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Positive Expectancy - By Nightingale-Conant staff

"To achieve more, you have to expect more. And, to get more from the people who work for you, expect more from them."

It really is that simple. But the opposite is also true. That's why so many bright and capable people never perform up to their abilities... Just as a high performance car can spin its wheels and go nowhere, many bright people waste their lives in the same way.

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"Hope is NOT a strategy. It never has been. The truth is, the new year will be pretty much the same as the last one unless you put something in place to MAKE SURE it will be different.

"Will 2007 be just another 12 months in your life, or will it be the year that turns your life around?"

Michael Angier / SuccessNet

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Don't Know Where to Begin? Fortunately You're Not Alone - By Valerie Young

You have an idea to make money doing what you love. You even have the talent and drive to make it happen. There's just one problem. You don't know where to begin. Not knowing how to successfully launch a business idea is one of my favorite kinds of problems, because it's usually one of easiest ones to solve.

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3 'A-Ha' Success Principles That Have Reshaped My Business - by Alexandria K. Brown, "The E-Zine Queen"
You should actually work harder on yourself than you do on your business (or job). I first learned that from Jim Rohn, whom some call the father of personal development. There are three success principles I learned over the past year that I wanted to share with you. And following these guidelines has helped me skyrocket my business.

4 Ways Fear Wreaks Havoc on Your Dream and What to Do About It - by Kim Castle
Are you making daily progress towards accomplishing your business vision? Do you find that despite a strong desire to make your vision happen, obstacles always seems to pop up and slow you down? Do you find that doubt is chipping away at your vision, keeping it from ever becoming a reality?...

5 Top Tips To Increase Your Personal Power - by Chris Green
Have you ever started a new project full to the brim with enthusiasm only to have your enthusiasm and motivation wane as the months go by? When we're pursuing something of worth in our lives, enthusiasm and motivation are two very important factors. They act as driving forces for us and keep us on course to achieve our goals. So how can we maintain high levels of both? Try these ideas...

10 Steps to Escape the Job World and Create the Life You Really Want - by Valerie Young
Perhaps your fear centers on money, or that you're not "smart enough," or that you'll fall flat on your face. Let's face it, shaking up your life is scary. Yet, "Unless you walk out into the unknown," says Tom Peters, "the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low."

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A new model for exceptional performance - by John Eliot, PhD
Overachievers are individuals who go beyond expectations and consistently perform at their best. The term has a negative connotation because we usually associate overachievers as individuals who seek to impress and gain approval from others. Real overachievement, in my opinion, is a qualitative experience of happiness and fulfillment that's consistent, day in and day out.

Accelerating Innovation: The Human Element in Managing Change - by Kenneth W. Christian, Ph.D.
When businesses recognize they must change but do not properly account for the human factors associated with the change, they slow down the process of change and reduce the adaptability of their organization by the very act of introducing what they intend as innovation or improvement. They also frequently increase the expense.

Achievement, Anxiety, and Addiction - by Rajendra K. Misra, D. Phil.
Drug abuse is a response to fear of failure; it helps us to withdraw from the pressures of achievement by inducing and maintaining a sense of apathy toward the standards of excellence in society. Tensions and stress of lifestyle in urban and developed societies are marked by pressure for achieving goals that subscribe to the so-called “approved” quality of life.

Addiction to Perfection - By Dr. Margaret Paul
Needing to be perfect is a form of control. The wounded, critical part of us believes that, "If I am perfect (whatever that means!) then people will like me, love me, admire me, approve of me, pay attention to me, or validate me. Then I will feel worthy...”

Afloat in A Sea of Abundance - by Rebecca Fine [The Science of Getting Rich Network]
What old beliefs, what old ways of looking, seeing, and perceiving do YOU need to cast off right now, my friend? If you find yourself "in the doldrums," how can you take a fresh look today and begin to see the abundance that surrounds YOU so that you are empowered -- not becalmed and hopeless? The choice is always available.

Are Successful People Really Luckier? You Bet They Are - By Valerie Young
Is there a certain amount of luck involved in any success? Of course there is. But those who look at other people's success and think "they're so lucky" tend to see only the "luck." What they're saying is "You're so lucky," but what they're thinking is, "Sure that happened for him, but it will never happen for me." They're basically equating the odds of their own success with those of hitting the lottery. And when you frame success as all about luck, like the lottery, your chances of achieving it are slim to none.

Are Top Performers Born or Made? - By Tony DiRomualdo
Professor Ericsson and his colleagues have spent years studying top performers from many different fields - science, mathematics, sports, the arts, business, etc. The team analyzed reams of performance statistics and biographical data as well as volumes of data produced from years of their own experiments with expert performers. The verdict - experts and high achievers are made far more often than born and the driver of their performance is deliberate practice.

"Are We Clear?" - By Michael Angier, SuccessNet
In my 30-plus years of studying success principles and why and how people became successful - or didn't - I've found many common denominators. But even with the principles, disciplines and beliefs shared by successful people, the one that stands out the most to me is being clear and being congruent with that clarity.

Are You a Scanner? - by Barbara Sher
If you're a Scanner, you are a very special kind of thinker. Unlike those people who seem to find and be satisfied with one area of interest, you're genetically wired to be interested in many things. Because your behavior is unfamiliar -- even unsettling -- to the people around you, you've been taught that you're doing something wrong and you must try to change. But what you've been told is a mistake -- you have been misdiagnosed. You're a different creature altogether. What you've assumed is a disability to be overcome by sheer will is actually an exceptional gift. You are the owner of a remarkable, multitalented brain trying to do its work in a world that doesn't understand who you are and doesn't know why you behave as you do.

Are You a “Visionary?” - By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Dreams may seem unimportant in your quest for success. And it’s true that ordinary dreams are often a mix of what happened during your day – plus some often “wild” random associations. But there’s more than one kind of dream. For example: Many ultra successful people use a process of “waking dreaming” to fuel their visionary powers.

Are You in the Mood for Success? - By Molly Gordon
Mood pervades the context in which you do business, coloring the way you work and also the way your clients or customers experience your offers. Mood is the measure of what is possible. Mastering mood involves awareness, choice, and authenticity.

Are You Killing Your Beautiful Dream? - by Chris Green
Yes, going for a dream is real tough. There will be endless hours of work and effort. Years of dedication, tears of frustration, setbacks, knocks, sticking points and failures. That's the price demanded by success. But my lord is it worth every single second of it...

Are You Settling? - by Valerie Young
Settling is not the same as compromise. ... When you settle, you unwittingly or wittingly check your true needs, desires, feelings, and gifts at the door. By settling you're essentially telling yourself, "This is the best I can do." You don't even try to get your needs met, or realize your true desires...

Are You Your Own Worst Enemy -- a.k.a. Self-Sabotage - By Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
How often have you given up doing something even before you gave yourself an honest chance of succeeding? You need to become an expert at getting out of your own way when it comes to achieving your dreams. After all, you’ve gotten in your own way over and over for years.

Attracting Prosperity: What Do You Have to Believe to Prosper as an Entrepreneur? - By Molly Gordon
"Have to beliefs" are beliefs you choose because they make you stronger, wiser, smarter, kinder, more resilient. They challenge you to be bigger, more creative, bolder. And for every "have to belief" a new world of action is revealed. What do you have to believe in order to show up, serve, and attract prosperity as an entrepreneur?

Beware the Demon: Fear of Failure - By Doran Roggio
Have you taken notice that whenever you are about to embark on a business venture, that old demon, Fear of Failure pays you a visit and nearly paralyzes you. You get those annoying butterflies in your stomach and sleepless nights have you imagining all sorts of painful events. The success magnates of this world would be the first to tell you that they are no different, that they, too, have been visited by the Demon, Fear of Failure, and have had their share of unsuccessful ventures.

Career Advice for Geniuses - by Marty Nemko
You'd think that the supersmart have it made. Not so. Being highly intelligent comes with surprising workplace burdens, as I've learned during 20 years as a career coach specializing in intellectually gifted adults. Here are suggestions I've made that clients have found most helpful...

Change Happens: How to Accept, Navigate and Master Change - by Michael Angier / SuccessNet
Not only do we live in a time of unprecedented change, but the changes we’re experiencing are happening at a faster and faster rate. Our lives are significantly unlike that of our parents’. We think differently, act differently, travel differently, and we work differently. Virtually everything about how we interact with the world around us has changed in just one generation.

Choices: When Passions Collide - interview with Alex Mandossian, by Patrick Coffey & Chris Attwood
Alex Mandossian: That is an interesting question that comes up a lot. For me, corporate America, whether it’s a five-person company, a hundred person company, or a hundred, thousand person company, corporate America means living with someone else’s passion. Now that I have gone through the process, back between the years of 1993 and 2000, I was living for someone else’s passion. I added value to the company; I had equity in the company... I loved what I did, but I was living into someone else’s passion. That was the story of my life. I didn’t realize back then that there was a collision between personal and professional passion.

Connect With Your Strengths - By Linda Dessau
We can be just as afraid of our strengths as we are of our weaknesses, and just as afraid to succeed as we are to fail.... Connecting with your strengths is about learning how to acknowledge your own gifts, accept compliments graciously and to present yourself confidently as the extraordinarily unique artist that you are.

The Courage to Take Action - by Brian Tracy
Perhaps the greatest challenge that you will ever face in life is the conquest of fear and the development of the habit of courage. Winston Churchill once wrote, “Courage is rightly considered the foremost of virtues, for upon it, all others depend.” Fear is, and always has been the greatest enemy of mankind. Fear, rather than the reality of what we fear, is the cause of the associated anxiety, stress, and unhappiness. When we develop the habit of courage and unshakable self-confidence, a whole new world of possibilities opens up to us.

Create Your Own Mission Statement for Your Personal and Professional Life - by Dr. Denis Waitley
Two of life's greatest tragedies are: Never to have had a great mission in life, and to have fully reached it so there is no challenge remaining. Are you going where you want to go, doing what you want to do, and becoming who you want to become?

Creative Prosperity – How an Artist Attracts Wealth - By Tania French
Doers are the few who have the courage to step out of the past and tackle the present. With creativity. With joy of purpose. Doers know they have to plant their seeds to reap their gifts. They understand that the soil cannot plant their needs.

The Dangers of Goal-Setting - By Paul Bauer
There are many methods that you can use to create a happy and fulfilling life. Over the years, "experts" have popped up that have been extolling the virtues of "go for your goals!" Well... there's a small problem that has popped up for many people... People have become addicted to "getting more" because the "go for your goals" hype has gotten them disconnected from who they really are.

Dare To Go After Success In Spite of Your Fears - By Rene Godefroy
Most of us are so intoxicated by our failures and fears that they cause us to be stuck in situations we absolutely hate. Yes, you read it right. We continue to stay in jobs we don’t like because of our fears. We continue to stay in abusive relationships that are literally sucking the life out of us because of our fears. Fears are the reason we never attempt to live out our dreams.

Dimostrazione - Leaping into Our Experiences - by Linda Dessau
In Michael Gelb's book, "How to think like Leonardo da Vinci,” he explores seven concepts that allowed da Vinci to achieve his extraordinary accomplishments. One of those concepts is called Dimostrazione. Dimostrazione is about learning from our mistakes. It's about being willing to be right in the moment of an experience, and to challenge long-standing beliefs and opinions in favour of what you're actually experiencing.

Do It Yourself - by Sharon Good
There are times in our careers, whether in the arts or otherwise, when we feel frustrated with the opportunities that are coming our way. We feel disempowered waiting for someone to come make us an offer that will get us out of our rut and thrust us, perhaps into the "big time" or just into something more fulfilling and more lucrative. ... Many well-known writers started out as self-publishers... Many successful film directors, writers and actors started their careers, or made a name for themselves, by creating their own projects.

Don't Know Where to Begin? Fortunately You're Not Alone - By Valerie Young
You have an idea to make money doing what you love. You even have the talent and drive to make it happen. There's just one problem. You don't know where to begin. Not knowing how to successfully launch a business idea is one of my favorite kinds of problems, because it's usually one of easiest ones to solve.

Do You Ever Put Things Off? Do You Procrastinate? Want To Stop? - by Adam Eason
Procrastination can be (and in my opinion is) one of the most devastating problems you ever face... I used to be a big procrastinator... I rummaged through all the books and training manuals I had to find the right solution for me to take control of my brain and one of the most powerful ones I ever did I am going to share with you all today.

Dreams and the Process of Actualizing Personal Potential - by Annette Colby
Henri Bergson (French philosopher, 1859-1941) wrote, "To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." Dreams have more to do with who we become during the process then what we achieve at the end. Following the passion and joy of manifesting dreams leads us into evolution.

Empowerment By Design - by Chris Green
Of the many questions you ask yourself every day, one question is by far more important than all of the rest put together. It is a powerful question that will bring clarity, motivation and purpose to your whole existence.

Ending Procrastination - by Jim Rohn
Perseverance is about as important to achievement as gasoline is to driving a car. ... The opposite of perseverance is procrastination. Perseverance means you never quit. Procrastination usually means you never get started, although the inability to finish something is also a form of procrastination. I'm going to tell you how to overcome procrastination. I'm going to show you how to turn procrastination into perseverance, and if you do what I suggest, the process will be virtually painless.

Enhancing Personal Expression by Mary Rocamora " embrace your drive to become, serve, create, achieve, and contribute."

Entitled to Be Exceptional by Douglas Eby
Although gifted men may also experience a self-defeating aversion to expressing feelings or aspects of themselves that might separate them from others, gifted women, according to a number of sources, are more acutely sensitive to fitting in with social expectations, and may engage in a denial of their capabilities, experience difficulty in embracing their talents and have a compromised sense of entitlement to be exceptional.

The Entrepreneurial Mindset - by James Arthur Ray
Companies need visionary and inner-directed people who transcend rules and roles and, at a minimum, make decisions and operate from a high level of self-esteem and even self-actualization. The people must find purpose in their work, keep profit and productivity in mind as they devise new and better ways of doing things, and pursue excellence in every endeavor.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit - by Tom Peters
Feeling a little weird lately? Take time to see where your passion and entrepreneurial spirit is calling you. Even in corporate America, the entrepreneurial spirit must remain alive. That spirit can solve the toughest of corporate problems, if only we let it.

Facing The Enemies Within – By Jim Rohn
We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions.. destroy fortunes.. destroy relationships. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within.

Failure And Disappointment - By Clay Tucker-Ladd, PhD
The world is filled with obstacles and critics. When we try and fail, we feel sad. Failure is often a defeat - a loss of status in the eyes of others and/or a loss of a wish or self-respect. The more ego-involved we are, the more bitter the loss. Generally speaking, if you don't try, you can't be defeated or feel defeated - you haven't played the game.

Fascinating Ways to Make a Living - by Valerie Young
Doing What You Love May Be Closer Than You Think: Start Your Own Opportunity File and Open Your Mind to Endless Possibilities. You don’t have to look very far to find fascinating ways to make a living. Opportunities are literally everywhere… if you’re looking, that is. It seems I can’t turn on the television or radio or open a magazine or newspaper without seeing at least one good business idea.

Flinging Fish for Fun and Profit - By Rebecca Fine
Tourists are snapping photos like crazy... This is certainly like no fish market you've ever seen before. People aren't just laughing, they're buying fish. A LOT of fish! Now, in his life-changing 1910 forgotten classic, The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace Wattles has laid out for us the basic principles by which the Pike Place Fish Market crew has turned what appeared to be failure into a stunning "World Famous" success.

From Motivation to Motive-Action - by Denis Waitley
Today, in the knowledge-based world, where change is the rule, a set of personal strategies is essential for success, even survival. Never again will you be able to go to your place of business on autopilot, comfortable and secure that the organization, state or government will provide for and look after you. You must look in the mirror when you ask who is responsible for your success or failure.

Get Motivated Today With These 4 Essential Pillars of Motivation - By Adam Eason
To be successfully motivated you need this very internal, very unique thing called your motivation. To acquire that innermost quality and set it to work, you need to recognise other people as reasons to believe.

Get Rich Being Creative – Why the Compulsion to Create Makes You Wealthy - By Tania French
Have you ever wondered where this urge to express yourself comes from? My answer to the question was “I am just compelled to compose music. I feel that the true voice of God in us is the compulsion to create. The mysteries of life are revealed in those quiet moments.” What I realize now is that this compulsion to create extends far beyond the artist’s domain. This ability and compulsion is present in all of us at any moment.

Getting Other People to Invest in Your Dream - By Valerie Young
There are dreams and then there are what I call “Big Dreams.” In the last year, I’ve had a number of clients with Big Dreams. One wants to have her own show on HGTV, the Home and Garden Cable Network, another client dreams of starting his own internationally syndicated sports radio show, and still another is actively taking steps to buy a horse farm and riding resort in Canada. In many cases, big dreams require more chutzpa than money. But there are some dreams that require both.

Gifted Women: Identity and Expression by Douglas Eby
Gifted women have vital and unique contributions to make in so many fields, but may need to more fully acknowledge whatever stands in the way of that expression.

The Gifts of Failure - by Molly Gordon
Personally, I hate failure. And nothing irritates me more than a happy-talking, self-appointed New Age pundit who's getting rich telling me that everything is perfect and failure doesn't hurt. Bull. Failure hurts. I ought to know. I've failed at business, love, and living up to my own ethics. Still, I do claim there are gifts in failure. In fact, I'm pretty passionate about this because I figure that anything that hurts as much as failure darn well better have an up-side.

The Great American Dream Challenge - by Marcia Wieder
Many of us think, "I'll believe in my dream when I see that it's a sure thing..." But the secret to living a "dream come true" life is to believe in your dream simply because it matters to you. In other words, looking for certainty out in the world is not the place to begin. The place to look is in your own heart. Choose to believe in your dream. Then take action to demonstrate -- to yourself and others -- you really do believe... Create a Dream Circle of friends and accountability partners who are committed to be there to spur you on.

The Great Problem-Solving Tool - by Earl Nightingale
Each of us has a tendency to underestimate his or her own abilities. We should realize that we have deep within ourselves deep reservoirs of great ability, even genius that can be tapped if we'll just dig deep enough. It's the miracle of your mind.

Habits of the Mind, Habits of the Heart, and Your Life Success - By Molly Gordon
What if success is not something you achieve after you have taken certain steps, but an experience that flows right now from who you choose to be and how you choose to relate to the world?

How Creative Entrepreneurs Succeed - by Susan Kirkland
Many small businesses find the current marketplace more competitive as big fish dip lower into the food chain to overcome business losses. Those little jobs they ignored (the jobs one person shops thrive on) are being gobbled up to replace lost revenues from big accounts now in demise. What can you do to protect yourself? Here are some tips to help you solidify your client list..

How I Got More Confidence & Really Began to Seize the Day - by Suzanne Falter-Barns
Somehow one’s self-confidence is kind of a squirrely, private thing; at my ripe old age of 47, you should have this handled, right? But the fact is that old scars take a long time to heal, so as ever, I’ve been plugging away, building my confidence one step at a time. And now I’m seeing major results. I’ve built my business to twice the level it was at a year ago. I’ve helped a quantum number more people as well. My marriage and my life are happier than ever

How Self Worth Affects Your Income - By Cara Lumen
The difference between making lots of money and not rests solely in how you value yourself. You have to KNOW what you offer is valuable and you have to charge an amount that shows it is valuable.... Whatever it is we offer it is unique to each of us. Only I can offer this particular combination of services and skills and talent.

How to Create 3 Extra Hours in Your Day - by Dan Robey
You've most likely heard someone say this at some point in your life: "Gosh, If I could only have 3 more hours in my day..." What if you could discover a way of having 27 hours in your day, instead of 24? And what if those 3 extra hours were filled with energy? Here are just some of the powerful realizations in the "Powerful Sleep" package: The four most important elements which your inner sleep clock relies on to determine when to sleep, how long you sleep, and how energizing your sleep is...

How to Create Energy From Nothing - By Kacper Postawski
A lot of people feel "tired", and blame it on getting not enough sleep, or other external factors. Basically, the fact that they're tired is always "out of control." What they don't know is that there's a reason for feeling "tired", and that there's a simple method to change "tired" to "energized" in a heartbeat...

How to Protect Your Dream at Dysfunctional Family Get-Togethers - by Suzanne Falter-Barns
OK, it’s the holidays. And with the holidays come family. And with family comes either buckets of love and support for your dream … or a certain coolness. It’s not that all family members mean to be intentionally rude; it just may be that they can’t relate to what you’re up to. Could be you’re the ‘creative one’ in the family, and they just don’t get why you had to quit your job in banking to be an actor who works nights at Starbucks.

How to Stay Motivated - by Denis Waitley, PhD
Be willing to say to yourself, "I'm on the right road. I'm doing OK. I'm succeeding." We too frequently become adept at pointing out our flaws and identifying failures. Become equally adept at citing your achievements.

How to Take Charge of Your Personal Life so Your Professional Life Can Soar - By Connie Podesta
Think your personal and professional lives aren't intertwined? Think again. Chances are that despite your best attempts to keep the two separate, the quality and stability of your personal life often have a direct impact upon the quality and success of your professional life. In fact, for many people, their professional life mirrors their personal life.

How to write your book faster - by Steve Manning
So many of my students and professional friends started to complain that they’d love to write a book, but they just didn’t have the time to create one. They really thought that to write a book you had to place yourself in a cold, sealed room, with a flickering candle, wearing gloves with fingers protruding and holding a large quill pen. Others thought writing a successful book was simply dumb luck. I tell you, NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success - by John Gartner, Ph.D.
These hypomanics were outrageous — arrogant, provocative, unconventional, and unpredictable. They are not "well adjusted" by ordinary standards but instead forced the world to adjust to them. Yet without their irrational confidence, ambitious vision, and unstoppable zeal, these outrageous men and women would never have sailed into unknown waters, never discovered new worlds, never changed the course of our history.

I'd Buy That: Getting A Brand Mindset - by Kim Castle
You may not have: Consistent imaging (e.g., business card, website, brochures, etc.); the deep understanding of how to communicate "the brand" of your business; and most importantly, what most entrepreneurs tend to forget or, sadly, never deeply establish: A huge, non-wavering belief in what you are bringing to people. You have just as much of this as the people who created Crate & Barrel. They just have more practice at it and had enough vision to bring in partners to help them grow and communicate it.

I'm Frightened of Failure - By Jane Firbank
Dear Jane, I seem to have a problem with letting my fear of failure keep me from success... when it gets down to going through with something, I get scared and quit.... Rachael
Dear Rachael, Forcing yourself to face your fears head-on isn't the way forward... the best -- and most comfortable -- approach is to lower your stress level and gain a new perspective on those fears. Here's how:

The Indispensable Quality - by Brian Tracy
Winston Churchill once said, "Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues because upon it, all others depend." Courage is the chief distinguishing characteristic of the true leader. It is almost always visible in the leader's words and actions. It is absolutely indispensable to success, happiness and the ability to motivate other people to be the best they can be.

Innate talents: Reality or myth? - by Michael J. A. Howe, et al.
The evidence we have surveyed does not support the talent account, according to which excelling is a consequence of possessing innate gifts. An analysis of positive and negative evidence and arguments suggests that differences in early experiences, preferences, opportunities, habits, training and practice are the real determinants of excellence.

The Inner Game of Wealth - by T. Harv Eker
He continued, "Did you know that most rich people think in very similar ways? It's not an exact science, but for the most part, rich people think a certain way and poor people think a completely different way, and those ways of thinking determine their actions and therefore determine their results." This book [Secrets of the Millionaire Mind] is not as much about learning as it is about "unlearning"! It is essential you recognize how your old ways of thinking and acting have gotten you exactly where you are right now.

In Praise of Rebellion: 10 Steps to Supercharge YOUR Life - By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Are you totally happy with life as it is? How about with yourself? If you are anything less than TOTALLY satisfied with your own status quo -- I encourage open and wild rebellion! STOP accepting your limitations. The probability is they don't even belong to you, anyway.

The Inside Out Solution - by Douglas LaBier, Ph.D.
A lot of the stress I hear about derives from struggling with the pressures of work and home - and trying to "balance" both. People are framing the problem incorrectly. There is no way to balance work and home, because they exist on the same side of the scale - the "outer" part. Instead of thinking about how to balance work life and home life, try, instead, to balance your outer life and inner life.

Inspiring my career as a self-supporting artist - by Suzanne Falter-Barns
"My dad, John Falter.. taught me how one can have a highly successful, profitable, and glorious career as a self-supporting artist.... Here are a few of the lessons he passed on.."

Internal barriers, personal issues, and decisions faced by gifted and talented females - by Sally M. Reis, Ph.D.
Resilience, rebellion, multipotentiality, different cycles of creativity, and extremely high achievement in the face of obstacles, such as poverty and a complete absence of support characterize many of the gifted women. Yet, they persist. Can this type of persistence, determination, and will be learned or is it the result of innate personality traits?

It's All in Your Mind: 8 Steps to Preparing Your Mind for Success - by Leslie Malin
Do you struggle to achieve what you know you are capable of? Do you have creative insights, great ideas, and talent, but somehow don't put it all together? Or, are you successful in your endeavors, but only in fits and starts? Does your success feel arbitrary and not reproducible? If these statements describe you, don't beat yourself up, they are typical of many of us. Endless research about successful people has shown that they are convinced that they will achieve what they want. It's not that they are luckier than you, smarter, or know more of the right people. Their thoughts lead them to success...

It's Easy to Earn Money - by Bob Proctor
There is a very real possibility that everything you and I have been taught about how to earn money is so far from the truth that it's almost comical.

The Language of Self-Hypnosis - by Adam Eason
Using language in the most progressive way to ensure your internal dialogue can be as amazingly powerful to you as using self-hypnosis. When I teach people self-hypnosis, the language they use in self-hypnosis sessions is very important. What’s more, the kind of language used in self-hypnosis can be used outside of formal self-hypnosis too, to enhance your communication with yourself at all times.

Let It Be You - by Jim Rohn
Each and every day, there are people all around the country and world who are living their dreams. Millionaires are made every day. Families are experiencing tremendous relationships. People are becoming more and more healthy. Life-long learners are growing intellectually and improving their chances for success.

Life Lessons Learned While Skiing - by Suzanne Falter-Barns
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about skiing, and how it relates to life. You tend to get pretty philosophical after you've found yourself seated not once but a dozen times while trying to learn how to ski bumps... Whether you ski or not, challenges most certainly await in some corner of your life. I invite you to ski straight into them, and just keep looking for where to turn next. If you keep your course steady and methodical, and you don't start racing out of control, even your falls will provide moments of quiet strength.

Life of the Unsuccessful - by Earl Nightingale
More than any other factor, perhaps, the unsuccessful person can usually be identified with a group that is at the mercy of events. The unsuccessful person has things done to him or her. The successful person seeks autonomy and makes his or her own plans and has the self-esteem and inner excitement and knowledge to know that those plans can be followed, barring a calamity over which he or she can exercise no control.

Life Skills: A Tool to Prosperity - By Rachelle Arlin Credo
In today's world where everything is evolving and standards of living are escalating at a rapid state, education, while very important, is no longer enough.. does not guarantee a job security and a successful transition to independent living. With job qualifications continually being redefined, even accountability in the workplace goes beyond scholastic skills. In order to advance in the world of affairs, something else is necessary. That something is the melting pot of life skills!

Live the 80/20 lifestyle - by Vic Conant
We've all been ingrained with 50/50 thinking. We intuitively believe that hard work will bring about equal results. That cause and effect are equally linked. The 80/20 Principle demonstrates that just the opposite is true. The world is imbalanced. Everything isn't fair. Working really hard doesn't necessarily mean you'll be amply rewarded. And hardly working at all can sometimes make you a multimillionaire.

Love and Energy for your Plan of Life - By Step Jones
How is your energy level? Feeling good about what you are doing? Have a little love for that thing you call life? Are you doing what you love or are you doing something you could just as easily give up? Are you dreaming about doing something different with your life? Okay, let’s say you are not doing exactly what you want, but the money is good and you can take a vacation every once in a while. That’s all well and good, but what are you really dreaming of? Who do you really want to be?

Low Self-Concept and Feelings of Inferiority - By Clay Tucker-Ladd, PhD
If there are reasons to believe you are too self-critical, avoiding success, or seeking failure, surely understanding your underlying needs and false assumptions (usually the need to hurt yourself or others) would be helpful.

The Magical Way to Get Clients - by David Wood
Do you ever worry about not being able to get clients? Well -- how do the successful coaches with thriving businesses do it? The fastest way to accelerate is to model what works for successful people! For many months now I have been working on an e-book with interviews from ten hugely successful coaches with successful businesses. A major questions focus was: "How did you get so many clients?"

Maker of Millionaire Minds Complete – An interview with T. Harv Eker - By Liz Thompson
Using the principles of the Millionaire Mind, that he teaches, Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only two and a half years. In this interview, we’re going to find out exactly how he did it, and how you can apply these principles in your life too.

The Money Advice that Changed My Life - by T. Harv Eker
He gave me a piece of advice that forever changed my life ... and it can change yours too within a few short weeks. He told me that most rich people think in very similar ways, "It's not an exact science. But for the most part, rich people think in a certain way and poor people think in a completely different way. Those ways of thinking determine their actions, and therefore, determine their results.”

Multi-tasking adversely affects learning - EurekAlert! news story
Multi-tasking affects the brain's learning systems, and we do not learn as well when we are distracted, UCLA psychologists report. Russell Poldrack, UCLA associate professor of psychology and co-author of the study says, "Even if you learn while multi-tasking, that learning is less flexible and more specialized, so you cannot retrieve the information as easily.

The Myth of Personal Freedom and the Meaning of Identity - by Larry Ackerman
The myth of personal freedom - the idea that you are at liberty to pick whatever path in life you want - is the unspoken agony of the modern person. Although you can't be anything you want to be, you have more potential than you know. Much like our biological, genetic code, our identity code is born into each of us, providing a complete map of how we are designed to function - of how we are supposed to live - when we are living according to who we are. As your identity becomes clear, you will arrive at a place where you are filled with passion, conviction, and serenity - a place you will recognize, finally, as home.

Notes on The Secret DVD - by Bob Proctor
This entire universe is an orderly universe. Energy attracts like energy. So just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is to get in harmony with it, and you do that through your own thinking. It’s absolutely phenomenal when you stop and think about it. Build the image of the world you want to live in.

Nobody succeeds like the successful - by Steven Libowitz
"We've learned that there's a biology of success, just as there's a biology of good nutrition," Dr. Robert Maurer explains. "We had to discover those rules - we couldn't invent them. Our job is to live by them."

Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs - by Brian Tracy
The worst beliefs you can have are "self-limiting beliefs." These exist whenever you believe yourself to be limited in some way. For example, you may think yourself to be less talented or capable than others. You may think that others are superior to you in some way. You may have fallen into the common trap of selling yourself short and settling for far less than you are truly capable of.

Passion is key to success - by Mike Litman
For many years I was walking around life, unfocused, bored, and frustrated. You see tons of people like this everyday. A bunch of factors went into helping me turn my life around, living from paycheck to paycheck to having a multi million dollar business by the age of 31 and I want to talk about it today. I want to talk to you about PASSION.

Persistence - by Bob Proctor
If you were to choose just one part of your personality to develop that would virtually guarantee your success, I'd like to suggest that you place persistence at the top of your list.

Planning Your Escape: What to do when your job is doing you in - by Neil Fiore, PhD
If all day long you're saying to yourself: "This job is driving me crazy and making me sick." you may need to quit and find a better job. But you haven't because another pesky voice keeps saying: "You can't just quit. You have to keep this job you hate because of our credit card bills, mortgage, family..." At this advanced stage of job dissatisfaction you may suffer from a form of "battle fatigue" that accompanies ongoing stress. Plan your escape.

Positive Expectancy - By Nightingale-Conant staff
"To achieve more, you have to expect more. And, to get more from the people who work for you, expect more from them." It really is that simple. But the opposite is also true. That's why so many bright and capable people never perform up to their abilities... Just as a high performance car can spin its wheels and go nowhere, many bright people waste their lives in the same way.

Positive Habits - by Dan Robey (author of book The Power of Positive Habits)
A positive habit is simply a habit that produces positive benefits, actions and attitudes you want to acquire and make a part of your life... let’s look at some simple positive habits from the book that will help you reach your goals and have a healthier body.

Profit from Experience : The Key to Your Right Livelihood May Be Right in Your Own Backyard - By Valerie Young -- At the end of her frightfully wondrous journey in the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy has an epiphany. '…if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again,' she tells Glenda, the Good Witch of the North, 'I won't look any further than my own backyard.' More often than not it’s the same way with career options. Too many people either fail to see – or outright dismiss – how the personal experiences in their own 'backyard' are ripe with possibilities for income streams or indeed complete careers.

Program Yourself to Prosperity - by Christopher Howard
The reality that you accept is made up of a matrix of interacting belief systems that can either be useful to you or disempower you. Financial beliefs that can disempower you include convictions such as "It’s hard to make money," "You have to be born into wealth," or "You have to work for years to make real money as a sales professional." If you accept these kinds of realities, it can absolutely prevent you from reaching your full potential.

The Real Secret... of Unstoppable Achievers - By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
What marks the difference between the person who achieves their goals and the person who doesn't? How many times have you been told the difference is just having a definite, well-defined goal. Actually that is putting the cart before the horse, and it's not really true.

Reverse Psychology for Success - by John Eliot, Ph.D.
As a performance psychology consultant, I’ve learned a great deal from my clients over the years, but perhaps the strongest lesson is this: development of great thinking severely lags behind the development of great technical skills. At every level, too much emphasis is placed on grades, spreadsheets, standardized test scores, and production statistics... But people who consistently end up on top have more than that. They develop the “intangibles” of success: confidence, concentration, healthy commitment, and a host of other talents that are on the inside.

Richard Branson's Success Secret - by Mike Litman
Talking about his mentor, Freddie Laker, Branson said: "At the time, I was running a little record company; I was about 17 years old... He gave me this advice: 'You are going to have to get out there and use yourself. Make a fool of yourself. Otherwise you won't survive'." I'll say it this way: You're not going to unleash your greatness and reach your financial goals if you don't STRETCH YOURSELF.

The Secret Psychology of Wealth - By T. Harv Eker [excerpt]
"There is a secret psychology to money. Most people don't know about it, that's why most people never become financially successful. A lack of money is not the problem, it is merely a symptom of what's going on inside you...”

Self-Knowledge, The Key to Preparing for Competition - by Denis Waitley
Self-knowledge has always been the key to preparing for competition. Knowledge of your attributes, abilities, interests, strengths, weaknesses, and traits is essential to riding the front end of the wave of change into the new century. To fully assess your own talents, realize that studies confirm that what we love and do well as children continues as our latent or manifest talent as adults.

The Seven Secrets of Top Performers - by James Arthur Ray
Think about it, you and I both know people who work incredibly hard, putting in long hours, they may even have two jobs, but they are not consistently (if ever) successful. Hard work certainly contributes to success, but hard work alone will not make you top-flight in your industry. Is success due, then, to luck or chance?

Seven Simple Exercises to Invite the Extraordinary Life - By Guy Finley
Refusing to rescue ourselves from inner states that scare us invites the Extraordinary Life that shows us that no such scared self exists that needs saving.

She Moved the Can of Shaving Cream - by Dan Robey
My wife moved a can of shaving cream and one of my positive habits disappeared! Sounds pretty strange, right? As many of you know, positive habits can be created with the help of habit triggers.

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast - by W. Bradford Swift
Burnout is one of the most common and serious threats to any entrepreneur and it takes many different forms and has many different side effects. So it makes sense to pause and ponder where you are going and what you are building. Perhaps even more important, why are you building it?

Soothing Anxious Thoughts about Work - by Deanne Repich
Whether your job is new or one you've had for years, anxious thoughts can get in the way of work enjoyment and effectiveness. When an anxious thought about work rears its head, follow these three easy steps..

Stop Being the Fool of Fear - by Guy Finley
Count the number of ways in which we have acted to protect a fear and we also know the exact number of times we have been the fool of fear... The only way out is for you to choose to just come wide awake. This conscious choice transforms us into a person who gets back into the safety, sanity, and solid ground of the present moment.

Strategies for Practicing the Art of Balance - by Neil Fiore, PhD
Keep the big picture in mind. Insist on time for your life, your family, your church, your career, and your relationship with your Self. Avoid the temptation to get lost in trying to do more work. LIVE NOW, the life you've always wanted -- a few minutes each day, a few hours each weekend -- in order to keep from burning out, resenting your work, and losing motivation.

Striving for achievement - an interview with Kenneth Christian, Ph.D. - by Douglas Eby
A psychologist and corporate consultant on maximizing personal and organizational potential, Kenneth Christian, Ph.D., identifies a wide range of challenges and changes people may face in striving for higher levels of achievement and personal meaning.

The Success Secret From America's Idol: Authenticity - by Jeannette Maw
American Idol Taylor Hicks’ rise to fame was a perfect example of doing it his way. He didn't dye his gray hair, he didn't stop trying to dance, he didn't give up his unique style of singing, and he engaged his audience with his passion for performing. He was outlandish, fun, and unique. People couldn't help but respond to his incredible charisma.

Success Trait No. 1: Believe In Yourself - by Joan Clout-Kruse
She knew what she wanted and she went after it. Self-esteem is fleeting. We must continue to work on it at all times. Why do some people fall apart when they lose their jobs, and others move forward and look for the next opportunity? It is all in how they feel about themselves.

Taming the Motivation Monster - By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
One of the greatest mysteries we face is how to get, and stay, motivated. But some new research into how our brains work has provided exciting clues about how to tame the "motivation monster."

The Thief of Fulfilment - by Chris Green
One of the biggest problems we can encounter when we consider making changes to our life is fear. Even though the changes we want to make will bring more happiness by considerably enhancing our lives, fear will still raise its head to try and stop us in our tracks.

Think & Grow Rich - by Leslie Fieger

Those "Crazy" Business Ideas Often Turn Out to Be the Best - by Valerie Young
As the great actor Katherine Hepburn once said, "Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting." Some of the most interesting means of support begin as a crazy idea. The key is to keep coming up with them, then when you find one you love, recognize that the only sane response is to go for it.

Thought Patterns To Create Success - by Annette Colby
To achieve permanent transformation, you’re going to have to tap into your own inner power. And this is where the energy of your words and thoughts comes in. Success is built on a solid foundation of positive thoughts and feeling good. Your words, thoughts, ideas and belief systems are the key players in building such a strong and solid foundation.

The Thread of a Dream - by Denis Waitley
I became engrossed with the story of how the first bridge was built over Niagara Falls. It all began with an idea and one thin kite string. The kite string was used to pull a cord across, then a line, then a rope. Next came an iron-wire cable and then steel cables, until a structure strong enough to build a suspension bridge was in place. I’m struck by how that string is like a single thought. The more vivid and clear the thought, and the more you come back to it...

To Attract Attention, You have to Show Off - C.J. Hayden, MCC
Recently, a client of mine complained, "I'm really good at what I do. I shouldn't have to market myself." In fact, he is quite good at his profession, but the problem is that not enough prospective clients know about him. Like many professionals, he is reluctant to talk about his accomplishments. "It feels like bragging," he says. "Doesn't it make me seem unprofessional?"

Too Much To Do - I Never Get Everything Done – By Dr. R. James Steffen
Aligned Thinking will help you do what most believe impossible: Align Every Action To What You Really Want. By showing how to align your every action to WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, this elegantly simple time management system will guide you to get the most from your business and personal life and balance the two.

Top 10 Reasons To Say "NO" - by Linda Dessau
This month I said, "NO, I'm not going to write a feature article this month, I want to work on my book instead." As soon as I said that, I realized that there might be some learning (AND an article!) in that decision. Here are the top 10 reasons to say "NO," in service of your creativity and self-care.

Unleashing Your Power Within - by Anthony Robbins
I've seen thousands of people like Phil - intelligent, talented, well-educated, full of big dreams - who are prepared to work hard and make sacrifices. They do everything right... but in the end, they fall short of their expectations... To make things happen, you first have to turn on your power and enter your peak state.

Unstoppable - by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
There are many ways to create success. One of the chief ways is to become unstoppable. This happens when your passion, desire and willingness to do whatever it takes meld. When this happens it creates an unstoppable force and nothing will be able to keep you from achieving your goals.

The Unstoppable Power of Your Emotions - by Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Most of today's psychologists and success mentors are convinced that one's "emotional intelligence," or EQ, is a far better predictor of life success than one's "rational intelligence," or IQ. We've all known really bright folks who aren't living up to their potential. This is not to make them wrong! It's just that success is not their "passion." But how many "passionate" people do you know who aren't living up to their potential -- or at least stretching out toward it?

Want to Live Your Dream? - By Valerie Young
When I was desperately trying to get myself out of corporate America, I promised myself that I would not go to bed at night until I had taken at least one small step toward my goal. It doesn't have to be a big step. ... Not only do small steps add up but just as important is the sense of momentum you'll gain. And once you get started on a dream, it's hard to stop!

Wet Blankets Of Profitability & Practicality - by Brad Swift
According to Arthurian Legend, Merlin was a very powerful wizard in part because he lived his life backwards, from the future, to the present and into the past. You can use this 'Merlin Principle' to empower yourself in your life on purpose by creating a Visionary Reality for your life that includes your Business On Purpose that is in high momentum.

What Can We Learn from Martha Stewart? By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
No matter how you feel about Martha Stewart and the personal mistake that put her at odds with U.S. Government lawmakers, you can't deny this woman's amazing resilience and buoyancy. So what can we learn from Martha? And what is it that makes some people so capable of bouncing back in the face of adversity? Martha Stewart isn't unique in her ability to make the adverse lessons of life work for her. We all have the potential for this inner capacity.

What is a Scanner? - by Barbara Sher
The conventional wisdom was overwhelming and seemed indisputable: If you’re a jack-of-all-trades, you’ll always be a master of none. You’ll become a dilettante, a dabbler, a superficial person -- and you’ll never have a decent career. But one thought wouldn’t leave my mind: If the world had just continued to accept them as they were, Scanners wouldn’t have had any problems.

What Is NLP? - by Chris Howard
What makes Richard Branson or Warren Buffet (the second richest man in the world) so successful? Their focus and perspective.

What it Takes to be an "Overnight Success" - By Valerie Young
If you hate your job as much as I did, you probably wish you could make the leap to your dream job "yesterday." But while things may seem to be moving slowly in the moment, most entrepreneurs will tell you that once they stopped to reflect on their progress they realized that things were moving relatively quickly.

What's Delaying Your Dreams? - By Paul Bauer
What "stops" you from realizing the kind of life you know you deserve? Do you think it's: Not enough Money? Not Enough Time? Lack of people? Lack of smarts, creativity or ingenuity? I call these the "Four Myths That Stop People From Realizing Their Dreams"

What's wrong with goal-setting - by Kenneth W. Christian, Ph.D.
"Listen folks. Talking about goals won't get you there any more than going to church will get you to heaven. If you do not passionately believe in where you are going, don't give goal-setting a bad name by using the word goal to describe listless me too ism."

When Family Dreams Clash, Find a Way for Everyone to Win - By Valerie Young
Angela wrote with a problem I’m sure many people can identify with – what to do when your dream and your family’s needs clash. One of the best ways to get someone to support your dream is to find a way to support their dream.

When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things - by Jody Williams
I believe it is possible for ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. For me, the difference between an "ordinary" and an "extraordinary" person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Who’s Directing Your Life? - by Marcia Wieder
While aspects of you encourage, “Go for your dreams,” simultaneously other parts threaten, “Don’t you dare.” A cast of characters lives inside of you and at different times you may receive conflicting or contradictory messages. If you are want to be happy, successful, and fulfilled, consider putting your “dreamer” in the director’s chair.

Why I Will Never Have a Job - by Barbara Winter
Almost everyone who chooses to become self-employed faces a barrage of questions from dreambashers and skeptics. The most popular question is, "How can you give up your security?" I am tempted to say, "You mean a puny little health insurance policy and two weeks' vacation?" There are tradeoffs, of course, but the skeptics have no idea what they really are. When I traded in my job, here's what I got back.

Why You Don't Write Your Book - By Suzanne Falter-Barns
In the ten years that I've taught people how to get on with their books and creative projects, I've noticed a phenomenon that I'll call "Author's Block." Would-be writers can, indeed, sit down and work when pressed to it. The problem is that they're not so sure they want the pressure of being an author. But they do want it. But they don't. And so on....

Work as a Work of Art - By Barbara J. Winter
What Stephen King, Michael Graves and William Morris knew was that creativity begets creativity. The creative spirit that resides within all of us is prolific, abundant, and flagrantly generous. It's only when we ignore our own creative impulses that they appear to go away.

Work Life Balance: The Gift Of Too Much To Do - By Molly Gordon
Check your work life balance and emotional weather report... notice the physical sensations that correspond to this weather report. How does this change when you play with the notion that rather than too little time you more than enough to do, an abundance of opportunity?

Writing: An Art or Science? - by Robert Maurer, PhD
So about five years ago, I began to collect studies conducted throughout the world, on people who succeeded in all three areas of life: work, relationships, and health, at last count, over fifty studies existed. Remarkably, each study reports the same results! Thus far, there are no exceptions to findings that suggest the human body may have its own laws or rules for success, just as it has for health.

Your Money Blueprint - by T. Harv Eker
The vast majority of people simply do not have the internal capacity to create and hold on to large amounts of money and the increased challenges that go with more money and success. That, my friends, is the primary reason they don't have much money. On the other hand, the opposite occurs for self-made millionaires.

Your Soul Purpose - by Suzanne Falter Barns
Did you know that you have a unique purpose in life, and that you won’t be truly happy until you find it – and live it? Are you spending your life the way you are meant to? Do you move through life excited and exhilarated because you are using the gifts you were given at birth? Or are you still waiting for the big instruction book to drop into your lap that will finally explain how to be happy?