Questions to Help Initiate Positive Change

Socrates is well known for using questions as a technology and a method of reasoning.

He saw his task as helping people to “give birth” to new insights, since it was his conviction that real understanding must come from within.

Socrates was of the view that everybody can grasp philosophical truths, if they just use their innate reason and sound questioning was his tool of choice.

In that spirit, I present to you a series of questions which will challenge you to think, force you to test assumptions, and help you to initiate change in your life.

Advice on Selecting the Right Mentor by Denis Waitley

Denis WaitleyFinding coaches and mentors is an important mission, and you will no doubt have several over the course of your life.

It is critical that you choose them wisely. Your mentor is someone to whom you’ll be committing a great deal of time and attention, and who ideally will take a very focused interest in you as well.

The process of selecting a mentor begins, first of all, with a clear-sighted view of what your life’s goals are, both for your career and your personal life.

7 Essential Success Tips By Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield - motivational speaker & author1.) Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life. One of the greatest myths that is pervasive in our culture today is that you are entitled to a great life-that somehow, somewhere, someone is responsible for filling our lives with continual happiness, exciting career options, nurturing family time and blissful personal relationships simply because we exist. But the real truth is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live. That person is YOU.

How to Leverage the Power of Belief By Michelle Prince

Michelle PrinceKeep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. — Gail Devers (Olympic Gold Medalist)

Most of you have heard of Ripley’s Believe It or Not books and museums; or maybe you’ve seen the TV show. Ripley’s is a collection of crazy and sometimes grotesque images of people doing outrageous things.

Many of the images are really “unbelievable,” which explains the greatness of the title. We know they are true, but it’s hard to believe that someone would or could actually do those things.

Failures Teach You To Work On Weaknesses By Clint Cora

If we learned not to fear failures but rather see them as learning opportunities, I’m pretty sure that we would be accomplishing much more in life. One of the biggest failures and comebacks from my own life is also one of my most memorable.

In 1990, I was certified as a Level 1 ski instructor by the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance, the governing body for professional ski instructors here in Canada. I always wanted to become a Level 2 instructor. So after a few years of teaching skiing as a Level 1, I decided to sign up for the Level 2 certification course.

Starting Over – Sooner By Joe Tye

Recently I received an e-mail from a college student who is considering applying to my business school alma mater, Stanford. She asked me some very thought-provoking questions. There was one question to which I immediately knew the answer.

The question was: If you could start all over, what would you do different in your career? The answer was: Have left my previous career track of hospital executive and started Values Coach ten years sooner than I did.

Dealing With Adversity – How to Overcome the Storms of Life By Michelle Prince

Michelle PrinceWhen I was a child, I loved rainbows. Like most young girls, I drew them on just about anything I could find. I loved having all the bright colors reaching through the sky, with the sun glowing down on them. My drawings always had a big pot of gold at the end of the arch. I imagined those rainbows would bring me to that pot of gold.

My pot of gold is also your pot of gold. It’s our happiness, our success, our joy, our prosperity. It’s the compilation of all our dreams, goals, and desires becoming real.

Success Strategies – Accelerate Your Abilities

Chris WidenerIn today’s fast-paced life, the wins usually go to those with exceptional skills and abilities. The old quote is true, “The race is not always won by the swift and the strong, but that is the way to bet.”

With this in mind, and with your desire to become increasingly successful, here are some ways to accelerate your abilities, thus enabling you to achieve greater and greater things.

Go the Extra Mile to Achieve Greater Success By Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield - motivational speaker & authorIf you want to really excel in business, school and life, go the extra mile. Give the people around you – your customers, your team, your family — more than they expect, and you’ll be handsomely rewarded with loyalty, referrals, opportunity and money.

Successful people go the extra mile — and they stand out as a result. They get the promotions and the loyal customers. They grow their businesses twice as fast and attract the best employees. They receive financial rewards and job security. Best of all, they go home at night feeling satisfied and bursting with self-confidence.

Proven Strategies to Increase Your Self-Esteem By Michelle Prince

Michelle PrinceRecently I saw an interesting news report about a famous model who decided to get her legs insured. Her legs were a highly marketable asset, so it was important to her and her modeling agency to make sure they would be protected against any potential injury or harm.

Her right leg was insured for $600,000, but her left leg was “only” insured for $500,000. A hundred thousand dollars is a big difference for the same set of legs! The reason for the price difference was because her left leg had a tiny scar on it. The insurance assessors felt that because of the scar, the left leg was not as “valuable” as her other leg.

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