The following articles, in no definite order, share ideas and techniques
that I have gathered over the years to help me grow in self-direction
and realize the power within.
We are all born in the Image and Likeness of Greatness and it is our “job” to develop that Image and Likeness to its full potential.
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Outwit the Devil and Control Your Destiny?
Would you like to learn "HOW TO" Outwit the Devil? In 1938 Napoleon Hill wrote a book (after Think and Grow Rich) he titled "Outwitting the Devil" This book is a very Hard-hitting account of a conversation between Napoleon Hill (Mr. Earthbound) and The Devil...
Be Proactive, Create Your Own Abundant Life
Are You Proactive or Reactive? These words seem to emerge in many conversations about a Business Mindset. Since revisiting some of my old favorites and being active in the Master Key Master Mind Alliance, I have realized that Proactive trumps Reactive all the time...
Business Success and Pets
Looking For Business Growth? Get a Dog or a Cat! Yes, surround yourself with the responsibility of a dog or a cat. We all know that the vagaries of being in business, regardless of the venue can be stressful, and in the beginning, it can be a challenge to stay the...
Growing Wealth is Similar to Growing a Garden
Growing Wealth and Growing a Garden I have been asked many times what directed me to pursue a lifestyle of entrepreneurial endeavors. I truly believe it grew from my love of growing things when the opportunity was presented itself to me, as a 9-year-old, moving to...
Seize the Day! Take Action – Whether You Feel Like It Or Not…
Take Action – Whether You Feel Like It Or Not… How often do you wake up ready to take over the world but something happens, and you quit altogether? Perhaps you get sleepy and decide to work later. Or a friend calls and you decide to go out instead of taking the...
Happiness is a Choice
Why Didn't They Tell Us Happiness Is a Choice? A few of the lessons time teaches us are difficult to accept. The biggest is probably that the most important, wonderful, and influential people in our lives will sometimes be taken away from us. Older folks will...
Key to Success: Making a Positive Impact on the Lives of Others
6 Easy Ways to Make a Positive Impact on Someone’s Life It is has been my observation over the years that helping other people is a basic human desire. Especially if they want to change their habits or life direction and your experience can be of benefit to them. How...
5 Creative Ways for Building Better Focus
5 Creative Ways to Build Better Focus FOCUS has been the topic of thousands of self-help disserations discussing Achievement over the past decades and is also considered the antitheses fo Multi-tasking. A lack of focus in recent times has been attributed to the...
9 Helpful Tips on the Road to Success in the ‘Modern World’
9 Helpful Tips to Help Gain Success in the "Modern" World There is a lot of information on the importance of being Up-To-Date in this supposed fast-changing modern world to complete the journey on your Road to Success. Some espouse that it requires a "modern...
3 Tips to Help Taking That Action Now
3 Tips to Help You Take Action Now I discussed becoming an ACTION TAKER in a recent post. But I thought I would share some easy tips and tricks on how to APPLY that ACTION NOW Not everyone has the same drive to TAKE ACTION Some people are naturally just better at...
Become an Action Taker
Reasons Why You Should Become an Action-Taker Over the past 60+ years, I staunchly subscribed to the premise that planning is critical in so many ways if you desire to enjoy a self-directed and self-defined successful lifestyle. BUT... One must apply ACTION to those...
Personal Freedom Begins in Your Mind
Personal Freedom Begins in Your Mind You might be surprised to learn that the biggest obstacle to your personal freedom is right between your ears. A negative mindset is the biggest block to freedom. There are so many parts of your life you cannot control, from the...
What’s Love Got to Do With it…?
What's Love Got to Do With it...? Strange title for a self-improvement blog post? LOVE is probably one of the most important factors involved in improving oneself and so often it is overlooked by the gurus, who typically emphasize the need for: SETTING GOALS FOR...
Reasons for Goal Setting
5 Reasons You Should Set Smart Goals for Yourself Search “goal setting” on your favorite search browser, and you will find yourself with hundreds of thousands of results. Everything on how to set SMART goals to worksheets and books on how to reach them. However, so...
10 Smart Ways to Stay in Control of Your Schedule
Are you In Control of your Business Time and Energy? There are a lot of things competing for attention these days. Therefore, taking control of your schedule and making time for the things most important to you is essential. Otherwise, you'll end up letting other...
Should you Embrace Imperfection?
Embrace Imperfection to Raise Self-Worth Everywhere you look nowadays there is advice on how to strive, beat the competition, be happy, successful, wealthy, thin, married to your soulmate, have perfect kids, balance work, and life, win the marathon and then come home...
What Does Orison Swett Marden Say About Being Persistent?
As I have mentioned in other article the writing of Orison Swett Marden has had a profound and long-lasting impact on my personal development. Every time I re-read his books I am always redirected to a more solid personal direction. Life has a way of throwing us...
Signs It’s Time to Change Your Mindset
Changing Your Mindset? “The key to abundance is to stop needing more, and to start appreciating what you already have.” – Anonymous Everyone is talking about changing your mindset to manifest what you desire. How do you know when it’s time to change your...
Back in the Saddle Again
Getting Back in the Saddle 5 Ways to Remain Self-Motivated After a Setback How many times have we all 'fallen off of the horse' along Life's wonderful journey? Pretty much a given that most of us have experienced that toss several times. The big question is, what do...
Are you Communicating Clearly?
How To Communicate More Clearly Communication is the foundation of all social evolution and in the present, it comes in many forms. Whether you leave home or not, you still communicate with others daily, be it online or in person. How well you get along with people...
Is it a Good Idea to Break Societal Norms?
4 Societal Norms You Must Break to Be True to Yourself When is a rule, not a rule? And what are Societal Norms? We grow up thinking many things are set in stone. There are rules all around us. Some for fire and health safety. Some to protect our possessions. Some to...
Task Avoidance…Why?
Why Do We Avoid Certain Tasks? Do you find yourself dreading a particular task in your life every time you must complete it? Do you often wonder why you avoid that task? There are several reasons humans avoid completing specific tasks, and the reason why this is can...
8 Things to Remember When Going Through Major Life Transitions
8 Things to Remember When Going Through Major Life Transitions It seems that during the past 8 months I was on a journey through Major Life Transitions. My ambition level and interest level feel like a 'never-before experienced' LOW EBB. When I finally...
Using Affirmations to Reset Your Wealth SetPoint
Using Affirmations to Reset Your Wealth SetPoint Whether you realize it or not, every word you think or speak is an affirmation. Affirmations are declarations, observations if you will, about you and the world around you. The concept seems simple enough until...
Is the Impossible Really Possible?
Much of this material is furnished from an article by a good friend and long time associate, Anthony R Michalski. 'Tony' and I share a deep respect for the writing of Charles Haanel, whose Master Key was instrumental in helping me set my lifestyle in 1960 Dream the...
Humor, Is it Becoming a Lost Art?
Is Humor a daily part of your life? With all of the tension and negative occurrences in 2020, it is difficult for even the most jovial person to keep their humorous juices flowing. Listening to the news and reading Social Media posts it seems that rancor and bullying...
From an ACORN a Huge Oak Tree develops….
The word ACORN has really been in the news lately and that brought to mind the simple adage that greatness is naturally developed from small items. ACORNS are, of course, the seed, coded with the Genetic plan to develop into the ultimate Creation...the magnificent Oak...
5 Questions to Clarify Strategic Thinking
5 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself to Clarify Your Strategic Thinking THINKING has always been one of my favorite topics of conversation, and in the current environment of massive regurgitation of Pap, thinking of any kind seems to become a diminishing skill set....
5 Benefits of Being an Optimist
5 Benefits of Daily Optimism With so much divisiveness and fear bombarding all of us today it is difficult to maintain an Optimistic Mindset However there is increasing evidence that being optimistic about life has measurable benefits, not just for your mental health,...
Empower Yourself through Discipline
Discipline is Empowering Reading through volumes of Social Media posts, Television News, and other forms of media in the past few years it seems "Humanity" maybe be losing its ability to self-discipline. The "I want it Now" syndrome is growing. If you have...
5 Ways to Stay Motivated No Matter What
5 Ways to Stay Motivated No Matter What Losing motivation? It happens to the best of us. But there are tricks to staying motivated, many of which involve taking a hard look at your goals. With a little preparation and solid planning, there’s no reason why you can’t...
Building Emotional Resilience
How to Build Emotional Resilience While surfing through Social media in the past few months of this COVID19 Pandemic I have been involved discussion about the growing impact of the pandemic on the Emotional Self. This global situation has affected many friends and...
6 Tips for Getting a Grip on Self-Doubt
6 Tips for Getting a Grip on Self-Doubt I have read some studies that indicate a whopping 85 percent of people have low-esteem (Self-Doubt) Do you believe that is accurate? This issue, Self-Doubt, affects their personal and professional lives, including their careers,...
5 Best Quotes From Napoleon Hill
The writings of Napoleon Hill were a major factor in developing my Lifestyle. Studying and digesting his books, along with the works of Orison Swett Marden and Charles Haanel made life decisions so much easier. Over the years I have met others who have had similar...
Is a Mentor Needed?
Sophocles once said: "It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense". What are the qualities needed in a 'mentor' in order to learn from them? Finding a mentor that operates from a position of good sense may be hard to find in this world of...
Do You Know the Secret for Accessing Knowledge?
An Age-Old Secret For Accessing Knowledge Over the centuries, human beings have developed many techniques to gain access to their inner wisdom and improve learning, and with the introduction and proliferation of the Internet and Search Engines, it all seems so easy....
The Two Most Powerful Words in the World
The Two Most Powerful Words in the World. Years ago I asked a very successful person the Secret of their Huge Success. The answer took me by surprise, awaiting deep and detailed facts about esoteric systems and machinations. His simple answer was "Always Say Please...
Unleashing Your True Authentic Self?
Are you in control of the God-given Power Within? Who is your True Authentic Self? Are you a product of Social Construct or have you developed the SELF over which you have total control? There are two core beliefs are that the true self tends to be moral and good. So,...
The Viagra Myth…
A sex-mad man is not essentially different than a dope-mad man! Both have lost control over their faculties of reason and will power. Sexual overindulgence may not only destroy reason and will power, but it may also lead to either temporary or permanent...
Creating Effective and Efficient Business and Personal Relationships
Creating Effective and Efficient Relationships Relationships of all kinds are often perceived as very delicate things, that require extra effort to maintain. However, a relationship can also be something that can provide security and can also be long-lasting despite...
Seeking Perfection, Or ?
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Seeking and attaining Perfection is a topic widely discussed by the "business coaches" and "gurus" You know the adage, "perfect practice prevents poor performance" BUT what is Perfect and what is Perfection? In the past few years, I have...
Is Your Plate Too Full?
Is Your Plate Too Full? "Help" "I am Overwhelmed!" "I don’t have any Time!" These comments are heard daily from Business Builders expressing the frustration of “having Too Full a Plate”. Why this phenomenon? I believe this Rapidly changing, information glutted,...
Why WRITE your Marketing Strategy on Paper?
This article was first posted on my old Blog, Best Business Mindset Alliance. Seems new readers have shown up on this site and I felt it a good share here also The question of Writing the Marketing Strategy on paper comes up in many of our initial consults. Even...
Honesty In Marketing
The following is a guest post from a good friend in Florida, Barbara Grassey. Check her Bio below and get to know her Honesty in Marketing I had been texting back and forth with my friend, Michael, discussing a webinar we both bailed out of (separately) last week. The...
11 Ways To Maximize Time And Life
11 Ways To Maximize Time And Life My business experience has taught me one true thing: That maximizing your productivity, happiness, peace, or impact can best be accomplished if you clearly understand the 11 Rules of Time to help Grow Your Business. I have previously...
How to Achieve Your Dreams Today!
Self-Improvement Results to Inner Stability, Personality Development, and SUCCESS! Sometimes, when all our doubts, fears, and insecurities wrap ourselves up, we always come up with the idea of “I wish I was somebody else.” More often than not, we think and believe...
Is Money a Terrible End?
Money Is a Terrible End (Find Meaning Instead) A very good friend and fellow Charles Haanel Fan, Anthony Michalski sent an email that jarred my memory of a favorite Week of Charles Haanel's The Master Key Charles F. Haanel wrote in Week Sixteen of The Master Key...
Orison Swett Marden…
In 1960 I was introduced to Orison Swett Marden when I started reading Napoleon Hill and Charles Haanel and these three Authors, helped me create my Business Mindset Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote on success in life...
Mastering the World’s Oldest Profession, SELLING
Well, do you agree Selling is the Word’s Oldest Occupation? And if so, everyone should be able to Master the skills of Selling.
The Art of Thinking Business
What is the real difference between the Mindset of a Business Person and the Mindset of an Employee?
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