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Effectiveness, Influence, Leadership, Management, Motivation »

[16 Oct 2011 | 6 Comments | ]
Top Ten Tips for Managing Change

Managing change and the art of change management. Find out the best lessons learned in managing change from one of the world’s leading experts.

Guest Posts, Life, Motivation, Personal-Development »

[5 Oct 2011 | 10 Comments | ]
How to Take the Ordinary and Turn it into EXTRAORDINARY!

Tony Robbins’ son, Jairek Robbins, shows us how to go from ordinary to extraordinary. You can immediately apply Jairek Robbins’ lessons in personal development to your life.

Confidence, Motivation, Strengths »

[12 Sep 2011 | 9 Comments | ]
Four Sources of Strength

Be strong all day long. Leverage four sources of strength by drawing strength from your mind, body, emotions, and spirit.

Book Nuggets, Happiness, Leadership, Management, Motivation »

[7 Sep 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Sustain Virtuous Cycles and Halt Vicious Ones

Keep virtuous cycles going and abort vicious cycles early. The little wins each day keep you going and add up over time. The same is true of setbacks.

Life, Motivation, Quotes »

[27 Jul 2011 | 34 Comments | ]
Inspirational Quotes

This is a collection of the best inspirational quotes of all time. The gang’s all here with inspirational quotes from Buddha, Lao-Tzu, Emerson, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Twain, Franklin, Churchill and more.

Life, Motivation, Movies »

[20 Jul 2011 | 35 Comments | ]
25 Inspirational Movies

You know the movies. The ones that make your heart grow ten times bigger, or the ones that give you the strength of ten warriors on your side.

Effectiveness, Emotional-Intelligence, Motivation »

[13 Jul 2011 | 15 Comments | ]
101 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Others

This is a set of motivation tips, motivation techniques, and motivation strategies and tactics you can use to motivate yourself and others in any situation.

Fun, Life, Motivation »

[1 Jul 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Greatness at Your Fingertips

Greatness inspires. Some people are great at life.

Career, Happiness, Motivation »

[21 Feb 2011 | 11 Comments | ]
Passion Does not Exist in the Job, It Exists in Us

“I have developer’s disease. I love to sit at a drafting table and draw plans for hotels, wrestling with problems of traffic and the flow of people. That’s what turns me on.” — Steve Wynn

Effectiveness, Motivation »

[4 Jan 2011 | 14 Comments | ]
How To Visualize with Skill

“What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” — Napolean Hill

Visualization is actually a skill you can develop to improve your motivation and your results. Athletes and executives use visualization all the time to improve their motivation and results. You can too.

Effectiveness, Getting-Results, Life, Motivation, Productivity, Videos »

[17 Nov 2010 | 18 Comments | ]
Alik Levin on Getting Results

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson

This is a story of a person, who started a new chapter in their life. They decided to follow their dream and write their story forward.

Effectiveness, Emotional-Intelligence, Motivation »

[24 Oct 2010 | 19 Comments | ]
It’s Not Motivation

“The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right.” — Edward Simmons

Motivation is not the problem. Sure, many times the problem may look like a motivation issue, but often that’s not the case.

Effectiveness, Leadership, Life, Motivation »

[6 Jul 2010 | 17 Comments | ]
What’s Worth Doing Today?

“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.” — Aristotle

Now there’s a fine question to start you day with, isn’t it? Take heart, this post just might let your inner-kid out to play and make your day more meaningful, in whatever you do.

Effectiveness, Motivation, Values »

[4 Jun 2010 | 18 Comments | ]
Inspire Yourself with Skill

“Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman

There are simple ways to spice up your day. This is a simple, but powerful loop that you can practice everyday as part of what you already do. It will add zest and light your fire while you make things happen as you go about your day.

Effectiveness, Motivation, Values »

[3 Jun 2010 | 13 Comments | ]
Change Your Why or Change Your How

“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige

Chances are you have tasks each day, that you just don’t want to do. Talk about un motivation.

Effectiveness, Getting-Results, Motivation, Productivity »

[3 Mar 2010 | 12 Comments | ]
Find Your Drive – The Keys to Motivation

“You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” – John C. Maxwell

When it comes to getting results, it takes motivation and ability. Motivation makes things happen. Where there’s no will, there’s no way.

I dedicated a full chapter on motivation in my Getting Results book, but I want to give you an introduction here. If you can master motivation, you can deal with life’s setbacks, as well as inspire yourself to always find a way forward, and create new experiences for yourself, and follow your growth. In this post, I’ll demystify motivation and give you the tools that really work.

Effectiveness, Motivation »

[2 Mar 2010 | 6 Comments | ]
Dust Your Dreams Off and Let’s Make Them Happen

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” — Anotole France

Now’s a great time to pick your dreams up, blow the dust off, and get ready to make them happen. This month is all about getting results. Along the way, I’ll introduce you to methods from my book, Getting Results, that you can use to stack the deck in your favor and increase your chances of success.

Learning, Lessons-Learned, Life, Motivation, Quotes »

[23 Feb 2010 | 25 Comments | ]
Lessons Learned from Dr. Seuss

“Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!” – Dr. Seuss

When I was a kid, Dr. Seuss was a constant source of inspiration for me. His stories filled my head with endless possibilities.

Motivation, Uncategorized »

[22 Feb 2010 | 10 Comments | ]
Three D’s for Motivation – Direction, Decision, and Dedication

“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

Motivation is your drive and it’s a skill you can build. When it comes to your performance, motivation is one of the most important things you control. One of my favorite places to look for motivation practices is sports. After all, athletes depend on motivation to perform their best.

Effectiveness, Learning, Life, Motivation »

[17 Feb 2010 | 13 Comments | ]
Sites I Follow for Insight and Inspiration

“Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can.” — Danny Kaye

The Web is a fountain of knowledge, especially if you know where to drink from. This post is a quick tour of some of the main sites I use that make me think.