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Success One Day at a Time

2008-09-28T12:20:00.000-05:00

I came across a book while I was cleaning out the basement, it's a little journal that included quotes and adages. Just flipping through it gave me some motivation but a part I found very helpful in the book was the first page about the Truth About Success:"-You are what you do daily-You first form your habits; then your habits form you-It is just as easy to form habits of success as it is to

Are Your Crying Our for Something Else? By Linda Storey

2008-07-19T14:18:00.002-05:00

"It happened to me years ago.I can still see myself standing in the most gorgeous banking office I ever had. It was 7:00 am, I was looking out at the derelict Ritz Hotel across the street where the patrons, most of them on welfare, were still sleeping and I envied them. The fact that they were on welfare didn't matter; I envied them. I envied their freedom. They were free from the rat race and

They Don't Teach Corporate in College: A 20 Something's Guide to Breaking into the Corporate World

2008-06-30T12:56:00.001-05:00

I ran across a helpful book for college students and recent graduates who are looking to intern or work at a company, They Don't Teach Corporate in College. Author Alexandra Levit describes her book,"Based on a mix of interviews, research and the author's personal journey, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College’s upbeat advice focuses on tangible tactics that recent college grads and experienced

Overcoming Social Anxiety

2008-05-28T18:34:00.000-05:00

Until recently little was known about social anxiety by psychologists or how to treat this debilitating problem. Most people feel occasionally shy only temporarily yet when you feel extremely anxious, worried and uncomfortable to the point where you avoid social interactions it can cost you to miss opportunities and experiences. It can also take an emotional tool leading to feelings of loneliness

30 Tips How to Get That Swagger Back

2008-05-20T22:09:00.000-05:00

Here's 30 useful tips for men on how to put get back that swagger in your step. If you feel like your in a rut or your love life has slowed down a bit than you'll want to check these tips out. Some of these tips are also helpful for women too.

Read Self Development Books Online

2008-04-12T22:06:00.001-05:00

Just a quick post today about a useful find a came across today. Some of my readers may already know about Google Books. You can read books online there on almost any subject, it's a great online resource for bookworms and information seekers also. Check out what they have in self development. I'm sure you'll find something useful. Today we'll take on money myth number 3. The only way to make a lot of money is by selling drugs, gambling or doing other illegal things.Not everyone who has amassed a substantial amount of money has amassed it by doing something illegal. The truth is money can be made any number of ways. All it takes is one idea and inspired action. You can write a book on your

Moving Forward with Gratitude

2007-01-09T17:24:00.000-06:00

We'll continue with our mini-series on applying The Secret to attract more wealth soon but I want to pass along a quote from Joe Vitale's blog which struck me. Gratitude or being grateful is one of the keys to getting what you want. When you realize what you have no matter how big or small or what it is you gather strength to attract and get what you want or more of what you want. I don't know

Applying The Secret: Money Part 2

2007-01-02T18:11:00.000-06:00

A new year and a new post. Today we'll tackle money myth number 2. Rich people are snobby, greedy and just plain mean!It's ridiculous to think wealthy people are more greedy and snobby or mean just because they have more money than everyone else. Money doesn't make you more anything, you just become more of what you already are. If you're nice you'll be nicer. If you're a jerk you'll become more

Applying The Secret: Money

2006-12-04T20:56:00.000-06:00

Before I start I want to say that I am not a financial planner and am just writing this as a suggestion to change your thinking about money if you find your finances aren't what you'd like them to be. This way of thinking has worked for me to attract more money into my life, but the amount of money you attract and manifest will vary.With that said money is something we all could use more of.

ABC News Knows the Secret

2006-11-30T22:39:00.000-06:00

The Secret is spreading. ABC Health ran a story about The Secret, you can read about it here, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2681640&page=1

The Law of Attraction

2006-11-13T19:01:00.000-06:00

I'm sure some of my reader's are a bit confused by The Law of Attraction and other universal laws. It is really quite simple and logical and believe it or not can be explained by Quantum Physics.Physics? I know that word conjures up memories of high school sitting in physics class where your teacher is lecturing on and on about something you barely understand.

Are You Living Life Unconsciously?

2006-11-08T13:23:00.000-06:00

It seems many people are unaware they can control their own lives and have the power to have, do be, anything they want. Or they have control over their lives but something or somebody won’t let them; in other words this means they aren’t really getting the fact that they do have control over their life, not anything or anyone else.Where you are now in life is a direct result of you and your

Daily Insight Returns!

2006-11-06T13:09:00.000-06:00

My apologies to all my readers, the past couple of months have been a whirlwind of activity. My online businesses needed my attention this summer as well the attention I need give my family, not to mention the month long vacation I took to relax for a while. Though, during my vacation I saw a movie, which literally changed my outlook on everything in life from wealth to health to love,

Graduating from College in Three Semesters: One Man's Story

2006-06-11T11:55:00.000-05:00

Steve Pavilina accomplished the incredible (some may even say the impossible) during his college years- he managed to graduate from college in only 3 semesters. Not only did he graduate in that incredible amount of time, he graduated with two degrees. He even managed to not get overly stressed and even held down a part time job.How he did this through connecting with his "purpose" and "mission."

Daily Insight Accepting Submissions

2006-06-04T11:45:00.000-05:00

We are now accepting submissions for Daily InsightFeel free to share your information, experience and insight about personal developmentBloggers are also welcome to share; this is a great way to let a wider audience know about your blog! Just send submissions to ehanso3@yahoo.com.Original works only please. Copyrighted information is strictly prohibited and will not be accepted

Wishcraft Ebook

2006-06-03T12:25:00.000-05:00

Just a quick update with some news you can use. After the conclusion of our series Dream Catching, I forgot to give readers the link to Barbra Sher's Wishcraft ebook website. For anyone who is interested in pursuing their dreams you can download and read the book at Wishcraft.com

30 Days to Success

2006-06-02T13:57:00.000-05:00

Steve Pavlina has a great post on how to measure your personal growth in a manageable time set, in a 30 day time frame.

Controllable Anger

2006-06-01T12:03:00.000-05:00

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Regret and guilt can take up and literally waste hundreds of hours of your time; self-discipline only takes a few seconds. An ounce of “bite-my-tongue” outweighs a ton of “I am-so-sorries.” One test of our size and maturity is what makes us angry —and how we express our anger. A boiling temper can escalate into

Healthy Selfishness?

2006-05-31T12:07:00.000-05:00

Healthy? Apparently, according to Dr. Rachael and Richard Heller who wrote the New York Times Bestseller Healthy Selfishness: Getting the Life You Deserve Without the Guilt. The authors ask readers the intriguing and somewhat surprising question “are you too good for your own good?”You may be asking yourself “but, isn’t selfishness a bad thing? Only narcissistic people are selfish.” Being selfish

Clean Your House Without all the Grunt Work.

2006-05-30T13:26:00.000-05:00

Believe it or not some people still haven't gotten around to Spring cleaning and getting their house ready for Summer. It's better do the cleaning now rather than be stuck inside in July while everyone else is out having their Summer fun. Shaking out the rugs and dusting off your furniture aren’t the most exciting things to be do when the weather is starting to get nice but here’s a few tips to

Jump Start Your Diet

2006-05-29T12:41:00.000-05:00

Starting a diet or a fitness routine can be an empowering and exciting thing to do. As time goes by though those feeling of empowerment may wear off and turn to feelings of dread and annoyance, which quickly makes some people want to drop their diet or fitness routine all together. But there are some ways to combat diet fatigue and get back to your goals of a healthy lifestyle. Here are some

Protect Your Identity

2006-05-28T13:34:00.000-05:00

Just a quick update today with some news you can use.As the worlds advances more with technology and transitions get easier, the ability for criminals to gain access to other people’s financial information. Criminals want your money- no matter how much you have. About.com has some simple yet important tips to help protect yourself from identity theft and fraud. Here are a few tips the suggest:-

Dream Catching Conclusion

2006-05-27T14:19:00.000-05:00

So you have seen you actually can take control of your life and accomplish your dreams-no matter what they are. Just to recap the major things you need to work toward that dream:1. Brainstorming session2. A plan of action3. A goal calendar charting when you expect to reach it4. A list of first steps5. What you’re going to do tomorrow6. Networks 7. A support baseIf you still think you can’t

Dream Catching: Double Up

2006-05-26T11:24:00.000-05:00

To achieve your dream you absolutely cannot try to pursue it alone need someone to help you through the times when you feel resistance creeping up on you or when you just need someone talk to.This person can be a family member; friend neighbor-it could be anyone who supports your goal. This person will become extremely important because they will keep you on track and focused on the tasks ahead.

Dream Catching: Brainstorming with a Group

2006-05-25T11:51:00.000-05:00

So, as you've already done in this post, you’ve formulated all the ideas you can think of to start moving toward your goal. Though, now you have to get the help of other people to contribute ideas. That's where a group brainstorming session comes in.Brainstorming are the ingredient dreams are made of and barn raising is the oven that turns them into a reality. You have to ask yourself “who do I

Dream Catching: Paving the Way to Your Dreams

2006-05-24T12:55:00.000-05:00

You need to have a definitive plan to reach your goal. It is essential to know what your doing and how your going to do it. How you catch your dream is by using the resource of your mind and the people around you. But before doing that you need to solve the problems you listed a while ago. I’ve mentioned that you can solve almost any problem-including money problems money problems and how you can

Dream Catching: The Pursuit of Happiness

2006-05-23T12:23:00.000-05:00

As stated in the previous post once someone gets over the road block of actually pursuing their dream they need to plan ahead and make goals. One of the most important parts of getting your dream of is by establishing goals for yourself. You need to know what you want and how to get what you want in a manageable manner, so that you are actually able to start pursuing that dream tomorrow.Your

Dream Catching: Road Blocks

2006-05-22T13:20:00.000-05:00

So, as we figured out in the last section you now know what your really want but, realism sets in. Can you really get everything you want by tomorrow? Most likely not. You know there is a difference between fantasy and reality. You need money, networks or other things to get your dream on the road to reality.You most likely have some of these problems getting in the way of your dream; money, age,

Dream Catching: A Sucessful Enviroment

2006-05-21T10:22:00.000-05:00

As we learned in our last section the environment you were brought up in is incredibly important to catching your dream and becoming successful. Your childhood environment creates your current enviroment. An environment can literally make or break someone. The environment you grew up in has shaped who you are today. If you want to start living a better life you need to reflect on your childhood

Dream Catching: Part II

2006-05-20T15:03:00.000-05:00

As stated in Part I , you must do what you want and live where you want; this is essential for living your best life and it is the law to a life of fulfillment. But how do you even start to begin to do either of those things if you don't know where to start? They are both daunting tasks in and of themselves. It’s not as daunting as you think it is if you break down the stereotypes attached with

Nothing for Nothing

2006-05-19T18:04:00.000-05:00

Jim Edwards, successful internet marketer and entrepreneur, released a very interesting video this week explaining why individuals who rely on free information for their e-business will most likely never get the results they desire.He explains people dependant on free information are getting cheated out of the top level information, the type of information that can skyrocket their online

Dream Catching: Part 1

2006-05-18T22:17:00.000-05:00

We'll start our new series with taking a trip back in time to your past. When you were a little kid how many times did you hear the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" You may have asked yourself the same questions even when you were only six. But on the other hand how many times did you hear “just who do you think you are?” from your parents. This probably wasn’t asked in an

Getting More from Life

2006-05-16T13:25:00.000-05:00

We'll begin a new series called Dream Catching.This series is designed to help you get what you really want out of life. We'll post a section of the seires every other day so you can take in the information and more importantly act on it.You can be successful regardless of what people tell you. You can do anything with your life and live your best life at any age. Don’t think so? Head over to

Unclaimed Money Grows to 14 Billion Dollars

2006-05-15T17:03:00.000-05:00

There's a good chance you have some unclaimed money coming your way. That's because the total amount of unclaimed funds in the United States has topped 14 billion dollars and is growing.Mellody Hobson, financial expert for Good Morning America, motivated viewers to get back their money with her May 1st appearance on the show's running special, 100 a Day in May. Shortly after the show. Many

Getting More From Life

2006-05-14T20:43:00.000-05:00

We'll begin a new series focusing on how to achieve your dreams.Though, before we begin our new series I am going to give another link for some essential reading, this time from www.stevepavlina.com Steve has a great blog devoted to personal development and getting more from your life.Just glancing over some of his articles can make you happy, healthy and wise. We'll start to sort through all of

Work at Home Wisdom

2006-05-13T18:38:00.000-05:00

We'll kick off the finale of Make Money Work for You with some word of wisdom from Paul Graham's article on. wealth and money There is a difference between being rich and having money. Money is something you trade and exchange. Being rich is something you create all by yourself, it only can come from within you. That may sound cheesy but it's true. You don't have to have lot's of money to be

The Millionaire Mind

2006-05-12T12:50:00.000-05:00

Here's an interesting read for those following our series Make Money Work for You As our series on making money online draws to a close I think it would be worthwhile to briefly discuss the mind of a millionaire.I found a post about the book the Millionaire Next Door on webkew.blogspot.com very interesting. It seems millionaires tend to be more frugal with their money than commonly thought. This

Make Your Blog Grow with SEO

2006-05-10T12:58:00.000-05:00

Continuing along with the online portion of our series Make Money Work for You. I thought I'd pass along a very resourceful website for bloggers who are blogging for dollars (or pennies)Problogger.net is a wealth of information for bloggers who are looking to improve their blog from monitization to readership and is the leading blog in its topic area. Darren Rowse has an extremely helpful guide

Start an E-Business Without a Website

2006-05-09T13:08:00.000-05:00

Continuing along with the online portion of our series Make Money Work for You The only way to make money online in the old days was with your own website, which entailed finding a reasonable hosting company and hunting for a domain name that wasn't taken. Then, there were other issues to be faced once you got over those hurtles such as web design and web promotion.Thing's have changed

How To Make Money with Your Blog(s)

2006-05-08T19:59:00.000-05:00

For those who missed it our last post featured an interview with Weblogs Jason Calacanis. There are a few options you can do to make your blog generate some kind of money. One option you have you can run an advertisement program. The only problem with these types of programs is you have make sure you understand the terms of agreement inside and out, otherwise inadvertently breaking even one of

Interview with Weblogs Founder Jason Calacanis

2006-05-08T12:41:00.000-05:00

about.com has an interesting interview with the founder of Weblogs Jason Calacanis. For those who do not know who Jason Calacanis is the founder of his Weblogs, Inc, a network empire of blogs written for professional readership.You can read more about hims at Wikipedia, wikipedia.org We'll have more on our series Make Money Work for You here

Make Money Online

2006-05-07T20:38:00.000-05:00

For those just joining us you can find a review of the last section ">here. We've all come across the online get rich scams which liter the search engines and pollute our email. Unfortunately, this spam has given a black eye to making money on through the internet. Though, don't get dismayed by all that email spam because legitimate ways to make money online still exist. These ways are endless

The Six Month Millionaire

2006-05-07T12:03:00.000-05:00

For those just joining us you can find a review of the last section here As we delve deeper into our series on Making Money Work for us, I think It would be useful to relay a story of someone who was very, very successful with making money on the internet. That person is Alex Tew. In August of last year, Alex Tew lay on his bed in his home in Wiltshire England.He was faced with a financial

Make Money Work for You.

2006-05-06T11:15:00.000-05:00

Part TwoFor those just joining us you can find a review of the last section here here .Before we continue with Part Two, I think it’s important to address some common misconceptions about what money can do for you. The first misconception is important and some of you will be disappointed when I say money will not make you happy. There’s an old saying “money can’t buy happiness.” You can’t gain

Make Money Work for You: Part One

2006-05-06T01:57:00.000-05:00

Turning the Tables on Money As stated in the last post I recently read a book that made me aware of the financial opportunities around me. Most people work hard for money all their life, but barley have any money left for retirement. The cost of living is increasing and American's live in a rapidly changing economy. Right now we are in a 12 trillion dollar economy- and it’s growing. Things are

Make Money Work for You

2006-05-06T00:24:00.000-05:00

As stated in out first post, we will explore how to harness the power of money and learn step by step how to make it work for you.I recently came across something that changed the way I thought about money and income in a book called Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. This book explains how a person can generate wealth by doing relatively simple things like saving, investing and creating

Daily Insight Replaces The Stanton Report

2006-05-06T00:12:00.000-05:00

For reader's who are familar with the blog The Stanton Report this blog is the successor to The Stanton Report,I unfortunately had to take it down due to spam and other problems. The information from that blog will gradually be transferred into this one. First up Make Money Work for You.