Success Lesson: Take charge of your education and make a fortune

Ryan C. Lowe - motivational speaker and author“The times, they are a-changin’” ~ Bob Dylan, 1964. It’s hard to believe that it’s nearly 50 years since that song was new. The craziest part is that the advice is just as relevant now as it was then. If you don’t keep up with the times, you’re going to get left behind. But I’m not talking about politics like Dylan was; I’m talking about your education. Specifically selfeducation.

“Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.” ~ Jim Rohn

Success Lesson: Training the Mind to Obey By Krista Magidson

I’ve been teaching meditation and mindfulness techniques since 2001. In this article I’m going to show you a really effective technique that will help you to train your mind to obey…

…and I learned it from Cesar Milan, the “Dog Whisperer.”

I don’t have a dog, but I started watching Cesar Milan when my brother-in-law kept raving about a person with almost mystical powers to train dogs. So one evening my family and I tuned in.

We were all fascinated by his ability to transform these sometimes dangerous animals into wonderful loving pets.

Developing Motivation By Building Self Belief

When we witness someone else’s success, whether it’s in business, sport, relationships, career or whatever, there’s a tendency to see that great success as an end in itself.

When we see the mountaineer at the top of the high mountain, we don’t think so much about the fact that getting there involved taking a long series of steps one after the other. What impresses us most deeply is seeing the successful person at the pinnacle of their achievement, and seeing that success and only that success tends to make many people think that for them doing the same thing would be unattainable.

A Quick Way to Improve Your Communication Skills

Communication is the art of expressing yourself. Am I right?

It’s a way of letting the world know what is going on inside of you and a method for your inner thoughts to affect the world around you.

Well, at least that’s how most of us define communication. But personally I nowadays use another definition. It’s a much more empowering definition that actually puts Me in charge of everything around me. Here it is:

“The meaning of your communication is the response you get.”

Let that sink in for a while.

Success Lesson: Staying Sharp

Early Jackson - motivational speaker & authorSome lessons in life just seemed to stick with you long after you learned them. They become an undercurrent to the way you think, live and do business. It’s beyond knowing, it’s an understanding. Two plus two will always be four.

No matter the day, the climate or your mood. It just is. That’s how I felt after a two day business seminar sponsored by the organization I worked for in Philadelphia.

Success Lesson: How to get out of a rut and get more done

Some people are naturally driven. They just have a natural inclination to get things done. Self improvement to these people is just doing the things they’re used to doing on a daily basis.

But the fact of the matter is, these kinds of people are a rare breed. Most people need some kind of jump start from time to time.

And a lot of us sometimes just get stuck in big fat productivity rut. I’m not even immune to it myself.

The Cornerstones of Personal Development

Personal development is being discussed to the length of exhaustion in terms of what are its fundamentals, the strategies, the rules by which one is to follow this ever growing philosophy.

This discussion has left room for self-proclaimed gurus to enter the field and start reciting one rule after another. But the truth is, as you will find out after delving deeper into this way of living, that personal development is quite easy to approach and is, and should be, very flexible and customizable.

In other words, you are the one who should dictate both the “rules” and the entire journey for that matter.

Success Lesson: Developing Organic Relationships

Early Jackson - motivational speaker & authorOrganic products seem to be the in thing right now. Take a stroll through any of your local markets or grocery stores and you will see an army of products that include the healthiest ingredients and of course, they are organically grown.

In this post I want to focus not on your physical health in regards to organic items, but the importance of allowing networking relationships to blossom into an organic thing so you can really reap a benefit from all the people you know.

Creating Consistent Motivation From Within

I love motivation, and I think it’s a very powerful force. I do have one quarrel though with the way most people try to get and sustain their motivation: they rely immensely on external motivators.

When they want motivation, people often turn to reading a motivational book, listening to a motivational speech or seeing a motivational movie. This gets their heart pumping and they instantly feel the drive to act.

Which, in and of itself is great. The problem is that this kind of motivation is simply not sustainable. It dissipates very quickly, often in just a few minutes, and you’re back to your default mental state.

A Surprising Way To Remember What You Learn

Do you remember that awesome personal development book you read last year? You know, the one about success and improvement?

Perhaps not.

Myself, I used to always have trouble remembering what those key lessons where that I learned from all those books I read. It was usually something along the lines of… “Do A in situation B and you will get C” But I can’t walk around with hundreds, or even thousands, of scripts in my mind just waiting to execute them. So unfortunately I forgot them quite quickly. Meaning that I had wasted a lot of time reading great material that I never got the chance to use in real life.

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