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How often do you make all kinds of New Year’s resolutions, only to find that by about January 3rd you’ve forgotten about them? It’s because New Year’s resolutions aren’t plans, they’re not goals. They’re often just flippant, spur of the moment things you blurt out at the New Year’s eve party because everyone else is blurting out their’s.  This article is about turning those drunken remarks into something more solid.  A battle plan!

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Most people think success is all about luck. That in order to be successful you need to be in the right place at the right time with the right skill set. This is very rarely the case and one of the first things that superachievers learn is that success is just a game you have to play and there are rules to that game. Providing that you play to those rules and follow some simple instructions then success can come easily in any area of your life.

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We all live in an abundant world.  We are surrounded by opportunity and have the freedom to choose to make of it what we will.  It seems logical that you should always be happy.  Fear, doubt, or worry should be unknown.  But this is probably not the case.  Unlike other animals, human beings are not content to merely eat, sleep, and reproduce.  We seek a purpose in life.  Without going into too much detail, that pretty much boils down to: your purpose is to realise your potential.  You were given life so that you might make of it a success.  But what is success?

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One of the intangible qualities you must develop in your quest for success is courage.  Courage can be defined as the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables you to face danger with confidence and resolution.  Courage includes… More »

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I’ll believe it when I see it

How many times have you heard somebody say that?  How many times have your heard yourself say that?  Countless times, I bet.  And most times they are saying it to dismiss or ridicule the “it”.  But here is the thing, that statement is 100% completely true!  Visualisation is a very powerful and essential tool in your success toolbox.  This article is going to explain the process and give you some tips and ideas about using visualisation as a part of your success routine. More »

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…and the little engine puffed and he puffed as he went up the hill… I think I can… I think I can… The little engine got closer to the top.  I KNOW I can… I KNOW I can!  And then the little engine raced over the top of the hill and down the other side.  The little engine was so happy and so proud.  He was singing… I KNEW I COULD!  I KNEW I COULD!

Do you know what that little engine was doing?  He was using affirmations.  I bet some of you just rolled your eyes.  ”Oh god, he’s gonna talk about that affirmation crap.  Doesn’t he know that affirmations never work?”  And unto the nonbeliever I doth speaketh:  What you are saying is an affirmation that is working.

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You’ve heard it said that you must balance your home life and your work life to be successful.  But why do so many not get it right?  As far as juggling/balancing acts go, having only two things up in the air doesn’t seem all that tough.  So many struggle with it and get it wrong because the advice is wrong!  Or at the very least, incomplete and misleading.

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