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Do You Know How to Achieve Extraordinary
Results?
Yourself is the most critical variable of your
success in
achieving what you
want. You can't control
people or events, but you can manage your response to them. Your skill and
our ability to manage yourself directly affect the extent to which you
achieve your goals.
Happiness Quotes
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued,
is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly,
may alight upon you." – Nathaniel Hawthorne...
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Become the Master Gardener of Your Mind
and Soul
"A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which
may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether
cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth...
Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping
it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits, which he requires,
so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong,
useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers
an fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a
man sooner or later discovers that he is the master
gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within
himself, the laws of thought, and
understands, with ever-increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and
mind-elements operate in shaping his character, circumstances, and destiny."
– James Allen5
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By: Stephen R. Covey
Public Victory
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Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood...
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What Is Your Character Ethic and
Personality Ethic?
The elements of Personality Ethic, such as
communication skills, influence strategies, and positive thinking, are
essential for success, but these are secondary, not primary traits. "You can
pick up quick, easy techniques that may work in short-term situations.
But
secondary traits alone have no permanent worth in long-term relationships.
Eventually, if there isn't deep integrity and fundamental character
strength, the challenges of life will cause true motives to surface and
human relationships failure will replace short-term success1".
Only basic goodness gives life to techniques.
To achieve great results, focus first on yourself - your deepest motives and
perceptions - and then on your techniques.
There are two main paths of the Personality
Ethic:
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Human and public relations techniques (e.g.
communication skills; influence strategies)
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Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
Do You Know Yourself Well Enough?
Great leaders,
coaches and
communicators don't focus extremely on
their followers, coachees (players), and audience. They have a high degree
of self-awareness. We all have basic skills to lead, coach, or communicate;
unfortunately, most of us have a few psychological blocks when it comes to
applying those skills well and consistently.
Knowing
yourself will help you overcome your own blocks... More
Positive Emotions are the Key to Life
Positive
emotional energy is the key to health,
happiness and
wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life
will be in every area...
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Buddha's Path To Liberation
From right understanding proceeds right
thought;
from right thought proceeds right
speech;
from right speech proceeds right
action...
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Confucius about Knowledge and Learning
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I
understand.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
They must often change who would be constant in
happiness
or wisdom...
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What Is Your Personal Development Program?
Personal development
techniques can be used both
personally and professionally. They will help you:
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achieve the results that you
really want by gaining the ability of
setting goals that are compelling and that have a momentum on
their own
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develop your
relationships building skills by learning how to feel comfortable
with others, so creating a
climate of influence
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resolve conflicts either with yourself or with others by
reconciling different and seemingly opposite points of view to find
a solution that integrates both in innovative and empowering way.
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become a visionary
leader
by mastering a style of
communication that is so compelling and motivating using language
that is so enriched that it inspires others to be a part of that
vision.
NLP – Technology of Achievement
NLP (neuro-linguistic
programming) is
the psychology of excellence and the technology of
achievement and
success. NLP
explores how we think and feel and studies or 'models' excellence in every
walk of life. NLP is first and foremost about action. By using NLP you can
give yourself more conscious choice over what you do and the way you act.
The awareness of how you do what
you do is the key to self-management and influence. You can't control people
or events, but you can manage our response to them. Your skill and your
ability to manage yourselves directly affect the extent to which we achieve
your goals...
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Unlock Your Creativity
Creativity is not about inventing something totally new, it is about
making new connections. You don't have to be a special kind of person
to be creative – everyone can do it. It's not about who you are, it's about
what you do. You just need to start looking for multiple solutions rather
than settling for just one, and give yourself permission to be playful and
inquisitive, flexible and versatile...
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The Power
of Passion
Successful
people win because they love what they do.
All of them have a very strong desire to
succeed. They have
passion
for their field, their business.
Passion is the
single fastest way to spur yourself to
massive success. It is something you
love.
Something you're excited about.
Something you get up early to work on
or to stay up late...
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5 Rules of
Self-motivation
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Start with visualizing clearly
your future success and model the feelings you'll experience when you
achieve it...
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Humorous
Business Plan: Success in Love
Brief History:
"Men
always want to be a woman's first love –
women like to be a man's last romance." –
Oscar
Wilde...
Milestones completed and future plans:
"Man begins by
loving love and ends by loving a woman.
Woman begins by loving a man and ends by
loving love."
–
Remy De Gourmount...
Growth
Strategy: "If men
knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring."
–
Alphonse Karr...
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Humorous
Business Plan: Successful
Marriage
Values being created:
"I never knew what real
happiness was until I got
married and by then it was too late."
–
Max Kauffman...
Marriage management skills:
"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband." –
Montaigne...
Market
analysis:
"What the world really needs is
more
love and less paperwork."
– Pearl Bailey...
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Be the Best Possible
10 Tips by
Ten3 NZ Ltd.
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Exceed expectations.
Go the extra mile, do things faster, do things with greater sincere
friendliness, for your customers, employer, family and for yourself!...
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Are You an Effective Leader?
Effective
leaders recognize that what they know is very little in comparison to
what they still need to learn. To be more proficient in pursuing and
achieving objectives, you should be open to new ideas, insights, and
revelations that can lead to better ways to accomplishing goals. This
continuous learning process can be exercised, in particular, through
engaging yourself in a constant dialogue with your peers, advisers,
consultants, team members, suppliers, customers, and competitors...
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Emotional Intelligence
"Emotional
Intelligence" refers to your capacity to recognize your own feelings and
those of others, for motivating yourself,
and for managing emotions well in yourself and in your
relationships. "It describes abilities distinct from, but complementary
to, academic intelligence, the purely cognitive capabilities measured by IQ.
Many people who are book smart lack emotional intelligence but lack
emotional intelligence end up working for people who have lower IQs than
they but who excel in emotional intelligence skills."3
Can Your Communicate Effectively?
The three aspects (KFC) of
effective communication are:
10 Rules of Effective Listening
By: Linda Eve Diamond
Listening
broadens us, lays the groundwork for peace, elevates the quality of our
relationships, and opens the way to success. If nothing else, when you
listen, you'll find you are the most popular person in the room...
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Do You Know How To Connect with People?
Connecting
with people "is not about being phony or acting like someone you are
not; it's about creating a favorable link between your internal nature with
its beliefs and values, and the external world where you go to work."1
Learning to connect fast with your customers, colleagues, bosses, employees,
and even total strangers by taking full advantage of your body, your mind,
your voice, and above all your imagination will give you a significant
competitive edge. It will help you maximize the potential in every
relationship, be it personal, business-related, or social...
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5 Essential Strategies for Managing Up
There are five laws that you absolutely must follow if you have
any hope of creating, maintaining, and managing any productive relationship
with your boss...
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Humorous
Tips from Men
25
Rules for Women
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If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
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We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of
mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care
about you...
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