Posted 12/27/2006 by Josh Hinds

How to finally turn 2007 Resolutions into New Year's Results
By John Di Lemme

Are you ready to learn how to finally turn your 2007 New Year's resolutions into New Year's results? The key word here is "new", because you want to create new results. You must analyze your old year that has passed and your future, which means do not think "re-run/replay" instead think about forging forward into the New Year.

In order to create "New Year" results, you must decide to Analyze, Develop and Implement new action steps.

Major - 2007 Decision...

Invest about 60 minutes of uninterrupted time analyzing the last 12 months of your life. Examine exactly what you did over the last 365 days to create the results that you have now.

Don't worry about these results and don't complain about them either.

Simply analyze them and understand that you are exactly where you are today because of your actions over the past year.

That's right, your actions created your results in 2006. Your actions turned into personal decisions that produced the results that you are experiencing.

Now, are you satisfied with your results in 2006?

If not, then how do you turn your New Year's resolutions into results?

You must implement *NEW* action steps. (notice the word - MUST!)

2007 Revelation...

New actions steps will create new decisions that will finally turn resolutions into New Results! (re-read 10 times-it is worth millions to you). Analyze what you did every day to develop these new action steps. Look at your business. How large is your business? Have you attended enough seminars? Have you invested enough money into personal self development? Have you taken advantage of all that's available for you to produce the results that you desire?

If you are not happy with your results from 2006, then just imagine where you will be at the end of 2007 if you continue to take the same actions and make the same decisions. It doesn't matter what kind of resolutions you make if you don't develop NEW daily action steps.

Will you accept the 2007 Challenge?

I challenge you to forget about those New Year's Resolutions; instead, analyze last year's results then develop and implement New Daily Actions that will lead to New Decisions and produce New Results for your New Year!

John Di Lemme
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John Di Lemme is a leading motivational speaker and author. You can visit him at FindYourWhy.com.

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Posted 12/22/2006 by Josh Hinds

Tie Up Loose Ends or Find Yourself in Knots
By Jason Dorsey

The final step toward putting your past behind so you can reach for what's possible is tying up your loose ends. Loose ends are the unresolved relationships that keep you from sleeping worry free at night.

Skeletons are hard to keep buried because they always have a bone to pick.

You have a loose end, if there's someone you don't want to see at the grocery store or movie theater. You have a loose end, if there's someone you don't want to run into on a first date or at work. You have a loose end, if there's someone you don't want to sit next to at a holiday dinner. Loose ends are distracting and have an amazing way of biting you in the butt at the worst times.

When loose ends are lurking in the back of your mind, they take your focus off doing what it takes to succeed. Loose ends bring you back to a place where you don't want or need to go. Loose ends must be tied up so they cannot run free to steal your confidence and concentration. Tying up loose ends allows you to totally focus on doing what you need to do to get where you want to go.

For example, if you borrowed money from someone and never paid her back, you have to always worry about running into her at the wrong time, like when you're already late for a date or out shopping with your mom. Instead of facing these embarrassing scenarios, have the courage to call your lender up and agree to repay her a little bit every week until you are square. You'll be amazed how a little effort on your part can salvage broken relationships and let you walk once again with your head held high.

How to Tie Up Your Loose Ends

1. Identify the five people with whom you have the most unresolved issues. These could be past relationships, employers, business partners, friends, family, or co-workers. These are people you avoid talking with and running into.

2. Contact each of these five loose ends. Invite each separately to a coffee shop or some other nonthreatening, nonalcohol environment. Tell each one that you want to apologize for allowing things to get crossways between you. Even if she was the one who hurt you, tell her you want to move on. Some may doubt your intentions, but tell them that you sincerely feel its time to clear the air. Ask those who agree to meet to write down any ways they think you wronged them, and you do the same. Tell them to bring this list to your get-together.

3. Show up on time and thank each for being forgiving enough to meet with you. Tell each person that you want to apologize for whatever you did that hurt him (even if you don't completely agree with his view of the situation). Be an adult here; finger pointing only tears people apart. Remember, your experience may be -- and most likely is -- totally different from his. Listen to each issue each of them raise and try to see it from their perspectives. Don't interrupt them when they are sharing. Seek to understand why they harbor bad feelings toward you. Apologize for each thing they think you did to wrong them. If you're nervous about apologizing, go ahead and practice in a mirror before each meeting.

4. At the end of the conversation, thank each once again for talking with you. It was a big show of faith in your character. Plus, she's helping you to move toward your dreams by tying up loose ends in your past. The next day, send her a handwritten card thanking her for reconnecting. You can then decide whether or not to stay in touch.

After you tie up your first loose end, you'll want to resolve them all. This is hard to explain until you have done it; but once you do, you'll know what I mean. I learned so much about myself by tying up my loose ends. Most of all, I think this process helped me become a more understanding and patient friend.

© 2007

*Excerpted from the the book My Reality Check Bounced! by Jason Ryan Dorsey
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Twenty-seven-year-old Jason Ryan Dorsey wrote Graduate to Your Perfect Job when he was just eighteen, and it went on to sell 200,000 copies. He has since spoken to more than 500,000 young adults and those who educate and employ them. Winner of the Austin Under 40 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at age twenty-six, Dorsey has appeared on Today and The View and in Teen People. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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Posted 12/20/2006 by Josh Hinds

The Athlete's Rhythm
By Robin Sharma

Great athletes learn very quickly that there is a rhythm to greatness. Tennis players don't go out and play three hard sets of tennis everyday and expect to get to Wimbledon.

They pay attention to rhythm. Some days they devote to skills; practising their serves, or returns or lobs. (Obsessive Attention to Detail--OAD, love it.) On other days they work on their fitness; cardio, strength or flexiblity. And on others they do nothing. In fact they do better than nothing--they get a massage, they go to the physiotherapist or they sit in the hot tub.

Great tennis players (all athletes in fact, whether in sports or in life) understand the fundamental truth of excellence--rhythm. You alternate hard efforts with easier efforts or rest days. Skill practice is balanced with fitness. Mental toughness is balanced with relaxation. Travel and competition is balanced with play.

When everyday is the same--go hard as you can--you burn out quickly, you get bored, your performance plummets. When you find the rhythm you get fitter--after a day or a week of rest you come back stronger, more enthused.

The big idea is this--you get stronger when you are resting, not when you are performing. So this holiday season pay attention to your rhythms. Alternate, stressful days with relaxing ones. Work with play. Exercise with relaxation. And like great music, the rhythm will inspire you.
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Robin S. Sharma, LL.M. is an internationally-known speaker on sales leadership, peak performance and creativity. The bestselling author of several motivational books including MegaLiving, he is the managing partner of Sharma Leadership International. Visit his site at www.robinsharma.com.

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Posted 12/11/2006 by Josh Hinds

21 Days to a New You
By Tom Hopkins

Psychologists have proven that no matter how much you want to change something about yourself, it takes 21 days to make or break a habit.

This means it takes 21 days of dedicated thought and action toward the change you desire.

If you want to quit smoking or lose weight and begin a healthier lifestyle, you'll need to force your thoughts from smoking to proper health, nutrition and exercise for a solid 21 days before you can truly say that you've changed. By that time, your hew healthy habits will have overtaken the bad ones.

This same premise applies in all areas of your daily routine. If you want to change the way you connect with clients, start by sending Thank You notes every day for 21 days to anyone you make contact with. If you want to change the way you handle money, decide what the change will be and act upon it every day for three weeks.

If you want to have a better attitude, a better marriage, or a better relationship with your kids, come up with some ways to make it better. Then, stay focused on them for 21 days.

If you stop, even for one day, you'll have to start the 21-day routine all over again. Consistency is what counts. Remember, it's a habit we're talking about. You're developing new ones so you have to be habitual about them, get it?

In the greater scheme of things, don't you think 21 days is a reasonable amount of time to develop a new habit that could make a powerful, positive impact on your life? I do.

Too many people resist giving up their old habits even when they rationalize how much better the new habits will be. The reason: they believe it's hard to change. If someone else is forcing change upon you, it can be, but when you have a sincere desire to make some improvements in your own life, it's just a matter of developing the new habit. Your desire for the good that will come of 21 days of focus will likely outweigh the drag of your old habits.
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Posted 12/04/2006 by Josh Hinds

More Motivational and Inspirational Song Lyrics Added...

If you haven't visited our motivational and inspirational songs section lately (or even if you have) you're in for a treat. I've just added a number of new inspiring music lyrics to the collection. Take a moment to check them out and give your thoughts as well as share your recommendations... To your success, Josh Hinds :-)