Posted 3/30/2005 by Josh Hinds

I just added several new articles to the Prosperity And Abundance section on the site. The recent additions include: Building REAL Abundance by Laura V. Hyde, Prosperity and Abundance by Dr. Richard Bellamy, Thank And Grow Rich By Rebecca Fine, and Afloat in A Sea of Abundance By Rebecca Fine... All the best, Josh Hinds :-)

Posted 3/29/2005 by Josh Hinds

Unstoppable Action: Acknowledge Fear, Prepare, and Then Act
By Cynthia Kersey author of Unstoppable Women: Achieve Any Breakthrough Goal in 30 Days

Loreena McKennitt knew that to succeed on her own terms, she needed more than musical talent and passion. She needed to educate herself about the music business. So she developed a step-by-step plan to become a savvy music businessperson: running her fledgling label, figuring out how to do media and publicity, and learning about taxes, agents, and contracts. By taking things a step at a time and preparing along the way, she reduced her risk of failure and kept herself from becoming overwhelmed.

Were there times when she was fearful? You bet. Fear is a natural reaction to change. It's the number one reason people hesitate to start anything new, opting instead for the way things are -- safe, comfortable, and familiar. It's important to realize that everyone experiences fear when venturing into unknown territory. It is a natural response. The difference between stoppable and unstoppable people is their response to fear. Unstoppable people acknowledge fear and manage it by confronting the cause and determining how they can prepare for the challenge ahead. They decide on certain actions that will enable them to feel as competent and confident as possible.

As women, we tend to be more uncomfortable with risk than men are; there are two major reasons for this difference. First, we have significantly lower levels of testosterone, the hormone behind aggressiveness, competitiveness, risk-taking, and high sex drive. Second, women have historically been trained to revere security, not risk.

Columbia University's Carol Dweck, Ph.D., one of the world's leading researchers on emotional development, says that women fear risk because they fear making mistakes. "Women take less risks because they don't want to expose their inadequacies. They see inadequacies as permanent deficiencies rather than things that can be learned over time."

For example, when a woman is applying for a job and is asked if she can do something she knows little about, she'll say no, Dr. Dweck says. On the other hand, men say, "Sure," meaning, "Sure, I can learn." They don't want to expose inadequacies. Many women, particularly bright women, see inadequacies as permanent deficiencies rather than things that can be remedied. Often, women will not think of the learning that will take place on the job and how they can grapple with that as time goes on, but will instead focus on the skills that they lack and the gap between what they know now and what they need to know.

As young girls, many of us were perfect and got a lot of praise for being good little girls. And it becomes a standard that we can't live up to and we're afraid of falling from that standard.

Let's take a lesson from the men. If we want to move into new territory and make a change in our lives, it's important to let go of the expectation of needing to know everything up front. This is unrealistic and holds us back. My personal strategy for approaching any new undertaking has always been to prepare thoroughly. Whether I'm giving an important sales presentation or speaking in front of a large audience, I never "wing it." Initially, the task may seem intimidating, but the more prepared I am, the more confident I become.

To overcome fear, we must prepare as best we can and then plunge ourselves into the very thing we fear most. Only by taking risks can we build our confidence.

Finally, don't be surprised if you don't get initial support from others when you take a risk. Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said, "All truth goes through three steps. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident." Schopenhauer asserted that only 3 percent of people ever embrace a new truth during the first two stages, when their lives can be truly transformed. Ninety-seven percent wait for the self-evident stage, when embracing the new idea is safe and socially acceptable. Unfortunately, by then it's too late for any real opportunities.

By taking a risk, you are refusing to let fear create regrets for you. Instead, you are opening yourself to a world of new, exciting opportunities.

Is the risk worth the reward?
Are you experiencing fear and anxiety about your ability to achieve your breakthrough goal? Perhaps you've been putting off a particularly daunting step you need to take to achieve your 30-day goal? Take some time to think about what concerns you the most about this step. Acknowledge your fear -- but don't stop there. Brainstorm some ways you could prepare to take this step. Preparation is the key to taking fear out of the unknown. Of course, you'll never be able to foresee everything that could happen, but by preparing for the most likely scenarios, you'll feel more comfortable. Then go ahead and plunge yourself into the thing you've been fearing -- remember, the first step is the hardest! And once you've taken the risk, you'll be on your way to reaping the rewards.

Risk is the fuel behind all growth, all greatness. I've coached people who didn't achieve their 30-day goal in 30 days, but still said it was the most transformational experience of their lives. Why? For the first time, they had a plan and understood the mindset necessary to make real changes in their lives. They were in action! That is success! If we focus on what we gain through the process of trying and risking and see how we've grown and learned, we win.

Reprinted from: Unstoppable Women: Achieve Any Breakthrough Goal in 30 Days by Cynthia Kersey © 2005 Cynthia Kersey. Available wherever books are sold or directly from the publisher by calling (800) 848-4735.
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Cynthia Kersey's first book, Unstoppable, was published in 13 languages. She is president of Unstoppable Enterprises, Inc., and her Unstoppable Foundation provides tools, resources, and funds to disadvantaged women and children throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.unstoppable.net

Posted 3/24/2005 by Josh Hinds

Successing In Tough Times
by Kyle Wilson

(Excerpted from Week Twenty-One of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan)

I've been noticing (and I'm sure you have to), while many companies and individuals might be struggling right now, that there is also a group of companies and individuals flourishing. I've also noticed there are some common characteristics found in these companies and individuals who seem to be doing well during some of these uncertain times. Here are five characteristics that stand out:

1) These companies and individuals operate from a win/win philosophy and inherently value their business relationships (customers, employees and vendors). When you understand and appreciate this principle it allows you to create and receive value both on a short and long-term basis, as well as recognize and be in line for new opportunities that begin to present themselves.

2) These companies and individuals have an entrepreneurial mindset. Although, it's true that when a boom is going on the entrepreneur is often leading the way, I've also noticed that when the water is high (things are going good), everything tends to even out (everyone seems to be doing well). But when it all starts to go south, it is then that entrepreneurs can rise more quickly and distinguish themselves. Their ability to take risks, be decisive, recognize and seize opportunity and to basically "create", allows them to find a way to make things happen.

3) These companies and individuals have an excellent work ethic and focus. In sports, if you were to ask, who in their respective sport has been a dominant figure, three immediately come to my mind - Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretsky. Beyond their remarkable ability and talent, there is also something about these three that help propel them into greatness - their fierce competitiveness and their incredible work ethic.

How do you beat the most talented person in the world when they will also out work you and have a "will to win" that is not to be exceeded? Well, the same is true in business. The top performers do not get complacent. They do not rest on their laurels. And they don't decide that because they are doing well or are on top that that is good enough. Their work ethic and drive to be their personal best has allowed previous victories and momentum to carry over into more success (even in difficult times).

4) These companies and individuals have made a commitment to succeed. Making a decision is the prerequisite to all successes. As Jim says, all good things are upstream, but the natural tendency is downstream. Commitment creates the mindset that allows us to face challenges, shut out negative circumstances and discomfort and then move upstream towards our goals.

5) These companies and individuals operate out of faith. Without faith it is impossible to take risk. Without faith it is impossible to make investments of time and effort in the present hoping for a future reward. And without faith it is impossible to make short-term sacrifices on a consistent basis. Faith allows you to be free to give and be your best, knowing that the reward will manifest itself sometime in the future.

Faith also allows you to find the opportunity that often comes disguised in the form of a problem or challenge. While others are "missing it" or spending their time and energy complaining, the person/company of faith is identifying and seizing new opportunities.

Question - how do you rate yourself in these five areas above? I would estimate much of where you find yourself today could be directly related to how well you have fared the past few years in regards to the five points above. The good news is today is a new day, a new opportunity.

Finally, we want you to know that we love hearing all the testimonials and success stories from our enrollees. And we want you to know that now is your time, the time to work on yourself, your relationships, your business, etc., and then to attract all the success outcomes you deserve. While you are creating the new you, look at every challenge you might be facing as an opportunity to "create" new and better outcomes.

Life is full of opportunities. Go For It!

Carpe diem,
Kyle Wilson
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Kyle Wilson is co-founder and President of Jim Rohn International. Kyle has promoted hundreds of seminar events over the past 14 years and has worked with many of the world's top speakers and authors, including Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Mark Victor Hansen, Og Mandino, Les Brown and Harvey MacKay. Kyle is a weekly contributor, along with Jim Rohn and Chris Widener, as well as the architect of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. To join the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan go here.

Posted 3/23/2005 by Josh Hinds

The Power of Focus
by John Assaraf

Many years ago, I coined the terms "Bull's-eye Thinking" and "Bull's-eye Action" as a way to get the businesses and individuals I was consulting with, to focus only on the most important activities every day, instead of the stuff that shows up on a daily basis.

Some of them were forever doing the least useful stuff in their business and then complaining that they weren't getting the results they wanted.

It seemed that everything other than the highest priorities always had a way of distracting them.

Their mindset was, "I'll just get this out of the way and then I'll focus on the big and important things".

It never happens. The "stuff" always comes up.

I used to teach a business-planning seminar to real estate agents, and one of the requirements of the participants was they had to bring a spreadsheet of their activities for the prior 2 weeks.

Here's what we discovered based on a 50 hour workweek:

* The agents who spent 10 hours a week with a potential customer who would list or buy a home earned an average of $35-50k a year.

* The agents who spent 20 hours a week with a potential client earned an average of $75k a year.

* The agents who spent 30 hours a week with a potential client earned over $250k a year.

And, get this...

* The agents who spent over 40 hours a week in front of prospects averaged over $500k year!

So what's the point, you may be asking?

The point is this...

Look at your career or business, and you ask yourself these questions...

How many hours a day/week am I actually doing what I am best at? Or how many hours a day/week am I doing the activity that brings in the highest return on my time? How many hours a week am I getting caught up in "stuff"?

Most people get caught up in the "stuff" because they haven't taken the time to really think through and plan what they should be focused on, or to really understand where they make the most return on investment of time.

If you have the capacity to earn $50, $100 or even $1,000 per hour, you should NEVER be doing any activity that pays you less unless you really want to.

Successful people do the highest paid activities first and then the "stuff". Or better yet, they hire someone else to do all the "stuff" that keeps them away from earning the highest income per hour.

Stop letting the phone interrupt you. It's for your convenience, not others.

Stop letting other people's agenda interrupt you. Stop doing "stuff" and start doing only the real things that get real results.

Plan your ideal day with the outcome you want and focus only on that, and don't deviate until what you want to accomplish is done.

Leave 20% of your day as buffer time for stuff that actually must be, and can only be, taken care of by you.

There's a story about Frank Sinatra that is worthy of repeating. As it goes, one day while he was rehearsing one of the crew who sets up the stage asked him to help move the piano. Frank just looked the guy and said "I don't get paid to move piano's!" He clearly understood what he should do and what he shouldn't.

I have gotten myself into a habit of planning the outcome of my day first thing and setting 3 - 4 major outcomes that I focus on each day. Any deviation from that outcome must be caused by "my emergency", not someone else's.

So with that said, do one thing right now without interruptions that will earn you, your highest income this hour.

Then get in the habit of doing the things that consistently keep you at that level. The real key is to laser focus on the big stuff that drives revenue.
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John Assaraf, aka "The Street Kid", shares the exact principles and step-by-step system he used to get free from the street gangs of his youth, to become a multi-millionaire entrepreneur before age 30 in his new book "The Street Kid's Guide to Having it All". Complimentary reports and newsletter here.


P.S. John Assaraf is one of over 70 (and counting!) mentors and success experts you will learn from at AudioMotivation.com. Learn more about Josh Hinds' AudioMotivation members site here.

Posted 3/22/2005 by Josh Hinds

Making Sales In Tough Times
by Tom Hopkins

The best way to sum up a strategy for succeeding in uncertain economic times is a very old saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." When business as a whole slows down, it's nothing more than a slump. Many business people say there's little they can do to change the market and they just have to ride it out.

If that's the way you think, let me ask you this: Where would we be if we all thought that way about our planet? Simple awareness and creation are the desire of millions of people to see improvement in the way we care for our planet. When you and your neighbor recycle aluminum cans, glass bottles, and paper products, you are altering the doom and gloom projections for the destruction of the earth. If you can make a difference in something as major as saving the planet, there is definitely something you can do about the effects of an economic slowdown.

The key to finding success within crisis lies in how well you handle what is happening. Succeeding or failing depends upon your attitude — and this is never truer than in challenging times. In the good times, we don't pay much attention to our attitudes, but challenges are constant in our lives, so if you are to succeed, you must keep your attitude positive, even in times of crisis. This is because most of the time, we are either moving into, in, or out of a crisis period.

In business, the economic climate is always changing. For much of the time, the changes that take place are caused by outside factors that we're powerless to control. But we can control how we react to a situation.

When you began your selling career, what did you have a big supply of? Do you remember? Enthusiasm. Burning desire. Excitement. The feeling of "Watch out world, here I come. Now what I've got this terrific opportunity in sales, there's no limit to what I can do."

Yes, you had enthusiasm and desire then. Yes, you were eager and excited about what you were going to do. No problem getting out of bed in the morning — you were raring to go. You had everything necessary for success, except for one item — knowledge. You simply didn't know what you were doing. But that was okay; your enthusiasm made up for it.

Then what happened? Some months passed. You learned your product, your way around your territory, how accounts are found — but what happened to your enthusiasm?

It dwindled a bit, didn't it? Your product is still as fresh to new clients as it was the day you started — it's just not fresh to you anymore. You've had time not only to see the negatives that every industry, company, and product has, but you've also had time to dwell on them and time to let these negatives affect your actions.

Your gain of knowledge merely matched your loss of enthusiasm and balanced your performance out to about average — far below your potential. Make no mistake about it, a Champion is struggling to get out from underneath. A front runner. A big earner. A high flyer.

So now you know what to do, but aren't doing it. Why? In most organizations, lack of the specific product knowledge required for a sales position isn't the main challenge among salespeople who've been there for several months. It probably isn't for you, either. Motivating yourself to do what you already know you should do is the main challenge.

Why is this true? Because what you should do is not what you want to do. If it were, you'd be doing it.

Now we've gotten to the bottom of things. Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself. This conflict comes about because the push forward of your wants and needs can't overcome the push backward of your fears and anxieties.

Wants and needs are motivators and everyone feels them. "Have-to's" and "need-to's" are demotivators. When you feel a demotivator, you feel fear or anxiety — which is why demotivators are so powerful. They can dry your mouth, make your knees bang together like loose shutters in the wind, and light a fire in your stomach. Or they can work in soft and subtle ways to kill your motivation.

Almost every success-seeking person has been torn by this conflict at some point in his or her career. Many live with it all their lives. Perhaps we can't eliminate the ongoing battle entirely, but we can decide whether we'll lose every day, lose usually, win usually, or win every day. We can't win every sale, of course. Forces beyond our control will cost us a sale now and then. That's okay. What isn't okay is to constantly lose out to our same old unresolved fears and anxieties.

Resolving those fears and anxieties is surprisingly easy when you know how to do it. The first requirement is to admit that you're like everyone else — you have fears and insecurities. They may not show. On most people they don't. But the people around you have them, and you have them. Recognizing the fact is the first gate you have to go through. The next one is to decide that you're not going to let those beatable fears and anxieties stand between you and what you want in life any longer.

Write down what you can do to overcome them. Break them down into do-able steps and get on it. Every little step you take to overcome your fears brings you closer to letting that Champion inside of you out. The answer to "why don't I do what I know I should do" lies with only one person — YOU!
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Posted 3/20/2005 by Josh Hinds

How to Do Hard Things
by Suzanne Falter-Barns

One of the harsh little realities of pursuing a dream is that sooner or later, you're going to have to do some stuff you don't like very much. It's just plain inevitable. Enter procrastination. Dread. Meltdown. Complete inertia.

But the prospect of doing the tough stuff doesn't have to stop you cold. To that end, I've been teasing out some different ways you can keep going. Here are a few of my favorites:

* Play music. I learned this when I started running, or 'jogging' as we called it back in the 70's. Clamping on the headphones made it go so much better. Even today, as I pound the treadmill, it's just so much easier if I've got country music videos playing along while I work out.

In fact, I recently saw a movie in which a soldier talks about overcoming his fear and going into battle by listening to heavy metal music piped into his helmet. Neurosurgeons, emergency room docs, and others in high-pressure operating theaters often play lightly upbeat, soothing music to keep stress under control as they work.

* 'Bookend it'. This is a phrase the 12-steppers wisely use for calling up a supportive friend before AND after a tough task … just so you're accountable out there to someone. Use the phone or email and make that connection. You'll be less likely to procrastinate your way out of it.

* Delegate. Got a task you just can't somehow do? I always have three or four lurking around the edges of my desk, until the day I rise up and give it away. Hire a local teenager, elderly person who wouldn't mind a little light work, a family member, or even a local odd-jobs person to come in one day and give you a hand with all or your 'hard stuff.' If the problem seems to be on-going, hire a Virtual Assistant, from one of the on-line sources like AssistU.com. This is a person you hire on an hourly basis, usually in some other part of the country, who helps you electronically with all kinds of administrative needs. If you can't afford to find help, buddy up with a friend and offer to do each other's 'hard stuff' in an even swap.

* Plan a big, juicy reward. We're talking one you seriously want …and the nastier the task, the bigger the reward. If you must, combine this with book-ending, to make sure you not only do the task, but reward yourself as well.

* Dare yourself to not do it. Really imagine life without this particular task completed. Then see what the consequences are. Truly dire? If not, maybe you can actually drop the hard thing from your to-do list. On the other hand, will you be disappointed? Will things just not seem right somehow? Better use that image of disappointment to move your dream along.

* Jump in, first thing. We tend to be fresher, and less conflicted, stressed or distracted first thing in the morning (post-coffee, of course.) That's the best time to seriously seize the day and do the hard thing. Success manuals all preach doing it first, and they're right. It works.

* Envision the goal. Is it 1000 new subscribers to your ezine? Is it a potential big sale that will change your business, or leaving a job that will help you live your dream? Make a little note and park it somewhere that's frequently in your line of site, such as a Post It on your computer screen. (You can word it obscurely to protect your privacy in an open office environment.) By keeping you attention on the big picture, you'll naturally get less hung up on the day-to-day small stuff.

* Impose a temporary goal. One of my dreaded tasks is vocalizing, or exercising my vocal cords every day in an effort to keep my singing voice in shape. Just about the only motivator I've found that works is always having a small performance just ahead … especially in times when I'm working on a long-term project that doesn't 'need' my voice anytime soon. Knowing I have to perform, even at a dinner party, keeps me interested in staying in shape. Same would apply if you want to work out on a regular basis. Find a charity fun run or walkathon you can get yourself in shape for.

That should give you some fodder for facing the harsh realities of life, and getting on with those annoyingly procrastinated to-do's. Feng Shui experts insist this 'mental clutter' keeps us small and inefficient; once we actually go through the hard stuff, and clear out our anxiety and procrastination, we thrive.

And guess what? They're absolutely right!

TRY THIS …
Create a better to-do list

One of my little projects for the summer was to tame my unruly, wildly unreliable to-do list. Somehow it spilled out of my date book, spewing Post-Its all over my desk and computer, with another undocumented stack of tasks always clogging up my inbox.

What to do?

First I read David Allen's book, Getting Things Done, and a little light bulb went off in my head. Allen suggests organizing tasks by the location where you do them. So you maintain lists like 'At Computer', 'Errands', 'Office Time' and 'Calls to Make'. That's easy and efficient. Allen then has several suggestions on where to keep these lists.

I choose the Tasks function of Outlook, on my computer, and boy is that terrific! Every day when I turn on my email, there's my task list staring me in my face. Productivity experts note that a graphic portrayal of tasks is actually helpful in understanding, and being motivated by them. Some are done, some are undone … and I can divide them into location lists, check lists, a timeline, or any kind of list I want at the click of a button.

Not only that, the computer actually gets me to put a time frame on all tasks (if I want) and then reminds me when the deadline is near or past.

This is just the kind of office structure a meandering, creative mind like mine (and yours?) needs to keep focused and on track.
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Suzanne Falter-Barns free ezine, The Joy Letter, brings you a crisp, fresh burst of inspiration for your dream every week or two. And if you need extra help getting through the tough parts, check out her Passion Connector e-course.

Posted 3/17/2005 by Josh Hinds

Integrity is the Real Bottom Line
by Denis Waitley

The dictionary defines integrity in terms of soundness of moral character, adherence to ethical principles and being unimpaired. Its middle English root is related to integrate-to bring together as a whole-and integral -- complete and whole. These references to wholeness rightly suggest that integrity affects all aspects of our lives, which is why it is like a healthy investment portfolio filled with blue chip stocks such as honesty, fairness, and loyalty.

Integrity that strengthens an inner value system is the real human bottom line. It means that you don't base your decisions simply on being politically correct. You do what's right, not what's fashionable. You know that truth is absolute, not a device for manipulating others. And, it's not just in the major decisions that this quality is needed.

Complete integrity in little things is no little thing at all. As has been said many times, "The devil is in the details" and "elephants don't bite, but fleas do." There are no degrees of integrity. You have it or you don't. Being slightly dishonest may be a safe adventure for a time. But one day, inevitably, little details will be noticed and the piper will have to be paid.

Your word is more valuable than a surety bond. What you are speaks so loudly, no one can really hear what you say. If what you do matches what you say, your life will speak forcefully indeed. In people, we value honesty more than any other virtue. We expect it from our leaders. We must demand it from ourselves.

This week and from now on, "seek the truth," and "speak the truth."

-- Denis Waitley
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P.S. I also wanted to mention that I wrote an article called, Hold Tight To Your Integrity if you'd like to read it as well... To your success, Josh Hinds :-)

Posted 3/16/2005 by Josh Hinds

Tony Alessandra Audio Success Interview ...
We recently added Tony Alessandra to the members site that I co-founded, Audio Motivation. Tony discusses The Platinum Rule, which takes the concept of The Golden Rule to a whole new level. In this fascinating session, Tony expounds on how to analyze different types of personality types, how to tell what yours is with exactitude. Listen to the Interview with Tony Alessandra here.

-- To your success, Josh Hinds :-)

Posted 3/15/2005 by Josh Hinds

What Google Can Teach Us About Success
by Mike Litman

I hope you had a TREMENDOUS and HEALTHY beginning to your year!!!

Let's roll up our sleeves, you in?

Awesome, let’s make for the rest of 2005 an EXTRAORDINARY year!

Let me share with you something that I found so interesting.

It was a few weeks on a Sunday Night.....

I was watching the football games during the day on CBS and saw the promo for their show 60 Minutes later that night.

I love hearing about success stories so I was excited when they said they would be doing a feature on the SUCCESS of GOOGLE.

I just finished dinner and the segment was about to start so I went over to the TV.

The reporter was interviewing the 2 founders, they showed the company headquarters, and THEN they brought up something where I said BINGO.

Here's what caught my attention.

For 7+ years I was going nowhere. I had all the ideas in the world, but never did anything with them.

I procrastinated (a ton).

Fear was holding me back.

I was scattered.

(This wasn't a fun time in my life.)

But, THEN things began to change BECAUSE of this ONE SUCCESS Principle.

And this is the same SUCCESS PRINCIPLE that has helped Google soar.

Paraphrasing 60 minutes (the TV Show) last night.

Google Founders:

"Everything we do we start in BETA (BETA means a test). For all our projects, we just get it out there, get it going, where it's at a 'C' level and then we get feedback on what people like, don't like, and then we go from there."

Here's what Google was really saying and here's the success principle that changed my life.

"YOU don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going." (Read this again.)

I used to wait until everything was perfect and fear stared at me and I didn't move.

This was for 7+ years.

But then I decided to JUST GET GOING.

Think about it this way. In school, we get graded, A, B, C and D. When my ideas are at a ‘C’, I get it GOING! Then, I learn what people like/dislike and I improve it. It sounds so simple, but most people have 10 pounds of cement holding their ideas hostage. Successful entrepreneurs get going! It's the only way to TRULY get wisdom and experience.

Ask yourself this question:

What have I been putting off, procrastinating about, that I can just get going today?

This could mean a phone call, a website, a flyer at the local grocery store. ANYTHING. Let's get it going because this is going to be YOUR year and I'm excited to help you live your dreams.

Talk to you soon.
Mike Litman

P.S. Are you tired of being around people that don't stretch themselves, have fear holding them back, and you're ready to make your move bigtime this year? Learn more about my free CD -- and Stop Holding Your Greatness Hostage

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Posted 3/11/2005 by Josh Hinds

Read All the Books
by Jim Rohn

All of the books that we will ever need to make us as rich, as healthy, as happy, as powerful, as sophisticated and as successful as we want to be have already been written.

People from all walks of life, people with some of the most incredible life experiences, people that have gone from pennies to fortune and from failure to success have taken the time to write down their experiences so that we might share in their wealth of knowledge. They have offered their wisdom and experience so that we can be inspired by it and instructed by it, and so that we can amend our philosophy by it.

Their contributions enable us to reset our sail based upon their experiences. They have handed us the gift of their insights so that we can change our plans, if need be, in order to avoid their errors. We can rearrange our lives based on their wise advice.

All of the insights that we might ever need have already been captured by others in books. The important question is this: In the last ninety days, with this treasure of information that could change our lives, our fortunes, our relationships, our health, our children and our careers for the better, how many books have we read?

Why do we neglect to read the books that can change our lives? Why do we complain but remain the same? Why do so many of us curse the effect but nourish the cause? How do we explain the fact that only a small percent of our entire national population possesses and utilize a library card - a card that would give us access to all of the answers to success and happiness we could ever want? Those who wish for the better life cannot permit themselves to miss the books that could have a major impact on how their lives turn out. The book they miss will not help!

And the issue is not that books are too expensive! If a person concludes that the price of buying the book is too great, wait until he must pay the price for not buying it. Wait until he receives the bill for continued and prolonged ignorance.

There is very little difference between someone who cannot read and someone who will not read. The result of either is ignorance. Those who are serious seekers of personal development must remove the self-imposed limitations they have placed on their reading skills and their reading habits.

There is a multitude of classes being taught on how to be a good reader and there are thousands of books on the shelves of the public libraries just waiting to be read. Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives.

A little reading each day will result in a wealth of valuable information in a very short period of time. But if we fail to set aside the time, if we fail to pick up the book, if we fail to exercise the discipline, then ignorance will quickly move in to fill the void.

Those who seek a better life must first become a better person. They must continually seek after self-mastery for the purpose of developing a balanced philosophy of life, and then live in accordance with the dictates of that philosophy. The habit of reading is a major stepping-stone in the development of a sound philosophical foundation. And in my opinion it is one of the fundamentals required for the attainment of success and happiness.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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Posted 3/09/2005 by Josh Hinds

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To your success,
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Posted 3/08/2005 by Josh Hinds

I just added the following articles by Denis Waitley to our Motivation Articles Library: Model Yourself After Those Who Have Proven Their Success Over Time, Balance Your Workload for Maximum Productivity, Take a Proactive Approach to Your Health, and From Motivation to Motive-Action. I'm certain you'll enjoy them all... To your success, Josh Hinds :-)

Posted 3/03/2005 by Josh Hinds

"The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun."

Napoleon Hill
1883-1970, Author of Think And Grow Rich

The above quote is from the Insight Of The Day! a daily newsletter that includes inspiring quotes. You can learn more about the Insight Of The Day! here.

Posted 3/02/2005 by Josh Hinds

I just added a new article by Motivational speaker and best-selling author, Mike Litman called, A Big Key To Success. Mike makes some great points with regards to keeping a long term view if you want to succeed. And real-life examples of the people he talks about should be reason enough to heed his advice... Here's to your success, Josh Hinds :-)