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Getting Anything You Want in Three Simple Steps When you set a meaningful, worthwhile goal in your life it is not going to be something so simple that you could achieve it one day. Therefore you need some system to make sure that what you are doing today is the best thing you could be doing to take you closer to achieving your goal. Life's Purpose At some stage in most people lives they will ask the question "what's life all about?" There are many different possible answers to this question but I firmly believe that life is about developing yourself toward becoming all you can be as a person. How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too. I'm sure you know the old proverb that you can't have your cake and eat it too. Well when it comes to investing in residential real estate that proverb doesn't apply. I'm going to show you that you can have your cake and eat it too. Seminars - Do They Really Help? Today you can find a seminar on just about anything that you want to learn, but do these seminars really work? Statistics show us that one person can have a life changing experience from a seminar yet the person sitting beside them will gain nothing. Let's have a look at why that is. What Seeds are You Sowing in Your Life? All of the great religions and philosophies of the world have as one of their basic principles that you reap according to what you sow. In other words it is universally accepted that you have a considerable amount of control over the quality of life that you enjoy. A Simple Formula For Success In Residential Property Residential real estate is increasing in popularity as a form of long term investment. However most people have little knowledge as to the differences between a good investment and an ordinary investment. Here is a simple guide to help you How to Have a Happy Marriage In societies where divorce is socially acceptable more than half of the marriages end in divorce. Yet most people get married with the intention of staying happily married. What can you do to turn that intention into reality? The Real Dangers of Television Every so often the newspapers run a story on whether or not watching television has a bad effect on kids. They will usually centre around violence on television or shows that depict a poor social attitude. In reality these are not the real dangers of television. Become the Sculptor of Your Future Michelangelo was once asked how he could sculpt such a magnificent work of art as his famous Statue of David, he replied that you start with a block of marble then chip away everything that doesn't look like David. That's very similar to how great people sculpt their lives. Do You Have Scarcity Thinking? One of the most powerful laws of human outcomes is that we attract into our life what we habitually think about. Most people have developed a habit of scarcity thinking and don't even realize that they are doing it. Let's have a look at how you can recognize scarcity thinking. What to Do When Someone is Driving You Crazy Have you ever had the experience where someone really gets under your skin? Perhaps it is a work colleague, a person in your social set, or maybe a family member. What is the best way to deal with this unpleasant situation? The Golden Rule of Small Business Startups When you start a new small business it is easy to get confused as to what you should be initially focusing on in order to give your business the best chance of prospering. Statistics tell us that 80% of new small businesses fail in the first 12 months. What Are You Doing That's Different to Last Year? What did you do yesterday or last week or last month that you had never done before? What new experiences are you having this year that you have never had in any other year of your life? What are you doing to make sure that your life is an exciting adventure rather than a boring routine? Wealth Building at 55 plus - Getting a Good Money Education This is the last in a series of articles on creating wealth, specifically aimed at helping those who have left their wealth building activities to later in life than they probably should have. It will help you understand what you need to do to turn your finances around. The Two Things That Make the Highly Successful Different to the Average Person A few years ago some scientists set out to find the best way to predict whether a person will become successful or not. They discovered that there are two areas in which there are big differences between the highly successful and the average, and these two areas make the best predictors of success. Why Invest In Residential Property? There are many different forms of investment competing for your investment dollars. My favorite form of investment is residential property. Read on and find out why. How to Have a Great Life I'm sure most people would really prefer to have a great life but they don't seem to know how to do it. Having a great life really comes down to five simple steps. If you follow these steps your life will take on new zest and you really will have a great life. How to Succeed in Life Ambitious people are always searching for ways to succeed in life yet the interesting thing is that the seven step secret that reveals how to succeed is contained within the word itself. Let me reveal it to you. The Three Types of Investing In the world of investing there are many different investment vehicles and strategies but they can be split into three broad categories. The advantage of thinking from this point of view is that it makes it easier to decide which form of investing or which combination of investing will best suit you Looking Up the Ladder of Success Won't Make You Successful; You Have To Actually Climb It It's a fact of life that less that one in five of the people who talk about success are actually doing anything constructive toward actually achieving success. The more you talk without doing the stronger you reinforce in your subconscious that success should never be more than a theory for you The Five Attributes of Great Salespeople It is a fact that most people who enter the world of selling fail hopelessly. It is also a fact that most of the others are just scraping by. Yet there are some salespeople that are consistently making a fortune year in and year out. How do they do it? Read on and you will find out. Wealth Building at 55 plus - Changing Your Belief System About Money If you are 55 and not rich yet then you have beliefs around money that you need to change. People tend to get what they expect and believe in, so it is time that you asked yourself which of your beliefs on money and wealth are no longer serving you and then do something to change them. The Six W's of Residential Property Investing If you want to maximize your profit potential in residential property investing then you need to understand what is going on in the market place. You can do this by using the 6 W's approach to analysis. Five Things To Consider If You Want To Become Rich The world we live in is full of information, opportunity, distractions, opinions, news, and rumors. Part of becoming successful is knowing what to focus on and what to ignore. Here are five things that are definitely worth focusing on if you want to become rich. What Are You Like At Asking For And Accepting Advice? Whether or not you ask for advice and how you accept advice when it is given is a great predictor of your future. Those who are reluctant to ask for advice or are resistant when it is given are likely to have a poor future. Every Challenge is Opportunity in Disguise You will often hear average people complaining about the problems and challenges that they encounter from time to time in life. They wish that they didn't have these challenges and that life would run smoothly for them. Unfortunately for them they are completely missing the point. Wealth Building at 55 plus - Changing Your Time Priorities One of the facts of life is that building wealth requires a daily allocation of your time. By this stage of life you probably have some well established time habits that will need reviewing in order to free up the time required to provide financially for the future The Hammer That Shatters Glass Forges Steel The title of this article is from an old Russian proverb yet it is very true today in all cultures of the world. It is not the circumstances that you are in that determine your outcome. Given the same circumstances some people thrive while others perish. Let's look at how to thrive. A Bag Full Of Potential Plus $10 Is Worth $10 In science we are taught that there are two types of energy. Kinetic energy is the energy that is actually doing something at the moment. Potential energy is the energy that could be doing something but at the moment is isn't. Is your life a potential success or a kinetic success? Make Your Living Doing What You Love One of the sad facts about our economy is that most people hate their job. The dream of the average American is to be rich enough to quit work. Yet the people who are really rich tend to keep working and usually work long hours because they are working at something they love. For them it's just fun! How Your Philosophy Shapes Your Life Everyone has a philosophy of life whether they realize it or not. This philosophy was largely instilled into your mind when you were a child and is unlikely to be something that you stopped to weigh up as it was going in. Wealth Building at 55 plus - Establishing Good Money Habits If you’ve reached 55 and you’re not rich yet then you will have to develop some new good money habits in order to become wealthy (if you already had them you’d be wealthy now). Ideally these are habits that will help you earn more, spend less, and invest more. Do You Have Any Regrets? Do you ever think back over your past with regret about things you did that you wish you hadn’t done, or things you didn’t do that you wish you had done? Do you ever stop to think that today will be tomorrow’s past? What are you doing today to prevent regrets tomorrow? Discover How to Chew Up Challenges and Spit Out Success Life is full of problems and challenges for us to work our way through. It is working through these challenges that provides us with the means to develop our full potential as human beings. Here are a few tips to help you chew your way through to success. If It Doesn't Make You Happy Then Why Are You Doing It? I'm sure that you have often heard people complaining about their life and about all the things they have to do that they don't like doing. Perhaps you have even been guilty of this yourself on occasions. Let's have a look at how you can change those unwanted patterns for good. The Best Way to Organize Your Day Many people use a to-do list to help organize their day. While it is true that any to-do list is better than having none, there is a "best way" to use to-do lists to maximize your productivity. The Seven Stage Wealth Building Pyramid The Pyramids of Egypt have stood for around 5,000 years. The reason why they have lasted so long is the basic structure of each layer being built on the strong foundation of a broader, solid layer beneath. That is exactly the way to build your wealth so it too will stand the test of time. How Much Money Is Enough It always helps to know what you are aiming at and wealth creation is no different. I will assume that you want to build wealth in order to be able to retire and still live well. How much money will you really need? What to Do If You're 55 and Not Rich Yet Most people in affluent countries aim to retire somewhere between 55 and 65, but what if you've reached 55 and your investment portfolio isn't up to scratch, or perhaps is non-existent. It can all start to appear overwhelming. What is the best way to start getting into financial shape A Positive Mind Is a Quietly Confident Mind I'm sure that virtually everyone in the western world has heard of the concept of positive thinking. I am equally sure that almost as many people have no idea as to what a positive mind really is and how it can help you achieve happiness in life. The Crazy Motto that Doubled My Sales Do you run a sales team? Have you ever noticed that sales people are brilliant at coming up with excuses for why their promised sales didn't eventuate. I use a simple strategy on my sales team that stopped the excuses and doubled the sales. What Makes a Successful Consultant? There are many consultants, these days, working in a huge range of different fields, yet some consultants earn much more money, and are in much higher demand, than the average for their particular field of expertise. What is their secret and how can you be one of them? Don't Ask and You'll Only Get the Scraps I am sure that you are familiar with the advice of ask and you shall receive. But do you realize that the saying also implies that if you don't ask then you will only get what pot luck has to offer. The Reasons Why Some People Keep Having Problems Are you a person who is beset with problems? As soon as you solve one problem another one appears to take its place. Sometimes the same problem or the same type of problem keeps coming back to haunt you. I have the solution for you. Are You An Entrepreneur Or An Administrator? Many entrepreneurs are excellent at starting a new business and bringing it to the point of functional profit. However when it comes to keeping the business in profit they are a walking disaster. If that sounds like you then you need to adopt a strategy to fix this problem. Succeeding in Your Home Based Business Home based business has many advantages but it also has some pitfalls. In order to succeed in your home based business you need to adopt some strategies to manage these pitfalls and ensure that you have a profitable business as well as a balance in your life. Money is a Multiplier of Personality I've known people who never give to charity. They tell me that when they get rich they will give. The truth is that money tends to multiple your personality. If you a stingy person when you are broke you will be much stingier when you are rich. If You Want To Be Successful Then You Have To Get Out Of The Way Trying to force success can actually prevent it. Successful people learn the art of getting into the right river and then going with the flow. If you fight the natural laws of success then no matter how hard you try you will not become successful. Five Steps for Achieving Affluence.. Affluence includes money but it is also broader than just money. Affluence is a flow of good things into your life. Here are five steps to help you achieve affluence in your life. Five Steps for Achieving Affluence Affluence includes money but it is also broader than just money. Affluence is a flow of good things into your life. Here are five steps to help you achieve affluence in your life. How Do You Act Under Pressure? How a person acts under pressure tells a lot about what that person is like. A valuable strategy is to observe yourself when the pressure is off and when the pressure is on, notice the differences and see if you can learn something that may help you become successful. You Cannot Accumulate a Fortune by Taking the Road That Leads To Poverty If you are truly traveling the road to wealth then there should be some evidence that you are moving in the right direction. What is different today than it was last week? Let's look at a way that you can examine the evidence to see whether or not you are on the right road. The Difference Between Busy Work and Profit Work Everyone complains these days about how busy they are, but how productively are they using their time. Anyone who has ever worked in commission sales soon discovers that there are two kinds of work; busy-work and profit-work. Is Your Business A Wealth Creation Vehicle or Is It Just Marking Time? Are you really on track to get rich from your business or is your business at best simply providing you with a living. In this article we are going to take a look at the basic criteria for using your business as a wealth building vehicle Public Speaking Tip - How to Get a Great Response from Your Audience Fear of public speaking is one of the strongest fears that people have. The truth is that it's not the speaking that is the source of the fear, people speak everyday. The fear comes from the perception that the audience is judging the speaker. The true fear is the fear of a bad audience response. How Do Your Customers Decide Whether Or Not To Buy Your Products? If the customers believe that the competing products or services are equivalent to each other then they will usually buy on price. If your product is in this category then you are at the wrong end of the food chain and you may be wise to consider a better strategy. A Property is Only Sold When the Buyer and the Seller Disagree on its Value! Whether you are buying a property or selling a property, if you understand how to capitalize on the "value disagreement" principle then you will be able to increase your profit dramatically. Two Ways to Get Wealthy Here are two different ways that you can get rich. At first glance they look very similar, but understanding the difference between them can make an enormous difference in both the quality of life that you enjoy and the amount of wealth you accumulate. The Secret to Building Self Esteem Many people suffer with low self esteem. The interesting thing is that your self esteem is not dependent on the facts, it is dependent on your interpretation of the facts. Here is a simple strategy to improve your self esteem in such a way that it improves your life as well. How to Invest 25% of Your Income Without Losing Your Quality Of Life John McCormack, in his excellent book "Self-Made in America" suggests that if you are investing less than 25% of your income then you aren't serious about becoming wealthy. But how do you afford to do this without suffering? The answer is here. Formal Education Will Get You a Job, but Self Education Will Get You a Life The main purpose of the formal education system is to prepare people for the workforce, and some will suggest that it doesn't even do that well. In order to rise above the crowd you need to embark on a journey of self education. Why You Should Take a Rich Person to Lunch and Pay for the Lunch You should take a self-made rich person to lunch whenever you can and you should always pay. Why? Read on and all will be revealed. The Easiest Way To Write and Deliver a Great Talk People who aren't used to public speaking may never the less be called on at some time to give a talk, perhaps as part of their job. This can be a daunting task but there is a very easy, step by step formula for writing and delivering a great talk. The Money Making Power of Keeping Good Business Records Many people in business and in sales positions are missing out on huge profits simply become they don't know how to profit from keeping good records. In this article I will show you are few tricks that made me a lot of money. Discover Your Own Personal USP In sales and marketing you always look for the USP of the product or service that you are promoting. USP stands for Unique Selling Proposition. It is what makes your offer different from all the others in the market place. You too have a personal USP. Seven Reasons Why You Are Not Rich If you have never become rich then it is because of one or more of the following seven reasons. You can break free of them and become rich if you really want to. It starts by being brutally honest with yourself when deciding whether that reason applies to you. A Different Perspective On Your Job There seems to be a lot of focus these days on the negative side of a job. This includes unfair dismissal, strikes for increased wages, sexual harassment, unfair treatment, and so on. It seems to me that workers are seeing the employer as their enemy and their job as a painful burden. Building and Strengthening Rapport That Leads To Repeat Business It is a characteristic of human nature that people would rather do business with people that they like. If your business does not have a system in place for ensuring that you are building excellent rapport with your high value clients and suppliers then you are missing out on a potential fortune Why You Should Pray For Problems There is only one group of people that I know of who don't have problems and that is the group of people who permanently reside in the cemetery. If you're alive then you will have problems. So if problems are a natural part of life then what is their purpose? Why Money Is The Greatest Invention Of All Time I am not only claiming that money is the greatest invention of all time, I am going so far as to say that if money had not been invented then it would be impossible for you to be enjoying the standard of living that you enjoy today. Talent Is Over-Rated! You Don't Need Natural Talent In Order To Become Great. Some years ago I had an opportunity to chat with one of the greats of the jazz guitar. I asked him if he always had a talent for music. He laughed and told me that in fact the exact opposite was true. Two Great Tips For Public Speaking Success The experts on our fears and stresses tell us that the fear of public speaking is the greatest fear that most people have. When I first started public speaking I was petrified, but now I love it and I earn a large amount of money whenever I speak. Here are a couple of tips that may help you too. The Key To Writing An Action Plan The most common system for success is the system of setting a goal, writing an action plan and then putting the plan into practice. It sounds simple but in reality this doesn't work, for most people, because they don't know the key to writing an effective action plan. The Five Things That Have Put You Exactly Where You Are Today Where you are in life today and where you will be in the future comes down to five things that you have total control over. The way you approach these five things determine whether you are happy or unhappy in life. Let's look at them and see how you are approaching them. Don't Do What You Do For the Money. Do It to Do It. Billionaires don't keep doing what they do in order to make more money, they already have more money than they could every need, but they still keep working. Billionaires do what they do because they love to do it. However, they do use profit as their score card. Why Residential Property Increases In Price And How To Capitalize On It There is a lot of nonsense spoken and written about property investing. If you want to understand what really drives property prices, and how you can capitalize on that knowledge, then there are two basic concepts that you need to understand and accept. How To Beat Procrastination For Good Procrastination is the art of putting off until tomorrow what you should be doing today. Procrastination is probably the most expensive habit that a person can develop because it costs you all the success that you could be enjoying if you were an action taker. The Three Essential Rules For Profitably Trading On The Stock Market Profiting from trading stocks is not a matter of luck. Successful traders develop a set of trading rules and diligently stick to those rules, no matter what. Here are the three essential rules that should be part of every trader's strategy. Spend Time With People Who Recharge Your Spirit Have you ever met someone who recharges your energy just by being there? Perhaps it is the things they say or how they say them, or the way they respect and value your goals and ideas, or the example they set. These are people that you need to be around regularly to recharge your spirit. Keeping Yourself On Track For Success Most of us start our success journey on a part time basis. We already have a full time job and other commitments but we want more out of life. How can you balance all your commitments and still make sure that you stay on track for your success goals? The True Cost Of Delay Most people have seen an illustration of the magic of compound interest. For example, if you save $50 each week for 20 years then you will have accumulated $165,747 even though you only contributed $52,000. But what if you waited a year before you started saving? What is the cost of that delay? The Characteristics Of A Great Employee A while ago a massive study was conducted in America, England and Australia to try to determine the most important characteristics of successful managers. They asked over 100,000 successful managers what they believed was their most valuable skill. The number one answer was hiring the right people. If You Are Still Getting Ready To Start Then You Are Probably Going To Fail One of the biggest differences between winners and losers in life is that winners start immediately whether they are ready to or not, but losers want to learn everything they think they need to know before they get started. There is a very good reason why the second method is a recipe for disaster. The Person Who Says It Can't Be Done Should Never Interrupt The Person Who Is Doing It Dale Carnegie once said that any fool can complain and criticize, and most fools do. Whenever you announce that you have set an ambitious goal all the nay-sayers will come out of the woodwork. This can be very discouraging to many people but there are ways to overcome it. Why Doing The Work Is Not Enough To Guarantee The Rewards I've heard people say that if you do the work then success will come. Unfortunately that is not true. The world is full of hard working broke people. The good news is that there is a way to ensure that your work will give you the results you want. Is The Fear Of Embarrassment Keeping You Broke The fear of embarrassment is a powerful influence in the lives of most people. Imagine that you slipped over in a public street, what would your first reaction be? If you are like most people you would look around to see who saw you. The Best Way To Set Your Wealth Creation Goals When most people think of wealth creation they think of being a millionaire or a billionaire but these goals don't really mean much. Due to the effects of inflation being a millionaire is becoming less and less valuable. In fact, in 20 years time most home owners will be millionaires. The Number One Asset Protection Strategy Asset protection is a crucial part of wealth building. There are many different aspects of asset protection and they often involve complex trust structures. Yet most people ignore the number one cause of financial loss, even though it is easy to protect themselves. Seven Reasons Why Great Leaders Are Not Part Of Their Team There has been so much emphasis, in recent years, on being a team player that many managers who work their way up through the ranks in an organization simply can't cut it as leaders. Why? Because no-one has taught them that once you are the leader you are no longer part of the team. How to Coach Yourself to Success Coaching yourself can be difficult because it is much harder to stand outside yourself and look on impartially, than it is to coach another person. Here is a simple technique that can help you get around that difficulty. How to Stay Ahead of the Rest Today's world is highly competitive. Regardless of whether you are in business or in the workforce you have to ward off competition each and every day. But there is something that you can do to keep ahead of the field so that your competition does not threaten you. How to Win in Life Winning in life encompasses a lot of different things; financial, relationships personal fulfillment, things you enjoy, and having good physically, mentally and spiritually health. Is there one thing that you can do that will help you succeed in all these areas? Yes there is. Tap Into the Science of Winning Some people are so busy learning about success that they don't have enough time left to do what it takes to actually succeed. If that sounds like you then it is time that you put some science into your strategies so that you can breakthrough the confusion and get the rewards that you are seeking. How To Learn What Great People Know Whether your goal is to become a multimillionaire business owner, climb to the top of the corporate ladder, become a professional sports star or entertainer, or to be successful in any other field of endeavor, you need to learn what the greats in that field already know. The Right Balance Between Being Process Focused and Being Results Focused A result is the outcome of any action or set of actions. A process is the set of steps you take in order to produce the result. Part of the skill of becoming successful is to strike the right balance between results focusing and process focusing. The Six Key Vulnerabilities in Negotiation Negotiation is a mental and emotional game. Much of the result is dependent on the emotional strengths and vulnerabilities of the parties and, of course, their skills at capitalizing on these strengths and vulnerabilities. I will discuss six key vulnerabilities to be aware of in negotiation. The Six Elements of Power in Negotiations One of the key elements in any negotiation is power, real or perceived. The more power you have the easier it is to achieve your objective. In this article I will discuss six elements that contribute to negotiation power. Seven Habits of a Loser Clearly not everyone becomes successful in life. Know what the "losers" have in common can help you see if you have these problems and thereby give you the opportunity to remove them so that they no longer hold you back. Here are the seven most common "losing" habits. Seven Habits of a Winner You've probably heard the saying that success leaves clues. One place that success clues can be found is in the habits that successful people have in common with each other. Here are seven such habits to give you clues to winning the success game in your own life. Why You Need To Stretch Your Comfort Zone My favourite definition of "crazy" is "doing what you've always done but expecting your results to be different." Most people are afraid to change what they have always done, but the truth is that if you don't learn to stretch your comfort zone regularly then life will not improve for you.
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