How is your year starting off? Did you already find it difficult to stick with a New Year’s resolution? If not, pat yourself on the back! But if you’ve got a nagging doubt about your resolve, take a moment to take another look at your resolutions. There’s no point in saying you’re going to do […]
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Founding Fathers Success Habits
Happy Birthday America! In honor of Independence Day, along with your hot dogs and fireworks, take a moment to reflect on these important success traits of the Founding Fathers. We’re independent today because a handful of visionaries dared to make history. Bring their success habits into your own life. Imagine what amazing things might happen. […]
How to Say No with Confidence and Gra...
Practice #20: Do you feel over committed? High achievers tend to work on multiple projects. You often get asked to do more because everyone knows you make things happen. It’s served you well and you may be discovering that confidence and competence are both a blessing and a curse. When you decide you want to […]
Success Means Knowing Your Next Move
Practice #19: Start the success habit of paying attention to what needs to be done next. Too often we’re looking backwards and dwelling on the past, or we’re looking so far into the future that we aren’t taking the right actions in the present. Set a course for success, learn from failure, let it go […]
Six Ways to Talk Like a Winner
Practice #18: Successful people motivate and inspire others through powerful language. They talk like winners. There’s nothing mysterious about this. Success is a learned skill. A terrific way to observe these word patterns is in political candidates. Extensive analysis of the communication styles of candidates, particularly in presidential races, shows us that words matter. Words […]