Success
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Positive Ways to Deal with Failure
It may be hard to accept, but failure is part of life. In fact, if you don’t sometimes experience failure, it’s probably because you’re not truly living life to the fullest. You need to leave your comfort zone to experience either success or failure. But it doesn’t change the fact that we fear failure, avoid it, and dread it. Having said that, if you want to experience success it’s important that you get used to being uncomfortable. When you end up having to deal with failure, there are ways to look at it that are positive. Let’s look at some tips for dealing with failure in a positive way that…
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How to Build Success Momentum
Follow these tips to help you achieve your goals and build success momentum. 1. Take action steps. No goal is achieved without taking action. It is vital you get out of your head and into your heart and then into action. Without consistent, measurable actions, your success remains nothing but a dream. 2. Take small steps and bite size tasks. It is important not to get over zealous with your goals or to take on too many at the same time. Start with one or two goals and a set of actionable and measurable milestones. 3. Have an accountability partner. There’s nothing like a best friend, collaborator or partner. He…
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8 Time Management Tips
At the end of the day, it’s all about time management. When it comes to time management, we don’t want to admit we don’t have it all together. It’s one of the hardest issues to face and can be a challenge. However, the good news is it’s very doable. What’s the hardest task? Do that one first. For some people, filing is the worst administrative task there is and for others, it’s filling out paperwork and making phone calls. Whatever you identify, as being your hardest task, is the one you should do first. You will find this practice to be difficult at first; however, as time goes by…
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Your Mindset Matters!
“There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.” – Henry Ford How often have you heard someone say to open your mind or that someone has a closed mind about something? Most people have heard or said this at some point. Your mindset about specific issues and life, itself, is often set in certain ways, as you age. If you aren’t clear on what a mindset is, or why mindsets matter, you won’t know what you need to do to change or grow. In this article, you’ll learn what mindset is and why that matters to your success. It’s all about your mindset…
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Benefits of a Gratitude Journal
The scientific evidence is in. Gratitude journals benefit you in big ways if you keep one for the long term and use it daily. Read on to find out the top 8 benefits of consistently journaling your gratitude. Experience Stronger and More Fulfilling Relationships It’s so simple, but it can be hard to accept. You are the one who makes yourself happy with your own choices. Another person cannot make you happy or grateful. Only you can do that. But something amazing happens when you express gratitude often in your relationships. You begin to see things through a different lens that you may have otherwise missed and you start to…
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Experimenting On Yourself
You can make a lot of interesting personal growth gains by studying yourself and your own responses instead of trying to follow someone else’s behavioral prescriptions. Studying yourself is especially useful in the areas of health and productivity habits. What actually creates good results for you? Quite often you’ll find that what works best for you in real life won’t be found in any book or seminar. You can learn ideas from others to inspire your own experimentation, but you may get the best gains by assembling your own unique collection of behaviors and practices. When doing self-experimentation, it’s important to protect your self-esteem from your behavioral results. Look at…
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How to Nurture Creative Thinking
There might be times you find yourself lacking in creativity. The cause for your lack of creativity can be for different reasons. It could be you haven’t been using your creative muscles regularly and they’ve become hidden. There are many tricks you can use to improve your creative thinking. One of the best ways to keep yourself inspired to create every day is to have rituals in place that you use regularly and routinely. Having routines that inspire you conditions your brain to tap into your creativity easily. Some examples of a ritual might be to Read in the morning. Listen to music every day. Meditating for 5 minutes. Deep…
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Don’t Let Labels Limit You
How many different assessments have you taken that classified you as having a certain personality type, strengths, and so on? Maybe you did a Myers-Briggs assessment, the Strengths Finder test, the Kolbe test, or other assessments, and they told you something about yourself. Perhaps this started with learning your astrological sign and discovering that you were supposed to be a certain way because of when and where you were born. When I was in high school, I took a test called the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey. It said that career-wise, I was most aligned with becoming a computer programmer. Second was a forester. And third was a math teacher. I…
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Aim Big: How to Build Success Momentum
Building success momentum is a great way for you to achieve goals and create the life that you’ve dreamed of. How to Achieve Goals Once and for All Follow these tips to help you achieve your goals and build success momentum. Action steps – no goal is achieved without this first important step. It is vital you get out of your head and into your heart and then into action. Without small, measurable action steps, your success remains nothing but a story. Small steps and bite size pieces – it is important not to get over zealous with your goals and do not take on too many at the same…
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Give Yourself a Competitive Edge
Everyone wants to have a competitive edge in business and in life – something that makes them stand out from the crowd and that increases the likelihood of success. Learn to leverage strategic thinking and your mindset and you can create a competitive edge for yourself. Why Competitive Edge Is Important In today’s market, there are millions of products and services available to take care of the needs of individuals and businesses alike. Being able to identify and exploit the features and benefits of your product or service and show how it is better or different from your competition is your competitive edge. It will provide your business with the…
