You Should be Committed Part 3 To Recap. Training Your Mind for Success Step 1 Remember learning to drive? Remember "keep your eyes mainly down the road and not at what is right in front of the car"? It seemed confusing to me. The driving instructor reminded me several times by asking "where are you [...]
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Big Picture to Tiny Habits
March 18th, 2012 · No Comments · Negative Thinking, Planning, Positive Thinking, Self Mastery
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You Should Be Committed!
February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Fear, Planning, Positive Thinking, Self Mastery
Not as in… “They’re coming to take [you] away ha ha ho ho he he…to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time” … even though that actually does sounds pretty good. (If you don’t remember it that quote is from an old song – recorded in 1966. You can experience it on [...]
“There is NO WAY to Happiness…”
December 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Positive Thinking, Self Mastery
I had a chat, earlier today, with an unhappy teenager. I lick my chops at such an opportunity. I’m hoping that sharing some of what I’ve learned somewhat later (okay a bunch later) in life will give them a chance to really enjoy themselves earlier than I learned to enjoy my life. She made a [...]
The Most Important Word
December 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, Self Mastery
A dear friend recently said this to me in a bit of an angry and frustrated tone, “I’ve been trying to change this for 40 years!” Not being a mind reader I’ve thought and thought about what those words and tone actually meant. He said that, because being an unreasonable friend, I was pushing him [...]
Crazy Busy? Here is What Successful People Do…
December 23rd, 2011 · 6 Comments · Planning, Positive Thinking, Self Mastery
There is a very strong element to the thinking of really successful people that is very, very uncommon. Here are examples of how most of us think. Failure Mode 1 ‘I don’t have enough time’ ‘I need more time’ ‘There just aren’t enough hours in the day’ This is failure mode thinking. A now failed [...]
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“Everyone is Leaving Northeast Ohio”
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Fear, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking
If you are a business owner in Northeast Ohio like I am, then you have had conversations like the one I had yesterday. Here is what to do about it. The “things are so bad…” conversation. Yesterday, this well educated and scarily smart business owner leaned closer over the table and whispered, “I think the [...]
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Ruthless, Intolerant & Demanding
July 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Positive Thinking, Self Mastery
To have real fun, there are a few things you must do. Here they are; Be ruthless with your time. Be intolerant of your fears and weaknesses. Be demanding of yourself. Business (and maybe, life) is about the great feeling of accomplishment, not the temporary good feelings you get from self indulgence. One cannot be [...]
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