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Finding Time For Success: Important Vs Urgent


If you have a choice each day in the tasks that you face, a choice between doing what is urgent and doing what is important, which do you choose?

Overnight Success - the Truth is Revealed


Overnight success seems to be happening to a lotof other people all the time.A new popstar arrives in a blaze of glory and isan instant success. A hotshot businessman or online marketer suddenly appears, telling how they are raking in millions.So how come you aren't an overnight success?Why are you still working so hard at your business,your career or whatever else your personal viewof success maybe?Well here's the shocking truth about becomingan overnight success....It doesn't happen overnight.Take some time out and lookup some of the apparentovernight success stories, and you'll find a commontheme running along all of their stories.Almost without exception they were all working hard,exactly the same way you are, for some time before theyacheived "overnight success".Read or watch interviews with popstars who have suddenlyappeared and you'll find they were playing small gigs,knocking on talent agents doors, entering contests foryears before they were discovered.The highflying business owner or "new internet marketingguru" has a string of failures behind him or her preceding that one big breakthrough which launched themto guru status and the big earnings.

Whats the Secret of Your Sucess?


I'm going to begin this article by sharing a little secret with you?

Sharpen Your Saw by Continuously Learning


What does a sharp saw have to do with lifelong learning? For all you Covey fans, you know Dr. Steven Covey coined the phrase "sharpen the saw" in his highly acclaimed book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. To me, I think about a saw sharpener as a complicated device that I would never be able to use. Doing an image search on "saw sharpener" on Google shows 423 different pictures of saw sharpening devices that require you to know various things and exert various amounts of effort to "sharpen a saw" in the traditional sense. Now there are probably close to this many ways we can keep our own saws sharp by continuously learning. I won't bore you with all of them, but I will outline a few of the ones I?ve found helpful below.

Facts About the Art of Influence


All of us could work on our skills in influencing others - whether it is within a company, a family, or a group of friends. Within the corporate world, influence is a power that you can control with your supervisor, upper management, customers, and co-workers.

From Rags To Riches


Nicholas Darvas, escaping his war-torn homeland, Hungary, sought refuge in Turkey in June 1943. In Istanbul, however, he faced a new crisis. Now, he had no friends, no money, no knowledge of Turkish, and no citizenship. He risked starvation. He also risked losing his sense of being special. He didn?t want to be poor and hungry for the rest of his life. No, he had fonder hopes for himself. He wanted to thrive. He wanted to be an outrageous success.

How To Become Rich and Famous


If you want to be rich and famous, you have to focus on your strong points. Don't dwell on your weaknesses. Choose your strongest asset and build it into a formidable asset.

The Parable of the Touchstone


The Great Library of Alexandria once held the wisdom of the ancient world. When it burned down, billions of invaluable thoughts perished. One book, however, survived. Since it wasn?t considered a valuable book, a poor man bought it for a few coppers. He was not very literate and thought the book dull. The only thing of interest to him was a thin strip of vellum. Written on it was the secret known as the ?Touchstone.?

Personal Excellence: Whats Your Motivation? (Part 1 of 3)


I was in the gym, pushing my adolescent muscles to their limit. The other dudes where there too, getting their various degrees of "pump" on. And there he was, the one we called "Pec Man? This cat looked like all he did in life was work his chest. His twin peaks of manhood bulged and glistened before us as he paused every 5 seconds to admire his life's work. Awe and envy filled the space whenever we beheld his mountainous presence.

Personal Excellence: Whats Your Motivation? (Part 2 of 3)


The scene from "Biloxi Blues" where Matthew Broderick's character kept asking, "Is the heat getting hotter?" was looping in my mind. Indeed, the surface of the sun may well have been a cooler place to spend the day.

Personal Excellence: Whats Your Motivation? (Part 3 of 3)


After 13 years of being married to the same woman and working for the same employer, I had a crisis in motivation. My marriage, ended in an unmitigated emotional and financial disaster. In short order, my career path went awry as I was ?reorganized? out of a job. My life seemed to be a study in chaos and failure. I felt somehow cheated. At 38, I was too young to quit, but felt too old to start over. I'd strived to be the devoted husband, model citizen, the über employee. Still, I lost. Or did I? How was I measuring success? Weren?t my efforts to be my best worthwhile? These are questions most of us will struggle with a few times in our lives. How we answer them will either fuel us for further progress or immolate us in a bonfire of self defeatism.

What if You Fed Your Mind as Often as You Feed Your Stomach?


Many people consider reading books a waste of time. It is just so easy to switch on the television, put the brain into neutral and accept everything that is shown to you. Some even boast that they have not read a single book since they have left school. That is definitely something that I would not be proud to admit.

Success: 11 Universal Laws to Get You There


The Law of Experience

Your First Step to Success ? Eliminate Inner Obstacles


Think back to a time in your life when you felt inspired and excited to make a significant change. Did you go for it or did your inner obstacles get in the way?

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