2020 has been an amazing year of business and personal growth. It’s been similar to my experience in 2009 when I had to pivot in
Category: Personal Growth
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Mindset is a very important part of this process of building a business and of changing habits.
Henry Ford once said “If you think you can, if you think you can’t, you’re right”
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Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude by W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill is one of my all time favorite books. It illustrates, quite clearly I think, just how important our thinking is to how we feel and who we are.
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Question from someone about Mindfulness: Can you explain to me why I need mindfulness? After all, it feels bad to notice that you are in
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Hope is a powerful emotion. If you can get a glimpse of the Life you want, of how you want to feel, how you want
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The biggest lesson I’ve learned in 2017 I learned from shooting pool. I was reviewing the difference in my approach to the game from 2012
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When preparation meets opportunity – you win. As a competition pool player (amateur, not pro), there are a few things I do to mentally prepare for the games ahead. What I will be doing this morning and throughout the weekend as I head into a pool tournament.
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More power to the one who can stay in a group of negative thinkers and maintain their positive thoughts. My experience has been that the majority rules – if I’m surrounded by mostly positive thinkers and doers, I’ll be more positive. And, that’s my preference.
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A positive mental attitude is focused on solutions. It’s about asking solution-oriented questions:
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I have my list of things to do, today, in front of me. Each task is specific and is a goal in itself or is a stepping stone to reaching a bigger goal.