Do you find you don't do the things you know would make you successful? You know you should be doing them. You want to see the results of having done them. But you don't want to face actually doing them. If so then you are like me and this idea is for you. Maybe what you could do is build … Read more about Success Traps
Work Where Your Passion Is
I've been doing quite a bit of introspection these days. It's not that I'm narcissistic or anything. I just keep hearing folks say over and over again that you will be most successful career wise if you work where your passion is. The part that I'm struggling with is the whole part about where my … Read more about Work Where Your Passion Is
Time – Your Wallet’s Best Friend or Worst Enemy
Time. It is one of the few ways all of us are truly equal. We all have the same 24 hours in each day. There aren't folks our there who are given 30 hours each day. Nor does anyone have to make do with 20 hours. How we choose to make use of those hours is one of the many things that differentiates … Read more about Time – Your Wallet’s Best Friend or Worst Enemy
Success Principle #10 – Harnessing The Wind
I was talking with a rather successful friend of my the other day about different business opportunities and he said something that caught my attention. Be sure you have enough sail out to catch the wind. He was telling me that there are opportunities in front of us all the time. Successful people … Read more about Success Principle #10 – Harnessing The Wind
Other People are Critical to Your Success
You've probably heard a motivational speaker say something along the lines of If it is to be it's up to me. They'll tell you that you and you alone are responsible for your success. And that is true as far as it goes. But it isn't enough. If you start looking at biographies of successful people … Read more about Other People are Critical to Your Success
Success Principle #9 – Successful People Leave Things Undone
I've been going through my RSS feeds this morning. I've not spent much time looking at my Bloglines lately, and after over an hour of perusing through the 150+ feed that I subscribe to I still have over 500 unread items. Then I stopped to remind myself of a question. What is my priority … Read more about Success Principle #9 – Successful People Leave Things Undone
Putting the World On Notice
"You can't get something for nothing" "There's no such thing as a free lunch" "The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied." Proverbs from the wisdom of the ages. Yet so many of us expect that the world somehow owes us and that prosperity and … Read more about Putting the World On Notice
The Path to Prosperity
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity... We live in an instant messaging microwave oven society. There is a prevailing mentality that success is a result of luck. In our lottery culture, people who work hard are often seen as "suckers" who don't know the score. But hard work alone … Read more about The Path to Prosperity
Negative Thinking Power
I was having a conversation with my friend Todd Beeler the other night and somehow we got on the subject of motivation. Now Todd is definitely someone I would call an expert on the subject. He makes his living training sales and marketing folks to become more successful. He has published an audio … Read more about Negative Thinking Power
Into Every Life A Little Conflict Must Fall
Yesterday I had to make a difficult phone call. There were a lot of reasons I didn't want to make the call. It was the kind that addressed some one else's performance. And dialing the phone was sure to lead to some conflict. I promise I didn't want to dial the phone. It was tempting to not take … Read more about Into Every Life A Little Conflict Must Fall
No (Successful) Man is an Island
Ruben Gonzales is a living, breathing success story. At 21 years old the Argentine immigrant kid moved from Houston to Lake Placid and took up the sport of Luge so that he could compete in the Olympics. Since then he's competed in four different Olympic games in a sport where 14 out of 15 people … Read more about No (Successful) Man is an Island
Relationship Lesson From A Call Center Experience
I woke up in a bit of a grump this morning. But my problem started after dinner last night. I had been working on some things on line last night when my Gorgeous Wife came into my study to let me know dinner was ready. Food is always a good motivator to get me to stop working so I took a break to … Read more about Relationship Lesson From A Call Center Experience