SELF IMPROVEMENT AND MOTIVATION

Put your energy where it will do the most good. Put your energy into those things you can do right now to make a difference. Worry will get you nowhere and will drain the value out of your moments. Achieving the status of victim is not an achievement worth having. Instead, take the challenges and use them to positive advantage. With the very real power of your thoughts, bend your life's energy so that it flows ever forward. There is enough time and there are plenty of resources for creating true greatness on your own terms. Fully feel the possibilities and bring them steadily to life. Make thankful use of what you have when you have it. Focus what is, through your imagination, into the best of what you know can be. See the immense value of who you are and what you have right now. Transform that value into a living expression now, and it will always be with you.   People Often Say That Motivation Doesn't Last. Well, Neither Does Bathing - That's Why We Recommend It Daily.   ...

I think this happens to many successful people. We trade our dreams for good jobs and the security that success brings to each of us. This is what happened to those people I talked about earlier. They were successful by any measure. They knew and had put to practice much of Napoleon Hill's philosophy with good results. Nevertheless, they had been blindsided by success and had lost the vision to achieve their dreams. Someday, they are likely to look back at successful and meaningful lives and, as with those who have failed, may whisper... "I could-dah been a contender!" "I could-dah! A Solution There is a reason, of course, why this happens to so many people----they lose their focus. Napoleon Hill explained how to stay focused by using the power of the sub-conscious mind. He wrote that we could enlist this power by thought and suggested that we write our goals down to read and ponder twice a day. Theologians suggest this as well. To strengthen faith and co...

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot control your deeds. Therefore, in its simplest form, self-discipline causes you to think first and act afterward. Almost everyone automatically does exactly the reverse of this. People generally act first and think later--unless they take possession of their minds and control their thoughts and deeds through self-discipline.   Control of the Emotions Self-discipline will give you complete control over fourteen major emotions listed below. Seven of these are positive, and seven negative: Positive Emotions Love Sex Hope Faith Enthusiasm Loyalty Desire Negative Emotions Fear Jealousy Hatred Revenge Greed Anger Superstition All of these emotions are states of mind and are, therefore, subject to your control and direction. You can see instantly how dangerous the seven negative emotions can be if they are not mastered. The seven positive emotions can be destructive too, if they are ...

There are seven disciplines you must develop if you want to achieve all that is possible for you. You can learn these disciplines through practice and repetition until they become automatic. Goal Setting Every morning, take three to five minutes to write out your top goals in the present tense. Get a spiral notebook for this purpose. By writing out your ten goals at the beginning of each day, you will program them deep into your subconscious mind. This daily goal writing will activate your mental powers. It will stimulate your mind and make you more alert. Throughout the day, you will see opportunities and possibilities to move more rapidly toward your goals. Planning and Organizing Take a few minutes, preferably the night before, to plan out every activity of the coming day. Always work from a list. Always think on paper. This is one of the most powerful and important disciplines of all for high performance . Priority Setting The essence of all time management, personal managem...

Over the years, exhaustive research has been done on top teams. There seem to be given characteristics or qualities of peak-performance teams that you can incorporate into your own business. Here they are: Shared Goals and Objectives In a smoothly functioning team, everyone is clear about what the team is expected to accomplish. The goals of the team are shared and discussed by everyone. Each team member gives his or her ideas and input into how the goals and objectives can be best achieved. Each person feels like a part of a larger organization. Shared Values and Principles In excellent teams, there is regular discussion about the values, principles, and behaviors that guide the decisions of the team. The leader encourages values such as honesty, openness, punctuality, responsibility for completing assignments, quality work, and so on. Everyone discusses and agrees on what they are. Shared Plans of Action In this phase of team building, you go around the table and have each member of ...

It has been said that, "Money may not be the most important thing, but it's way up there with oxygen." The fastest and easiest way to get the things you want as quickly as possible is almost always to have enough money to be able to buy them, whatever they cost. For this reason, the desire to acquire money, quickly and easily, and as much as possible, is a major motivator of human behavior. But it is not usually money that people really want. Freedom Sometimes I will ask my clients why they want to acquire a lot of money. After thinking about their answer for a couple of minutes, they finally conclude that what they want more than anything else is "freedom." In reality, they see money as a means to achieving the freedom they really desire. They define freedom as having enough money so they can get everything they want. Having enough money will enable them to be completely free from worry about safety, security, leisure, love, respect and fulfillment. They see ha...

The purpose of a negotiation is to enter into an agreement such that both parties have their needs satisfied and are motivated to fulfill their commitments and enter into further negotiations with the same party in the future. This is a foundation law of negotiating, and it applies especially to negotiations where you will be dealing with the same party again. In business, it is quite common for people to be in and out of business transactions and negotiations with each other over many years. This fundamental futurity must be kept in mind at each stage of each negotiation. First Purpose Let's break this law down into its constituent parts. First, "the purpose of a negotiation is to enter into an agreement." It is assumed, but not always true, that both parties want to do business together. If one does not and is merely negotiating for some other purpose, the other party can be at a considerable disadvantage. Second Purpose The second part says, "such that both partie...

The very best times you will ever have at any job or company are when you are getting along wonderfully well with your boss. On the other hand, the very worst times you will ever have at any job are when you are not getting along well with your boss. And the major reason why employees have problems with their bosses is because of a lack of clarity about what exactly is to be done, and to what standard, and in what order of priority. It is important to your boss that you are making the appropriate decisions for the company and completing your job. In order to make decisions effectively, you must know the three types of decisions. Three Types of Decisions There are three types of decisions in any organization or family. When decisions involve other people, it is important that everyone is clear about what kind of a decision is under consideration. Command Decisions These decisions have to be made by the boss or the person in charge. These decisions are so important that one person is sol...

Statistics Suggest That When Customers Complain, Business Owners And Managers Ought To Get Excited About It. The Complaining Customer Represents A Huge Opportunity For More Business.     You are filled with valuable experience. The things you've done and learned and seen and lived through have left behind a unique and powerful substance of experience that is yours alone. What a shame it would be for all that to go to waste. It is yours to make use of, yours to build upon, and yours from which to grow. By making this present moment count, you also make all the past moments count even more. You cannot live in the past, yet you can continue to draw upon the value you created there. Right now, you can benefit greatly from the things you've already done, whatever they may have been. By tapping into the value of your experience and doing something positive and productive with it, you extend and expand upon that value. Use this day to invest your wealth of experience into effective ac...