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The Two Requirements of Success
Ross and Sue work at an auto dealership selling cars. Neither are doing very well. Each has a different approach to selling. Ross talks loudly, grabs your hand and pats your back. He likes to bully people into taking test drives and making offers. Ross...
Know You Always Have Choices
Do you know the saying "wherever you go, there you are"? Even though you always take yourself wherever you go you do have a choice of who you'll be when you get there. Here's something to think about. If you don't realize you are doing exactly what you want to...
Seven Proven Steps to Wealth – The Formula for Creating All the Money You Will Ever Want
The Financial Treadmill Does it ever seem to you that you are working harder and harder just to stay even, or worse yet, only to be a little farther behind each month? If so, you're like millions of other people all around the world. The problem is that the way we...
The NEW Definition of Networking
Twenty years ago, I wrote the first edition of The World's Best Known Marketing Secret. In the book, I introduced several new terms to the business community, specifically in how they applied to ways to grow a business. One term that seemed to have multiple meanings...
Lessons on Forgiveness: Stop Punishing Your Future
We've all seen people who walk around with a chip on their shoulders. People who never get over a wrong or a hurt. You know exactly who I'm talking about. As a divorce attorney, I came into contact with many people who built great big walls around themselves to avoid...
Your Success Choices
Bill is a graduate of Portland State University with three years of graduate study in music, working with world-famous Czech composer Tomas Svoboda and Spanish Composer Salvador Brotons. He's trained in Ericksonian Hypnosis and is certified as a trainer of Nero...
From Stop & Shop to Table Top
As a lifestyle expert and designer I always find myself thinking outside the box and looking for inspiration and unexpected resources everywhere I go. This year-with a big focus on creativity and one stop shopping-I challenged myself not only purchase everything I...
Help Yourself
Those folks in Nazareth were amazed to hear a carpenter's son preaching from Isaiah's prophecy. In response to their surprise, Jesus said, "No doubt you will say to me, 'Physician, heal yourself'" (Luke 4:23). Unlike Jesus, I may not be able to...
The Art of Networking
Although we know that the goal of networking is to discover new business opportunities, it's more than a "paint by the numbers" process. It takes time, patience, and creativity to cultivate people into our lives. The key is to make networking become a natural part of...
The Eight-Step Process to Better Asking
In one of my earlier articles, "How To Ask For Anything You Want," you learned that the world responds to those who ask. When you begin to ask for what you need and want, you've taken control of your life, and are proactively steering its direction. Many...
The Astounding Benefits of Soy
New Page 1 As soy has made its way into Western diets, consumers have become interested in the many claimed health benefits. Soy products are often marketed specifically to women in part because of scientific evidence gathered over fifteen years suggesting that soy...
Becoming a ‘Walking Meditation’
Untitled Document It is important to realize that meditation is not a practice that one uses to escape in order to hide from a disruptive life, nor is it a practice for relaxation alone. It is so much more and provides the opportunity to experience ourselves from an...
The Kiss of Life
Untitled Document May I laugh all my laughter, may I cry all my tears May I love the rain as deeply as the sun when it clears -Scott Kalechstein, An Open Heart Did you ever have a moment, a single moment that forged such an impact that you knew your life would never...
The Top Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Health and Wellness
Untitled Document Jackie Hart, founder of HealthWealth Inc. in Austin Texas, says ‘your health is the most important thing you take care of every day. It doesn’t have to be complicated or confusing, and it shouldn’t be.’ Here’s her list...
How Do You Define Success?
Untitled Document Success means different things to different people. Part of it is conditioning – if our parents thought one way, we did. How often do we sit back, go inside and think, what is success to me? What do I strive for? How do I know when I’ve...