True success is definitely not easy to come by, although it should be. If we all received the proper programming as infants, success would be something natural. But it is not. In fact, success is anything but natural. If success is something you are seeking, you must be prepared to pay the price. The following ...…
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far-greater value than what you get. When Andrew Carnegie died, they discovered a sheet of paper upon which he had written one of the major goals of his life: ...…
Recently I was studying a research project, which revealed some rather interesting information. Apparently a study was conducted a number of years ago which took three years to complete. Those involved in the research studied 10,000 people in 25 states to determine why some people with talent are successful while others with an equal amount ...…
In Napoleon Hill’s classic book Think and Grow Rich, an entire chapter is devoted to persistence. Hill said, “There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, however, the quality is to the character of a person what carbon is to steel”. Think for a moment about any accomplishment in your past and you ...…
There is a word in our vocabulary that has to be the most abused and misunderstood word in the English language. This word is used to describe what most people want and spend their lives looking for. It is available to everyone with very little effort and costs nothing. Neither your age nor station in ...…
Ideas and babies have a lot in common when they are new born; they require a lot of nourishment to survive. A new idea, regardless of its size, may not be able to withstand a beating when you fist give it birth. The next time you set out to do something that is completely out ...…
Develop and reinforce these five habits of success. When you do, you will not have to make new decisions every morning. You instinctively know what you are going to do and how you are going to do it! 1. The habit of positive thinking! Successful people have simply formed the habit of doing what failures ...…
In every great book there are countless stories of men and women who had great purpose and high ideals; they worked toward and reached incredible goals. Time after time these people came up against obstacles or circumstances that would destroy the average person. These people would find themselves in situations that appeared devastating – they ...…
A little girl was playing with an inflated balloon when it struck something sharp and suddenly deflated. The little girl began crying and said, “Daddy, there’s nothing left to it.” Structurally, nothing was changed about the balloon except that it now had a hole in the wrong place. Its function and shape were resting upon ...…
Robert G. Hastings wrote an article where he compared life to a trip on a train. He suggests that, Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Through the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars ...…