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As an authentic leader you are an effective leader. Leadership is founded on character and intent but before this is possible you must know yourself more thoroughly than anyone else does. For you to become more effective with others, you first must become more effective with yourself. Before you focus on finding the right partner, seek to be the right partner. You must commit to being genuine, to be authentic, to be unafraid to know yourself and let others see you that way..

Leadership Strength and Courage
Everyone knows that leaders need to be strong and courageous. But what do those buzz words mean for the real world? What are the dimensions of strength, and how does a leader develop them? This article discusses these questions.

Successful People Face Their Fears and Act

Fear is the enemy of self confidence. Self confident people face their fears and act. Procrastination is the manifestation of fear. When you find yourself procrastinating, figure out what scares you about the situation. Is it fear of failure? Is it fear of success? Is it fear of rejection? Is it fear of being embarrassed? Is it fear of the unknown? Once you've figured out why you are afraid, do three things; admit your fear to yourself, embrace your fear, and take action. Action is the antidote to fear. In most cases, you'll choose wisely and your fears won't be realized. In the cases when you choose poorly, you'll find that failure isn't as catastrophic as you imagined. Successful people learn from their failures.

Fear, Courage and Success
Fear can -- and will -- paralyze you. It can keep you from reaching the career and life success you want and deserve. If you develop the habit of courage, you can beat fear. Repetition is the best way to develop the habit of being courageous. The more you are willing to face your fears -- small and large -- and act, the quicker courage will become one of the guiding habits in your life.

Leadership Traits of the USMC
James Dicks examines the importance of leadership development in today's business environment.

How Fear Tricks You into Seeing the Tree Branch as a Python

We all experience fear, and right now fear is escalating around financial security. When anxiety heats up, so do we. Where does this fear come from? A little journey down memory lane will help you get perspective on the source of your fears around money. It’s time to be vigilant, and not let the old stories drive your fear; write some new, creative stories. Follow the OUT technique to look fear in the eye and move forward with courage and dignity.

Inspiration for troubled times
In troubled times we all need some inspiration to lift us out of the hole we may find ourselves in and give us hope for the future. Words of inspiration shine a light in the dark corners of our mind and dissipate the fearsome shapes and shadows our imaginings have created.

Go for the Gold – Habits to Build Your Confidence and Courage!

Habits are routines of behaviour that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously, without directly thinking consciously about them. Habits are necessary in life. They help us maintain routine and order. Habits are not necessarily good or bad – it depends on the goal that you have set. It is then, and only then, that you can identify whether or not your habits are moving you towards your goal or away from your goal.

How the Gift of Giving Can Bring You Closer to Success

The gift of giving is perhaps one of the most important things you can do to get you closer to achieving success. It’s definitely important to focus your efforts on getting to your goal, but the one problem with goal setting is that you tend to have a “Me” focused attitude. You should focus on the gift of giving, and find a way where you can add value to someone else. Zig Ziglar said it best: “You can have everything you want in life if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE LIVING SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM
Are you working for someone else's dream when you have one of your own? For years I did and didn’t like it. In fact it made me crazy sometimes, I even thought myself a coward for not acting!

Fear vs. Courage
Fear has no strength of its own only that which we choose to give it. How is this strength passed on to fear? By re-directing our focus from our courage to our fear. That’s when the deflated fear, laying in a dark corner somewhere in the back of our mind, starts a full inflation so it can step into the bright spotlight at center stage.

OPTIONS IN THE MEDIA…
It pays to be a contrarian. You need to look no further than two great college football coaches. Don’t be afraid to go against the grain in decision making as long as you have the courage in your convictions as a leader and the personnel to fit your system. You can become the Paul Johnson or Urban Meyer of your industry.

Career Changes Take Courage
Career change is uncomfortable. Often times it is not clear where you are headed. At other times you aren't sure if you really want to make a change. Learn what you can do to get comfortable with the change so that letting go of the old is not as difficult.

Heroines
We love our moms. Especially as adults, and especially as parents ourselves. It wasn’t until I became a parent that I ‘got’ what my mom must have gone through with me. We’re so narcissistic as children and young adults it’s difficult to get perspective, or to understand the courage it takes to raise children.

Directing His Own Success: How Spielberg Climbed to the Top

He went from charging five cents per ticket to viewing parties for his homemade movies to becoming the most commercially successful director in Hollywood history. He has challenged the industry by tackling difficult subjects in his films, working hard to reach the top of his game and remaining there for over thirty years. How did this shy, socially awkward boy from Cincinnati become one of the biggest and most respected names in Hollywood today?

Lesson #3: Seize The Day

When Jobs was 17 years old, he read a quote that would stay with him forever: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” Since then, he has looked himself in the mirror every morning and asked himself whether or not he would do the same thing that day if it were his last day alive. “Whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something,” he says.

Chipping His Way To The Top: Jobs’ Success Factors
“I want to put a dent in the universe,” Jobs once said. From the Apple I to the MacIntosh to the iPod, Jobs has come virtually close to achieving his goal, managing to make a name for himself in all of the business, entertainment and technological worlds. What did it take for him to get to the top?

Lesson #2: Chase Your Dreams
“Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true,” Disney said. “This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence.”

Lesson #3: Experiment and Innovate
“I am in the prime of senility,” Franklin once said. Known for his often seemingly eccentric musings and scientific experiments, Franklin was never one to shelve his ideas or shun his research in the face of public ridicule. He was one of the most forward thinkers of his time and made a name for himself by not only embracing change, but also by directing the change itself.

The Source of Oracle’s Wisdom: How Ellison Achieved Success
“There's a wonderful saying that's dead wrong,” says Ellison. “‘Why did you climb the mountain?' ‘I climbed the mountain because it was there.’ That's utter nonsense…You climbed the mountain because you were there, and you were curious if you could do it. You wondered what it would be like.”

High-Octane Success: How Rockefeller Reached New Heights
When Rockefeller was 86 years old, he wrote the following: I was early taught to work as well as play, My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

Walt Disney Quotes
Walt Disney Quotes

Lesson #2: Don’t Try to Tame a Wild Duck
“You can make wild ducks tame, but you can never make tame ducks wild again,” said Watson Jr. “One might also add that the duck who is tamed will never go anywhere any more. We are convinced that any business needs its wild ducks. And in IBM we try not to tame them.”

Thomas Watson Jr. Quotes
Thomas Watson Jr. Quotes

Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Lesson #1: Be Willing To Roll the Dice
“In retrospect it was ridiculous to try to put this system together,” says Smith, “which required so much up front money, and required changing a lot of government regulations, but I didn't know that at the time…I didn't know that I couldn't do this.”

No More Clowning Around: Cirque du Soleil is Formed

In 1984, just before the 450th anniversary of Canada’s discovery by Jacques Cartier, Laliberté went to the government of Quebec with a proposal. He wanted to stage a large-scale street show in celebration of the event. He might have had hair down to his waste but Laliberté managed to land the contract. He was ecstatic at the opportunity to take his operations to a wider audience, but it would not be without its troubles.

Lesson #2: Prosper From People And Passion

When Laliberté first went on the hiring hunt for a COO, CFO, and vice-president of creation, he decided to do something risky. He was going to offer them a percentage of the company in return for ten years’ employment. How could he be willing to give up a portion of his baby to someone else? How could he be sure the people he hired would be good for the company in five, let alone ten years from then?

Guy Laliberté Quotes
Guy Laliberté Quotes

Lesson #4: Learning by Doing is the Better Way
“[I] learned it by doing it,” says Kelleher, “and I was scared to death.”

Lesson #4: Know Your Opportunities - and Your Limits
Entrepreneurship begins with a dream, and it means having the courage to follow through on that dream. But the danger that lurks for ambitious entrepreneurs is in not knowing how far to take that dream, and when it is time to call it quits.

Lesson #5: “Hard times are an opportunity for growth”
If there is one lesson that Wilson has carried with him since he was a young boy it is this: every opportunity, whether missed or taken, represents another lesson to be learned.

Using Mistakes Successfully
Each of us at one time or another has thought about how wonderful it would be to have as much foresight as hindsight. Then we could avoid making mistakes! Not only is that hope unrealistic, it's also unwise. Mistakes are often the springboard for major accomplishments. Here's a good example:

Using Positive Affirmations
Using positive affirmations is a proven technique that works miracles in many lives. Ideally, you should look yourself in the eye as you make these positive affirmations. Don't be shy; go ahead and get started! Repeat the following statements to yourself every Monday morning to get your day and week off to a great start:

Bad Bosses
Because of the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada," a lot of people have been talking about horrific bosses. It seems as if everyone has a story about a terrible boss that made going to work seem like a living hell.

You Cant Get There Alone
It's About Results!

Your Vulnerability Is Your Strength!
At conferences and trainings, we're always trying to get people to have deeper, more meaningful conversations, to let their guard down and share their vulnerabilities and passions -- the stuff that makes us all human! I've heard so many touching stories recently from people who had the courage to try it. Two examples:

Change is Good
Sometimes we love change and sometimes we hate it. Regardless, it always takes a little bit of courage to leave something familiar and try something new. Why is change difficult for most of us? Because change necessitates that we move out of our comfort zones.

The Art of the Layoff
We’re in a bubble again. It’s not as frothy as last time, but hallelujah, this time we know what to do, right? One good thing about the dotcom implosion in 2000 is that we got lots of practice laying people off, and I’m afraid that this valuable knowledge may get lost.

Act In Spite of Fear
The formula for manifestation in our physical universe is known to be "thoughts lead to feelings, which lead to actions, which lead to results." Most people have plenty of thoughts and feelings, but the breakdown for many seems to be ability to take "action". The culprit, of course, is fear. That is why to succeed in life you must cultivate the trait of courage.

Act In Spite of Your Mood

"I don't 'feel' like it", is a common chant we often say to ourselves or to others when we're tired, not in the mood, or simply procrastinating. No doubt feelings are important and need to be acknowledged, yet at the same time, they often prevent us from taking the action we need to take, at the time we need to take it. Consequently, in the end, because we didn’t do what we needed to do, we tend to feel worse.

The Power of Appreciation and Gratitude
Sure, we're polite. We always say "please" and "thank you"... to strangers at least. But for some reason, it seems that we often forget to say "thank you" and show our appreciation to the people who are closest to us; to our family, our co-workers, our employees, our teachers. We especially forget to say "thank you" to the universe for our many blessings.

Never Give Up! The Power of Determination
In a previous issue of success strategies, I talked about the importance of taking action toward your goals, dreams and desires. But one of the most important qualities you will need to develop in order to continue taking action is persistence.

Fathers Day Insight
I want to share with you this bonus Usable Insight from Dr. Mark Goulston's blog. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

The Higher Power of Intuition

Have you ever had a "gut" feeling and not listened? Most likely it cost you "big time." Ours is a culture that has not yet given full credence to the inherent wisdom of our spiritual nature. The fact is we have a source of intelligence within us that most of us seldom use; it's known as our intuition. Intuition is a sixth sense that seems directly connected to the creative intelligence of the Universe.

Balance - Take More Time for Yourself!
Most of us are busier than ever. Our lives are full of things to do, places to go, people to meet. All of this in the name of "getting ahead." But there comes a time when we need to question "is this really success?"

When Success is Slow, What Can You Do?
Pop Quiz: Can success be sped up? Is there an antidote to slow outcomes despite arduous planning and actions taken? What is the secret for seeing huge results right now?!

Not Everything Works
You hear a lot about successful companies on most VC blogs. It’s a lot easier to talk about success than it is to talk about failure.

Lack of Seriousness - The Last Interview with Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut is one of my few idols, an elegantly simple poet-philosopher of the first class. I grew up near where he lived in Sag Harbor, and I’ve enjoyed his writing since I was in junior high, where I silently hoped to one day have the courage to visit him.

10 Smart Ways to Become Indispensable at Work
Just doing your job isn’t enough these days. To become a superstar in your field, it was never enough. But today, with the reality of a tight employment market, adding value beyond your job description is a must for everybody.

Staying on Top
One way I stay on top of things is to realize there’s a flip side to everything. It keeps me circumspect in both good and bad times. This produces a learning curve, which is a smart way to look at problems or the curveballs that come your way. There are highs and lows in everyone’s life. Whether you’ve reached your goals or not, staying on top of things requires momentum on a daily basis.

Be the CEO of Your Job
Sometimes a person says one sentence that just sticks with you and is so perfect that it defines a whole category of behavior. Mark Pincus, the CEO of Zynga, riffed on the phrase “be the CEO of your job” in a board meeting a year or so ago. It stuck with me and I’ve thought about it many times since.

How's Your Communication?
In order to be as successful as you want to be, you must have greatcommunication skills.

Smart Women and the Six Feminine Energies(TM)
This article is about women embracing what’s really important to them right now in their lives. It’s key to hone in and take action on what drives you, what fuels you, what energizes you. This is a key to living on purpose and with passion.

Choicepoint- Put your stake in the sand
learn how to determine what it is you want and how to get it

Do you have the Courage to ASK?

When I speak to audiences around the world, I always ask, “Why don’t people have the courage to ask for what they want?” The answers are fear of rejection, fear of losing face or fear of being embarrassed. All of them live with the fear of what may happen because they do not have the courage to ask. For now, let me explain a few things about asking. Firstly, it takes courage to ask but if you don’t ask, you don’t get. Am I right?

Is Fear Stopping You from Moving Forward?

Many people have great ideas and plans, but they let fear stop them dead in their tracks. Is fear stopping you from moving forward? After losing over five years of my life in fear of what other people would say, and as a teenager hiding because of my acne; I realized that I had some major catching up to do. I had a choice to make. I could be like everyone else and think about it, or I could just do it. But what happens when most people think about doing something?

Welcome In Failure!
What if I told you that only you have the power to decide whether or not something is indeed, a failure? In fact, there are some individual's highly successful people who believe the very word failure has no place in our vocabulary.

What is Leadership

What is leadership - Before we start with understanding how closely inter-related leadership and development, it is essential that we answer is leadership. The easy definition of web or a lead, but really understanding and grasping the leadership qualities to look for a dictionary is something that is a slow process, but rewarding. In layman's terms, lead lead to humility, courage and leadership to help others can be summed up as.

Five reasons to Mind Your Emotions

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says ‘I’ll try again tomorrow’.” This quote more often than not reflects my life as an entrepreneur, business woman, sales person, mother, partner and friend. On those days and nights when I feel overwhelmed and sometimes exhausted by all my responsibilities and commitments that little voice reminding me to ‘try again tomorrow’ keeps me focused on why I am doing what I am doing – it helps me to continue to cultivate my resilience, to continue to put one foot in front of the other, to make decisions and to keep on moving. If I am ever in doubt, that little voice reminds me of all the other challenges I have mastered and that my track record speaks for itself.

Qualities of Leadership Part 3 Honesty and Integrity and Confidence and Courage
This is the third article in a six part series which discusses the Qualities of Leadership. It builds on what was covered previously so if you haven’t read the previous articles, be forewarned. In this article we will discuss in greater detail the next two of the qualities of leadership: Honesty and Integrity and Confidence and Courage

Courageous Leadership
Tough economic times demand more than just a traditional approach to leadership. Many of the problems we have encountered can be traced to a lack of leadership, an absence of ethics and a willingness to see only the smaller picture of an organization's potential. Courage is needed and a courageous platform for leading will mark the true success of the 21st century organization.

The Power of our own Inner-Strength

Did you know that it is totally okay to acknowledge and embrace your own inner-strength? We are such amazing human beings yet we are much quicker to put ourselves down rather than validate our own strengths. Well, there is no time like the present to start switching that behavior and this article and get you started in right direction. Read on and be prepared to be amazed at what you just might find out about yourself.

The Power of Support
It may sound like a paradox - being ‘in need’ of support to claim your own life or ‘leaning on’ others in order to stand on one’s own - and life is about paradoxes. What I observe and have experienced is that opening to the support that is there for us allows us to move forward with an ease and grace that might not have been present otherwise. The foundation of life is all about love.

Is It Just Me?
A client asked out loud a question that, I’m sure, many of us have thought in our own minds. “Is it just me? Why am I so sensitive? Why do I have so much mind chatter? Why are my feelings so on the surface? Is everyone like that?”

How to Deal: Difficult Leaders

Your office morale is low, although your productivity is at a constant, sub par level. The atmosphere in the organization is that of sheer terror and dissatisfaction, not because of a near miss deadline, but because a supervisor has an overly authoritative approach to leading his team, or department. Such a scenario is not as far-fetched as it may seem. In many organizations, an over zealous (but well meaning) supervisor or manager may exercise severe leadership tactics in order to create the most successful team possible. Unfortunately, for the employees, such a leadership leads to dissatisfaction to the organization and later, a loss of talent for the organization as dissatisfied employees begin to leave. In this edition of Astronology, The How to Deal trilogy will discuss difficult managers.

Do you have the coourage to be a thought leader?
Thought leaders need to be brave - brave with their thoughts, brave with how they put them out there and brave enough to stand up and defend them if necessary. The way we communicate with our various stakeholders has changed significantly and thought leadership can deliver the means for engaging in a more meaningful way for both parties.

MLM / Network Marketing Prospecting: Donâ€™t Be Afraid To Approach Any Goliath
We all have the tendency to pre-judge potential prospects as not being interested in joining our network marketing business. This is wrong as those that we perceive to be making a lot of money may not be. Or those that seem to have it all together may not.

Managing Your Emotions after a Layoff
An article of 1072 words offering coaching tips and describing the three phases and corresponding emotions to expect after a layoff

Let Time Bear Dividends for You
I have heard so often from people that “I don’t have time” or “There is so much to do, I just can’t catch up.” The truth is that we all have the same amount of time: 24 hours x 7 days. This is the only resource that we are given equally. The only difference is where and how we spend it. In my opinion, where and how we spend our time has the greatest effect on the results in our life.

Conquer the Fear of Change in 9 Different Ways

Change can be a scary thing. When you make a change in your life, you bring yourself into the unknown. You travel from a safe place to one where you don't know exactly what will happen. The truth is, there is nothing you can do to stop change. This world is always changing - sometimes for good and sometimes not. The best thing you can do for yourself is to learn the best ways to adapt to change. You'll soon learn that there's no reason to fear!

Smart Women, Dorothy, and the Yellow Brick Road
This article is about realizing the road to success and achieving new dreams is never paved in a straight line. There are twists and turns of every kind imaginable. This article shares that you need to pack the right items in order to make a successful journey, even with its windy road.

Build New Entrepreneurial Skills and Start a Business! Take Control of Your Future.
The tough economy is ripe with opportunity for those willing to act. Take control of your destiny by planning your next entrepreneurial endeavor.

Is a Slimy Secret Blocking Your Growth?
If you have ever dreamed of a smooth-running business which brought in abundant income and ran smoothly? Is your reality a mind-boggling list of projects, a bank account that seems to have an automatic drain and no promise of a change?

How By Being in the Bottle Is Keeping You From Reading The Label and Growing Your Sales
Being in the box is a common analogy. How about being inside the bottle? If your goal is to increase sales, what is more productive, reading the label from inside the bottle or outside the bottle?

Leadership, Management, and Coaching
Leadership, Management & Coaching: Every business leader - YOU - needs to wear each of these hats and to become very adept at knowing when, where and with whom to wear each one. What will make the biggest impact?

Yelling is exhausting
The only way your business is going to be heard (by anyone) is to communicate in a way that only you can. This is not achieved by following the hoarse voices of others, who are only imitating the herd that went before them. It's created by having the courage to stand-up and shout about something you truly believe in.

Getting Started in Internet Marketing-A Beginner Resource
New comer's experience in the internet marketing might pose to be daunting and discouraging with possibility of untimely withdrawal from this medium of amazing success. In this article, I am going to offer you what you will need to scale through the initial challenges namely: positive mindsets, social networking, initial customers, time management and resource.

So You Want To Work From Home
For People who are looking for the opportunity to work from home, it has endless opportunities that can put you in the three percent if your head is in the right place.

How Regenerative Leaders Build Enduring Strategic Advantages

Every organization needs leaders who think ahead (strategic thinking). The leaders should have the capabilities for seeing things as they are inside and outside the organization. They need ability to generate, attract, and select powerful ideas. They must have the courage to define and implement values in their decision making. They must be able to identify means for enhancing value (customer benefit). Finally they should be able to convert all thinking into specific actions. These are Regenerative Leader's abilities. All these abilities are needed for using any strategic framework.

Lead On: Leading By Self Expression
There's nothing extraordinary about leaders. They simply know how to make it easy for others to work and interact together.

Disengaging From Your Family of Origin
Do feelings of fear and obligation stop you from disengaging from your abusive family of origin? You might want to reconsider this decision.

The Genius Licence
How to stop letting fear of other people's opinions prevent you from living your best life: come claim your Genius Licence.

How Can We Build Courage In Our Lives?
Get The Sales Edge: Chris Randolph, author of "The Sales Edge" and several other books on professional selling, marketing, internet marketing, personal development and motivation shares a couple ideas on building courage.

Discovering Your True Self-Worth
There is only one way to truly discover your true self-worth and that is by understanding and knowing who you really are. As we grow from youth to adulthood, we are told we can be whatever we want to be as long as we put our minds to it. Well, how many people do you know that have dedicated their lives to a particular profession and that appeared to be successful but aren't happy?

Where Does Courage Live?
Courage is something that people talk about but they don't necessarily know when they're doing it. And the reason for that is because in that moment, the one requiring courage, they aren't aware that they need to exhibit it; rather, they're busy being courageous.

Overcoming Corporate Disconnect
Corporate disconnect is the major contributor to every one of your challenges, problems or negative issues that undermine your growth, profitability and effectiveness as an organization.

It all comes back to confidence
I define personal authenticity as knowing who you are and having to the courage to be it in all situations without fear or compromise. This is not always easy.

Stepping out of the comfort zone & Building the Business
Making changes is not always easy. Stepping out of the comfort zone is half the problem. Once that's overcome, a person can fly with the opportunities given or sink. It's up to each one of us to decide if we will fly or drown.

Setting the Compass for Peak Performance
The first in a series of articles to lay a path for the reader toward peak performance, the right stuff, in the right amount at the right time. The aim is to provide a simple yet powerful recipe to engage a focused individual into a journey to the top of his or her game.

The Importance of NOT Being Earnest (with apologies to Wilde)
Thinking about our life goals and changes we want to make, we often use very earnest language to express ourselves. But how much of an impact does this then have on our ability to make the necessary decisions, or take the steps we have planned? Perhaps phrasing things in less earnest terms can help us view the situation in a light that makes it easier to make the progress we need.

Don't Go To Work Alone
In this short faith based insight. David Oliver unpacks the reaility that we don't have to be empowered by our own strength as the only source. He shows how to tap into the Almighty's Willing Partnership

Choosing A Path
Reading in the airport while waiting for a flight to Houston, a housekeeper was tidying around me when approached by another facilities employee. After a few minutes of easily overheard chit-chat, she received coaching from her now apparent supervisor.

Leadership - Some Thoughts About Greatness
Of all the qualities needed for leadership, only one is indispensable - courage. Without it, all the others are more or less useless. Courage has been shown by all who we recognize as true leaders, from Alexander The Great to Margaret Thatcher.

How Secure is Security?
Most people avoid doing what they would really like to do because they don't want to jeopardize their security in life. In reality, how secure can one be, even if you don't take chances?

The Ultimate Formula for Success
While some people sit around wishing for a better life, there are a few who will go out and create exactly what they want. Success isn't a magical or mystical experience. Success is created by applying specific principles that have worked for thousands of years and still apply today. This article will share the principles of the Ultimate Success Formula

The three biggest barriers to small business success, and what you can do to break through.
Have you ever wondered why some people achieve small business success while others find themselves sitting on the sidewalk watching the parade go by? Well, here are the three biggest barriers to small business success.

A Leader's Guide to the Galaxy
How to escape of the cave of your leadership conditioning.

Courageous Leadership
How TO Be Flexible as a Leader. How to Cultivate Courage by Saying Yes.

Kissing and Networking! Do they mix?
A hug, a handshake, the double kiss. Which is the appropriate greeting in business? People have actually said, “Deb, you are a good hugger.” Others have said, “You can let go now; you’re acting like a stalker.” How to greet a business acquaintence at a holiday cocktail party.

Who Is Responsible For Your Choices?

Who is responsible for your life - your career - your choices? That may seem like a silly question, but often there is a victim mentally from people who choose to blame others. The others may be your parents; or the spouse that left you broke and broken-hearted. The other to blame for your hardship might be an employer who let you go for whatever reason; or a friend who betrayed you; or whatever calamity you choose to blame on another.

How to Enhance Relationships, Increase Fulfillment & Empower Yourself by Being Authentic
To utilize the power of authenticity in your life as a way to enhance your relationships, increase your fulfillment, and empower yourself, here are five key principles...

The Importance of Soft Skills in Business
What are soft skills? Why do they matter? How can you develop yours and improve your work?

The Key to Extraordinary Leadership

What makes an extraordinary leader? What qualities do powerful leaders have that inspire others and help them achieve a new level of excellence? Anthony Robbins: "Leaders are those individuals who live by empowering beliefs and teach others to tap into their full capabilities by shifting the beliefs that have been limiting them." The most significant obstacle to tapping into your own authentic leadership abilites is what you believe about yourself and everyone around you culminating in an on-going story about how things are and how you are.Extraordinary levels of leadership are only made possible by understanding the true power of belief.

Ten Beliefs that Must Be Overcome to Find A New Meaningful Career
Making a career change takes courage. Most people hesitate to do it because of deep seated beliefs that they have. Some beliefs are empowering but the ones that hold you back are disempowering. The only way to move forward is to identify the belief and either overcome or change it. Here is a list of 10 common beliefs about career change that can derail your desire for change.

Courage, Convictions and Commitment
Those are the very words you could use to describe Truett Cathy and the success of his Chick-fil-A restaurant chain. It took Truett 21 years from the time he opened his first Dwarf House Restaurant and perfected his Chick-fil-A sandwich to open his first Chick-fil-A restaurant in a shopping mall.

Values: Your Compass for Life - Part I
If you know where you want to go and how you want to get there, you are much more likely to reach your destination. And it’s also much more likely that you will have enjoyed the journey along the way.

Reach your Potential – Be yourself and push the boundaries

Do you have the courage to be yourself, or do you find that you are constantly trying to fit in with others’ expectations? There is a real danger in trying to present the ‘right front’ to a group or person. It’s extremely stressful and you risk losing your identity. If, however, you are true to yourself and willing to extend those self-imposed boundaries, you will be surprised at the rewards. This article explains the benefits of being your true self and suggests ways you can achieve it.

Don't Make Assumptions About Sales Candidates
I have previously shared many instance of sales candidate assessments coming to life with their emails, voice mails and interview antics following the taking of our assessment. While the following email is another example of that, it is an even better example of what happens when a skeptical client finally realizes it.

The 7 Ways to Save Your Retirement
Veteran Financial Planner gives you the steps to re-building you retirement portfolio and retirement dreams.

Discover the 13 Essential Elements That Guarantee To Turn Your Salon Into A Profit Generating Machine.

Who wouldn't want a business that was a PROFIT GENERATING MACHINE? No-one that I know and the good news is that it can be done and there has never been a better time to get started on turning your business around. No matter what doom and gloom you have been getting layered with this past year, you can make profits in your business and all it takes is a bit of courage, the willingness to change what you are doing and the perseverance to stick with the new plan.

IDEA for 2009
It's not enough to have a vision you have to dare to push past naysayers and obstacles, expect that you will succeed and act with intention. Many times people who have a great idea fall short of their success not becauase the idea wasn't good but because they didn't follow through with the rest of what it takes to realize their vision.

Is Fear Running Your Life? How To Find Your Courage Amidst Adversity
Terrorism, recession, identity theft, melting ice caps, corporate downsizing, and various predators. Every day headlines bombard us with reasons why we should hunker down, play safe, avoid risk and settle for less than what we want out of life. This is why every day we need to be vigilant of fear mongering, mindful of the oppressive impact of fear and discerning of which ones we pay heed to.

MOST OF US REMAIN STRANGERS

Leo Buscaglia has been quoted as saying; "Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us." Unfortunately, there is an incredible amount of truth in this statement. One thing that my life of experiences has taught me is that the likelihood of finding a deep and meaningful love relationship is directly proportional to the amount of time and effort I have spent in getting to truly know and accept myself.

It is your choice.
If you have the correct perspective, today, there are more opportunities to grow your business than ever before.

FEAR: Overcoming The Single Biggest Factor That Holds People Back
Fear can trap us in lives of quiet desperation that leave us thirsty for purpose, hungry for depth and disconnected from the unique potential that lies within us. New studies in brain plasticity have proven that by doing what scares us, we can build our 'courage muscles' and take our careers, relationships and lives to new levels of success. It ultimately comes down to making a courageous choice.

Leadership Lessons: Listen Up!!
When a leader is making a point and wants what he or she is saying to register in another person's brain, the most important thing to do is check out what is said - often what is said is not always what we really hear.

Why Start a Home Base Business

Small Businesses are everywhere is not a fashion is necessary to see how a working lake that is required and must be done to achieve solid growth and continued with these items that are displayed here. Since the beginning of the Internet to this day beginning with the most basic things to be adding something more complex so that you will develop your business if you wish. I remain at your service for any query.

Eight Ways of Making the Impossible Possible
Need a road map to take impossible to possible? Learn the eight ways to tackle any problem and turn impossible into success.

What to Do When Customers Are Few

The measure of a salesperson is whether they flourish in bad economic times not in good. Peak performing salespeople are always producing. “They do what the average salespeople are unwilling to do.” Average salespeople blame the economy, or the boss for not advertising enough or the pricing for the lack of sales. Are you a typical salesperson, feet up on the desk, eating lunch, reading a book or a newspaper, or chit chatting with the salesperson next to you?

Succeeding With Clear Intent
This article looks at the need to develop clear intent in our lives and how this can move us beyond struggle and fear to help us fulfill our humanity while we are creating success in the world

Change: Will You Resist With Terror or Embrace With Wonder?
Life is one long experience of change. Sometimes it's change we welcome. Sometimes it's change we step into apprehensively; and at other times, it's change we fight tooth and nail. The reality is that experiencing change in your life is a certainty. Whether your experience of change is one of terror or wonder is a choice.

Where Do You Underestimate What You Are Capable Of?
Too often we underestimate what we are capable of and wind up settling for less, doing less and becoming less than what we are truly capable of. We need to trust ourselves more deeply and have the courage to take on goals that stretch us in order to know what we are capable of and achieve the success and happiness we truly want.

Do Your Fears Serve You Or Rule You?
Are you brave enough to step out with courage and rule your fears with an iron hand, or are you someone who is too timid, too afraid to take a chance, and prefer to remain in your own little "safety zone?" Learn how you can step out now and identify where fear may be undermining your happiness and limiting your success and how you can take control now over your fears by answering three questions.

Is Your Fear of "Stuffing Up" Stifling You?
Are you afraid of making a mistake or taking a chance at doing something new? Are you being stifled by your fear of "stuffing up?" Learn what stuffing up is and how to conquer its stranglehold.

Got More Answers Than Questions?
Most people are far too busy trying to preserve their ego (and the opinions which prop it up) to step back and seek out a deeper understanding and broader perspective. Are you one of those people? Maybe you need to step back a little and begin to ask more questions. Search for new answers and lessen the chances of encountering problems that resurface time and time again.

Fearless Business Growth: Making 2009 Big, Bold and Profitable ... Even in a Recession

Are you or your company becoming a"shrinking violet" in this economic downturn? Do you find yourself controlled by a "wait and see" attitude, hoping the future will magically get better? Do you realize that, if you don't put the brakes on this no-win thinking and behavior soon, 2009 will be more of the same ... or worse? I am challenging every executive and entrepreneur to go against the "herd mentality" paralyzing the business world and drive your own reality in 2009. In this article are 7 "must do's" how.

Be the CEO of Your Life and Your Business!
Learn how to be a leader and take control...

People First,Things Second - Leadership Education

What can we learn from a world in turmoil? What can we learn from watching the courage of young, old, men, women, and children putting their lives at risk for something as amorphous, as intangible as freedom? What can we learn from watching our colleagues in neighboring states go to the seat of power, the capitol where they march, stand, sit, drum, chant that they will not go away, they will be heard?

Entrepreneurs – Have You Got What It Takes To Succeed?
You’ve got a great idea, you are pretty sure that what you have will sell, you’ve even got some cash together. What else do you need?

Your Setbacks and Cynics Don't Define You. Your Responses Do
The people history recorded as the most accomplished were not born with some super human like resilience that shielded them from disappointment, self-doubt or misgivings. Each had to wage their own inner battles with fear as they worked to overcome the obstacles that lined their path to success. What they ultimately learned was that your setbacks & cynics don't define you. Your responses do.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall?
Perception is a concept that can be related to every area in your life. It is important to remember that that way you think your being perceived and the way others are actually perceiving you might not always be in alignment.

Business is Booming...Its Great
When people ask how your business is doing, you should always say, "Business is Booming... It’s great!Billy Cox explains how your words are like seeds that have creative power. They will produce exactly what you say, so every day you need to make positive declarations.

DON'T BE AFRAID

The world is full of naysayers and people who choose to listen to and believe the media induced mass economic hysteria. Is it really as bad as all the "experts" say? In many ways that's up to the individual and one things is for sure....if you want to be a successful businessperson in to days marketplace, you can't believe a word of it. You have to step out in courage and take some chances and if you do, you might, just might get so far ahead of the competition that when things do get better (and they will) you'll be the dominant leader in your field! So, Don't Be Afraid!

Growing Under Pressure
Courage is sometimes defined as “Grace under pressure”.

Only Just a Minute
The value of time.

TOP 10 WAYS TO BE KIND TO YOURSELF
Ten terrific strategies for treating yourself with more kindness.

INSPIRING QUOTATIONS FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE
INSPIRING QUOTATIONS FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE

Sales Training – Salespeople Debut of Confidence
Without confidence, salespeople will have it tougher to get to the top of their career, their business or their earning power. With six phrases in a song from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, salespeople can begin to demolish those doubts.

Start a Business-Where does your drive come from?
When you doubt your ability to start a business you are human. When you express that doubt through inaction, fear and anxiety you are writing a tale of fear, doubt and insecurity for your children. What you say about your present job, career or business is what your children believe and is what will become their reality. Look into your child's future and see them in your present day shoes.

Should Entrepreneurship Be In Your Future
This article discusses what it takes to be an entrepreneur. If you are wondering if owning your business is right for you, this article will help.

6 Stages of Building Confidence: Learn step-by-step how to Deliberately Raise Your Confidence Level
Use this powerful framework to assess where you are in your confidence level and how to get where you want to be. Begin building your confidence today so you can have the life you love and deserve!

So You Were Wrong
I once worked for a boss who was never wrong, never made a mistake or a bad decision. All you had to do was ask him. To his staff he was Teflon-man. Nothing stuck to him and everything came sliding toward us.

WEALTH CREATION PRICIPLES
One of the biggest hurdles to overcome in life is our thoughts about wealth and money. In fact, there is currently a financial crisis at hand.

Sales Training – Top Salespeople Can Learn from Good Soldiers
Salespeople can find sales lessons from good soldiers. A most appropriate time to reflect about this is Veterans Day, celebrated in the United States and around the world with different names on November 11th. What can a salesperson learn from top characteristics of good soldiers?

How to protect your great business idea
One of the things that new business owners tend to be very scared of is someone else stealing their business idea. After all, they’ve spent a lot of time, effort, energy and money developing the idea and the last thing they want is someone stealing the business idea and developing it instead.

Work At Home Internet Business Success - What Characteristics You Need?
There are a number of characteristics that make up a successful entrepreneur. These are just a few of the top characteristics you will want to possess with your work at home internet business.

A public relations coup
How I got the Globe and Mail newspaper to feature me in a story about moonlighting.

Don’t Just Survive…Thrive!: Tips for Financial Success in Tough Economic Times
Believe it or not, it is possible not only to survive, but to thrive in tougher economic markets. And guess what...if you learn how to profit even in “down” markets, than think how well you will flourish when things inevitably get better again. Learn from the pros and the families that have withstood generations of ups and downs in the economy.

SHYNESS
To overcome shyness you have to challenge that label right at the start and speak to people who can help you. And there are people who both can and want to help you – they would be happy for you to ask.

Courageous Conversations
For the purpose of leadership, courage is defined as a reconciliation of the consequences of failure. A courageous conversation is then the interaction between people when the leader has defined the consequences of failure and is alright with those potential risks.

The Secret Other Insurance Producers Won't Tell You
If you’ve been in the insurance industry less than four years you’re holding onto a dream. The dream that someday you’ll have a full book of business with lots of residual income is what fuels your fire. The dream that someday you won’t have to work so hard to get appointments is what drives you to make one more call.

Fear and the Success Mindset.
If fear is your sole motivator, you've already lost, because by definition, even if you become a billionaire, you can't be a success. Who defines success as leading a wealthy, opulent, fearful life?

BURNING DESIRE
One week seems such a long time ago because I've just returned from Portugal where I was initiated in the art of Firewalking. It took just 4 days for me to discover that there is no logic, no trick to this impossible feat; simply trust and faith in yourself and the fire

Fail to Succeed
Failure is never the end of the road. Failure is how you learn and grow. Whether it's building biceps, achieving financial freedom, becoming the best parent possible, or reaching the Oval Office: you must fail to succeed.

Sure Fire Ways To Drive Customers Away!
Stop driving away your customer or members and learn important truths about "relationships".

The Craft of Choosing Well
From our careers to our lifestyles, from our life partners to our life's legacy, we have a vast array of possibilities facing us. Our ability to think clearly, to make wise choices in our life has everything to do with creating a world of our own choosing-the ultimate success.

How to deal with Overwhelm
Changing sense of perception to effectively deal with overwhelm. Using Pride and Courage to face and manage emergency situations.

Procrastination -- How Is It Costing You?
We all have a put off certain tasks that we may not care to do right away; at times, even I can still be guilty of procrastinating. In fact, I think it's something everyone does from time to time. You can take control and overcome procrastination though. Are you ready to discover procrastination and how much it's costing you?

Procrastination Almost Killed ProductiveAndOrganized

I'd like to take a moment to tell you about my experience with blogging. You see, I'm a newbie (only blogging for about a year.) I have been reading the newsletters and posts from experts for at least the last 3 years on how businesses should have a blog. I KNEW it was something I should be doing, but gosh, wasn't there something else ... This is the story of how I was paralyzed by procrastination and overwhelm and how I came out of it.

LIFE IS DIFFICULT

In Scott Peck’s remarkable book; “The Road Less Traveled,” first published in 1978, he opens with the now famous line; “Life is difficult.” He then goes on to say; “this is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult --- once we truly understand and accept it --- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”

The Fear of Differentiation

Building a unique small business brand requires some courage. Why are unique brands so scarce while middle of the road products, services, retail stores, etc dominate the business landscape? My theory is that it has something to do with an innate fear (we all have) of being different. In a branding context, this poses a problem because differentiation is one of the key elements in the development of a great brand. So how do small business owners face the fear of differentiation?

Let's step in the puddles
When times are tough it could be the best time to dance

COUNSELLING THE SALES PERSON
Learn how you can counsel your sales people for greater success

Smart Women Have Dreams Too!
What fuels you? What’s your dream moving forward into 2008? When you land on where your energy and passions are, you feel this incredible sense of being alive with possibilities. Everything seems possible.

Value Added Selling
Value added selling is a proactive philosophy of seeking ways to enhance, augment, or enlarge on a solution for the Client. In value added selling you are always looking for ways to exceed the Client’s expectations.

Lying on a Nail
Once there was a young woman who didn't like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. "Leave that job," her husband told her.

Playing The “What If? Game
Fear can have a powerfull negative impact on our lives especially when it spirals into dread that grows from anticipated unknown or troubling possibilities. Learn how to turn your fears into a growing edge.

The Courage to Change the Things I Can
We're appalled when people stand by doing nothing while others suffer, yet, if we haven't got a habit of courage, we're likely to be doing the same thing.

How do YOU Solve the Problem?
How to solve the problem We all approach problem people and situations in our own peculiar way - why? Perhaps it is to do with our mindset or the way we view the world. Our natural urge is to judge and evaluate a person's actions and behaviour based on our values and experience.

Life can sometimes feel like a roller coaster
Life is full of highs and lows, some people experience life like a gentle merry-go-round. While for mostof us it is like the Big Dipper, full of ups and downs and a constant apprehension of what lies around the next corner.

Chill Out guide to positive thinking
Just think, everything you have ever achieved, started with just a little thought, it may take days, weeks or even years to turn into reality, consistantly planting that seed in your mind everyday starts the process in helping you make your thoughts become reality.

What Would You Do If You Had No Fear?
“What would you do if you had no fear?” This is the intriguing question that my friend, author Diane Conway, posed to people. Their answers inspired her to write a book of the same name. Her question inspires me to stop often during the day to ask this of myself. Even when I don’t realize that I’m fearful, I find the question useful because fear has many symptoms and disguises.

How Can You Succeed If You Don’t Make Mistakes?
If you’re like I used to be, you look at people and organizations you consider role models and see (mostly) their successes. Then you look at your own career or business and wonder what you’re doing wrong. Read how taking risks and learning wisely from inevitable mistakes can make a difference in your career or organization.

Initiating Change
An article of 1221 words describing four simple steps on how to initiate positive change in your life.

Fake It Till You Make It?

A friend sent me an e-mail after reading my blog last week about AHAs. In the blog, I shared seven realizations, including: Whatever I judge myself for, others will pick up on it, whether I try to hide it or not. So I may as well stop wasting my energy pretending anything. She expressed confusion because she is also familiar AA’s philosophy of “Fake it till you make it.” She wondered how I reconcile “faking it” with being genuine.

How to Stop Fear from Blocking Your Small Business Growth
A few years back I wrote an article called "Facing the Fear Factor". Surprisingly it's the most widely read of any small business growth article I've ever written. Why?

The Top Ten Secrets to Achieving Success
We all want to achieve success. There are top ten secrets to achieving success in your business and life.

What’s Complaining Really About?
What I have noticed is that many of us confuse being responsible with feeling accountable. How do we do that? Let’s begin with clarifying the distinction between both qualities.

BEING IN INTEGRITY

"The Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of group development was first proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965, who maintained that these phases are all necessary and inevitable in order for the team to grow, to face up to challenges, to tackle problems, to find solutions, to plan work, and to deliver results. This model has become the basis for subsequent models of group development and team dynamics and a management theory frequently used to describe the behavior of existing teams". ..... Wikipedia

In every Meeting/Gathering/Social events there are one or two people who stand out and automatically assume the mantle of a leader? What differentiates them from the rest?
Member Question: In a gathering or meeting there are some people who stand apart and guide,Lead the way for others during any occasion.It may be a fun occasion or a serious one,but they are always there for people to look upto. What makes them different form the rest?

Setting Coaching Fees So That Everyone Wins
Is your coaching business allowing you to meet your financial goals? If not, here are a few tips that will allow you to start charging what you are worth!

Eight Essential Qualities of Passionate, Powerful and Proven Leaders, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach

The term leader is used and dare I say misused quite often in our society today. Leaders are mentioned in the context of community; family; business; church, local, state and federal government; an organization; or some other institution or group. But how many of those mentioned as leaders really possess the essential qualities of a passionate, powerful and proven leader? In order to determine the answer to that question, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes one needs to define the term leader by listing the attributes or qualities necessary to earn the title of leader. Here is a list of eight essential qualities that I believe define a passionate, powerful and proven leader.

Ladies, Are You Hitting An Entrepreneurial Wall?
It doesn’t take much to figure out that something is limiting what you want to happen in your business. However, it may come as a surprise to learn that it just might be your own limiting belief that’s keeping the wall in front of you. Let me clarify that you are not the problem! It’s what you believe that could be to blame.

Sales-Moxie . . . You Gotta Have It To Succeed In Sales
Learn the origin of the word "Moxie" and how you can apply to your selling career, to achieve even better selling results.

The Neuro-Science Behind Success: How You Can Outsmart Your Brain
So you think you are too old or too set in your ways to change? Not so! Neuro-plasticity research now proves what many have long known: that you are never too old to change, and more so, that you can rewire your brain to think and act in ways that lead to greater success in work, love and life.

12 Qualities of Happiness
Learn the qualities of happiness and look at ways you can increase your happiness level in all areas of your life!

Own & Communicate Your Value
Learn how to market yourself in a way that potential prospects see your services and products as a value rather than an expense

Are You Addicted to the Yes Habit?

How often do you find yourself saying yes when you really want to say no? Can you take on this extra project? Would you join our volunteer committee? We know its last minute but can you organize next week’s meeting? Would you like to get together with so and so (someone perhaps you’d rather not)? Is your 'Yes Habit" working for you? If not, read on for a better understanding of what your 'yes' is all about and how to navigate towards meaningful 'no thank-you's when it counts!

Top Ten Tips About Communicating with Your Employees Effectively
Employees need to have the most effective communication directed at them to ensure they deliver. Yet managers in business and organisations so often fail to grasp the basics. These Ten Tips will help you to get the message across the most effectively...

Prioritise Your Day Keep Focus Win
It's such an easy thing to say, "Prioritise", yet many of us find it very challenging, especially in the moment, when the chips are down and everything is going wrong. So what can be done to make the difference to you and your business? How can you decide?...

Why Saying Well Done Works
We all like to be acknowledged, but for thousands, even millions of employees, such recognision never happens. From one day to the next, there are no positive messages for their contribution - yet as their boss, you can do this - and it will pay untold benefit for your business, organisation and, of course, you and your people.

Creating A Business Vision - First Step To Successful Succession Planning For Your Business
Succession planning is an absolute necessity for you to develop a sustainable growing and evolving business. First step is to know where you are going. Through creating a compelling and growth-focused business vision. Here's how...

Are you Afraid to Ask for Help?
Are you afraid others will take advantage of you? Do you feel embarrassed in asking for help? Is so you are not alone.

Are Your Assumptions Limiting Your Possibilities?
You (and I) make assumptions many times each day. Even though some of them may be backed by factual science, most of the time, those assumptions are just plain wrong. Don\'t let your assumptions limit your possibilities.

The Courage of Your Talent
Not everyone uses their talents. Why not?

Think different (Who was Steve Jobs?)

Thanks to Steve Jobs we all think differently. Many, many stories have been written about Steve particularly since his death. They have primarily focused on how he influenced our thinking about technology, and about the way and through what vehicles we all communicate. Unquestionably, because of his innovative genius all of our lives are different. However, the question is, whether or not the differences are always entirely good?

When Fear Holds You Back

Dear Jane, I’m re-taking a short seminar and then starting my own business. But something is holding me back. I know it's fear, but so what! Good for you for recognizing that it’s fear and for not making excuses, which means you are ready to say “boo” back to fear. Here are a few suggestions you’ll find in my book, Enough is Enough!, in the chapter “Break the Spell of Fear: Make Fear Your Ally”:

Overcoming Your Fear of Rejection

Dear Jane, I have suffered with a paralyzing fear of rejection for most of my life. This leaves me unable to be as assertive in my private and professional life as I would like to be, and sometimes it is crippling. Intellectually I know I shouldn’t be so worried about what other people think, but the feelings are still there. How do I overcome this irrational feeling? When you have a fear that is irrational, you can’t sit by the sidelines figuring it out. You need to take small steps towards your fear. What kinds of situations make you worry about rejection? List these. Then put them in order from least fearful to most fearful. Start with your least paralyzing situation and think of one action step you are willing to take that addresses the fear rather than letting it run you.

Appreciation As A Fundamental Awareness
Appreciation allows whatever we're used to taking for granted to come forward into our awareness. This is true of our own value as well as that of others in our personal, social or business networks. Suddenly, we find we're living a richer, fuller life, and we have a much clearer perception of how we can make it that much more satisfying and rewarding.

Coach Pete's Tip: Creating Powerful Goals
Having a Personal Vision is the first step in creating a new you. However a vision is just that, an idea or dream. It is important to dream. But dreaming will not make it happen. Only by having powerful action goals can you construct an effective plan and achieve your vision.

Using A Small Home Based Business Idea
For many people, starting a home based business may seem like an incredibly daunting task. After all, there is much risk involved. For people who are used to subsisting on a regular salary, the thought of not having a regular stream of income is frightening....

Financing Your Startup: Some Essential Tips
Step-by-step hints from experts to assist you....

How to conquer our fear of failure
Our fear of failure is probably the single greatest obstacle to success in our adult lives. We become totally preoccupied with not making a mistake and with seeking approval.

Follow the 3 Cs to achieve long term goals

I tell my clients all the time how much I admire what they are doing and the risks they are willing to take. They are all seeking something specific in the process of working with a life coach and very few realize the transformation that is ahead for them. We all go through life overcoming obstacles and hurdles along the way. The key however to surpassing these hurdles and making life changes for good lies in the three C's; commitment, consistency and courage.

If I procrastinated less I would ……….?
Procrastination is the scourge of getting things done and lacks courage because it’s often a way of avoiding things.

You Only Have To Ask…..
What questions can you ask this week that will help to move you forward? What have you been putting off for fear of asking?...

Sales Values

I just finished reading an excellent book about the history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Interestingly enough, it’s simply called “Harley-Davidson.” This is an unusual read for me since I am not a Harley owner nor do I own or even ride motorcycles. But I am interested in learning about how successful companies got their start and grew over the years, and this book was very interesting and educational, and loaded with the most beautiful pictures of motorcycles that one could imagine. At one point there was a picture of the company’s value statements.

Do You Isolate?
If you tend to isolate, and you believe that isolating protects you from getting hurt, you might be surprised to learn of the harm you are causing yourself.

Courage and Charisma

During my charisma seminars at The Globe Theatre I see a courageous group of people take steps into unknown territory as they encounter techniques and concepts that stretch their thinking. Each seminar begins with a room full of strangers, by the end, strong bonds of friendship are forged during a 48 hour journey of self-discovery. These people have caused me to reflect on whether there is a link between courage and charisma.

Do You Have the Courage to Keep Faith?
Do you have challenges that seem to overwhelm you at the most inopportune times? Do you find yourself needing extra strength and courage to keep going? Learn what to do in the face of adversity. Learn who to gather immeasurable courage from during the trials and tribulations of everyday life.

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