By Bob Garner Setting out to succeed with your own business requires managing your time well. If not done properly, not only will you waste time and not efficiently achieve your goals, but you may also find yourself losing clients, money, and/or possibly even the business, itself. Here are three simple steps you could take [...]

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By Melissa McCreery, Ph.D. So many people have wonderful dreams that are buried just beneath the surface – a book they’d love to write, a business venture they’d like to pursue, a race they’d like to sign up for, or a trip they want to take. If only. If only they had: more time, more [...]

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Last week I discussed the half-dozen ways people stumble on their New Year’s resolutions and goals right at the starting line. It generated a healthy discussion and I appreciate everyone’s contribution. This week I’d like to offer you the half-dozen ways you can explode off the starting blocks and set yourself up to not only stay in the race (this time), but actually finish victorious! 1. Big 3If you are using Living Your Best Year Ever, it guides you through making several goals in all 8 key areas of life. It then helps you reduce your plethora of goals down to your Big 3. I know you will want to accomplish ALL your goals, but it is critical you reduce it down to just 3 to supremely focus on.Pick the 3 goals that are most important to you and would have the most dramatic impact on your life and lifestyle. Resist the urge to chase after other shiny objects that come into your field of vision. 2. One ThingAs Curly in City Slickers said, “Find your ‘One Thing’.” In this case, it is the one key behavior that is most important to you accomplishing each of your Big 3 goals. Examples: Goal: Liberate 20 pounds to become ideal weight of 180. Key behavior: 45 minutes of exercise, 3 times per week at a sustained target heart rate of 175. Goal: Earn $200,000 in sales income. Key behavior: Collect 5 “no’s” 5 days a week. Goal: Deepen intimacy with spouse. Key behavior: Say something appreciative or acknowledging 3 times per day, (at least) 6 days a week.3. InstallationYou can figure out your Big 3; you can even identify your One Thing that will be key to making it come true, but remember this very key point: Goal achievement doesn’t come down to dreaming, writing out and planning. It comes down to the day-to-day decisions and behaviors of DOING what you said you were going to do, long enough for you to make it to the end point. In order to ensure, as best as possible, that you will actually do, and keep doing, you...

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Image by jean-louis zimmermann via Flickr I hope it’s not too late for me to wish you a “Happy and Joyful New Year”. You know the ritual? New Year is the time for people to set their goals of the year and many came to me to ask for some goal setting tips. Then it [...]

Are feeling a little bummed or even disappointed in where you are in life right now? Did you think you would be doing a little bit better and be a little further along in life by now?Are you a little down on yourself about how you have let your body go… or your relationships wane a bit… or maybe you're frustrated about the fact you aren’t doing better in your job or business... or you haven't been the parent you wanted to be? Maybe it’s even worse and you have recently filed for bankruptcy… or maybe you are recently divorced or just suffered a heart attack or some other serious health condition? If so, it’s time for a turning point. You’ve probably heard the definition of insanity—doing the same things over and over and expecting different results. You’re not insane are you? If you want the next year to be different than the last year, then now is the time to do something different. Here is a very inspiring realization: No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future. When you wake up tomorrow the canvas of your life is blank. You can paint a completely different picture tomorrow than you have ever painted before. Your past does not equal your future. You can hit the reset button to your life at any time. I want to suggest you hit it today.I want to help you. I can show you how to achieve in a few months what it takes others an entire lifetime to achieve. If you’ve got the ambition and the passion to radically redesign your future CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO Do you want to make THIS year the year you not only set big goals, but actually achieve them? What if there was a system that would materialize any goal you wanted? What goals would you declare for 2011? I can tell you from personal experience, there is such a system. I spent much of 2010 analyzing my own practices and processes as well as collecting up all the best I have discovered on human motivation,...

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I promised you in the last video I would explain the process of how goal setting, and far more important, goal ACHIEVING actually works. This is the mystery of the ‘secret’ REVEALED. This is how the Law of Attraction really works. It is not some mysterious, esoteric voodoo, as it sometimes sounds like, as it is being described. It’s far simpler and more practical than that. By the end you will say… "Ah, I get it." And, "Now... I know how to make it work." More good stuff to discover in this video: What 3 boys out hiking can teach you about kicking butt in a competition. 5 BIG reasons why most goal setting attempts fail, miserably. Don't make these mistakes. Ouch! And costly. Oh, and what Reggie Hammond (as played by Eddie Murphy) can teach you about proclaiming your goals. In the next (and final... don't be sad) video I will show you how to I can help navigate you through all the potential pitfalls to insure you have the precise formula for achieving the boldest goals and wildest ambitions you can dream up. CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO

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Last week we started a journey together through Maslow’s 8-Ways to Self-Actualizewith my supplemented editorial and action steps to help you actuallyactualize Maslow’s principles. We traversed through the first 4-steps last week. Many of yourrealizations and mental breakthroughs mentioned in the comments werevery inspiring. Just reading them made me want to step up my game lastweek. Thank you! This week we will complete the journey with steps 5 – 8. Imaginethis as your climb of Mount Everest (the peak of your potential) andyou have made it all the way to Camp IV (you’ve mastered Maslow’s steps1 – 4). Now you have what is called "The Final Push” left to go to"summit” the mountain. Well, Maslow’s steps 5 – 8 are your Final Push.Let’s go! 5. Listen to your own tastes. Be prepared to be unpopular. This one comes naturally to me. I am an anti-conformist by nature. Irecommend it to you as well. One of the greatest strengths ofleadership is the willingness to do what is unpopular. (Read: The Unpopular View of Leadership) Don’t follow the herd. Don’t do what’s fashionable, trendy orpopular. What’s popular is what’s common. Do what’s common and you willget common results (aka mediocrity). You are looking for uncommonoutcomes, extraordinary achievements. To do this you will have to do what Jim Rohn talked to us about—walk away from the 97%. Don’t use their vocabulary and don’t use their excuses. Don’t use their method of drift and neglect. Walk away and join the 3%. Take charge of your own life. Action step: CLICK HERE TO READ REST OF POST

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Whenever I am asked what I believe the goal and purpose of life is, my answer is the same, and it’s the theme of this issue. Of all the great pursuits in life, to me this is the most important. Every virtue, treasure and reward in life is obtained only through this quest. What is it? It is living your potential. Robert Louis Stevenson said it more than a hundred years ago: “To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.” But what is potential? Webster’s dictionary defines potential as possible (as opposed to what's currently actual) capable of being or becoming or a latent excellence or ability that may or may not be developed. So potential then is what you can become. It is the best possible version of yourself. The first challenge, I believe, to living our potential—is realizing the greatness that is dormant inside of each of us. Thomas Edison said, “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” Dale Carnegie also taught, “We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.” Why don’t we then? I think what stops most of us from tapping our inner genius; the hero or heroine inside each of us is fear. We are actually afraid of our greater potential. 19th century philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said it this way, “There is nothing of which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.” I know I am constantly challenged by the philosophy espoused by Marianne Williamson when she says, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t...

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An extremely important part of your health program is being able to measure your progress. Body-fat testing is not painful, nor is it expensive. In fact, you can get it done at most any gym or fitness center. Simply ask if they have an expert who can measure body composition. It’s also a good idea to take before and after photos and post them somewhere you’ll see them every day. But, most important, don’t stop there! Measure five to 10 different aspects of your progress. Post from: SUCCESS magazine Blog People who read this also read...Chris Guerriero: Stop Chasing Weight Loss Fads ‘Great Weight Loss Ideas’ almost ruined my life, so stop information overload from ruining...Confessions of a Fit Millionaire — Part 2 Take 12-Steps Toward Lifelong Success Last week, we began our...

Image by JeffOliver via Flickr There was once a couple who lived in a 80th story apartment. One day, they went for a jungle trekking. When they reached home, they found out that the lift is not working due to some technical problems. With a huge bag on each of their back and sweating all [...]

Review: INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 “I think there is something more important than believing: action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.” —W. Clement [...] Post from: SUCCESS magazine Blog People who read this also read...Part 8: Your Strategic Plan of Action Review:INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 The...Part 15: How to WIN—Every Time! Review: INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,...Part 14: S-T-R-E-T-C-H Yourself Review:INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,...

Review: INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 As we head into the final stretch of this incredible journey, I want to offer you one final gift. It’s one of my greatest strategies for creating extraordinary success, and now–if you choose– it can be [...] Post from: SUCCESS magazine Blog People who read this also read...Workaholics Anonymous—A 12-Step Program of Recovery and Personal Transformation (Step 6) In this step I am going to reveal one of my greatest weapons for...Part 13: Success Cycles Review:INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,...Part 16: ACTION! Review: INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,...

Review:INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 If you are going to achieve goals you have never achieved before, you must be willing to do what you have never done before. One of those things is to allow, no actually push, yourself to FAIL. And if you want to succeed big, you have to fail big. There is no way around it. When I was only 20 years old, I got into residential real estate sales. It was the early ’90s, and the real estate market was as tough as it is right now. I knew nothing about the real estate business; I had no prior experience, clientele or even credibility—I wasn’t even old enough to drink! But in just 90 days, I was outselling (new listings and pending escrows) an entire office of 44 veteran agents—combined! The strategy I am...

Review:INTRO, GETTING READY & Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 We are human. We cannot be 100 percent 100 percent of the time. We cannot improve every area of our life simultaneously. We cannot do everything at the same time. When we try is when we fail, burn out or blow up. Nature works in cycles. As with the seasons, there is a time to learn, a time to produce, a time to harvest and a time to rest. Farmers, schoolchildren, and even professional athletes operate in seasons. That approach to life can help you excel, too. I want to explain an advanced achievement strategy that will help you make greater progress toward your goals—faster. It’s a concept called: Working in Success Cycles.Let me give you an example. Let’s say you and I are going to race from Los Angeles...

A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY: Here’s a summary of week five in our journey towards Designing the Best 10 Years of Your Life where Ianswer your questions and give you a course update. I’ve also selected some of your questions and observations left in the comments sections along with some of my responses. I hope you find it helpful to peruse through the common questions and insights shared by others experiencing the process along with you. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Post from: SUCCESS magazine Blog People who read this also read...Video Update from Darren Hardy A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY: Here’s a summary of week one in...Video Update from Darren Hardy–End of Week 4 A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DARREN HARDY: Here’s a summary of week four in...Video Update...