack persistence to follow their dreams and have difficulty withstanding adversity, setbacks or failures.ARTArticleTurning Trash Into Treasure</ARTArticleTWO QUESTIONS WORTH ANSWERINGTWO QUESTIONS WORTH ANSWERING
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Bill Cottringer
“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” rn~ Norman Schwarzkopf.
There are two very important questions you should ask yourself. Having the right answers can determine the quality of your life in regards to the amount of success and happiness you get to enjoy. These two questions are:
1. Do I know what the “right” thing to do is?
2. Why don’t I always do it?ARTArticleTwo Weeks to StartupTwo Weeks to Startup: Day 1. Finding the Right Fitr
Begin a soul-searching process to determine which business is right for you. You'll definitely have an advantage with a business that's a spin-off of your background or experience. You can also enjoy success in an area where you have strong interest yet lack experience, though you may need to qualify yourself through entrepreneurial training or professional certification programs.ARTArticleUnder Too Much Pressure, Ready to Pop Your Top?Fast paced life constantly under pressure?
"I can't do it all to please everyone!"
"There's not enough hours in the day."
"I'm racing against the clock."
These are but a few of the comments we utter in our stressed-out fast-paced life. Its true, even though we now have all kinds of products and services to make our lives easier it seems like its anything but easy. We feel as frazzled as a rattlesnake flipping' around on PCP.ARTArticleUnderstanding AwarenessPersonal development or self improvement is all about awareness and, in particular, self awareness. But do you actually know what awareness is? Certainly, much has been written and said about it – but, all too often, the simple has been over-complicated. And, because the psychology of the normal mind means that most of us are completely unaware – or mindless – we have great difficulty understanding a concept that we have never actually experienced. So, here’s a simple question – the answer to which will provide you with both a major insight and a major opportunity.ARTArticleUnderstanding If Your Child Needs TherapySometimes as a parent of teenage children you can feel like your children are driving you crazy or that your children are crazy. Mood swings may be the norm and odd behavior can seem like a daily occurrence. What once was a happy, outdoorsy 5 year old may have turned in to a moody 16 year-old who sits in front of the computer all day. Most of the time this behavior is the normal transition of a person from childhood to adulthood. Other times mood changes and altering of behavior may be symptoms of larger problems that may require professional help or counseling.ARTArticleUndressedWhat not to wear during Fashion Week or every day of the week for that matter… Fashion is always changing and with a new year comes new style.Some of this year’s fashion musts may not even be on your mind yet, so let me fill you in before it's too late!
What's In, What's Out, What’s Hot Now!ARTArticleUniversal Attractive Vibes - Having Positive Intentions.When you are with someone you can sense whether or not their intentions are positive. Whether their focus is on adding value to your life or taking it away like some social leach.
As the world famous personal development speaker Tony Robbins says, there’s two ways to have the tallest building. One is to tear down all the other buildings and the other is to concentrate all your efforts on building the tallest and strongest building you can.ARTArticleUsing “Glance & Grab” to Perk Up Your PowerPointYouTube videos satirize them. Bestsellers criticize them. And we all dread them. I’m talking about those dense, badly organized, put-you-to-sleep PowerPoint presentations.
Why do people keep plodding down the typical tedious PowerPoint path? Here are a few possible reasons:
ï§ That’s the way I’ve always done it!rnï§ They’re only giving 15 minutes and I’ve got a lot to say.rnï§ That’s the way my boss does it!rnï§ People will need all this information when they get back to their offices. (Be honest, how often do you go back to a PowerPoint for reference? Others probably don’t either.)ARTArticleUsing the Will CorrectlyUSING THE WILL CORRECTLY
"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the Will, they soon become inevitable" rn~ Christopher Reeves
INCONSISTENT RESULTS
Have you ever wondered how sometimes you get great results, and yet other times have inconsistent results when dealing with the same situation? I wondered until I began to understand a very powerful mental faculty that I was often using incorrectly.
USING THE WILL CORRECTLYARTArticleVisioning by Design: What’s the Difference Between Thinking and Believing?Law of Attraction is tied to what I call “visioning by design.” Visioning by design is applicable to your business or to your personal life. As an eye surgeon, vision has always been near and dear to my heart in the literal sense, and as someone who has always had an interest in personal growth and living with purpose and personal power, “life vision” is also top of mind. Belief is what will bring the experience of your vision to your life, not just “thinking about it.”ARTArticleVisualize Your Compelling DesireI know we’ve all heard this many times. Visualize the life you desire, take action on that and it will come to be. Do you believe it? You should because it’s been proven over and over again. It isn’t some crazy woo woo, out there concept.
Athletes utilize this technique all the time. They visualize their actions in a race or a game over and over again long before they actually do it. This conditioning of your subconscious mind brings about results. The results are based on the level of your belief and desire to succeed.ARTArticleVolunteering Is Good For Business