I finally decided watch the movie Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz. If you are some of the few who have yet to see that movie – A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover. Besides being a great movie, Tom [...]
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Are You a Negative News Junkie? You Gotta Read This!
When getting ready for work most people follow a particular routine. For some people the routine might be to roll out of bed, get ready for work then check out the news. Then, when it is time for the long commute to work, the majority like to “turn that dial” to the local news station [...]
Do you Believe in the Law of Attraction? Stop!
People started becoming aware of argument to whither or not the Law of Attraction works since the movie The Secret went main stream. I thought it was a fascinating movie that had a good intention, but left out crucial elements that are necessary for the Law of Attraction to work.
Do You Have a Friend Who is a Loser? Get Rid of Em!
It is easy for me to say that most people surround themselves with losers. If you want to become successful, rich, or happy, you should do whatever it takes to grow, right? As human beings, we must grow, because like a business, if we don’t grow, we die. I don’t mean literally die, but I [...]
More of the Same Gives You More of the Same
Almost anyone who’s been in some type of sales has heard of or used Albert Einstein’s quote: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” So where do you stand as far as what Einstein said? Well you’re definitely on the right track by choosing to [...]
32 Questions: 20 Empowering & 12, Not so Much
Persuasive Communication doesn’t only refer to how you communicate with others, it also refers to how you communicate to your self. To change the results you get, you start by taking control of how your mind thinks. This is done by asking yourself the right questions. Changing you Has there ever been a time when [...]
You Forget 80% of What You Learn Every Day!
There are many people out there who spend hours on end every single day learning and feeding their mind with immeasurable amounts knowledge. It truly is amazing to see that so many people have an interest in taking themselves to the next level. Unfortunately, even though the intention is constructive, there lies a undetected negative [...]
Size Matters, Small is the New Big
In NASA, the smallest miscalculation can cause a fatal disaster. Being a slight degree off, 1/100 of inch, can lead a space shuttle in a completely different direction. The power of small is a phrase I use that means the smallest adjustment can make an enormous of change. This is obviously the negative side of [...]
Do You Practice What You Preach?
Have you ever told someone to do something that you would never do yourself? Gandhi hasn’t: A woman once came to Gandhi and asked him to please tell her son to give up eating sugar. Gandhi asked the woman to bring the boy back in a week. Exactly one week later the woman returned, and [...]
Are You Unique?
Recently, I decided to pursue a passion that I’ve been interested in for many years now. An industry where odds are almost never in your favor. An industry where there are people who are more than likely better than you. But then again, this probably sounds a lot like many of the industries out there, [...]
My Broken Ankle is an Opportunity in Disguise
A very old Chinese Taoist story describes a farmer in a poor country village. His neighbors considered him very well-to-do. He owned a horse which he used for plowing and for transportation. One day his horse ran away. All his neighbors exclaimed how terrible this was, and would say, “wow you have such bad luck [...]
Courage. Do You Have it or Do You Want it?
Have you ever seen the movie the Pursuit of Happyness? Don’t worry, if you haven’t, this won’t spoil it. Will Smith’s character, Chris Gardner comes across a well dressed man who drives a Ferrari. Chris becomes flabbergasted with excitement and curiosity and decides to ask asks the man what he does for a living. The [...]
Why Make Mistakes, Learn From Someone Else’s Experiences
Almost everyone I know has told me a story about how they lost a lot of money and regret some of the decisions they have made in the past. I used to think like this all the time before I became consciously aware of what it does. Regretting decisions we’ve made in the past is [...]
Work Hard, Don’t Play Hard Just Yet…
Most people are weary and unsure of what will happen to our economy. Sometimes the stock markets soar high and other times they plummet low. Everything seems to be boarder line chaotic. Does America really have it that bad? “…Short answer yes with an if, long answer no with a but…” I love the cliché [...]
Do You Have Mad Learning Skills?
Everyone wants to be good at something. That something could be the skills to play basketball, it could be skills to sell, or even the skills to sing. Whatever that something is, learning any skill is a process. The Process of learning: Subconscious Incompetence This is the stage the first stage in the process of [...]
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Do You Have a Friend Who is a Loser? Get Rid of Em!
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Do you Believe in the Law of Attraction? Stop!
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