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The Planes of Healing the Hidden Self

2012-01-22T05:20:00.000-08:00

It is up to us to develop higher planes of awareness of self to work through self-healing. In our search for success, we must aim to achieve goals that we set only after we work through the process of healing the hidden self. By building a higher plane of self-awareness, we can work through this process successfully.

Essentially, one must develop abilities and skills to work through development and to increase self-perception and awareness. Only then can one face the world with a positive mind. It is possible to work through self-healing processes and nurturing the hidden self.

We must move away from uncontrolled emotions while taking action to control our life. Establishing control of the body, mind and spirit will assist us with self-healing by using and developing new approaches to achieve fulfillment.

Despite one has achieved wealth, or fame, it does not mean that this person has healed the hidden self. Materials do not make who we are. Of course, money brings us a degree of financial security, yet it does not create the whole self. Because the whole self is left undiscovered, often one will feel temporary elation, yet true happiness is out of sight.

Inner healing is the primary goal to finding fulfillment. Our emotions and mental reactions often direct the way we feel about self. We must analyze and examine these elements of our human makeup, analyzing often to discover ways to reform our perceptions and conceptions.

We must stay aware, in tune of our thoughts. We must be able to control all our reactions and actions that result from our thoughts, produced by our conceptions.

Many people struggle with emotions. This is because these people have not explored self to their fullest ability to find their true direction. Often these people lack self-control, and will act on impulses. Impulses can lead us to react out of accord to our purpose, which leads to unfavorable consequences. Hence, we must develop self-control in order to think through each decision.

Learning to control our reactions and emotions in the authentic self-concept and healing process is essential. Our core principles can help us to change and to achieve a higher plane of awareness and self and healing. Failing to develop these traits will cause us to stagnate in our inflexibility in our concepts, which will hinder one from moving past negative emotions and concepts.

Our natural principles otherwise suffocate us as they come out in the open and are out of our control. We must learn to heal our inner selves to manage the impulsive facets in our human nature that are holding us back from our self-development.

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During the growing and self-development process, we must also learn the importance of flexibility. During the growing and developing phase, we must learn that life is active and does not remain constant. Developing flexibility will help you to see when you must establish core principles or main beliefs to replace your perceptions and conceptions that hinder you from healing the hidden self.

One must continue to seek healing the hidden self by analyzing and finding ways to abandon bad experiences that cause us to resist change. We must cease leading a compulsive life and move to new situations with different approaches in order to attain a controlled reaction with an open mind.

Experiences can lead to unhappiness. Most people will grab onto and hold negative feelings and thoughts, such as resentment, shame, guilt, fear, et cetera. Thus, in order to heal the hidden self one must abandon these negative aspects, taking down the walls and reconstructing the mind to move toward healing of the hidden being.

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Assasins To Your Happiness by Chris Cade

2012-01-14T07:03:00.000-08:00

Let's say you were put in charge of protecting the Emperor of Rome.

Let's also assume you like the Roman Emperor. He's a good guy. He hasn't fed any Christians to tigers or castrated his servant for spilling the wine.

The point is that you're in charge of guarding his palace. How serious would you be about this duty?

I think you'd be would be hyper-vigilant about who is allowed to enter. You'd also be very careful to make sure that the right people are leaving the building.

While on duty, you wouldn't be chatting with friends. You wouldn't be staring at the stars. You wouldn't be thinking about what you're going to have for dinner.

You'd be wide awake. Nothing gets in or out without you knowing. You need to protect the Emperor.

Well, why not be the same way with your subconscious mind?

That's one of the 17 tips included in Tip Sheet that went along with the the Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind Handbook I sent you the other day.

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Your eyes and ears are the main doorways into your subconscious. Don't blindly allow anything to enter into them.

Don't sit through TV commercials.

Avoid reading hack novels.

Don't let any DJ on the radio decide what music you listen to.

And, likewise, be vigilant about what comes out of your mouth. What expressions do you use?

How do you react to negative situations? Do you curse and sigh? Or do you take a deep breath, smile and say something that helps the situation?

Guard everything that enters and leaves your mind.

Unfortunately, some of the most cunning negative thoughts enter and leave your mind all the time. They disguise themselves as friendly thoughts. Or at least "harmless thoughts." You think they are helping you. In truth, they are secretly plotting your fall.

Isn't that always the way? Brutus led 40 Roman senators in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Likewise, some of our closest and most trusted subconscious patterns may be out to ruin us.

Even more difficult is dealing with all the traitorous subconscious thinking that has already found a seat in our subconscious senate. How many endless repetitions of Chef Boyardee commercials did you see in the first 12 years of your life? Or were you subject to a verbally abusive parent or sibling?

The point is, self-sabotaging thoughts have already compromised your mental guard. Assassins to your happiness and success already live inside your head.

That's why in my Liberate Your Life program I help your examine your inner most thoughts and memories. I help you sort out which ones are your true friends and allies...

And which ones are stabbing you in the back.

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5 Gifts of Being Highly Sensitive

2012-01-11T07:17:00.000-08:00

5 Gifts of Being Highly Sensitive

By Therese J. Borchard

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Douglas Eby,
M.A./Psychology, who is a writer and researcher on the psychology of creative
expression, high ability and personal growth. He is creator of the Talent
Development Resources series of sites (including HighlySensitive.org)
at http://talentdevelop.com. I know many of you are “highly sensitive” and enjoy articles on that topic, so I am excited to pique his highly-sensitive brain today!

Question: If you had to name the top five gifts of being highly sensitive, what would they be?

Douglas:

1. Sensory detail

One of the prominent “virtues” of high sensitivity is the richness of sensory detail that life provides. The subtle shades of texture in clothing, and foods when cooking, the sounds of music or even traffic or people talking, fragrances and colors of nature. All of these may be more intense for highly sensitive people.

Of course, people are not simply “sensitive” or “not sensitive” — like other qualities and traits, it’s a matter of degree.

Years ago, I took a color discrimination test to work as a photographic technician, making color prints. The manager said I’d scored better, with more subtle distinctions between hues in the test charts, than anyone he had evaluated.

That kind of response to color makes visual experience rich and exciting, and can help visual artists and designers be even more excellent.

2. Nuances in meaning

The trait of high sensitivity also includes a strong tendency to be aware of nuances in meaning, and to be more cautious about taking action, and to more carefully consider options and possible outcomes.

3. Emotional awareness

We also tend to be more aware of our inner emotional states, which can make for richer and more profound creative work as writers, musicians, actors or other artists.

A greater response to pain, discomfort, and physical experience can mean sensitive people have the potential, at least, to take better care of their health.

4. Creativity

Psychologist Elaine Aron, author of The Highly Sensitive Person, estimates about twenty percent of people are highly sensitive, and seventy percent of those are introverted, which is a trait that can also encourage creativity.

As examples, there are many actors who say they are shy, and director Kathryn Bigelow, who recently won an Academy Award, has said, “I’m kind of very shy by nature.” The star of her movie The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner (who was reportedly shy as a child), has commented that “in social situations she can be painfully shy.”

5. Greater empathy

High sensitivity to other people’s emotions can be a powerful asset for teachers, managers, therapists and others.

Question: And, if you had to name five curses, what would they be? And how best do we overcome them or co-exist with them?

Douglas:

1. Easily overwhelmed, overstimulated

The biggest challenge in high sensitivity is probably being vulnerable to sensory or emotional overwhelm. Taking in and processing so much information from both inner and outer worlds can be “too much” at times and result in more pain, fatigue, stress, anxiety and other reactions.

An intriguing neuroscience research study I came across that may explain some of this said people with nervous systems having decreased latent inhibition are more open to incoming stimuli. Which can be a good thing, or not so good.

Actor Amy Brenneman once commented, “I’m too sensitive to watch most of the reality shows. It’s so painful for me.”

That kind of pain or discomfort can mean we don’t choose to experience some things that might actually be fun or enriching. Though I don’t mean reality shows.

2. Affected by emotions of others

Another aspect of sensitivity can be reacting to the emotions — and perhaps thoughts — of others. Being in the vicinity of angry people, for example, can be more distressing.

As actor Scarlett Johansson once put it, “Sometimes that awareness is good, and sometimes I wish I wasn’t so sensitive.”

3. Need lots of space and time to ourselves

We may need to “retreat” and emotionally “refresh” ourselves at times that are not always best for our goals or personal growth. For example, being at a professional development conference, it may not be the most helpful thing to leave a long presentation or workshop in order to recuperate from the emotional intensity of the crowd.

4. Unhealthy perfectionism

There can also be qualities of thinking or analyzing that lead to unhealthy perfectionism, or stressful responses to objects, people or situations that are “too much” or “wrong” for our sensitivities.

5. Living out of sync with our culture

Living in a culture that devalues sensitivity and introversion as much as the U.S. means there are many pressures to be “normal” — meaning extroverted, sociable and outgoing.

Dr. Ted Zeff, author of The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide, points out that other cultures, such as Thailand, have different attitudes, with a strong appreciation of sensitive or introverted people.

Jenna Avery, a “life coach for sensitive souls,” counsels people to accept or even pursue being “out of sync” with mainstream society, and be aware of other’s judgments of people as too sensitive, too emotional, or too dramatic.

And if we are sensitive, we may use those kinds of judgments against ourselves, and think, as Winona Ryder said she did at one time, “Maybe I’m too sensitive for this world.”

Certainly, there are extremes of emotions that are considered mood disorders, for example, and should be dealt with as a health challenge.

But “too emotional” or “too sensitive” are usually criticisms based on majority behavior and standards.

Overall, I think being highly sensitive is a trait we can embrace and use to be more creative and aware. But it demands taking care to live strategically, even outside popular values, to avoid overwhelm so we can better nurture our abilities and creative talents.

Therese J. Borchard is the author of Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes and The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit. Visit her website or follow her on Twitter @thereseborchard.

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Brain Development Visualization, and Affirmation

2011-12-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

When you enhance the brain’s ability to function, you also build new skills. When you build new skills, you are on the road to success, which takes you to the journey you longed to enjoy. Take time now to explore brain enhancement solutions to see what these programs, etc can do for you.

To improve your personal continued existence you have to consider concentrating on the bigger picture. We all must scrutinize all aspects of our mental and physical states to improve our life. Through visualization and affirmation, we can study the issues to find an easier way to move further on into the future. Creating checklist will help you through visualizing and affirming your future.

Our behaviors often hinder us from lucratively achieving our goals. That is, perhaps you are a couch potato. If so then you are not working in the direction of spiritual, mental, or physical development.

After you jot down your problems, you can visualize what behaviors of yours need attention. You can start to work in the direction of resolving your problems. Positive activities can enforce and affirm that you abandon negative habits and thinking. Rather you may act before you do something out of the ordinary by visualizing your self-acting in accord and affirming your consequence of your behaviors.

There is nothing wrong with admitting you have a problem, just as there is nothing wrong with admitting that you need help. If you use tobacco, you want to consider ways to stop smoking for example, which may involve you asking for support. You will need to develop self-discipline and set a goal to quite. If you associate with the wrong crowd, you will need to evaluate your self and the other people to clarify what you must do. It helps to use affirmation and visualization so that you can see somewhat into the future, thus analyzing the consequences.

Sometimes we must evaluate our problems while using fair judgment. You need to spend time discovering a maintenance plan that works for you. You should repetitively think out the problems in order to create a plan to find a resolution. Always visualize the bigger picture, keeping it in sight when you are working toward self-development. If the problem is too big for you to handle alone, ask for help. Talk with friends, family, or authorities.

Throughout the process of self-development, you want to work out a strategy to help you keep your stress under control. Exercise is one of the proven ways to relieve stress and maintain your balance. Visiting your family physician on a regular basis will help your keep an eye on your health status. Healthy people live a productive life.

What actions do you take to improve your expectancy?
As long as you think things out before you make a decision, you will work to purify your life. You will also call for to take steps to reduce stress, by avoiding harmful actions, such as smoking, drugs, and other harmful things that get in the way of self-development. You can benefit by visiting your doctor, exercise the mind and body regular and so on.

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To improve your life you can also volunteer to help someone else out. You can wrap a gift this year for a homeless or deprived person for example. Whatever it takes to work through self-development successfully, do it, but use your visualization and affirmation each time.

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How Long Does It Take? by Timothy Kendrick

2011-12-23T06:25:00.000-08:00

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You Can train Your Mind To Be Happy

2011-12-21T23:47:00.000-08:00

You Can Train Your Mind to Be Happy

By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

So you spent your life working hard in elementary school, maybe pushing through to university and thought, well once I land this job then I’ll be happy, or once I get married, then I’ll be happy, or once I get a divorce, then I’ll be happy. The reality is, the conditions for happiness are all right here, right now, but it’s not enough to say, “Just dip into the now and happiness will arise.”

There are too many conditioned forces at play from past experiences that compromise the ability for “the now” to be a source of happiness. But we can train our minds to relate to “the now” in a particular way and train our minds toward happiness.

The moment you step into the now and recognize that you have a choice in how you want to relate to your life, you have entered into a new state of clarity where opportunity, possibility and a greater sense of freedom open up. This is The Now Effect at play.

You have stepped aside from all the preconceptions and snap judgments that usually automatically influence your next move and reconnect with the intention to live as if it mattered.

The only time we have is now and so we choose to take each moment as an opportunity to train ourselves toward happiness and greater freedom. We can start to recognize the spaces of awareness that are all around us. It’s amazing how as we intentionally practice and repeat this these spaces begin to drop in on us like moments of grace throughout the day. This is when it gets fun.

There begins to become a familiarity with the fact that we don’t have to believe everything we think and we’re not the movies in our minds. We have the power and choice to prime our minds for good, toward greater kindness, compassion and forgiveness, rewiring the bias our brain has toward automatically fixating on the negative. In the difficult moments we recognize the snap judgments that exacerbate the pain and see that we can choose a different and healthier response. Perhaps most importantly we experience the delusion of disconnection and a greater connection with ourselves and others. This is the basis for happiness.

As we begin training in the Now Effect, a deeper layer begins to emerge where these states of mind that we actively cultivate or that pop in on us spontaneously begin to become more pervasive traits of our personalities.

If you’ve been a regular reader of my blogs, you know that groundbreaking science is pointing us to the fact that we have the ability to use our intentional attention to change the architecture of our brains in very adaptive ways. That may be the neuroscience behind this deeper, more pervasive layer of the Now Effect.

The Now Effect: How this Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life with embedded videos for practice is available for pre-order now. May this be a time to understand that there is no better time than now to get started with priming your mind to what really matters.

Enjoy!

As always, please share your thoughts, stories and questions below. Your interaction creates a living wisdom for us all to benefit from.

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Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in West Los Angeles and is author of the upcoming book The Now Effect, co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of the Mindful Solutions at Work App, the Mindful Solutions audio series, and the Mindfulness at Work™ program currently being adopted in multiple multinational corporations. Join Elisha Goldstein's Facebook Community to keep up with important information, tips and events.

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Take Charge of Your Life

2011-12-12T06:00:00.000-08:00

Take Charge of Your Destiny and Don’t Look Back

For each of us, we only have one lifetime to live and we must make the most of it. There is no point of living with regret and always going back to past mistakes, the important thing in life is that you are able to take charge of your destiny and what would happen in your life. You may have heard that fate and destiny is up to the stars, but in reality, you can take action and make yourself the master of your fate and the captain of your soul. Remember, you only live once and you’d want to get it right.

To help you take charge of your destiny, here are some tips to help you. The first tip is to never let go of your dream. No matter how hard or impossible it is to achieve your dream, never stop trying even if people tell you otherwise. Some people have wonderful dreams and ideas that they couldn’t bring to reality even until their dying moment. Don’t let this happen to you as you still have all the time in the world to put your dream in actuality.

The next tip in taking charge of your destiny is always making a decision that you believe is right. In life, there are many decisions that a person will need to make and sometimes, it will be a battle between deciding with what you think is right and what you feel is right. And the moment you make a decision, stick by it and don’t regret a thing. Bear in mind that everything that will happen after your decision is a part of the process and you should be ready for it.

The third tip is to always strive for the best in your life. Do not settle with what you have but dream big so you can achieve big things. And when life knocks you down, make sure you always try to get up no matter how hard you fall. Life is not measured by how many problems we face, but its how we get up and rise up from every challenge that will come our way. With these tips, it will help you take charge of your life and your destiny. Realize that all your actions, good or bad, always have consequences.

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Brain Switch: How to erase anxiety and boost success

2011-12-09T02:47:00.001-08:00

Brain Switch: How to erase anxiety
and boost success

Genie Z. Laborde

Right Brain Switch (Big Toe) Technique

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is the most elegant way to switch on the capabilities of the Right Brain. Why is it important to tap into the Right Brain? Because the Right Brain has all the "goodies"—peace, joy, creativity, bliss, self-healing, and much more.

Right Brain Left Brain

The Left Brain is full of fear and anxiety. There is no fear in the Right Brain. When you make the switch to the Right Brain, anxiety disappears. The more often the Right Brain is activated, the less fear there will be each time you switch back to the Left Brain.

You must be aware you are anxious before you can do anything about it. The Right Brain Switch (Big Toe) technique brings your attention into the present moment. It increases awareness of what is going on inside your body right now. Here’s how it’s done:

Imagine a time when you were feeling anxious and fearful. Really feel the experience—feel how your body was tense, neck stiff, and shoulders hunched.
Next, switch your attention to your big toe and sense what is going on there. Then switch your attention to your other big toe. Then move to your heel, the other heel, soul of foot, other foot, the ankle, other ankle, and so on throughout your body, including your calves, knees, thighs, torso, stomach, chest, arms, and fingers. Then turn your attention to your neck and then your head. Check out your whole body.
Take deep breaths as you do this process.
As you become aware of your entire body, feel all the fear drain out.
In the beginning, take up to 90 seconds to do this process. With practice, you can enter this present moment state in a few seconds.

Peak Performance State

You can achieve a peak performance state at any time. When giving a presentation, meeting your future in-laws, or engaging in some activity that causes anxiety, use these simple steps:

Use the Big Toe technique to access the Right Brain and gain present moment awareness.
Then focus on a memory of a moment in your past when you achieved success, a specific incident in time where you felt powerful. This Left Brain action helps to balance your brain. Your eyes may be open or closed. Then let go of the memory for a moment.
Imagine a circle on the floor in front of you. Give the circle a color.
Next, bring your memory of success into the moment as you step into the circle. As you do, intensify the memory with images, sounds, and feelings (see/hear/feel). Let them sweep through your entire body, putting yourself into an optimum state. Take 10 seconds, a minute, or however long is needed.
Step out of the circle. Take another deep breath. Think of a word or phrase associated with your successful memory. This is your trigger.
Step back into the circle, saying the trigger to amplify your memory (see/hear/feel). This is your state of excellence anytime it’s needed.
Step out of the imaginary circle (if you like, fold the circle and place it in your pocket).

You are now ready to take action in your peak performance state. Using your trigger word or phrase, you can enter this state at any time.

Importance of Breath

Anxiety curtails proper breathing, and the brain does not work well without oxygen. The first thing to do when becoming aware you are anxious is to take a deep breath.

Breathing allows you to intensify the feelings within, which will help you get past anxiety.

Switching Marquees Technique

The Switching Marquees technique, also called Anchoring, can be used to interrupt a pattern in the brain that is causing you a problem. This pattern of negative thoughts could be associated with a difficult personal relationship, a challenging work situation, or something as serious as suicide.

This technique works best when enlisting the help of a trusted friend.

Example: Spending time with your mother-in-law causes you anxiety and stress, and you want to change that.

Allow all your feelings to come up as you think of your mother-in-law. As you do, have your friend touch the back of the wrist of one hand, creating a "button."
Next, think of three different things that please you, such as your spouse, strawberries, and baseball. As you experience the feelings of each, have your friend touch a different place (button) on your opposite hand or arm.
Now have your friend again touch (one at a time) both the negative button and each of the three positive buttons to ensure they are connected to the memories in your brain. If these buttons do not evoke the correct association, set them up once more. If the positive buttons do not cause good feelings, select other things you appreciate.
Next, close your eyes. As you think of your mother-in-law, have your friend touch all four buttons at one time. Experience your new positive feelings.

Goals and Outcomes

Outcomes are goals, but they are much more specific. When setting goals, be sure your desired outcome is established in sensory-based terms and satisfies a deep need. Imagine what you will see, hear, and feel when you attain it.

If the feeling is one you like, than that is your outcome. Is it worth going for, spending the time and trouble to get? This outcome will guide your action steps.

Obsessions

The dictionary defines obsession as:the state of being beset or actuated by the devil or an evil spirit; also, compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or unwanted feeling or emotion, often with symptoms of anxiety.

To fix obsessions:

Set an outcome
Awareness
Right Brain access
90 seconds or less
Take a new action

Repeat as often as necessary.

Example: Quitting smoking cigarettes.

Set an outcome. Decide to quit smoking for you, not to please another.
Become aware of the trigger that sets off your smoking; for instance, every time you get into your car.
Immediately go into your Right Brain using the Big Toe technique. This interrupts the pattern of the obsessive behavior.
Stay in the Right Brain for 90 seconds, making sure all the anxiety drains out. (Often the obsession is in response to a fear. Most people light up when feeling anxious or in a tense situation.)
Then immediately take a new action. This works best if it is something you enjoy—turn on your favorite song in the car, take a walk, or call a friend.

Repeat the steps as often as necessary until the obsession is stopped for good.

The ABCs of NLP

A is for Awareness, the key to your wellness.

B is for your Magic Brain, treasures opened, no pain.

C is for See, Hear, Feel. Your senses trigger brain cells.

D is for Danger, Left Brain felt. Right Brain shift, fear will melt.

E is for Energy Blocks, such as Anxiety Locks.

F is for Frozen Fear. Marquee Switching will clear.

G is for Glory Be. For Change Work, it’s NLP.

H is for Mental Health, once available, tops wealth.

I am the one who chooses to be a winner or a loser.

J is for Joining synapses sublime; these carry emotions, so you’ll be just fine.

K stands for Kiss goodbye to those feelings that make us cry.

L is for Love, synaptically wove, inside your own Right Brain.

M is for Masterfully here, right above your right ear.

N of course is for Now, the time that evokes the Wow.

O is for "Often" the Right Brain tap to send.

P is for Peak Performance; an ego-affirming stance.

Q is for your life’s Quest, whose pull you cannot resist.

R is for the stout Resistance from friends; you’ll find even more from kins.

S is for Success: to Change, you say "Yes!"

T is for the Time it takes for skills to integrate.

U is for Universality. These work. Do you agree?

V is for Victory. Obsessions are the pits.

W is for Whatever happens. You know enough to mend.

X out the anxiety habits, yet at the same time, keep all your wits.

Y You with NLP can face the world with glee.

Z is for you to rhyme as you NLP through time.

Dr. Genie Z. Laborde
Ph.D., Master NLP Trainer, Author

Genie Laborde, of Palo Alto, California, is an internationally known author, seminar leader, video producer, CEO, artist, and mother of six. She holds a Ph.D. in Gestalt Psychology and Education from the University of California and is the founder of International Dialog Education Associates.

Genie believes 85 percent of NLP is based in Gestalt therapy, so her move into NLP was naturally easy. Her discovery of the computational abilities of the Right Brain led her down new paths. She combines NLP with her other disciplines in her seminars.

Genie and her 179 certified trainers have taught NLP skills to over 50,000 people in 16 countries around the world. Her client list of more than 100 corporations and institutions is exceedingly impressive and includes IBM, Chase Bank, SBC, Dell, Continental Airlines, AT&T, Vanderbilt University, Wells Fargo Bank, Sprint, Dow Jones, Stanford University, and the United Nations.

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Making the Most Out of Meditation

2011-12-07T04:33:00.000-08:00

There are people who take up meditation and do it
faithfully for several weeks before finally abandoning it.

Some become frustrated that they are not getting the
results that they expected when they first signed up for
it.

Below are several tips that can help you make the most out
of your practice of meditation.

1. Practice meditation in a quiet place.

While you cannot completely shut yourself out of the
distractions around you, it would help a lot if you can
meditate in a quiet area, or at least a place which cuts
down outside noise considerably.

2. Choose a room with comfortable temperature.

Whether the room’s too cold or too hot, both can destroy
your mood for meditation. It would therefore help to find a
room with a temperature control so you can adjust it to a
temperature where you’re most comfortable.

3. Wear comfortable clothes.

Again, the bane of people practicing meditation is
distraction. You should therefore wear comfortable clothes
as they would help you be more at ease and relaxed.

4. Find a guru.

Sometimes, it can be frustrating to practice meditation
without the proper guidance. A guru can guide you and will
help a lot in giving you the most out of meditation.

5. Read books on meditation.

Whether you have a guru or not, it would help to have
reference materials which can help broaden your
appreciation for this activity. Books do not only give you
information but also insights on how to meditate better.

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How to deal with the failure of a relationship

2011-12-05T08:06:00.000-08:00

How to deal with the failure of a relationship

Relationships are going to change over time no matter what. It is something that we cannot stop. However we are going to need to figure out a way to take on challenges and use the things that we learn from others to deal with failure. There are ways to get over relationships that fail and to move on past the hard times that we all deal with.

Dealing with a failed relationship can be something very stressful if we let it. There are ways to make sure that we are positive about what we are doing and how well we handle things. Getting along with others is always an important part of behavior. There are ways that we can work at this type of effort and be the better person when it comes to making things work in a relationship.

When you find that you are having a hard time dealing with a certain relationship you should think about the things that you need to change. What is not working for you? Are you both the problem or is there one thing that is making it hard to concentrate on fixing the problem. Dealing with failure can be a difficult part of life. It is not easy to realize that you are not perfect and that you have made mistakes.

The one thing that we can be sure of is that we can learn from the mistakes in relationships that we have made. This is a good lesson to learn and something that we can use in other ways. When we find out that we are not doing something the way that we should and using our best judgments for certain things we will want to try and figure out a plan to take.

Take things in stride. Do not get upset and worried about every little thing. We have to be sincere and think of ideas to use in many certain circumstances. There is always advice that we can take to help us with the problems that we may face in a relationship. Making choices is not always something that is so easy. We have to learn from the mistakes that we make and try and come up with other ideas to make things easier and better.

It is also important to not dwell on something that has gone wrong in a relationship. If we have failed at something with someone then we must move on. There is no reason to use this one example as an excuse to be afraid to try it again with someone else. There are different approaches to different people and if we think about what the best way is then we will be better able to make things right with our relationships.

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Put it this way, failure is going to happen no matter what. There are going to be times when you just want to throw in the towel and move on. However the one thing that is most important to know is that we have to work hard and not be afraid to move on. When we fail at one thing move onto another. There are so many things waiting for us out there and if we try and make them happen then we will be better able to achieve our goals and be the person that we most want to be.

Never be afraid to take on a challenge in a relationship. If you think that it is worth fixing then you need to work at it. Putting the effort and the hard work at it will help to overcome failure in any type of relationship.

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Meditation and Pain

2011-12-01T11:02:00.000-08:00

Anyone who has heard of the expression about the power of
mind over matter will easily understand the benefit of
meditation on people suffering from different forms of
physical pain.This article will deal with several methods by which
meditation can help in alleviating a person’s condition.

Concentration techniques in meditation can help in easing a
person’s suffering by keeping his/her mind away from the
source of the pain. Usually, the pain is magnified because
people choose to focus on it.

If their attention is trained somewhere else, the pain
becomes more manageable.

Another method is called mindfulness meditation. This
involves being aware of one’s present condition and
accepting it as such. If a person accepts that he/she is
currently in pain, dealing with it would be much easier.

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Then there’s visualization. It could be considered as a
form of self-hypnosis. It is done by creating an image of
the pain and imagining it moving away from the body.

As suggested by these methods, they do not actually take
away pain from the person. Rather, they make dealing with
the pain much easier.

This is also the reason why methods like those mentioned
should be coupled with the proper medical advice. In fact,
consulting one’s doctor is advised before even trying the
meditation exercises out.

Otherwise, there will be a risk of overlooking more serious
conditions that could be causing the pain. Along with the
proper medical advice, meditation can help improve a
person’s tolerance for pain.

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Self Determination and Mastery

2011-11-30T15:52:00.000-08:00

When it comes to self-determination there is a lot to learn about. One has to learn how to do this and what to do in order to work toward self-mastery. There are different ways that you can help make yourself be more determination then ever. You will have to find what way is best for you.

In order to do this your going to have to first want to do the change that will be the first thing that has to be done. In order to do this you are going to have to be able to set goals and go with it. This is going to take some time am sure.

When making up your goal you will want to do the following. Sit down and decide what it is that you want to change. Once you make your decision work on it until you improve your performance.

You should always try not to make your goal so high that you are unable to met it. Always try to start out small and then go large small is always best for you as a beginner once this is met the next goal you can make a little larger.

In order to be able to make your goal you have to have some self-determination to do this. Don't think that everything will be a downhill ride. You will have interferences along the way. It can be accomplished if you put your heart and mind into it. You will start to make your goal and won’t ever think about it.

Self-determination is a hard thing to do if you have low self-esteem you have to be able to raise your self-esteem in order to be able to do this; you will have to work on this determination thing. If can be done if you want it bad enough you will make sure that you apply your self in all area to make this happen this is self-determination means you have to make your self do things that you may not want to do. You have the inner strength to make anything happen that you want to accomplish.

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We all need self-determination while working on building self-mastery skills. When you learn to apply yourself, things come together more easily. When it comes to ones behaviors, there is a lot to learn from them. Some of the things that you might learn would be how you analyze your thoughts before it got out of control. Maybe you will be able to see how you really handle the situation in a full light. It takes you to make things work out in your best interest.

We all have trouble with self-motivation this is normal in most of us. How to get rid of this problem in your life is to make yourself get up and get it together and do what you have to do once you have done this is also call self-determined. Motivation helps you to be on track and stay focusing on what you intending to accomplish. We all have to continue applying effort.

This can become a problem, and for some of us it is easier to accomplish. But you have to do something you cant just sit there and do nothing this isn’t good for you and your health so you need to do something to help yourself make sure you set your goals and work your goal to get what you want in our life you can do anything that your put your mind to.

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Stress? Deal With It!

2011-11-25T14:25:00.000-08:00

Considering that we are living in a fast-paced world, stress is as common as the air we breathe. We have to learn to manage our everyday routines and fight off these problems that will eventually stress us out. But before we can cope with it, we have to understand what stress really is and identify how it can appear in our life.

What in the world is stress?

Stress can be easily defined as the imbalance in our physiological, biological and social aspect in our life. There are many reasons why a person gets stressed – either family problems, financial difficulties, career obligations, or quarrel between friends. Though how minor it may seems, these problems all add up to turn into an inconvenience, and a big one at that.

Incidentally, stress can start from anywhere and can also end in yet another way. Some may start from your body due to overwork or, build up mentally which can affect that way you think which can lead to negative results. The first way to deal with stress is find out the cause and determine ways to get rid of it.

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When you already have an idea on how stress worked your way into your life, there are plenty of solutions to make it go away. Just keep in mind that the simplest solutions to your problems are always the best way in dealing with it.

When suffering from stress due to overwork then you can easily take some time off and let your body rejuvenate. Treat yourself to a massage, or visit your local spa and start pampering yourself. Another method in getting the stress out of your system is to take some time off from your daily routine and take a vacation. Visit friends and relative and have fun shopping or taking some leisure walks around the mall.

A vacation with nature can be a great relief to stress; the serenity and relaxing scenery can do wonders to your mental and emotional state. Camp out and leave your thoughts about work at home, give yourself a break from all those burdens.

Get in touch with your inner child (I know this sounds corny, try it anyway)

Indulging yourself with games and sports is a great way to dispel stress from your system. When indulging in sports, you have to concentrate on what you are doing in order to win. This is a great way to divert your mind from your mental burdens and concentrate on the task at hand.

If you don’t plan to go for sports then go for games. Visit your local game shop and buy some game CDs to your liking, install it on your computer and annihilate alien invaders as if it were your stress. If you have some financial troubles and can’t spare an extra buck on games CDs, then you can browse around the Internet and play Flash games if you wish.

Traditional Stress Reliever

The ancients practices do provide solutions to your stress problems. You can enroll for yoga classes and stretch those problems away, or go for meditation classes that will train you in freeing your mind from the problems at hand, and allowing you to focus on relaxation and peace of mind.

Other methods to help you relax and keep your mind at peace is through aromatherapy. Inquire around shops for various scents that can help you relax. You can go for scented candles or assorted incense that will help you in your stress management.

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Home Remedies for Anxiety – Freeing Yourself of the Stress

2011-11-21T12:13:00.000-08:00

If you are suddenly finding yourself nervous, scared, really worried and have no clue why you are feeling this way you could discover that you are part of a growing trend of people suffering from anxiety. This is not something to be ashamed of, nor is it something that demands a large amount of medication to treat. Of course, there are some people who can only find relief from anxiety in prescription drugs, but many others find some more natural solutions in home remedies that are extremely effective. Working to find the best solution for you can be a rather trying experience, but there are plenty of great home remedies for anxiety that can prove to be extremely effective

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It is largely reported by people suffering from anxiety that they feel much more anxious after they have consumed large amounts of alcohol. This points to cutting back the intake of alcohol as one of the most effective treatments that you can do to reduce your anxiety level. If we must be brutally honest though, this will have a limited effect. After all, if you are only a slight social drinker there will be very little you can do to reduce your intake further. This means this particular method is much more suited for those who tend to drink at least a few drinks a week.

Other suggestions include getting as much sleep as possible to ensure you are well rested. A lack of sleep has been attributed to increasing the occurrence of anxiety attacks. In addition to the additional rest as needed taking some additional B vitamins such as can be found in most vitamin supplements has also shown great promise to help relieve symptoms. An additional benefit to the vitamins is the ability to allow you to pick up any additional nutrients that you might be missing out on due to your typical dietary habits.

Many people have had great amounts of success by limiting their intakes of sweetener’s as well. This includes natural sugar, as well as the artificial sweeteners. In order to really obtain the biggest benefit you should try to watch your reactions to certain sweeteners. There are some that can make the problems worse for you, while others may not bother you in particular. If there is a sweetener that you can safely use, it is important to stay with it, while avoiding the others that tend to aggravate your anxiety.

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Due to the increase in nervousness, it is also recommended that you avoid any products that are extremely high in caffeine. Because caffeine is extremely likely to spike anxiety many people who are anxious tend to suffer much more than necessary. Reducing caffeine intake can often provide some rather rapid differences that might otherwise never come. If you are in a habit of drinking coffee each morning, you can simply switch to decaffeinated in order to reduce your caffeine intake while still enjoying your morning cup of coffee.

Another suggested home remedy that has provided great benefits is getting up and starting to walk around or exercise whenever you feel extremely anxious. By getting up and moving around you are taking your mind off of the anxiety that you are feeling and allowing yourself to slowly clam down at your own pace. This is extremely effective for most people since it will allow you to refocus your attention to the activity that you are doing, rather than on the actual anxiety that you are presently feeling.

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By avoiding the use of medication to treat anxiety you are sure to feel much better about yourself. Additionally you will be able to avoid many of the harsh side effects that are otherwise experienced in the treatment. It may take a while to find the perfect solution for your needs depending on exactly what factors are encouraging the stress, but a solution really is possible with the right effort.

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8 Tips to Ensure Life Success

2011-11-19T17:27:00.000-08:00

Personal goal setting is one of the best things you can do if you truly desire to be successful in life. Sadly, only a small percentage of people actually make goals for themselves regularly. But those are the most successful people you will meet!

Following are eight tips to help you use personal goal setting to achieve those things that are truly important to you.

1. Put your goals in writing - this will solidify them and make them very real. It also is the first step, and taking action is a key factor in reaching your goals. Writing them down also makes them more real. Unwritten goals with no game plan are really nothing more than wishes. And wishes don't get you very far - but written goals will!

2. Prioritize them - When it comes to personal goal setting, it is essential that you prioritize your goals. Decide which ones are the most crucial for you to achieve. Those are the ones on which you want to devote the most energy. Those that end up at the bottom of your list may not be truly important to you, and they can be addressed at a later date in time if needed.

3. Write your goals down as positive statements. For example, rather than "lose 20 pounds" or "stop overeating", you might write "reach the healthy weight of ____ pounds" or "eat only until I'm satisfied".

4. Make your goals very clear and specific. With personal goal setting, if your goals are vague, you won't likely succeed because you're not really aiming at anything specific. An "iffy" goal is like throwing darts blind-folded (which I don't recommend!). You might, by chance, hit the dart board but it is highly unlikely. Vague goals would be things such as "lose weight" or "make more money".

Make them more specific; for example "make $10,000 per month". That way you can measure process and you will know exactly when you have reached your goal. (After all, "make more money" could mean that you're earning $5 more per month - which probably isn't what you are striving for - right?)

5. Create specific timelines for reaching each of your goals. Not having a clear time frame in mind is very similar to having vague goals - you may never reach it because you take forever getting there. Creating a timeline gives you a sense of urgency, and will help spur motivation. Urgency and motivation are two important factors in personal goal setting.

6. Make sure your goals (and timelines) are realistic. For example, if you weight 250 pounds and your goal is to reach 150 pounds, you probably want to give yourself more than a month or two to reach your goal! Unrealistic goals and timelines are a quick path to failure when it comes to personal goal setting.

A note of caution here: there's a delicate balance between being realistic and keeping your dreams alive. No one believed the 4 minute mile barrier could be broken - until Roger Bannister showed everyone that it could. And soon after his victory several people began running the mile in less than 4 minutes - most likely because now they believed it was possible.

So, go ahead and dream big - dreams are what make us feel alive and can fuel us with the motivation to achieve what may have seemed impossible (or what others tell us is impossible).

7. Break big goals down into multiple smaller, more doable goals. It's easy to become overwhelmed by a really big goal. It may seem absolutely impossible - until your break it down into small steps. This is very important when it comes to personal goal setting!

For instance, if you're just starting college and your goal is to become a surgeon, you may quickly become discouraged at the very long road ahead. However, if you break it down into sub goals (and then sub goals for those sub goals), the task won't seem so daunting and you will be more likely to succeed.

8. Reward yourself when you achieve a goal (or sub goal). It is important that you acknowledge and reward your successes along the way, as success breeds more success. Treat yourself to something nice. It doesn't have to be something big or expensive. But it is important that you celebrate each success along the way. You will be more likely to remain motivated and it will make the process a lot more fun!

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Healing the Inner Hidden Self

2011-11-19T06:00:00.000-08:00

Many of us do not understand the inner self and the hurt and pain that we feel on the inside. If we were to comprehend our inner voices then we would better be able to deal with our inner ghosts. The way that we perceive ourselves has a large role to play in the equation. All our past successes and failures are related to our perception of self and if we are walking around life not whole then we are already at a disadvantage. We have to, in order to heal, start looking within and heal our inner self-first before we are able to move forward in life. The healing of the inner self is a keystone aspect of self-development and progress.

We all are not born with an external perception of ourselves. As we develop and grow, we are shaped by the experiences that we face in life. We are developed into personalities and internal perceptions by the environment we live in and the experiences that we face. This is where our outlook on life is also developed and this leads to the conceptualization of the self that we know. This inner self will not be perfect. We all have much that we can do to heal the inner being in us all and create a better self-concept so that we are able to move forward in life. We can heal the inner being in us all and move away from the instinctive behaviors that we project only if we are willing to communicate with our inner selves.

We are all social products that are based on the life we live and we develop from the social environment perceptions of ourselves that can put us down and lower our self-esteem. We can look in the mirror, see only negative thing, and think only negative thoughts. This is not the way to look at one’s self and the need for inner self-healing is critical to moving beyond this stage and perceiving yourself as someone worthy of your own affection. If you do not like or love yourself how can it be expected that others will do so. We are often predisposed to look at ourselves as lesser persons and this is not how we will grow and move forward in life. Our true potential, though we may not know it, is linked directly to our perception of ourselves. If we have a bad perception of self, it is likely that we will never develop our true potential.

In the process of healing the inner self, we all have to look inwards and face all the different facets of our lives. We have to look at ourselves from all the different aspects and angles and achieve a balanced, positive outlook of self at the end of the equation. We have to dig deep and locate the inner strength to face our demons and ourselves head on and to move past them. The blocks that we throw up in life and in our minds are the things that will hinder our overall progress.

For progress in life, we have to develop and grow and heal our inner selves. Only then can we achieve all that we desire in life. We cannot continue to put ourselves down and think that we are not good enough. We have to focus our inner self to the achievement of higher goals and progress along a path where we are whole on the inside and able to face the obstacles of the outside world. If we are not strong within we will give up at the first sign of trouble. Success in life and in relationships is based on being good on the inside and this means that we have to heal our inner beings to achieve this goal.

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The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

2011-11-16T04:32:00.000-08:00

Live In The Moment. Take Charge of Your Destiny

2011-11-15T03:23:00.000-08:00

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Use Hypnosis To Enhance Your Self Confidence

2011-11-14T11:35:00.000-08:00

Do you want to increase your levels of confidence from the inside?

Confidence is often seen as something you are either born with, or without - you are either someone who was born naturally confident, or naturally introverted.

It is true that some people do develop more outgoing, more confident personalities at a younger age, and this is why we often think of confidence as a character trait which is genetic / inbuilt, rather than one you can learn.

However, this is simply not the case.

Even if you are currently shy and introverted, if you struggle socially - you can enhance your levels of confidence.

This is Where Hypnosis Can Help

Hypnosis is a simple and natural way to increase your confidence.

Confidence is a mindset. The only difference between yourself and these people who are “naturally confident” can be boiled down to two main areas:

Firstly, your patterns of thinking. For example how you contemplate socialising, about networking and meeting people, about public speaking, about voicing your thoughts and opinions - whether you worry about, or take pleasure in all of these activities will have an immense effect upon your levels of confidence.

And secondly, your self beliefs. i.e. your feelings about yourself, whether you view yourself as somebody who is assured or not. Like the old saying, whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right. So a shift to more positive self thinking, will in fact lead to you becoming more confident.. which will lead to more positive self views and so on. It will become a real positive self fulfilling prophecy.

Hypnosis simply works to help you in these 2 very simple ways. It can ultimately instil inside you more positive self beliefs, and a lot more positive patterns of thinking which can naturally rewire your mind to make you more confident. It genuinely works to supply you with the same types of thinking as these effortlessly self-assured people, so that you will think confidently, and become more confident too.

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How To Get A Charisma Makeover

2011-11-12T20:27:00.000-08:00

People these days spend a fortune on trying to make themselves attractive. Many of them even go so far as to have cosmetic surgery. A term that has become popular is total makeover, where a person seeks to improve every part of their physical appearance.

If you want to become successful you would be better served by having a charisma makeover than you would be by having a total physical makeover.

Why is charisma important?

Becoming successful always involves other people. Those people may be clients or staff or partners or mentors or your power group or people you network with, but whoever they are, the greater your charisma the easier success will be for you.

Charisma is often believed to be a natural charm that some have and some missed out on but it is not true. Charisma is learned. There are several components that combine together to produce charisma and if you work to improve each of those components your personal charisma will improve substantially.

Let's look at five of the components of charisma.

The Smile

Charismatic people generally smile more often and more genuinely than average people. This smile is not a fake "politician" smile but is a reflection of a warm, positive personality. They are genuinely happy to be alive and they have a positive view on what the world has to offer them.

The Voice

Charismatic people speak with confidence and sincerity. The tone of their voice conveys that inner confidence and inspires others to follow them. Their voice is expressive and their topics of conversation are interesting. People want to listen to charismatic people.

The Body Language

The body language of charismatic people is congruent with what they are saying. If they are talking about happy, joyful feelings they look happy. If they are talking about serious issues they look serious. Their body language always matches and compliments their theme.

Charismatic people are masters of mirroring, matching, pacing and leading. These are body language techniques that help build rapport and then control that rapport so that the other person's sense of comfort is being controlled in such a way that they feel more comfortable when they fall in line with what the charismatic person is proposing.

The Communication Skills

Charismatic people use communication skills so well that other people feel more important or more valuable when they are around the charismatic person.

Charismatic people understand that charisma is all about making the other person feel better, more valuable and happier. They achieve this to the extent that other people start to feel better each time they see the charismatic person, even from a distance.

Much of this is achieved by knowing when and how to listen and when and how to speak. These are skills that can be learned and should be learned by anyone who is serious at becoming successful.

The Passion

Charismatic people are passionate people.

Most people are ordinary. Their lives lack passion and direction. They are going nowhere, living the same year over and over again.

When ordinary people are put together with passionate people who have good communication skills, then the ordinary person gets a lift from the charismatic person's passion and confidence. They feel that by going along for the ride with this person their own dull life will be enhanced and they will be more important.

Charismatic people become the leaders. They set the trends. They have the inspired goals and sense of purpose that others lack.

Spend some time giving yourself a charisma makeover and success will suddenly become a whole lot easier for you.

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How to Be More Successful Emotionally

2011-11-11T03:10:00.000-08:00

If you are looking to be more emotionally successful you need to work on a few things. You should think about the way that you are living your life and if you need to change anything. It is important to make sure that you are always looking for better ways to improve your life and be the person that you want to be emotionally and physically.

You may need to change the way that you think. Put your mind in a better place and realize what is more important to you. Are you positive about most things? If not then this can be a very hard thing to overcome and change in your life. You may need to work on being more positive and not using the negative side of things all the time.

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Do not let others get you down? If you are always worried what others say about you then you will never be able to move on and do what you want to. You have to let worries of how others see you go and think about the good things. Do not live your life for others. You are the one that needs to be happy and you should worry about your own emotional happiness. This will come first.

Get out there and do what you have dreamed about doing. Being emotionally happy means that you are exercising your right to have fun and do what you have always wanted to do. You are the one that should think about what makes you happy and how you want to live your life. Think about the different things that you always wanted to try. If you are able to do these things and get something more out of life you are going to be happier emotionally and physically.

Live your life to the fullest each day. Do not let anything pass you up. If you have always wanted to try something you need to get out there and work on it. Think about the things that make you feel good about yourself and what you have wanted to try for a long time. If you get out there and use your abilities to make them happen you are going to be much happier and feel good about yourself.

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Help others feel good too. When you are able to show someone else the ability to live life to the fullest and be who he or she want to be you are going to feel good about yourself. This will help you realize that you are doing something for the sake of others and this will give you the emotional boost that you are looking for. It is going to be worth the time and the effort for you to take a chance and make someone feel great about whom they are.

Allow yourself some time to do things that you have always wanted to try. Never be afraid to go out there and do something different. Figure out something that you have never done before and that would make you feel good about who you are inside and out. Living life to the fullest will make you realize that you are not missing an opportunity and that you are getting out there and working hard to fix it all.

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Give yourself something to feel good about each day. List something that you did that was worth your time and made you feel good. You want to make sure that you do something every day that makes you realize that you are successful and exciting. When you do this you will see that your mindset is different and you are feeling successfully emotional wise each day.

How To Develop Self Confidence and Charisma.

2011-11-10T10:34:00.000-08:00

Can You Develop Charisma and Confidence?
What is charisma? What is Confidence? and How Can it Improve Your Life?
Where to begin. These two elements can change your life ten fold. Seriously without them you will often be overlooked and you may never get your turn to shine.
Charisma is that special thing that makes people instantly liked by someone.
Confidence gives you the courage to go for what you want.
If you possess charisma and confidence you are more likely to be hired for a job, close that business deal, or attract the partner that you desire.

Charisma is part of your personality. It is part of your whole makeup that you present to the world. Charisma is what helps you get what you want.

Can you develop charisma?
You bet you can! Anyone can develop charisma. It doesn't matter whether you are male or female, young or old you can increase your charisma ten fold in a very short time.

Charismatic people are self assured and confident. They can carry a conversation with anyone and they usually show respect to all. These traits are some of the personality traits that makes them totally irresistible.
With a bit of practise anyone can become more charismatic. The following tips are what can increase your appeal and make everyone notice you.
1. Develop your self confidence- Confident people achieve more. Develop your confidence through goal setting and meditation. Decide on how you want to present yourself to the world and go for it.
2. Use your body language to send strong messages- Stand tall and be proud of who you are and what you have already achieved. Hold eye contact with others and know that you are their equal.
3. Develop self respect and respect for others- Fine tune your manners and treat everyone with respect.
4. Become a winner- Expect to win and develop a winning mindset through meditation, visualisation and positive affirmations.

These things may sound very difficult to do but they are actually quite easy if you have the right tools.
You already possess some of the tools to increase your charisma you just need to learn to use them.

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Active Brains in Healing the Hidden Self

2011-11-09T15:16:00.000-08:00

The brain must stay active in order to function properly. When you keep an active brain, it makes thinking easier. In addition, clutter does not build up as much, which helps us to stay focused.

When the brain is disused, it causes ongoing emotional reactions. We begin to feel frustrated often because we repress and suppress important facts that make up a whole piece of a story we often try to recall about our history.

In addition, when the brain is non-active, often we dwell on negative emotions, which make up anger, fear, resentment, guilt, doubt, and so forth. The negative emotions will continue to build up, which often leads to overwhelming stress. In addition, the way we perceive things becomes fuzzy.

Keeping the brain active can help you avoid all these negative results. Daily we all can benefit from reading, writing, or enjoying any activity that forces us to use the brain. In fact, the more you use your brain the more your brain cells will expand. Studies have shown us that dying brain cells is the linking cause to death. The brain must replace new cells to replace dying cells.

The brain has natural functions that make up the subliminal, subconscious and unconscious mind. These parts surround the crown, center and lower district of the brain in which we can express a stringently distorted or excessively simplified part of the brain. The brain’s natural functions control our bodily functions, such as our lungs and blood so that these necessities move smoothly throughout our body and brain. When these elements of our human make up are interrupted, it is often because someone failed to keep the brain active.

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Understanding the brain is a key element that can help you realize the essentials of keeping the brain active. The more you use your brain, the more power you will develop. What results from expanded power? The ability to focus and heal the hidden self,

Our body and mind requires daily activities or exercise. Failing to exercise the body and mind will cause two things to occur. The chief two things that will occur are - the muscles and joints will start to degenerate, which ultimately affects the prime function that keeps you alive, your brain. The brain goes through atrophy, which makes it impossible for anyone to heal the hidden self.

Exercising the brain and body daily can expand your healing processes and self-development procedures. Our pathological processes can benefit if we set a goal to read, write or enjoy other activities daily that forces us to use the brain. By adding physical exercise to your plan, you can upshot your chances of healing the hidden self.

Keeping the brain energetic through activities is the secret to healing the hidden self. When the brain is active, often it reveals every bit and piece of information readily that you need to heal the hidden self. For instance, think of a time when you were fully aware of your surroundings, actions, behaviors, habits, words, et cetera. Think about what occurred at that time.

Most people do not experience this level of consciousness, yet those that do often find answers too many problems, since the active brain will reveal the secrets buried in the subliminal mind.

The way we perceive things that we observe, hear, smell, taste, et cetera all play a chief role in healing the hidden self as well. Take some time to review articles on perceptions to enhance your experience in keeping the brain active. Be sure, to look for articles online that provide you facts, especially when you are trying to understand perceptions.

How to Get Sexual Charisma and Keep Your Lover Drawn to You

2011-11-09T11:15:00.000-08:00

Do you want charisma in your life? Do you want to have people listen to you and do what you ask them to do? Do you want your love interest to be besotted with you? Well, charisma, thankfully, is something you can develop over time and it doesn't always have to be something you are born with. There are several tips to creating charisma in your life, here are just a few. 1. First of all, you need to be passionate about the things in your life. You need to take action to do the things you like because your passion for them will be contagious. That will build confidence in your decision from the view of others, and that then will raise your charisma in their eyes. 2. Embrace change and the unknown because that will make those who follow you see you as someone who is leading the charge and ready to make quick decisions. People respect that and a big part of charisma is earning the respect of those who follow you. This also means that you need to be willing to take risks. If you do not take risks, people may not want to follow you because charisma comes from confidence and confident people take risks. 3. Interact directly with your lover and people and be personal with them. If you shake hands and look directly into a person's eyes, you can make them feel as though they are the most important person in the world. It is a very important quality to have and something that can grow your charisma in the eyes of someone else. 4. Talk to yourself in the mirror and give yourself confidence. Tell yourself that you can do it, you can make good decisions and that people do listen to you. This may seem like a strange thing to do, but in fact it is a technique and tip that can work very well. You trust yourself, and if you are telling yourself you can do anything, you will believe it. Your confidence goes up, and by extension, your charisma increases. There are several tips for increasing your confidence and these are just a couple. These tips will help you increase your confidence as we have said, when your confidence goes up, so too will your charisma. Having high charisma will get people to follow you and listen to you and it will get people thinking that you know the right path to success. It will also increase your value and appeal in the eye's of your lover!

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What Is Charisma?

2011-11-08T11:12:00.000-08:00

Charisma is one of the most commanding traits one can have. The very first step to developing such a personality trait is defining and understanding it precisely.

The term �charisma� is a slippery one. Many people, scientists in various fields in particular, have tried to answer the question �What is charisma?� and there are as many definitions of charisma as there are people who have defined it.

The good news is that as different as the definitions may be, there is a common thread running through most of them which can help us better understand this trait.

Thus, most frequently, charisma is defined as a powerful magnetism that enables a person to connect to and influence others with ease. Words such as charm, aura and appeal are often used as approximate synonyms to charisma.

Many people in the world of politics, spirituality, corporate leadership and entertainment are considered as having a lot of charisma: from John F. Kennedy to Mahatma Gandhi, from Jack Welsh to Oprah Winfrey.

Their charisma is probably one of the key traits that enabled them to achieve their high status and to use it with high impact. Such examples of charismatic people are solid proof of the benefits this personality trait can provide.

This being said, the definition provided above is still only a vague description of personal charm which gives little clue to how it can be developed. The next essential step is understanding the specific skills, attitudes and behaviors that compose charisma, so one might try to consciously build them.

In the field of psychology, there have been such attempts is the past years. One of them describes personal charisma as the result of a constellation of social and emotional skills such as: emotional expressiveness, emotional control, social expressiveness and social control.

Whatever makes up charm, the clearer we understand it the more it becomes obvious that to a great extent, it can be developed. Most often, acquiring charisma in a conscious way does take a lot of consistent work, but if one desires to do so, the good news is that it is possible.

Eduard provides communication coaching and teaches people how to be charismatic. He also works with men with the nice guy syndrome and writes on his People Skills Decoded blog.

Be More Attractive Now! How to Get Celebrity Charisma and Sex Appeal (Fast!)

2011-11-07T02:52:00.000-08:00

Do you want charisma in your life? Do you want to have people listen to you and do what you ask them to do? Well, charisma, thankfully, is something you can develop over time and it doesn't always have to be something you are born with. There are several tips to creating charisma in your life, here are just a few. 1. First of all, you need to be passionate about the things in your life. You need to take action to do the things you like because your passion for them will be contagious. That will build confidence in your decision from the view of others, and that then will raise your charisma in their eyes. 2. Embrace change and the unknown because that will make those who follow you see you as someone who is leading the charge and ready to make quick decisions. People respect that and a big part of charisma is earning the respect of those who follow you. This also means that you need to be willing to take risks. If you do not take risks, people may not want to follow you because charisma comes from confidence and confident people take risks. 3. Interact directly with people and be personal with them. If you shake hands and look directly into a person's eyes, you can make them feel as though they are the most important person in the world. It is a very important quality to have and something that can grow your charisma in the eyes of someone else. 4. Talk to yourself in the mirror and give yourself confidence. Tell yourself that you can do it, you can make good decisions and that people do listen to you. This may seem like a strange thing to do, but in fact it is a technique and tip that can work very well. You trust yourself, and if you are telling yourself you can do anything, you will believe it. Your confidence goes up, and by extension, your charisma increases. There are several tips for increasing your confidence and these are just a couple. These tips will help you increase your confidence as we have said, when your confidence goes up, so too will your charisma. Having high charisma will get people to follow you and listen to you and it will get people thinking that you know the right path to success. That is what you want when you have charisma.

Powering ahead with charisma

2011-11-05T01:37:00.000-07:00

Success is 100% attitude. Having the attitude of a fighter, a warrior can be your most powerful and valuable asset towards reaching your goal. You must understand that despite very travail, setback, low periods, depression and temporary failure you encounter on the road to success, depending on your attitude, you will always reach your goal

It's been said time and again, it's not the setbacks that count, it's your attitude towards them that counts. You can always overcome any disappointments, climb the highest mountains, and traverse the steepest slopes if your attitude is that of resilience.

One of the most powerful facets of attitude is charisma. You can liken charisma to a catalyst that will greatly accelerate your pace and shorten your journey from visualization to conception.

Charisma is that irresistible power of attraction and persuasion that makes people trust you unflinchingly and wholeheartedly.

One very powerful effect charisma will guarantee you is a shortened realization cycle. If there's anything you want to avoid it should be the needless lengthening of your journey towards actualization. The longer your journey becomes, the more risk, error and failure prone, your dream becomes.

Charisma guarantees that your idea is effectively sold to others. Charisma opens the door of opportunity from sometimes seemingly impossible sources.

Sometimes your charisma will make strong admirers out of competitors and foes.

It is so important that you get the full impact f what charisma can bring to your life.

Let your charisma burn uncontrolled. Let it ignite your fires of passion and creativity. Let it become so infectious that everyone around you looks to you for inspiration.

This way you'll always gravitate you leadership of not only your social circle, but your business as well.

You will work harder, move faster, see clearer when your charisma is red hot. You will reach peak performance when your charisma is at its peak. Many of your most astounding and revolutionary ideas will come in the heat of burning charisma.

Granted, you will not always be burning at full strength but always strive to keep your charisma levels at full glow.

You'll get home faster and you'll achieve way more than your wildest imagination.

Providing sound, powerful and universal financial information is buck Shapiro's most intense passion.

After years accumulating raw business intelligence from numerous struggles, failures and successes, he finds immense fulfillment in sharing these powerful insights encompassing motivation, finances and business on his blog.

Leadership Communication Skills and Leadership Charisma

2011-11-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

Effective leadership communication is regarded by many leaders as being the most desirable leadership skill. This is understandable given that research has demonstrated that leaders spend 80% of their time communicating with clients, staff, investors, the media and other stakeholders.

A leader who has poor leadership communication skills will struggle to lead the organization, perform badly during media interviews and find it harder to establish respect, than a leader who is a great communicator.

Leadership Charisma

When people think of leaders who have strong leadership communication, Bill Clinton, Jack Welch, Steve Jobs and Barack Obama are just some of the names that come to mind. All four of these highly skilled leaders have that unquestionable ability to connect and mesmerize the masses that goes by the name of charisma. There is a popular belief that charisma is a natural quality that people either have or they don't. Scientists, however, have confirmed that whilst some individuals may have innate elements of charisma, much of charisma is made up of a set of behaviors that can be learned.

Charismatic leaders find it easier to

* Advance in their career.

* Develop relationships.

* Influence and persuade others.

* Steer an organization through stormy waters bringing the crew with them.

Charisma is an essential qualification for leadership, because merit and ability are rarely sufficient to progress through the ranks or steer the ship. Charisma is a 'people skill' and people skills are the now ultimate currency within organizations, particularly during these challenging times. It is for this reason that highly successful leaders often radiate charisma and those who don't, wish they did.

Charisma is sometimes regarded as a nebulous concept. You know it when you see it but asked to list the qualities that make up charisma and people usually get stuck describing it as 'personal magnetism', 'positive energy' or an 'aura'. They can even tell you the names of charismatic individuals (Clinton and Obama topped the polls) but they are unable to distill the charisma's distinct components.

The Ingredients of Leadership Charisma

The following characteristics, when combined together, will help ensure a leader is perceived as charismatic:

1. The ability to maintain a steady hand.

2. Self assuredness and confidence.

3. The expectance of acceptance.

4. Integrity.

5. Belief, conviction and certainty

6. Approachability

7. A willingness and determination to take the lead

8. A smile!

Whilst developing leadership charisma requires consistent practice, given that it is a common trait amongst the world's most successful leaders, clearly an investment in leadership coaching or a good leadership book is one worth making.

Martin Soorjoo is a communication expert, leading attorney, founder of Communication Downloads and author of The Black Book of Leadership Communication. Martin has had the privilege of working with some of the world's top leaders from business,law, banking and politics, including the late Robert Davies, Founder and CEO of the International Business Leaders Forum

How To Develop Your Charisma

2011-11-03T15:57:00.000-07:00

It's amazing how people simply have great social skills. It's quite envying to see people who could charm others quite easily and benefit from it. Charisma is a trait that many people desire to have. Many people think that charisma is a hereditary trait that only a few blessed ones can possess at birth. While charisma may not occur as quickly as it may be in some people, it can be developed and enhanced.

Charisma has been used quite frequently in recent years. However, not a lot of people know what it really means. Simply charm is not a complete definition, as charisma involves more than just having a pleasing personality. Charisma is the skill of being able to win people over and connecting to them intellectually, physically, and emotionally. At some point, it can be a form manipulation; but in a more normative situation, it can simply involve reaching others effectively.

How do you develop charisma?

Even if you do not seem to have been born with the knack to influence people, you can still develop your charisma. To do this, you must conquer three aspects in human relations - the physical, emotional, and intellectual aspects.

The physical aspect of charisma involves the things that can be seen in a person. For some people, this is inborn. Being tall and having a large built can impose authority upon people, and project charisma. While not all people are gifted with an imposing physique, it is still quite possible to present yourself confidently in a physical manner. This is where impression comes in. The powers of the first impression have been stressed in several conversations and publications simply because presenting yourself is a key factor in commanding an influential presence. Who would be engaged with a sloppily dressed monster? Perhaps nobody, but other monster themselves. To conquer the physical aspect of charisma, you should be able to dress decently and strongly. Flashy clothes may not work for some, but clean cut and elegant apparel is enough. This, with the best accessory - a nice smile - can be quite impressive and will help develop your charisma.

The emotional dimension of charisma involves empathy and compassion. This could be done by training in relational skills. This could also be achieved by practicing good public speaking with persuasion and conviction. You should be a good listener and know how to focus on others. This would make others feel in harmony with you.

To capture people intellectually, you should act with knowledge and wisdom. People like believing in people who are knowledgeable or at least appear to be knowledgeable. Reading pays well. It is useful to be informed in various fields of interests, as this engages people well. This also gives you a sense of credibility. You can also take classes and advanced studies. An ultimate way of showing intellect is by teaching or training others.

Charisma is a very useful trait that can be a great advantage for you. Charisma may not be acquired overnight, but it certainly can be learned in time. Just remember that charisma encompasses the physical, emotional, and intellectual realm, so that you may be able to reach people in and of different levels.

Each one of us already possesses that magnetic appeal other people feel attracted to. Find out more at the authors website at: http://www.charisma.improvementtower.com

Hypnosis for Charisma � 3 Tips to Invite Charisma and Its Many Wonders Into Your Life

2011-11-02T20:42:00.000-07:00

Develop charisma that no one, not your boss or employees, not your customers and potential clients, can resist. Charisma is an important ingredient in achieving success. It is the ability to send out strong positive signals to those around you so they get a feel of your confidence and get somehow attracted to you. When a charismatic person walks into a room, the room just seems to light up. Somehow, you are thought of as exciting and charming, and people are able to believe and put their trust in you easily.

Unfortunately, most people regard charisma as a gift that is not bestowed on everyone. Some people accept that some, like leaders and politicians, simply have charisma running in their veins, and that the rest of us are born to be followers and can never achieve the same level of power and influence over other people. That�s not entirely true. There are ways to build a magnetic personality and have plenty of charisma to spread around wherever you go.

1. Visualize your life if you have more charisma. Think about what extra charisma can do for you and how it can change your life. Think about all the opportunities and possibilities that will open up to you if you have a natural charm bursting out from you. With charisma, you can get higher up in the office hierarchy and easily snatch that leadership position you�ve always been eyeing. With more charisma, you will not just meet your sales quota but even exceed it. With more charisma, that promotion is just within reach.

Visualizing can help motivate you and back you up with positive reinforcements to strengthen your desire. These positive visuals will plant positive feelings about charisma in your mind.

2. Get hypnotized. Do you know that you can develop more charisma through hypnosis? Imagining the benefits of charisma in your life is easy, but we are so often bombarded with negative thoughts and poor self image that keep us from attaining full confidence, which is important in developing charisma. Hypnosis, however, bypasses conscious thoughts and can recognize these negative feedback as barriers that need to be broken down and replaced.

Hypnosis replaces your negative thoughts with positive subliminal messages that the brain instantly absorbs. You don�t have to enroll in public speaking lessons in order to gain more charisma. Hypnosis can go right to the heart of the issue and plant positive messages in your mind. And once these messages are embedded in your personality, they will come out and affect your actions and behavior.

3. Buy a hypnosis CD. There are many therapists skilled at hypnotherapy that can help you with hypnosis for charisma. But if you want lasting effect without having to pay a lot for every hypnosis session, just invest in a good hypnosis CD. A hypnosis CD for building charisma is designed to send positive energies to your subconscious. Once these energies get absorbed by your personality, it eventually comes out so other people will see it too.

Look for trusted providers of such hypnosis tools. There are some websites that allow instant downloads with money back guarantee.

Nelson Berry is the Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Videos and Subliminal MP3s Audio Subliminal Messages online. Valued at $160, click for 4 Free Subliminal messages!

S*ex and Charisma... How to Write Copy that Uses it to Increase Your Sales

2011-11-01T03:18:00.000-07:00

Picture this...

One summer Sunday afternoon, four guys in their thirties were relaxing with a few beers watching the cricket at the local pub. They were having a great time "downing scooners", yelling out their own play-by-play commentary of the televised proceedings.

When the cricket match stopped for lunch, two beautiful, blonde, promotions girls walked into the bar. They walked up to the guys and the most scantily clad of the two leant over them and said, "Hi fellas. Having a great time?", with a big smile and a flirtatious look. "Would any of you like to buy a can of the new X brand Bourbon?"

Six sets of eyes popped out of their owner's heads and you could hear them all saying, "Yep. Yep. I'll 'ave one." (I've cleaned up the language a little).

After the girls had gone and all of the "ogling" had finished, one of the blokes said to the others, "Anyone want my bourbon? I hate the stuff."

The responses from around the table were...

"Nahh mate! Can't stomach it either. It's rubbish."
"Nahh, not me either."
"Nope. I'll stick with me beer."

Now, why did six guys each buy a can of Bourbon when they each knew they didn't like the drink?

... because they were attracted to the person selling it.

I'm sure you've seen or been in similar situations before... when you have bought a product or service simply because you liked the person selling it NOT because it was the best product for your needs.

It's true, sex sells every day of the week and so does charisma.

Have you ever been to a party and seen a certain person walk into the room and the whole crowd stops and takes notice?

Someone who owns the room. Someone who is captivating to listen to. Captivating to watch.

Someone who radiates this aura of power yet approachability and at the same time appears to be really "into you".

Everyone likes this person. You know the type of person I'm talking about.

Now - imagine that person is YOU as seen through the words you write on a page. Your copy exudes charisma.

Charisma is something that works really well in copy.

If you can make your copy so charismatic that your reader thinks of you as their new best friend, how many extra responses do you think your marketing material will produce? A lot.

With direct response copy YOU as the writer have the power to seduce your audience so they want to buy YOU and not just the product.

I'm sure you have seen charismatic or "sexy" businesses that draw in customers like ants to a breadcrumb.

You know the ones... the businesses that have an intoxicating brand.
Virgin Blue and most of the Virgin companies have a sexy image. Many people want to be Virgin customers just because they love the Virgin brand. The product itself (in many cases) isn't that special. They're buying the cheeky, adventurous Virgin image.

How to Add Charisma to Your Copy

In the last lesson, we talked about how some sales occur purely because of the great level of rapport between the salesperson and the consumer (or in the case of the Bourbon... sexual attraction).

Obviously, this only happens in some sales situations. In most situations, a combination of both happen... the consumer buys the benefits of the product as well as the relationship with the salesperson.
In this lesson, you will discover why that is and how you can apply these secrets in your writing.

It's about building rapport on paper.

With that, I'd like to introduce you to the teachings of a man who has done more to influence the way we communicate tha anyone on the face of the planet. He was the father of the self-help movement. In fact, an industry began as a result of his efforts.

The man I'm talking about is Dale Carnegie, the author of the immortal book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

Through his public speaking and self-confidence seminars, Dale Carnegie taught people the art of getting people to like them... the art of communicating in a way that gets heard... of building rapport and showing respect for others.

Master these principles and use them in your copy and you will have your reader's undivided attention.

Here is an example of just some of Dale Carnegie's teachings as listed in his book (and yes, it's another "must read").

Six Ways to Make People Like You

Principle 1: Become genuinely interested in other people.
Principle 2: Smile.
Principle 3: Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Principle 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Principle 5: Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
Principle 6: Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

Source: "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie, Chancellor Press

They make sense, don't they?

Pull away our masks and you will find that underneath it all, we are all the same. We all want the same thing.

After all, we want to know that we matter. We all want to be happy. And we all want to be loved.

As a copywriter, if you can show people that they do matter... that you do care; you will have won a friend. Simple as that.

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Persuasion Charisma: The Power of Authority

2011-10-31T00:34:00.000-07:00

Today, since you are in this era of rapid change, you need to develop and master the art and science of persuasion to be able to succeed. Only one word can define and give you a rapid success in your life.

This is charisma. Charisma was defined to be the ability to inspire interest, to inspire enthusiasm or affection in others. But for the modern meaning, this word was defined as the power of leadership and authority.

Here, you need to learn the power of your charisma that can take you to your success.

The first thing you need to do is to get people to like you. I guess it is fact that no one ever wanted to talk or even listen to the person they don't like. You will just get annoyed by them. This why it must be your first move to allow your prospects to like you the first time they meet you. It is the way to start getting their attention to listen to what you are going to tell them.

Next is showing your sincerity and honesty. In business and sales, we cannot deny the fact that there are lots of dishonesty and insincerity. This is because this people are trying to hold on to their business even though they need to cheat. But with this persuasion charisma, you can hold on till you reach your goal. You just need to be honest and sincere to all your negotiations. With this sincerity and honesty, you can build a strong foundation of trust.

Next is finding the common interest between you and your prospects. This is creating sync with your prospects. Similarities can create and build deeper and strong relationship with others. And it is very easy to comfort each other if you both have the same likes. When people finds comfort with you they usually take much more time to talk and listen to you.

Another persuasion charisma is to have an authority over your field. This means that you need to be more expert in your field. The more you showed them your expertise, the greater the percentage of closing the deal with a big 'YES'. Expertise is really needed because most clients and customers needs to know more about your product or services so they will ask you a lot of question and you need to answer those question straight without pausing.

And lastly, you need to be passionate on what you are doing. Being passionate is showing a strong feeling and desire for something. Always remember that this is the key to motivating others. Sometimes, other people are motivated because of what they see from other people. Passionate is very contagious and infectious to other people around you.

Michael Bahian is trained by the most well known experts in the art and power of persuasion, Kenrick Cleveland. Check out the newest developments at http://www.MAXpersuasion.com and learn how to get what you want.

Developing Charisma: Your Hidden Charisma

2011-10-30T08:41:00.000-07:00

Do you ever look at someone and he or she seems to be a people magnet? People, both men and women, seem to gravitate to him or her. He or she does not seem to do anything special, yet people flock to his or her side, hanging on to their every word. You feel like a wallflower as you quietly blend into the woodwork wondering, "What does he or she have that I don't?" That answer is simple, he or she has been developing their charisma.

Charisma is a combination of many factors, all of which anyone can attain. Some people just naturally have charisma bubbling all along the surface, easily accessible while others have to dig pretty deep to find theirs. However, it is possible to bring your charisma to the surface and let it start working for you. Become more popular socially. Be better respected at work. All it takes is a little know-how and a little belief that you can do it.

Have a Passionate Nature

Actions speak louder than words. Do not just talk it, DO it. Pursue your life with a passion and zeal that is unmatched. Remove passivity and negativity from your life. It is OK to get excited.

Accept What You Can Not Change

If there is something that you do not like or that upsets you, assess the situation. Can you do anything about it? Can you control it either directly or indirectly? If not, then move on. Accept the things that you can't change or control.

Control Your Destiny

Take charge of your life. Figure out what you want from life, set your goals and go for it. Pursue your goals with a passion. This is one area of your life that you can control. Stop reacting and start making things happen. Act with positivity and remove all negativity from your life.

Find the Humor

A developed sense of humor is important for your charisma as well as just functioning in society. Humor can also help you keep your sanity in tough situations. If you can look at things from the humorous standpoint, you will be healthier emotionally, but also physically.

Believe

The simplest step is often the most difficult for people to attain because it involves confidence. You have to believe in yourself. Believe that you can achieve what you wish to attain. Believe that you can shed your life of the negativity and draw people and success to you. Believe that you are worth the good things.

The base of charisma lies in self-confidence. A person who exudes an air of confidence is more attractive that the person in the corner who has no confidence at all.

When you have confidence, you move in a different way, carry yourself differently, speak differently and thing differently. The thing is that people pick up on that. They are drawn to the person who is strong, secure and confident. They are like moths to a light and you are the light. If you turn this power around and use it to help others attain charisma, you will find that it increases your own. By lifting others you lift yourself.

Read part two of "Developing Charisma". Click the link to learn even more about developing charisma.

How To Increase Your Charisma

2011-10-29T06:50:00.000-07:00

We often wonder why there are certain individuals we simply abhor. While there are certain individuals that we simply love without no apparent reason at all.

We wonder why someone as violent as Charles Manson even after he was convicted with the Tate murders still hold control over his many followers. While someone as good natured as Vic Bugloisi (Manson's prosecution lawyer) was hated by Manson's many followers?

Ah, charisma! Some people have it, some people don't. What is it about charisma, that whether a person has it or not, everyone cannot contest the fact that it gives a person the "edge" over someone else. Charisma, is defined by Webster as a "quality that enables a person, especially a leader to capture the interest, devotion, and confidence of others."

What is it about charisma than puts the "wrong" person in the spotlight and the right person by the sidelines? Well, some says that there are individuals who are followed because they are feared and still, there are others that are followed because they are revered or have inspired their followers.

We must admit that we sometimes want to have that same effect on other people. To attract them is such a way that they might as well form a fans club for us. We long for even that of a simple effect that we attract people by our sides or that they gather around us when we speak.

There are simple steps to improving our charisma. Charisma is first developed by a good relationship with a number or certain people. Try to maintain this relationship a certain number of people, because in the future, these same people are the ones who can spread the word about you (if you plan to have a larger number of followers) Charismatic people are witty people. They are people who have the ability to say the right words at the right time. Remember that these two things go hand in hand. Without the other,, trying to improve your charisma is futile, because even the right words can seem inappropriate if delivered at the wrong time.

Confidence is also one thing. When we stutter all the time and forget the words or pause to reassure mostly ourselves than our audience, they will tend to think that you don't really know what you are talking about.

Good looks is not a requirement but it will help all the more. In Manson's case, he just didn't have a steady number of followers, he also have a steady number of women he can sleep with. When one thinks about it, most of his followers are women, this is because Charles Manson is one heck of a hunk. You'd look at him and won't think that this man is a serial killer. I mean, how could he?! With his boyish looks and those adorable eyes, he kind of looks like James Dean, and no! James Dean look alikes are no serial killers. Well, that what everyone thought until the court found him guilty of killing several people. Good outward appearance can help make someone do a 180 and notice you. This is where it can all start, before you can build a relationship with people or before you can have some loyal followers who actually believes in the things that you say, you first have to make them notice you and start a conversation with you. Or at least notice you enough, so that when you start a conversation with them, they will not hesitate to talk to you.

These are three simple steps in improving your charisma. These things will help you to be noticed when you're in a crowd, it will help you have friends and/or people who believe and enjoys the same things with you. Now, if you plan to take over some country or the world, you would need a lot more of this. If you want a Charles Manson or Adolf Hitler charisma, you better get up and start researching the library, because I'm afraid I cant help you with that.

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How To Develop Charisma And Be A Charismatic Person In 3 Easy Steps

2011-10-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

Charisma is a very powerful aphrodisiac indeed. It can smooth out any troublesome negotiation, convince a person to bind himself to another in marriage, and even get powerful people to support a certain cause. Surely, you can also see all the advantages of learning how to develop charisma!

Charisma does not choose any age. You can be 5 and have all the charisma in the world. You can be 60 and still be able to charm everyone around you. So if you want to learn how to develop charisma, read on.

Step 1: Know Your Key Characteristic.

Much of a person's charisma has something to do with a definite characteristic. Some are deemed irresistible because of their voices. Others are charismatic because of their zest for life.

If you want to learn how to develop charisma - your original own, anyway - you need to figure out what your key characteristic is. What is it about you that makes you so you? Is it your enchanting eyes? Or your lazy drawl? Is it the way you look straight into other people's eyes?

Find your own key characteristic and work it so that people will always notice it first.

Step 2: Make Your Presence Felt.

Have you ever heard people say that someone has incredible presence? Well, they're surely talking about how a person can stand out in a room full of people; or how when a person enters a room, all eyes are suddenly on him.

If you want to know how to develop charisma, you also need to know how to enhance your presence. Do this by keeping your back straight and your eyes confident. Someone once said that a beautiful woman walking into a coffee shop might make you look up, but that a confident woman walking through the doors will really make you sit up and take notice. This, of course, applies to both men and women.

Step 3: Learn To Carry A Conversation.

You'd be surprised to know just how few the people in your circle can carry a good conversation. If you want to know how to develop charisma, you must also develop a flair for words.

You don't have to be a walking dictionary to be considered a good conversationalist. You need only to feel at ease with talking and sharing your opinions. It would also help if you always update yourself on the latest news topics in town.

And of course, focus the conversation more on the other person and less on you. Even if they don't admit it, people are much more interested to talk about themselves and their interests than on others'.

Those who learn how to develop charisma early on in their life have an easier time sailing through obstacles. Basically, they can charm themselves in and out of almost everything. Now that you've read this article, you too can breeze through life.

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Charisma - do you have it?

2011-10-27T06:20:00.000-07:00

Charisma comes from the Greek root word, �Charis�, which means �grace or gift�. The belief is that the gods breathe into you, a special spirit. Charisma is an energy that can have a positive effect, or a highly disruptive negative impact. It attracts jealousy, and in extreme cases even loathing, from those who don�t have it. If it�s resident as a spark, it can be fanned into a flame. If it�s not there � well, it isn�t ever going to be!

I was talking about charisma on radio one night. Saying pretty much what I�ve said here. Someone called me on my mobile phone literally the minute I left the studio, to ask, �Do you think I have charisma?� I obeyed the Eastern dictum of �tell the truth in the way that commits least injury�, and replied with a non-answer, along the lines of, �Your patients love you � you must have some charisma.� What went through my mind though, was that if as an adult, you have to phone someone to ask if you have charisma, the answer is pretty self-evident.

You may however, like my young goddaughter, be unaware that you have charisma. And like her, be sincerely amazed at the degree of competitiveness, antagonism or hostility your energy-shifting presence causes in some circles. When people are deeply conservative, intellectually or emotionally constrained and restrained, they will frequently, if not always, interpret the impact of your charisma as a negative, threatening, dislocating force.

Good leaders all have charisma. It�s what attracts people to them. �Spellbinding, enthralling, captivating, riveting�, are words that are often used to describe a charismatic person. Repelling people is the occasional opposite and negative effect of charisma.

Charisma isn�t necessarily explicit, loud, vibrant or visible. It may be a quiet, compelling force emanating from someone with unobtrusive behaviour, speech or mannerisms. I�m reminded of a worldwide ad agency group CEO, speaking to us years ago on a training program. His was such a quiet but compelling, presence. He spoke softly - sometimes so softly you almost had to strain to hear him. But you absolutely couldn�t � and didn�t � want to ignore him. Not because of his position, or power, but because of his presence.

Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has it. Nelson Mandela�s birth name reflected in advance that he would have it � Rolihlala in isiXhosa, means �he who stirs up trouble.� In this case of an extremely positive kind! �Brother Leader�, the quixotic and seriously daft Muammar Gaddafi, has it. Adolph Hitler had it in evil bucket loads. Clinton has it, Tony Blair hasn�t. Maggie Thatcher has it, John Major doesn�t. Golda Meir had it, Ariel Sharon doesn�t. It�s something that leaps out of your television set. Love �em or hate �em, you�ll notice when they have it.

Tim Sikyea, a native Canadian medicine man, described the gift of healing being given to someone, like this: �When you are given the gift of healing, the Wise Ones put a beetle in your stomach. The beetle feeds on the pain and suffering of other people. The day you stop feeding the beetle with the suffering of others, it starts to consume you.�

What we often see in charismatic individuals is that they forget the gift is in trust and for the benefit of others. Accompanying personal magnetism, comes great responsibility. When people use the force for self-adulation, the beetle starts its slow work. The gift will drive them mad, or it will become a force for evil. You will remember the medium, and miss the message.

If you�re aware that you have charisma, treat it like a radioactive isotope that has been put in your trust - with respect and awareness of its power to heal or harm � depending on how it is applied.

Charisma doesn�t require good looks, height, a great voice or some other distinctive feature. It is its own driving force � independent of other attributes, which often have to function in concert, to have an impact.

Many organizations and corporates pay lip service to respect for diversity. But it�s almost a given, that the day someone with charisma walks through the door, the organization will mount an �immune system response�. It sets out to crush or kill the �invading� foreign organism or bacterium, overwhelm it, and pull it into line with �normal� cellular function. It takes deeply insightful leaders to accept and nurture charismatic employees. Most commonly the charismatic ones give up the fight against mediocrity, and go off and do their own thing.

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The Concert

2011-10-26T10:35:00.000-07:00

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When the house lights dimmed and the concert
was about to begin, the mother returned to
her seat and discovered that the child was missing
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights
focused on the impressive Steinway on stage.
To her horror, the mother saw her little boy
sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out
'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.'
At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and
whispered in the boy's ear,
'Don't quit .. . . keep playing.'
Then, leaning over , Paderewski reached
down with his left hand and began filling
in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached
around to the other side of the child,
and he added a running obbligato.
Together, the old master and the young novice
transformed what could have been a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience.
The audience was so mesmerized that they couldn't recall what else the great master played.
Only the classic,
' Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.'
Perhaps that's the way it is with God.
What we can accomplish on
our own is hardly noteworthy.
We try our best, but the results aren't always
graceful flowing music. However, with the
hand of the Master, our life's
work can truly be beautiful.
The next time you set out to accomplish great feats,
listen carefully. You may hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your
ear,
'Don't quit . . . Keep playing.'
May you feel His arms around you and
know that His hands are there, helping you
turn your feeble attempts into true masterpieces.
Remember, God doesn't seem to
call the equipped, rather, He equips the 'called.'
Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than by the things you acquire. So touch someone by passing this little message along.
May God bless you and be with
you always!
and
remember ,
'Don't quit .. . . Keep playing.'

10 Ways to increase your sales motivation

2011-10-23T05:57:00.000-07:00

Driving a sale can be a pretty difficult task. Rather than selling a product you have to sell an idea. This requires sales motivation. For this reason, the champion salesperson of any organization is among the most highly respected people in the corporate rung and looked up for sales motivation. Well! Sale and finance may never see head to head but finance team knows that each structural planning may turn out to be a farce if there is not the right kind of sale push driven by sales motivation.

As a sales person, if you want your company to do well, then ensure that your sales motivation is on a high. Motivated salesmen do a far better job of selling products. Let's take up a few ways of enhancing sales motivation.

Always look to learn- never be shy of the learning process, the more you become aware, the more you become confident and determined, it will give fillip to the sale process and add to sales motivation.

Improvise- do not always follow the herd mentality. Look to improvise on certain occasions. Think beyond the box for sales motivation

Carry burdens on your shoulder- try taking more onus than being expected of you. Once you feel responsibility, you will automatically feel like being part of the system and will be driven by sales motivation.

Try making meaningful contributions- if you contribute in real essence, your self esteem will rise. This will motivate you towards more sales providing you sales motivation.

Do not look for reward, they will come - though rewards are always attached to labor, you look to the labor part of the job. Unselfish labor reaps the biggest rewards in regards to sales motivation.

Look for a sense of purpose to drive sales motivation - if you have a direction and a focus, if you know which way to make the leap, then you will stand a better chance of doing well through sales motivation.

Make short term goals for sales motivation- short-term goals are higher on perspective; you can concentrate more and create more planned avenues. Once there is method, there will have sales motivation and you will make a decent job of the sale process.

Be a team person driven by sales motivation - if you are part of the team dynamics you learn to assume collective responsibilities. This helps in feeling like a person with some task on hand. Of course, such a feeling is a great for sales motivation.

For sales motivation look at the macro idea of a plan- look for the bigger picture. Your vision will drive you towards sales motivation.

Don't shy away from risks- if you be a rabbit, the cat will jump from behind. Be a tiger on the prowl. Take your risks; the feeling of adventure will provide you with sales motivation.

- An experienced motivational speaker.
- Founder of Business Motivation Guide

Increase your Team Motivation

2011-10-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

Team motivation is one of the most crucial factors that decide the fate of a team in workplace or elsewhere. Till date, team motivation has not been much valued by traditional organization. However, the contemporary scene is quite different. Nowadays, organization are taking the role of team motivation quite seriously and also attribute team motivation as one of the make-or-break factors that contribute to the growth and development of an organization.

Modern day experts consider team motivation as a part of team education. They also believe that those teams that share knowledge amongst themselves as a part of their team motivation recourse at the time of expanding their knowledge horizon shine better in their respective field of action. Also, there is no greater education other than team motivation.

Now coming to talk of the intricacies involved in team motivation, let's find explore the essential factors that determine team motivation:

Purpose: The first factor, rather the most important factor that determines team motivation is a rock-solid purpose. If you don't have a purpose or an aim, you will never be able to consider yourself a part of the team and thus make an essential contribution to team motivation. Again when you are asked to participate in a temporary job, it's essential that you share a keen interest in the job and share enough team motivation to perform the same. If your interests or expertise is not in sync with the rest of the team, you may never be able to perform the job well and bring about a decrease in the levels of team motivation.

Challenge: This is yet another crucial factor that determines team motivation. In human lives, we are only moved to action when a challenge is posed in front of us. Almost all rewarding team experience stories result from some challenging team motivation exercise. Again, team motivation can be negatively affected by the level of challenge. If a challenge is too tough and the team realizes that it's not something that can be easily achieved, a significant downfall of team motivation can be witnessed.

Responsibility: Team motivation is a lot about responsibility. If all the members in the team are responsible enough and make regular contributions to team motivation in the form of information and communication exchange, group debates, words of encouragement, positive criticism, and so on, team motivation is bound to bear fruitful results over time.

To conclude, team motivation is all about a team with a definite purpose; ability to face challenges, and take responsibility of individual and team actions.

- An experienced motivational speaker.
- Founder of Business Motivation Guide

5 Easy Tips on How to Motivate Yourself

2011-10-21T02:58:00.000-07:00

Motivation is one of the keys to determining success or failure in life, so it is no wonder that many people ask how to motivate yourself. It is not enough to know motivation is so important in life, as it can be hard to motivate yourself to work.

If you are finding it hard to find a way to motivate yourself, then you need to do something about it today, not tomorrow � no more putting it off.

Now finding your motivation is often personal, so here are 5 different tips to motivate yourself. Explore each option and see if one will help you motivate yourself to work.

Consider these tips to motivate yourself today:

1. Goal setting

Often the answer to how to motivate yourself is to set a goal. Lack of motivation is often a symptom of not having a goal. After all, if you don't know where you are going, how are you going to get there?

One way of doing this (especially when you have a large goal) is to break it down into smaller manageable tasks that can each be seen as a separate goal.

This helps motivate yourself to work, as each task completed is an achievement and you can see the manifestation of your hard work.

2. Make your tasks more exciting

A motivation killer is the thought that an everyday task is going to be tedious or boring. It is a natural human response to try to avoid tasks like this. However, you can defeat this mentality by making a task more exciting and more of a challenge.

Think about ways that you carry out this task more efficiently and make it a competition to better how quickly you've completed the task last time. Remember when the task is completed you can move on, or treat yourself.

3. Think more positively

Thinking positively is one the favorite tips to motivate yourself. This is because negative thoughts do contribute a lot to a lack of motivation. So when you are looking at how to motivate yourself, thinking positively and getting rid of negativity is a good start.

When you catch yourself getting down, look for the silver lining. It is there, however hard it is to spot at first.

4. Become accountable for your progress

To help you keep motivated and on your chosen path, evaluate your progress on a daily or weekly basis, and ask yourself how can I improve on what I have done, so that next week (or tomorrow) you can motivate yourself to work harder.

Sometimes it is hard to keep yourself accountable, in which case ask someone else to check in on you, so that you are accountable to them.

5. Make a life change

If you think that you have exhausted all the tips to motivate yourself, that are out there and still can't find a way on how to motivate yourself, then perhaps it's time to look deeper into why you might be feeling this way.

It could be that your current life goals are not in tune with your dreams and desires and you need to reassess them and make new goals that are more attuned to your true desires.

More tips to motivate yourself include keeping it in the front of your mind that �the time is now� and banishing procrastination into yesterday!

When you have learned how to motivate yourself, your days become more happy, as you have lots of achievements under your belt, you suffer from less stress and ultimately you are more fulfilled

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Money as a Motivator

2011-10-20T23:45:00.000-07:00

It is a fact that for a living, food, shelter and clothes are needed. To get all these necessities one has to possess money. This is a great truth that one cannot deny. Money is an indispensable thing like oxygen for survival which can buy anything to everything in this world. It is therefore a precious thing of our life and belongings. Money makes the world go round, and nowhere is this more true than in the workplace. With money, all the necessities including luxuries can be bought for living as well as enjoying life. This is the sole reason why money attracts people, exhibiting its novel character of being a great motivator at work places. Everyone work to earn and get money and better wages can induce or motivate workers to do the best. Employers know that money is one of the best motivators. However, are bonuses or cash awards always the best way to reward employees? There are some circumstances where money is the best recognition for extra work, there are other times it is inappropriate. ? The primary reason why people have to work is because of money. People are motivated by money the most, and cash is a fair and effective way for management to show appreciation to hardworking staff. Employers know this, and many companies reward outstanding employees with bonuses and cash rewards for good work. ? But, in the same time this is demeaning, trivializing, and bad for morale. People are motivated by different things. Some employees have financial goals, others have professional goals, and others have personal goals. So, money alone cannot work for achieving everything. Since every person is motivated by something different, money may not work for every employee. Some people have motivation from within or intrinsically. These people do not often need rewards or encouragement to keep them motivated to complete or finish a task. They have the mind set to succeed. Others are extrinsically motivated, or need outside forces to keep them interested in completing a chore or tasks. These are the people that need a lot of encouragement, rewards or praise in order to stay motivated to complete a task. ? ? ? ? Money awards are effective ?Hunger is the greatest motivational force.Money is the tool to achieve many things in life. If you sum up them all, money does assume a great importance. ?Money motivates people, and extra money motivates people to work extra. ? Employees compete to raise productivity or standards. ?It is not always possible to promote people, so money is a simple way to reward workers. Money is acceptable for all workers - some may not appreciate a particular present, or some gifts may be insulting. ?Money often plays an important role in someones decision to join or leave a company. ? Money is only sometimes effective, or sometimes does not work ? ?If employees are highly paid, money may not be sufficient. They may prefer other benefits, such as an award ceremony or dinner, a club membership, a travel ticket, a car, a window office, etc. Money may set employees against each other, leading to conflict in the office. It may be difficult to determine the standard or basis for the decision to award the employee. Employees may feel forced to compete. ? Money is not effective ? ?Employees work for a salary - they do not want to perform like circus animals if paid more. Money trivializes work, which for many professional employees should be its own reward. The amount may not bear relation to what the employee does. ?If the employer finds it motivating to award money, perhaps the salaries are too low. ?There are many other ways to motivate employees such as appreciation, admiration, performance recognition, fringe benefits, job security, personal growth, good atmosphere, top technologies, interesting products or well-organized processes ?etc. ?Empowering workers with responsibility, respecting personal boundaries, recognizing employees as valued resources and creating supportive relationships will go further than just a pay increase towards satisfying employees. ? Happy, motivated employees who clearly know what is expected of them and who are given the opportunity to learn and grow in their careers are much more likely to make long-term commitments to their place of work. There is no requirement of motivating them by money. ? ? ? CONCLUSION ? Money is the greatest motivator for those people who want it to be because if people go around living and breathing for money than it is. Everyone does need money to survive but you dont need a lot of it to survive because there are some people in this world who can survive with Rs.500 to Rs.1000 in their pockets. Lets say that there is a stock broker or a wall-street banker, they live it and breathe it, they make commissions or get promoted with every correct quote or point or how much money is in their bank - that's what motivates them, and the same goes for someone who grew up badly, their motivation is to make it any way possible by making a name for themselves and staying on top; never wanting to return to their past life. A person who is comfortable living the simple life and simply surviving, they may not want to change their lifestyle because they think that money is the root of all evil or are scared of success, period or afraid of losing them self in the money but money can be a motivator but it depends on your outlook on money and what you personally want to do with it or where you want to go.

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Ways to Get and Keep Yourself Motivated

2011-10-19T15:35:00.000-07:00

We all need motivation. Even if you are already a very successful person, you also need motivation. After a while success can be very dull, if you don't add fuel into your motivation, your engine will stop gradually. You certainly don't want to waste what you have achieved and start all over again, right? So, how do you keep motivating yourself?

Of course, the same thing applies to those who are yet to reach success, you may find one disappointment after another, how do you then keep yourself motivated and keep chasing your goals? Hopefully, the tips we are going to share with you in this article can help you to keep motivated.

Let's get started... shall we?

The first thing you need to do to motivate yourself is set a goal for yourself each day. It doesn't have to be a BIG goal. For example, if you are selling affiliate products online, you can set your goal to sell 1 product each day or aim to make $10 a day. And then you increase it to 2 sales a day. The key to setting a successful goal is to gradually increase your results.

You must aim to get some results, however small, because results can motivate you. Then try to increase your result gradually. Keep in mind that you will experience setbacks but they are part of success. You should, therefore, focus on getting results, not the setbacks. That is how you keep yourself motivated and move forward each day.

But, what if you have too much to do in a day and you're so overwhelmed by it all that you can't get started because you don't know where to start? The simple solution is to make a schedule for the day. If you have 10 things to do that day, list them all and designate a certain amount of time to each item and schedule a time frame for completing each item. Try to stay within your schedule but don't worry about it if you fall behind. Just the fact that you keep working means that you're motivating yourself. You may not finish everything for that day. That's okay.

Another great tip I can share with you about motivation is to visualize your success. But do this in such away that you don't drift yourself into day dreaming because this can end up wasting your time and getting nothing at the end. You can also cut out a picture of something that you want to buy, a sport car for example, and then stick the picture on the wall in front of your work desk.

If you really need motivation to work at your business, take a look at your bills that are lying on the dining room table. When you see how much money you owe you should be more than motivated to go out and make some money. Debt is a great motivation.

It's not always easy to get motivated. But if you put your mind to it and keep working at it, eventually you will find it becomes a lot easier to get up each day and do your job, whatever that job is.

Another way to keep motivated is to read a self improvement or success book. You can also read magazines that feature successful people. You can also attend seminars that can help to motivate you. Also, make sure that you surround yourself with positive people and stay away with negative people. Negative people are very bad as they can drag you down and beat your self-esteem level to the lowest.

To summarize, we all need motivation. Without motivation, we will stop working and stop chasing our goals. But you should also schedule time for fun and recreation, all works no fun is not good as it can destroy your motivation. You should work hard but you should also play hard because life is not all about works, there are your family that you need to take care of and there are friends you need to keep in touch with.

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Motivation to Exercise and Motivation to Succeed in Life

2011-10-18T20:39:00.000-07:00

Motivation to Exercise or motivation to succeed in anything, even beyond fitness, is not something always easily attainable. Fitness, nutrition, and weightlifting are all ventures in life that do not come without sacrifices or struggles. How one overcomes these challenges demonstrates their true dedication and heart and will be a deciding factor in their ultimate motivation. Motivation to work out and even motivation to succeed in life are two of the most important feelings an individual should feel at some point in their lives. Everyone will come to a point where they may begin to lose focus. This is when the individual�s motivation plays a role. Motivation can be defined as, �the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal.� Many times in one�s life they may decide to embark on an endeavor or difficult task such as completing an essay or homework assignment or achieving a fitness goal such as weight loss or muscle gain. They do this with out any motivation, and in a sense, no chance to succeed at all.

The person may think to themselves, �I need motivation to work out, but where can I get it from?� In the beginning the individual will do all of the things that they believe are necessary to achieve this goal, which in turn will create a sense of fulfillment and enjoyment. This new found desire may fade as a result of the person�s goal becoming more challenging and time consuming. Hours a day spent on the goal may turn into a half hour a day. This half hour a day turns into a half hour a week, until the person finds themselves back in their old routine which does not involve that goal. The individual will have spent days and weeks trying to accomplish a task, only to spend a minute�s thought giving up the goal. It generally takes an individual 21 days to form a new habit and that same time period to break old habits. Gaining motivation to exercise and knowing the importance of exercise can be found in many forms including weight loss motivational quotes, fitness motivational quotes, and weight lifting quotes. These quotes can inspire any individual to strive toward both their fitness goals and their nutrition or diet goals which often go hand and hand.

Starting a routine for a healthy life is one of the biggest decisions that you will ever make. Why wouldn�t it be? Answering the question of �Why Eat Healthy?� will aid in the motivation to exercise by giving you the knowledge of many benefits to your lifestyle. How many of you know anyone that has joined a gym for a year, only to stop going after a month? How many of you know someone that says they have started a new diet, only to see them cramming fast food down their throats while late to an office meeting? Whether it is the grind of school or work, people make excuses for stumbling to achieve the goals they desire. These people waste their hard earned money on gym memberships that they will not use or diet plans that never pan out. The first key that one needs to consider for motivating themselves is desire. How much do you really want to become fit and healthy? How much do you really want to succeed? If it is something fueled with enough desire it will happen. Desire is unstoppable. Use your desire to make it happen. Learn the importance of exercise and allow it to fuel your motivation.

Visualizing what you want in life and keeping that picture in your mind can do wonders for not quitting. This can be done in the form of writing what you want down and putting it in as many places as possible. Writing down what you hope to achieve and reading it throughout the day as a reminder will help keep your goals as a top priority in your life. Setting a date for a certain goal is also very helpful. Deciding you want to lose 10lbs by a certain date written on your calendar can act as a very powerful prompt to stay motivated. Keeping a notebook of your lifting and nutrition will also work wonders as incentives. The process of seeing on paper that you are improving can only help your desire increase. Witnessing your own improvement through diet and a weightlifting routine will not only increase your motivation to exercise but enhance your life and help you develop yourself into the best person you can be, and deserve to be.

In addition to writing down goals and setting deadlines for your fitness undertakings it is often wise to choose a partner or coach that will help you stay motivated when you are feeling determined to achieve. Having a partner will do wonders for your psyche in the gym or when you have to make the tough decision to eat a garden salad as opposed to a juicy Big Mac or Quarter Pounder. You will begin to think to yourself that if he or she can continue to strive towards this goal, why can�t I? And the answer will be that you can. You will be motivated and probably even become a little competitive with your partner which is a natural response to achieve your desire.

Deciding to begin a new and healthier life remains one thing that many people continuously put off to another date and time. Changing your way of thinking and daily routine are things that must be done. Going to the gym or eating a healthy meal should eventually be like waking up in the morning. Knowing the answers to �Why Eat Healthy?�, �Why Be Fit?�, and �Why Lift Weights?� are so important to motivation to exercise. These answers will let you know what your striving for and why. It may be a struggle in the beginning, but nothing worth achieving has been accomplished without obstacles. Like any other goal, persistence is the key to having success. The decision to start a new fitness routine or diet lies in your hands. This choice must have your faith and desire behind it, because without that, it is nothing more than an empty promise. Get started today. Wait no longer. Being the best you can be is in your hands. Don�t let it go to waste.?

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Genuine Estate Investing - Guidelines For Negotiating With Motivated Sellers

2011-10-17T00:32:00.000-07:00

It's been mentioned - typically - that the most effective seller, from your standpoint of the actual estate buyer, is a motivated seller. Now, any person who puts their home on the market is motivated to promote - that's why they are selling! Some sellers, nevertheless, have additional incentives to promote swiftly, and may possibly be prepared to offer significant concessions to be able to close a sale, and it's these sellers that are referred to by real estate professionals as "motivated sellers." For example, sellers may be in financial problems and dealing with foreclosure. These sellers are very motivated, for the reason that if they can shut just before the sheriff's sale they can steer clear of a host of problems! Other frequent motivating aspects in residential genuine estate gross sales are death, divorce, and relocation.

Realizing that you are dealing with a motivated seller, even so, doesn't instantly shut a sale. Even though it is accurate that you might experience less haggling over minor particulars from these sellers, do not assume that mainly because they are motivated that they're going to become pushovers. In present-day marketplace, particularly, most motivated sellers are conscious that they're a highly-sought class of sellers, and they will be on guard from prospective customers attempting to take advantage of them.

Keep in mind that your goal in negotiating any offer - not just with motivated sellers - is to craft an agreement that's a "win-win" proposition for all events. Consumers who approach motivated sellers rapaciously, seeking to force them into a poor offer because of the pressures motivating them to sell, will make on their own a poor reputation in a home business where status is essential to achievement.

The significance of due diligence

A good investor will perform all proper because of diligence before negotiating having a motivated seller - far more, possibly, than s/he could do for a traditional market-value sale. To present a motivated seller with a win-win offer, you should know the motivating aspect(s). If your plan is to make an supply that consists of 20% cash and 80% seller financing, for example, it could be perfectly acceptable towards the seller whose determination is his relocation to California, but the seller whose motivation is imminent foreclosure is not going to become in a place to accept your proposal.

Component of one's investigation ought to include determining not only the nature of your motivating factor(s), but additionally what's going to occur when the seller doesn't close the deal and how much income (realistically!) the seller expects to take away from your sale.

Therefore, your provide and accompanying financing proposals ought to be appealing towards the seller and should be tailored specifically to meet the seller's situation and needs.

At this time, I'm going to pass through the usual discussion of things like establishing rapport with the seller, making a lowball first supply, asking plenty of concerns and trial closes. These points are covered in excruciating detail elsewhere. Likewise, my examples will be restricted to mortgage loan payoff and what's because of the seller.

Let us look briefly at some various possible scenarios linked with two sorts of motivated sellers:

Foreclosure

The seller going through foreclosure requirements to obtain the mortgage loan compensated as rapidly as achievable. Putting together a proposal that will satisfy the seller need to incorporate exploring the chance of the brief sale together with the financial institution. There's a much better likelihood right now of finding the financial institution to approve a short sale because of the economic climate - it would make monetary feeling for a bank to get a reduction on the home to get it off its textbooks and get rid of the ongoing costs connected with vacant residence. Through the bank's perspective, a short sale prior to foreclosure also avoids these costs too. This doesn't mean that financial institutions are instantly accepting short sale delivers, but they are a lot more probably to entertain them. According to the financial institution and their REO policies, you might be able to put with each other a good deal.

A dilemma with short revenue is that in recognition from the truth that they are taking a reduction, most banking institutions will not enter into any offer that puts any money whatsoever into the seller's pocket. You're thus going to have to uncover creative ways to spend the seller, methods that won't violate the agreement together with the bank. A colleague on this placement informed me she advised her seller to have a property sale, after which she had an individual arrive along and invest in every thing around the lawn for $5,000.

When the bank won't consider a brief sale, then that portion of the offer you is set. The harmony of your supply represents cash to the seller - some at closing, and a few inside the form of seller funding (which is, you pay off the mortgage, give the seller a lump sum at closing, and indicator a notice for an extra sum to become compensated over time). Here you'll need to consider the seller's equity under consideration, but it is possible to most likely seriously low cost it, based mostly just on the overall decline in house values. The extra of this amount that you are able to pay in cash, the higher the low cost you'll be able to expect to consider. The much less money you are able to deliver to closing, the higher the seller takeback (that is, a seller may possibly be pleased with $25,000 cash to him at closing, but for those who can only bring $10,000 to closing, you may have to agree to getting the seller get back again a $20k be aware, which means a complete of $30k to the seller - because some of his proceeds are being deferred.

Among the key benefits you deliver to the table here is pace - a fast closing. If you can't put collectively the deal speedily, it could be much better to back from the deal and allow someone else consider it - if your sellers wind up in foreclosure since you could not put the deal with each other, it will harm your reputation and you may skip out on other excellent offers down the road.

Divorce and Death (Probate)

Whether or not the motivating aspect is death or divorce, these income usually are required to settle other monetary obligations. A divorce settlement could mandate the sale from the house to fulfill marital financial debt, using the balance being distributed between the parties. Likewise, a probate judge may perhaps order the sale of a home to satisfy debt, with all the balance being distributed among the heirs (out of your perspective, this can be referred to as "probate investing.").

In such a situation, the bank might or may not accept a short sale, but it is usually a great idea to include that within your checklist of considerations when crafting your provide.

In negotiating these gross sales, don't focus on the general give, focus on just how much the people today concerned will obtain. In particular in probate investing, there might be rather a few heirs, which indicates that by reducing the amount each and every 1 will receive by a fairly little quantity, it is possible to reduce your general offer by a large amount. For instance, if an supply of $150,000 on a probate home includes $100k to pay out off the mortgage and $50k equity to get divided amongst twelve heirs (a not unheard of quantity), each and every heir will obtain $4167. For those who lessen the offer to $140,000, each and every heir's share is reduced to $3333, a reduction of $834 apiece. In exchange for becoming able to sell the house and settle the estate promptly, numerous executors will accept the offer.

Similarly, even though the proceeds of a house sale will only be distributed between two people today, in a lot of cases there may well not be significantly left more than soon after enjoyable the home loan as well as other marital debt. It's continually effective to keep your sellers aware of how they personally are impacted.

Again, in all instances exactly where you uncover your self dealing having a motivated seller, part of one's because of diligence consists of 3 crucial questions: What exactly is the motivating factor, what will take place when the house isn't sold, and how much cash does the seller wish to gain in the sale? The answers to those 3 concerns ought to offer you with sufficient information to craft a profitable negotiating technique.

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Motivational Speech and Leadership Training

2011-10-16T14:17:00.000-07:00

Motivational speakers will tend to be really genuine in prompting and boosting the team spirit of the individual audience, the audience could either be the representatives of a company or are usually school or college students or court either. Yielding inhalation and presenting a brighter imagine is what these motivational speakers do. Many individuals could have been prosperous to have arrived at while many of the practiced motivational speakers in the world by chance but these days' schools, colleges and support groups are engaging motivational speakers to bring in a valuable divergence in the individual as well as the group taken as a whole.
Within one hundred year and exclusively in the previous 50 years, large numbers of them have regulated the lives of people. Intellections dispersed by these Motivational public speakers are also carried on in the form of books. The essentials and first harmonics is that these motivational public speakers have taught us to be instructive in leading a good aliveness.
If people say that you can communicate a lot and you talk sense, then increasingly being a motivational speaker is something that may beseem your personality. And what's to a greater extent, create, if you would be paid for speaking with. I am aware its interesting, but only verbalizing is not plenty. To turn into a an established motivational presenter one must always leader the art of talking, for which one must always leader the art of distribution a substance so that it motivates or instigates people to pick out advantageous personal habits in their living. People oft feel that motivational speakers merely have to mouth or fork over languages, but there is lot more that goes in to successfully navigating those lectures and speeches.
Earning Potentials of a Motivational Speaker:
Well, the earnings of motivational speaker mostly depend on the experience of each and every campaigner. While there is no finite reservation desired for getting a motivational speaker, the only essentials for the job of them are perfect direction over the language, influential duologue speech, and last work experience which have to be paired with a profitable and impeccable personality. This article has panoptic experience in the field, and humanity who has all relevant skills and understanding about speechmaking, is typically paid far more than freshmen. Average salary made by professional motivational business presenter is someplace around $ 44,000 per year. Well, but as adverted, it is one of the looming disciplines and hence the earnings can be unlike for each professional person. Motivational public speaker pay also depends on the size of the recruiter and the tasks done by the motivational speaker. In a setting where a motivational speaker has to just deliver an oral communication written and readied by somebody else, your boyfriend or girlfriend can get paid less. Whereas, professionals who machinate and deport their own addresses are paid more challenging. A good institute is sure to pay excess of small businesses or system, but it again depends on your wants and requirements of the employer. So, to earn higher salary, it is totally necessary for every professional motivational speaker to pick up about experience as entirely possible.

Motivational speaker was able to amount from just about any environment; he may well be a person with religious background, spiritual background, or a male with great speechmaking skills, or even I really enjoy seeing who wants to disperse a message on an obvious long ago. So, they can be from all walks of life, and will motivate and actuate staff. Famous names in Motivational speaking world are Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, Stephen Covey, Anthony Robbins, Vicki Hitzges and Bill Cosby.

Your initiative is to find the best motivational speaker who provides leadership training and professional development for teachers and then get hold of them for tips or model your career after them.

Become A Better Motivator

2011-10-15T18:58:00.000-07:00

Everything rises and falls on leadership. There are two components to leadership. How you lead others. Are you a great motivator? That�s the more obvious one. The second one is how you lead yourself. Are you a good motivator for yourself?

How you are a motivator for yourself will affect the motivator in your leadership of others.

Small business success and small business growth are about many things. But one of the most important is the motivator style of the owner. When you are running a small business or starting up your own business this can be a make or break proposition.

Why? Business conditions and circumstances will change. Usually how you are as a motivator will not. Sometimes all that has to change is how we motivate ourselves and others to have the success we desire.

Motivator Style-Compulsion

Whether you are a self-employed business owner, entrepreneur, solo professional or an individual your motivator style will determine your long-term success.

If you are compelled to do something by someone else the odds are that the relationship will neither be happy or fruitful for the long-term. You can enjoy some short-term success and satisfaction through compulsion. But, ultimately being a motivator by compelling others to do something is a form of slavery.

Compulsion has its place in motivation. But compulsion is about doing something that for the most part you don�t agree with or don�t see the value.

If you are a motivator who primarily uses compulsion then I can assure you that your life is short on happiness, satisfaction and trust.

As I said, compulsion has its place but use it wisely.

Motivator Style�Persuasion

This motivator style, unlike compulsion which can feel like a form of slavery, is the method of free men. Persuading requires an understanding of what makes people tick, and what motivates them, that requires a knowledge of human nature.

Great leaders possess this knowledge.

This motivator style requires more thought on your part. If you are motivating yourself through persuasion then you have to buy into a concept logically and emotionally. It can take more time. But, the long-term rewards with stability and satisfaction are immense.

The Best Motivator Is Usually The Best Leader

In a survey seventy psychologists were asked: �What is the most essential thing for a supervisor to know about human nature?� Two-thirds said that motivation�an understanding of what makes people think, feel, and act as they do�is uppermost.

When you understand what motivates people, you have at your command the most powerful tool for dealing with them.

Seek to understand what motivates you and those around you or who work for you. When you do you will become a better motivator and a more influential leader.

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Who Is a Skilled Motivational Speaker?

2011-10-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

A motivational speaker is generally hired to motivate of inspire a group of people in exchange for a fee. This is the definition of a professional motivational speaks. There can be different types of motivational speakers. Motivational speakers are also different from the inspirational speakers. Saying this as there lies a fundamental difference between motivation and inspiration. Motivation is a quality by the virtue of which people can be motivated towards a cause with a belief that they can accomplish what they are set out to do. Inspirational speakers on the other hand will set out examples and inspire people to repeat their feats. They both work towards the same goal, but with different methods. Now a motivational speeches can be used as a keynote speaker for many conferences and meetings. This is because a motivational will draw the attention of the audience towards the proceedings. He or she will often motivate the audience towards the theme of the meeting. Most of the time, when people show up at a conference or a meeting, if the proceedings are dull, they would generally get up and leave. Also, some are found to be sleeping in the hall. This defeats the purpose of the conference. Therefore, a motivational speaks is used to pep the audience and bring their attention to the center of the meeting and its proceedings. This helps the audience to stay alert and awake and they can fully absorb the proceedings of the meeting with great interest.

There are many techniques that a motivation speaker can do to complete his or her job. The speaker is usually a keynote speaker, meaning that he or she is going to be the first one to speak or speak even before the conference has officially started. Therefore, a motivational speeches has the first chance to connect with the audience and whether or not the conference would be a success depends on their shoulders. Therefore, the motivational speaker would use substance of speech or humor to grasp the attention of the audience. Most often these speakers would make elaborate presentations that would be instantly an eye catching. This would wake the audience up and get them connected to the theme of theme of the conference. The most important part of the speaker is to connect with the audience and get them interested in the conference. If this is done, then more than half the job of the speaker is complete.

A professional motivational speeches can specialize in various topics. For example, for an alcoholic anonymous meeting, a motivational speaker can speak and connect to people who want to get rid of that particular addiction. A motivational speaks for such a meeting is very essential and also very effective. Therefore, you can be sure that if you are hiring a motivational speaker for such an event, it is defiantly going to be a success. Filled with energy and enthusiasm, a motivational speaker will work to lift up the spirits of the conference and make it a grand success.

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Precisely Why Your Motivational Speaker Can Be So Important

2011-10-13T03:31:00.000-07:00

The thing which drives individuals is motivation. Absolutely no motivation means that you'll want to give up what you are doing and can find existence generally more difficult. This is why being a motivational speaker is really important. It's up to you to help individuals find the motivation once again.

The initial step to becoming a motivational speaker is to figure out what drives you. If you're not motivated then you are not going to be in a position to motivate others. It takes quite a bit of introspection as well as self understanding to determine what really makes you tick.

The one thing with motivation is it must be deeper than just money or even fame. It must be something that you can achieve and that will help keep you going when things seem darkest. It can help to make a list of the things that keep you motivated as well as refer to this whenever you feel down. And this doesn't just go for just a motivational speaker, it is for everyone.

The next thing to complete as a motivational speaker is keep yourself motivated. Don't let your self think about the things that you need to do or even things that you're told to do. Ensure that you get some of what motivates you on a daily basis. It may be talking to an individual or even listening to a certain music track or taking a look at a piece of art that you want or what ever. Just make sure that you get some daily to keep you going so you are able to get other people going as well.

You're a motivational speaker. It is up to you to motivate others. Which means that you need to be in a position to motivate yourself. If the methods that you preach fail to work for you then how are you going to make individuals believe that they will work for them? your motivation will be your responsibility and you have to live the practices which you preach so that individuals can easily see because of your example that they can work.

Everyone needs motivation. It is the life blood that keeps us going every single day of our lives. With out motivation to keep going suicide cases would just pile up on a regular basis. Not having any kind of motivation to keep going is really a sure way to lose hope and to begin to really feel insignificant which isn't a great state of mind to be in. It can result in risk taking behaviour and all types of other self destructive ideas and practices.

You role as a motivational speaker is a vital one. If the people who are around you really feel down it is up to you to pick all of them up again and make all of them feel that their own lives are worthwhile. This is not an easy task and you really are taking a lot of responsibility upon yourself if you plan upon following this career route. Be cautious before you go down this route and make certain that you can manage the actual emotional drain it will take.

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Intrinsic Motivation: Motivated from Within

2011-10-12T16:38:00.000-07:00

All motivation is self-motivation. Even though there are many methods that leaders use to increase the motivation of followers, the most successful motivators enable the ability to discover and use self-motivation.

For the individual who desires to be self-motivated, learning the rules and methods of motivation and following them increase the likelihood of success in any endeavor.

The whole subject of motivation as a field of study is relatively new. In the not so distant past, most people were motivated by the fear of loss to work hard and be loyal to those above them.

The 20th century saw an explosion of opportunity and freedom for work and mobility that had never existed before. Employers began to realize that a discontented worker could just go somewhere else and find other work with relative ease. This lead to a serious and wide-ranging study of the motivation to work.

Psychologist Frederick Herzberg was one of the most influential names in business management. His study of workplace motivation led to a theory of motivation that focused on two factors: hygiene and motivation.

Hygiene refers to the removal of dissatisfying elements in the workplace. Motivation refers to creating or increasing satisfaction. The two are mostly independent of each other. One may be highly motivated in one's work and still be dissatisfied with the work environment. One may also be satisfied by the workplace itself, but be unmotivated in the work.

For the person who is striving to create and maintain self-motivation, knowing these factors can help make that job easy and effortless. By taking all the steps necessary to remove all the dissatisfying factors in your work environment, you can prevent the unnecessary loss of intrinsic motivation due to short-term dissatisfaction. Learning and applying all the factors of satisfying or motivating employees to yourself will help create the long-term intrinsic motivation to maintain a positive attitude and productive work for yourself.
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Devote some time to examining all the aspects of your own work environment - the conditions of where you do your work. Remove or decrease as many of the dissatisfying elements in your work environment as you can. Look for ways to eliminate as much "pain" from your workplace as possible. Then you can begin to increase the ways in which you reward yourself with satisfying elements of your work.

By taking the lessons of workplace motivation and satisfaction and using them as a model for your own work, no matter where it takes place, you increase the chances of maintaining and increasing your intrinsic motivation to persevere.

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Get Right With Yourself

2011-10-12T09:17:00.000-07:00

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Defining Motivation and Powerful Methods of Motivating Yourself and Other People n

2011-10-11T20:47:00.000-07:00

No matter whether you want to motivate others or yourself, the same challenge must be met: getting from inaction to positive action. Even negative action is a better starting point than lack of action.

Directing and leading action is always easier when there is at least some motion. Starting from a "dead stop", or total inaction, requires an injection of energy that is so powerful that even the most apathetic person feels roused to action.

To motivate is to move to action, either by an incentive, moral force or both together. The actual application of the force or energy to cause action requires an understanding of who, what, when, where and why motivation works. Here's a key to understanding motivation - all motivation is self-motivation. While someone else may provide a carefully tailored approach to motivate others, those others can only become motivated through their own mind, emotions and physical actions.

This is where a sound understanding of the root cause of motivation is vital. Before you can motivate others, you must master self-motivation. True motivation comes from a clear vision of a desired outcome, combined with a passionate emotional desire that cannot be diverted, quenched or denied. Unless a person has a detailed, focused picture of an end result that creates enthusiasm, motivation will not endure.

Once you develop the skills of making clearly defined end goals and values, and building a passionate desire to achieve them, you will then be able to learn how to spread that motivation to others. Unless and until you can incorporate the necessary focus and fire within yourself, motivating others will be difficult or impossible without the use of force, fear or threats. That sort of motivation never endures.

True motivation is a habit, developed by persistence and action. At the beginning, a person's motivation is a conscious act that requires applied will power and repetition. After a while, the repeated action and feeling become unconscious or automatic. Anyone who has been trained in war knows that repeated forced acts of courage can make a warrior of a common man. In the same way, repeated acts of nearly any behavior or emotion can be made into an unbreakable habit.
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In the end, motivation is the end result of a thought - a clear thought that is filled with emotion and acted upon persistently, repeatedly and faithfully. "First the man makes the thought, then the thought makes the man." That is motivation.

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Are you Motivated?

2011-10-10T04:31:00.000-07:00

Dictionaries define motivation as something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act. We can define motivation as a motive for taking action; a reason to act. The word motivation in it's Latin form, "motus" means motion which implies some kind of movement and that motivation is a verb - it is something you DO.

This is critically important when we set about accomplishing a goal. Without motivation no goal can be accomplished. In order to define motivation we need to discover and define the desire that lead us to want the goal in the first place. It is equally important to know that feeling motivated is an emotion that acts as an incitement to action. Without positive constructive action towards the attainment of a goal it remains a desire and a dream.

We can also define motivation as something that inspires us. Weather it be a goal or an ambition, an amazing story, a defeat or a great achievement. The key is to realize what causes us to feel motivated? It is the fact that inspiration gives us reasons or motives within ourselves to pursue a certain goal. Anthony Robbins once said that "Giant Goals produce Giant Motivation." The first step then in pursuing a goal is to know exactly what you are after. The more clarity you have as to exactly what you want, the easier it will be for you to attain it. Clarity as to your specific outcome in itself will motivate you because you will start building a clear image in your mind and imagination. The closer you get to your goal the clearer the image will become.

Knowing what you want is not enough in achieving a goal. The most important aspect is to define motivation for yourself. In other words you need to define your motive, your reason for pursuing the goal. You need to have enough and strong enough reasons as to why you absolutely must attain your goal. If your reasons (motive) are strong enough motivation is automatic and consequently you will keep taking action towards attaining your goal. It is actions that produce the results in our lives and pulls us into the direction we want to go.

If you want to define motivation for yourself in such a way as to unleash an unstoppable force of momentum towards attaining your dreams, then you need to develop passion. Passion is a combination of loves and hates. It is finding reasons why you love to attain your goal and reasons why you hate not having it. Passion is reasons infused with emotion and emotion is the strongest force in determining your destiny. If you feel passionate about something then motivation is automatic. The good news is that passion is not something you are born with or something that you get "some day." It is something you develop and you will soon find out that on the highway to achieving your dreams your reasons keep building on top of each other and becomes stronger along the way.

If you find it hard to define motivation for yourself I would recommend listening to or reading something every day that creates that emotion of motivation within you. Motivational audio books can help to motivate you. There are some brilliant personal development experts that know exactly what it takes to motivate people through an understanding of the human mind. They will help you find lasting reasons within yourself to take action and move towards attaining your dreams and desires. No matter what it takes, make sure you get off your butt and get motivated. It is the only way you will get from where you are to where you want to be.

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Motivation-One Size Does Not Fit All

2011-10-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

One Size Does Not Fit All

"I'm not someone who is motivated by money", said an attorney who was in one of my workshops. His comment was his reason for not doing the marketing he knew he needed to be doing. It is hard to gear up to do something when you can't visualize a compelling reason to do it. His point was that he just didn't get around to doing things he knew he "should" do but really didn't want to do. Still his practice wasn't growing so the issue is how does he motivate himself?

Some people use money as the score card for success. If they are earning more than the vast majority they feel good. We usually call a person like that very competitive because he or she is motivated by winning. Not everyone is motivated in this way however. One person who is motivated in this way is Jack Welch former CEO of GE and co-author with his wife Suzy Welch of the book Winning. (Appropriate title!)

In a recent issue of Business Week Jack and Suzy Welch wrote a response to a question posed by a reader who asks, "In our business, the biggest challenge we have today is motivating our people. What is the best way to do that?" Their response was: "Besides money, you mean? We assume you do, because as a boss, you surely have seen how effective money is in lighting a motivational fire - even in employees who claim money doesn't matter to them. Indeed, money's power to energize people is so tried and true we won't dwell on it." The Welches go on to say that maybe some people aren't motivated by financial reward but those people usually don't gravitate toward business.

This kind of assumption makes me see red! First it assumes that people are all motivated by the same thing - money. Sure I think the vast majority of people can be motivated by money to a point. They want to provide a comfortable living for themselves and their families. Of course everyone has a different definition of "comfortable living" so for some money is a motivator for a long time. Once a person gets to their own threshold of "comfortable living" however what makes them want to continue to work on a project or their own practice? These are the true motivators and they come from within each person.

According to Ginny O'Brien, author of Coaching Yourself to Leadership, her research shows that men are motivated by career development, professional recognition, and financial compensation, while women were motivated by relationships, quality of customer focus, and communication with colleagues. According to their Business Week article therefore it seems Jack and Suzy Welch think then that women would not "gravitate toward business." In a sense using money as the carrot is a subtle discriminatory practice.

One aspect to leadership that O'Brien talks about is having a deep understanding of self. This is part of what is called emotional intelligence. Knowing what motivates you is one aspect of understanding yourself. Wouldn't it be wonderful if business leaders got this? The major responsibility of finding your motivators is yours but how helpful it would be if managers coached employees with the goal of helping the employee find his or her key motivators.

It is important to differentiate internal from external motivators. Someone who is internally motivated finds the feelings within him or herself that really ignite passion. External motivators would be something outside the person like money and other tangible recognition methods. The external ones provide a burst of energy but don't have sustainability.

What if companies provided a questionnaire to all new employees on their first day to determine if they knew what motivated them? The questionnaire might list lots of external motivators and have a question about internal ones too. Now if someone asked you those questions on your first day in the office, wouldn't you think you had found the perfect place to work?! Of course the manager would need to follow through with appropriate coaching and rewards.

It is important to remember that a manager's role is to create an environment in which the employee works effectively, creatively and productively so the business makes a profit. In that kind of environment employees have the freedom to explore what motivates them and the trust in their manager so that they share their findings.

Being self motivating is of course ideal but that can only happen when an employee is given the space and encouragement to figure it out for him/herself. If managers assume that one size fits all, they limit the possibilities of the business.

Take Action

1. Start with yourself. What motivates you? Take a piece of paper and write a story about a time when you were driven to keep working on something. The work was so engaging you would have done it without pay. See if you can determine what it was about the work that pulled you.

2. Knowing what your values will help you to know what is most important to you. That may be a clue as to what motivates you. For a values assessment please send an email to asparker@asparker.com with Truvalues as the subject.

3. Read Coaching Yourself to Leadership by Ginny O'Brien and Winning by Jack and Suzy Welch

Alvah Parker is a Practice Advisor and Career Coach as well as publisher of Parker's Points, an email tip list and Road to Success, an ezine. Parker's Value Program© enables her clients to find their own way to work that is more fulfilling and profitable. Her clients are attorneys, sole practioners, and people in transition. Alvah is found on the web at http://www.asparker.com. She may also be reached at 781-598-0388.

Hypnotherapy For Motivation - Getting The Drive Back!

2011-10-08T17:12:00.000-07:00

Motivation is the key to positivity in our lives. If we were not motivated enough, we would just not have the will in us to go about our daily lives. Its motivation that helps us get through the most mundane things - motivation for working harder, motivation to have a healthy relationship, motivation to earn more, motivation to have a happy family. And yet sometimes we find ourselves lacking in motivation; I think we have all had days when getting out of bed to get ready to go to work seemed like a Herculean task. Sometimes lack of motivation can really bring people down, and hinder their efficiency and ability. This may lead to frustrations and further breakdown of communication between people. However, if you intercept this lack of motivation timely, you have help at hand. Go for hypnotherapy for motivation to get the zest in life back.

Hypnotherapy is intrinsically related to the concept of motivation, and can help you in every walk of life. From motivation in sports, to business; from quitting smoking to losing weight, hypnotherapy for motivation could help you out. But here's the catch: you can think of successfully motivating yourself only once you have your goals identified. Identification of a goal is very necessary before you start motivating yourself. Motivation is all about helping you realize your true potential, sometimes this potential gets thwarted by certain experiences in our lives. Hypnotherapy for motivation works towards removing those mental blockages by connecting with your subconscious.

Hypnotherapy is based on the formula of auto suggestion, and it works on deeper levels than one can imagine. Hypnotherapy for motivation converses with your subconscious mind, and urges it to alter self-perception and self - image. Unknown to us, our subconscious is largely responsible for the way we think and react; if we train it to think on a different line, no doubt the accompanying behavior would change too. It understands the true potential that lies within us, and taps into it. Through gentle affirmations such as "I can do it", it retrains your mind into believing that nothing is impossible.

In my practice at Oxfordshire, I have helped clients deal with a variety of issues through hypnotherapy for motivation. Some wanted to perform better at work, while others needed motivation to keep a relationship going. Some wanted to perform better at sports, while others at studies. The underlying theory of hypnotherapy is based on motivation, and we need it in every walk of life. However, we need to have our goals clear in our minds for the hypnotherapy to be successful. Hypnotherapy for motivation lets you focus on the particular task at hand, however if the task is undefined, hypnotherapy will be rendered ineffective.

Hypnotherapy for motivation can seem to be too simple a solution for these problems; however you will be surprised at their effectiveness. Once you started this journey of self discovery, you will see the changes in a short time. Through altering self-perception and self-image, hypnotherapy gives you a whole new view of the world. From being a procrastinating person, you can go on to become a self starter. So define your goals now, and dive into the vast sea of your subconscious mind through hypnotherapy. The pearls you will find there will take care of every situation and possibility in life. Happy Self Discovery!

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How To Quit Smoking With NLP & Hypnosis For Motivation

2011-10-07T08:34:00.000-07:00

There are two mental states that must be satisfied before a person will voluntarily quit smoking. These elements are called "Desire," and "Decision."

Desire: A want, crave or a wish for
Decision: Making up of one's mind / a verdict or judgment

In order to quit smoking, you have to desire to quit. You have to want to quit. You probably want to quit, at least some part of you does, or you wouldn't be reading this article.

In order to quit smoking, you have to decide to quit. Since you haven't quit smoking, it simply means that you have not decided to quit... yet. So what you need is to feel motivated to make a "decision" to quit smoking.

Motivation, we all need it. The source of each of our motivations is a belief. Think about it, if you did not believe that you could get hurt if you walked in front of moving traffic, you would not feel motivated to be careful. If you did not believe that the gnawing sensation in your stomach meant that you were hungry, you would not feel motivated to eat.

When it comes to giving up the smoking habit, people need to feel a great deal of motivation to make the decision to quit. Motivation is based on the ideas that we believe. So you will need to figure out what ideas will motivate you (when you start to believe them). Because when you feel powerfully motivated, you will quit smoking.

Thanks to NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and hypnosis for motivation, it's a lot easier to learn how to believe these new ideas than you probably think it is. However, you do not believe the ideas that will motivate you to quit smoking at this point, or you would have already broken the smoking addiction.

For the purpose of this discussion, we need to define a few words.

Doubt: Uncertain/distrustful/dubious - "maybe it's this way, and maybe it isn't."

Belief: Trust/faith/tenet - A state of mind devoid of all doubt. In other words, belief means, "this is the way that it is."

Highly valued criteria: What is most important to you, as an individual.

When you totally believe that if you continue to smoke, your highly valued criterion is in jeopardy, you will feel the motivation that you require to stop smoking. We call this is a negative motivator, because it's a belief that motivates you by giving you bad feelings. Negative motivators are very powerful.

When you believe that if you do quit, your highly valued criteria will become enhanced, you will also feel the motivation that you require to quit smoking. This is a positive motivator, because it motivates you by promising good feelings if you stop smoking.

The first task is for you to figure out what the most important things in your life are? Your most highly valued criteria are usually intangibles. For example: Money would not be highly valued criteria, but the freedom, fun, or security that money can provide would be. Write your list of highly valued criteria down on a piece of paper.

Next you need to figure out what you need to believe to feel motivated to quit. Here is the good news, sort of: Logic has nothing to do with belief. Things don't have to be logical for you to believe them. As a matter of fact, they rarely are. So forget logic!

The format for your negative motivator beliefs will be: "I believe that if I continue to smoke, something bad will happen to my most highly valued criteria."

Make sure that you frame your motivators in the positive. In other words, always state what you want or what will happen. Never state what you don't want or what won't happen. Eliminate the "not" word from the beliefs.

In this example we will say that your children's welfare is your most highly valued criteria.

Wrong: "I believe that if I continue to smoke, I won't be doing my kids health any good."

Correct: "I believe that if I continue to smoke, my secondhand smoke will ruin my children's health."

Next, create a list of positive motivators. "I believe that if I quit smoking: (something very important will be enhanced)."

Wrong: "I believe that if I stop smoking, I won't harm my kids health."

Correct: "I believe that if I quit smoking, my children will be healthier because I'll eliminate their exposure to the dangers of my second hand smoke."

The next step is to modify the computer codes in your brain to make yourself actually believe these motivational ideas. Now for a shocker: Belief has nothing to do with logic or reality. But it does have everything to do with your perception of reality. In other words, it has a lot to do with the way that we see things.

Our belief systems are based in our unconscious mind. The unconscious is like a computer. Computers don't reason. The input controls the output. To demonstrate, I want you to think of anything that you already believe without the slightest bit of doubt. Make it a belief that makes you feel good.

For instance, it's easy for most people to believe that they love their children. If that is true for you, make a mental image that makes you feel that love.

I'm going to ask some questions, and there aren't any right or wrong answers. Is your mental image a moving picture, or a still?

Is it in color, or in black and white?
Is it close or far?
Is it focused or fuzzy?
Is it normally bright, overly bright, or dim?
Is there a border on it?
Is it borderless?
Is it a panorama?

Whatever your answers are, write them down. These are the computer codes that your unconscious uses to indicate your feelings of belief. In this case they are the codes for positive belief because you've chosen a belief that gives you a good feeling. You have just calibrated your positive belief.

All positive belief pictures are bright and focused. If yours aren't, you probably don't really have total belief. You probably have an element of doubt. So find another belief from which to calibrate.

If you think of something that you doubt, and you make a mental image of it, one or more of these computer codes will probably be different. Similarly, if you have a belief that gives you a bad feeling, (a negative belief): one or more of those codes will be different.

In NLP we call these particular computer codes visual submodalities.

Now you will need to calibrate a negative belief. So repeat the same exact process, but do so using an idea that you already believe, that makes you feel bad.

Once you have calibrated your positive and your negative beliefs, it's a simple matter to manipulate what you believe so you can motivate yourself to decide to quit.

So, to summarize, using the above example: "I believe that if I continue to smoke, my secondhand smoke will ruin my children's health."

1. Sense how motivated you feel to quit smoking.

2. Make a mental image that illustrated the above belief.

3. Adjust the computer codes (visual submodalities) of the image to match the submodalities from your calibrated negative belief.

4. If you are right handed, move your eyeballs (and your image) up to your left and hold it there for five seconds. If you are left handed, to the opposite. This will help you to quickly memorize the belief.

5. Now sense how motivated you feel to quit smoking. Do you feel more motivated? Less motivated? Or the same?

Using this technique you can make yourself believe almost anything by making a picture in your mind that illustrates your new idea and then adjusting your mental image to match your calibrated belief pictures.

And if you have a belief that is holding you back, you can use the same technique to change that belief to doubt by changing one or two of the submodalities and memorizing it that way.

Now that you can motivate yourself to decide to quit, you will quit smoking. A decision to quit means: I'm quitting no matter how much it hurts. If you are like most people, you won't want it to "hurt," and it doesn't have to. There are several hypnotic techniques that can greatly reduce, or even completely eliminate the discomforts of withdrawal from the cigarette addiction.

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The Motive of Motivation

2011-10-06T16:29:00.000-07:00

Motivation is an individual's desire or enthusiasm for a particular goal. For instance, if Jane asks John to run down to the market to get their groceries, the achievement of that particular goal set by Jane for John is highly dependent on how motivated John is to accomplish that fact. If John perceives the task of going for groceries to be inconvenient, chances are he will be demotivated to take on the chore and it won't get done.

Even if John decides to get the groceries, he may do so with much delay and with no enthusiasm that he may not do a very good job of picking up the groceries. Despite this though, if the fear of acquiring Jane's wrath is stronger than John's perceived inconvenience for actually taking on the task then chances are, John will be highly motivated to accomplish the task and he will do so with the right competence. Whatever the case may be, you will realize from this simple example that motivation is a temporal state of mind and is absolutely not a character trait.

An individual's motivation toward something is always a result of a complex decision making procedure that can take only a split second for our minds to process. Although you will hear people refer to some people as highly motivated individuals as compared to others, this usually means that, that particular individual is highly motivated to succeed in terms of how society defines success. The fact that another individual may not be motivated toward the same goals doesn't mean that, that person is not motivated at all. In fact, that individual who lacks the drive to succeed based on societal norms "fails" not because he is not motivated, but because he is indeed highly motivated to achieve the opposite.

So you see, motivation is intrinsic in each individual. The fact that one may be demotivated towards one thing means he is motivated towards an opposite end. Everyone is motivated all the time. Parents and employers are on the constant quest to motivate their children and employees, respectively.

With children, parents may decide to use coercion, positive reinforcement or whatever other method available to them, to motivate their children toward a certain behavior. An employer will offer his employees with attractive employment packages that will continue to motivate the workers to perform well and be productive all the time. It is in the fact that we are conditioned to see motivation as something external that gets us into trouble.

For instance, we often blame another individual, entity or institution for our lack of motivation. We blame our spouse or partner for not being a certain way, therefore unable to provide us the motivation we need to stay in the relationship. We also blame our employers for our unproductive behavior, claiming that work conditions are the cause of poor job performance.

The truth of the matter is, no matter what the case is, we are responsible for our own motivations. We should never resort to blame or any negative over emotion because this affects our clarity. This lack of clarity affects our ability to decide the outcome of our motivations. Sometimes we get motivated towards something for the wrong reason and this behavior serves us more harm than good. Motivation is a human tool for self development and actualization and should be used accordingly.

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Motivation Equation And Orientation

2011-10-05T04:51:00.000-07:00

When we break motivation down to its most fundamental level, it's either inspiration-oriented or desperation-oriented. Whatever action we take, we are moving either toward something we favor or away from something we disfavor.

The majority of the world uses desperation as a motivator. Desperation is like a cattle prod forcing you to move forward and take action. You can motivate anyone on your team with desperation. The problem is that motivation spurred by desperation does not last. When desperation is the motivator, sales reps are in an "away from" mentality.

This kind of motivation is fleeting, arising only when threat, fear or discomfort is present. If you want motivation to last, you need to rely on inspiration. When your team is motivated by inspiration, they're moving of their own initiative because they want to and are excited to, rather than because they are being forced to. Motivation becomes long term when it taps into a person's inner recesses.

While the inspiration approach is certainly the more appealing of the two motivational methods, sometimes there has to be an element of "desperation." I don't mean that you want to cause your team members to feel despair, but sometimes things that push us away have to be present just as much as things that draw us near. The main reason for this recommendation is that if inspiration isn't quite enough, your prospects may just simply fall into inactivity. That is, they fall into a comfort zone.

I've developed a grid that maps out the different motivators, their varying degrees and the effects they have on others. Draw a horizontal and an intersecting vertical axis on your paper. On the left of the horizontal axis, write "Desperation." On the right of the horizontal axis, write "Inspiration." At the top of the vertical axis, write "Internal" and at the bottom of the vertical axis, write "External." In the Internal Inspiration quadrant, write the letter "A." In the External Inspiration quadrant, write the letter "B." In the Internal Desperation quadrant, write the letter "C." In your last quadrant, External Desperation, write the letter "D."

The central region is the comfort zone, where we experience complacency. How do you get someone on your team to move outside the middle? Let's start with the short-term, easy form of motivation, quadrant D, where we find external desperation. You apply an external pressure to force someone into action. In other words, your team members must do what you say or they're fired. "Hit these numbers or pack your bags." Sure, it will work temporarily, but long-term consequences will result.

The next area of the Motivation Equation is quadrant C, where we find internal desperation. Desperation motivation can be made internal if you can use your prospects' sense of duty or obligation to get them to move. Internal motivation works something like this: "I'm getting paid, so I guess I have to do this. If I don't do this, the team will miss its quota." You can see that in both of these examples, the person is acting of her/his own initiative but only out of obligation or to avoid a worse consequence.

So, is there a place for either of these latter two motivational approaches? Yes, but use them sparingly. Most teams will not put up with this treatment unless they know it is tough love. Every once in a while, when other things have failed, you can use these types of motivation. You have to let your team know not only that there are positive consequences for their actions, but if they don't perform, there may be negative consequences as well. There has to be a baseline or a standard from which to evaluate the situation. Your team members can't think that no matter what they will always have a job. Let's face it--sometimes we all need a kick in the pants. When we do resort to this approach, it's usually a negative circumstance based on desperation. Just don't go overboard or take it to the extreme. Make sure before you use any negative reinforcement that your sales rep has the tools s/he needs to get the job done. Does s/he need more training? Does s/he know exactly what you expect and how to do it?

The next quadrant is quadrant B, where we find external inspiration. Here, it is still external factors that influence you, but this time in a positive way. You are inspired and energized rather than acting simply to avoid pain. External inspiration is getting on the right motivational track because it can grow into internal inspiration. Sometimes, this quadrant is referred to as "borrowed light." It's OK to be guided and inspired by borrowed light until you've lit your own flame. At least this kind of motivation keeps you progressing in a positive way. Even with external influences, this type of motivation can produce long-term effects because it is inspiring and thus begins to tap into your inner emotions.

The best type of motivation is internal motivation, as shown in quadrant A. This quadrant is what we call passion. There's no stopping the person who has found inspiration that is purely internally driven. You can wind her/him up and s/he'll go on forever.

Hopefully, this chapter has given you lots of ideas on how to help individual team members as well as your team as a whole feel more motivated. As I said earlier, this material will apply to certain people in certain situations and will help them learn to find the right tools. The point is, you possess the knowledge and are equipped to take on any situation. Review this chapter anytime you need to give your team a boost, or even just to keep current momentum going. Of course, any of these suggestions may be adapted to suit your team's specific needs.

Questions

1. Why is the mindset of your sales force the foundation of your success?

2. What are three ways in which you can praise and recognize your team? How will you implement these strategies?

3. Gallup Consulting Group has spent more than two decades interviewing hundreds of thousands of salespeople in an effort to help corporate clients form and develop their sales teams. Its findings suggest that the top four qualities of top-tier producers are: 1) solid closing skills; 2) self-motivation; 3) strong work ethic and 4) excellent people and relationship skills. How can you implement these four qualities into your sales team?

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Just What Exactly Is Motivation?

2011-10-04T06:45:00.000-07:00

What exactly is motivation? Everyone does not always define motivation the exact same way.

Some people describe motivation as a mental force that drives a person to accomplish an end such as finishing a project or saving for retirement.

Some people say that motivation is why some individuals do one thing and others do something all together different. Motivation is often discussed in terms of setting and achieving goals and also what determines the behaviour of a human being.

Motivation is sometimes defined in terms of feelings that push a person to achieve a given objective.

Often motivation is believed to be the reason that a person chooses to do anything in particular, whether it be applying for a specific job or taking a chance by asking someone out on a date.

In the realm of psychology, motivation is closely connected to behaviour in terms of the initiation as well as direction, intensity and persistence of it.

Motivation has to do with having the interest in doing something and then having the willingness and ability to see it through to completion.

Motivation however is not the same as emotion or personality. Motivation is instead a dynamic and temporal state of mind.

A person who is motivated can be motivated to accomplish a long-term goal or a short-term goal and both have value.

Sometimes a motivated individual will break a long-term goal down into a series of smaller short-term goals in order to make the end result easier to reach for and attain.

The motivation to work towards any given goal can change and often times circumstances make it necessary for a person to modify their level of motivation.

An individual's personality on the other hand is basically a permanent part of the characteristics of the person that does not change.

Aspects of a person's personality include such things as whether the person is introverted or extroverted, modest, conscientious, shy, loud and so on.

Emotions are temporary states that a person finds themselves in in order to cope with immediate circumstances, such as feeling sad, happy, frustrated, confused, anger and being in a state of grief.

Emotion does not automatically correlate with behaviour whereas motivation does.

Motivation is often broken down into two categories, that of intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation.

Intrinsic motivation occurs when the desire to do something comes from within a person and there is no obvious external incentive for it to take place.

Engaging in a hobby for pure enjoyment such as painting, making toy models, stamp collecting, scrap booking etc. are examples of intrinsic motivation. A great deal of research studies have been conducted on intrinsic motivation since the 1970s.

Extrinsic motivation is when there is an external factor present that serves as an incentive for behaviour.

This is commonly viewed in workplaces where employees are motivated by their superiors by being offered tangible rewards such as extra money or a promotion.

There are also intangible rewards which are things such as being praised for a job well done or receiving public acknowledgement for your efforts. Many people respond well to both tangible as well as intangible extrinsic motivation.

Charles Williams is a writer for http://www.lsft.org
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Motivating People: Analysing Motivation

2011-10-03T03:48:00.000-07:00

Today's
increasingly competitive business world means that a highly motivated workforce
is vital for any organisation seeking good results. Therefore, learning how to
motivate others has become an essential skill for managers. But before we dive
in too quickly, answer yourself the following question? What is motivation? The
art of motivating people starts with learning how to influence individuals'
behaviour. Once you understand this, you are more likely to gain the results
that both the organisation and its members want. To inspire people to work -
individually or in groups - in ways that produce the best results, you need to
tap into their own personal motivational forces.

Motivation
is the will to act. It was once assumed that motivation had to be injected from
outside, but it is now understood that everyone is motivated by several
differing forces. In the workplace, seek to influence your staff to align their
own motivations with the needs of your organisation.

To release the full potential of employees, organisations are rapidly moving away from
"command and control" and towards "advise and consent" as ways of motivating.
This change of attitude began when employers recognised that rewarding good work
is more effective than threatening disciplinary measures for bad work. While it
is important to understand the motivation of your staff, take a moment to assess
your own motivation levels.

Self motivation is long-lasting. Inspire self-motivated staff further by trusting
them to work on their own initiatives and encouraging them to take
responsibility for their entire tasks. For demotivated staff members, find out
what would motivate them, and implement whatever help you can. Highly motivated
individuals are vital to supply organizations with the new initiatives that are
necessary in the competitive business world.

Motivation needs to be considered only in one direction: downwards, the superior motivating
the subordinate. That is no longer enough. In well-managed organisations, in
which subordinates do far more than take orders, superiors may need motivating
to act accordingly. Encourage colleagues to share your ideas and enthusiasm at
work. Use motivation to achieve both collaboration and cooperation from everyone
with whom you work.

Motivating
Different People in Different Ways:

1 -
Senior Manager: Motivate superiors to perceive that what you request suits
their own purposes: for instance, improving management information with a new
system.

2 -
Manager: As a manager, it is important to remember that you should use your
motivational techniques to influence not only subordinates but also your
colleagues and managers senior to yourself.

3 -
Colleague: Motivate colleagues to feel that by helping and supporting you
they are pursuing their own ends: for example, putting together a joint plan for
office economies

4 -
Subordinate: Motivate subordinates to think that following your wishes will
bring them satisfaction; for instance, taking over responsibility for an entire
job.

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How to Stay Motivated In Your Home Based Internet Business

2011-10-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

Motivation is something that as an absolute must for someone who wants to be successful promoting a home based internet business opportunity. Motivation allows you to take action, and taking action is what allows you to make money. Many people are motivated when they begin their new business as the thought of making more money and changing their lives financially and from a quality standpoint is something they want very much. However many people lose this motivation when they meet with obstacles and difficulty and the end result is that they give up and fail. It doesn't have to be this way as there are several things you can do on a daily basis that will help build your motivation which will in turn allow you to take action and keep moving forward regardless of the obstacles you face.

Understand that people are motivated by either pleasure or pain. People motivated by pleasure are motivated to take action because of the rewards they will receive at some point in the future as a result of that action. People motivated by pain are motivated to take action because the lack of taking a certain action and thus a lack of results will result in pain in that person's life (it could be staying a level or lifestyle that they detest or are unhappy with.) People who have their backs against the wall with nothing to fall back on are a good example of people motivated by pain (if they don't take action, they could be in precarious situation.) Understanding that these are the two primary forms of motivation is important as they can help you identify what your key motivating factors are and continue to feed them.

One thing you can do on a daily basis to maintain you motivation which will help you become successful in your home based internet business is to form the habit of committing to daily personal development. Read and or listen to something motivational or inspiring on a daily basis. This will have a very positive impact on your attitude and overall level of motivation. Committing to daily personal development is something very simple that only takes a few minutes each day that could have a profound effect on your business.

Another way to stay motivated is to clearly write out your goals and why you want to achieve them and post them where you can see them everyday (also post them so you can see them when you're working.) By keeping your goals in front of you, you will be constantly reminding yourself why it is you are doing this business. This should inspire you and drive you to take action. Your "why" (the reason you are in a home based internet business) needs to be very strong; strong enough to allow you to keep pushing forward regardless of what you may face.

A third idea on how to stay motivated in your home based internet business is to spend five or ten minutes each day reading profiles or listening to testimonials of people that have had success in business. This activity in itself can be very motivating and encouraging as you can hear real stories of people just like you who went through the ups and downs inherent with a home based internet business but were able to persevere and become successful. It doesn't take long to spend a few minutes doing this each day and it can really payoff with respect to keeping you motivated.

One last thing you can do to get and stay motivated is to find a mentor or a buddy that can help keep you accountable. If you're in an internet business opportunity, there is usually plenty of support in place. Find someone who you share a common vision and discuss why you're in the business. A mentor or buddy can also be very helpful in keeping you accountable with your daily action. It's much easier to blow off doing work if you don't have to answer to someone else, but if there is someone expecting you to get things done who is keeping you accountable, you are much more likely to get things done. Taking action can be very motivating in itself.

Make a daily commitment to increase your motivation. Motivation is what leads you to taking action and taking action is what allows you to make money. If you are not motivated and not able to get into action, you are doomed to fail. To achieve success in a home based internet business, you need to be motivated and allow this motivation to drive you. You can work on this daily and greatly improve the likelihood of your success.

Aaron Meredith is a successful entrepreneur who has been involved in network marketing since 2003. He now builds his business primarily online via internet marketing. For a limited time, Aaron is offering mentoring to those serious about achieving success online.

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Keys to Employee Motivation

2011-10-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

Keys to Employee Motivation

By Greg Giesen

We've come to know a lot about employee motivation. We know that the ultimate responsibility for motivating employees lies within the individual employee. We know that both the meaningfulness of the work and the work environment itself can have a sizable impact on employee motivation. We know that intrinsic rewards and motivators tend to have a much longer lifespan for employees than extrinsic rewards and motivators. And, we know that what motivates one employee will not necessarily motivate another.

But sometimes a little knowledge can be dangerous.

What do I mean? I mean that knowing what motivates employees is only half the battle. The real test is our ability to create a culture that fosters high morale and motivation. Too often we fall into the trap of incorporating the latest and greatest motivational programs in hopes of creating improved performance. These short-term remedies can often serve as band-aids to problems that require much greater attention. As a result, improvements in morale and motivation tend to occur sporadically within an organization instead of in a collective, synergistic way.

The solution is an integrated approach.

What's needed is an organizational-wide, integrated approach to creating a culture of high morale and motivation. What's needed is a top-down management philosophy and corresponding strategies that integrates management practices with efforts to enhance employee motivation. What's needed is greater consistency throughout the organization in communicating to employees about performance standards, expectations, feedback and professional growth opportunities, to name a few.

Why is integration so important?

Without an integrated approach to creating a motivated workforce, inconsistencies will surface throughout the organization and quickly sabotage any positive momentum that occurs. For example, a high performing supervisor will quickly lose her motivation if she keeps getting her decisions overturned by her respective manager. A great benefits program will do little to motivate employees if the tension in the office is so thick that you could cut it with a knife. An awards luncheon will send mixed messages if employees are expected to pay for their own lunches. A supervisor who preaches value-added customer service and then yells at his employees will quickly lose respect as well as the value-added customer service that he so desires. In each of these examples, there are contradictory messages that ultimately will serve as de-motivators and most likely lead to employee apathy.

In an integrated organization, management practices are in much greater alignment with efforts to improve morale and motivation. Managers and employees alike have clarity on their roles and responsibilities and communication from the top-down is both frequent and fluent. Motivational programs support efforts towards greater morale and productivity but are not seen as an end in itself. And most importantly, all employees, from the CEO down to the frontline worker, understand their responsibility in making the organization successful.

HOW INTEGRATED IS YOUR ORGANIZATION?

Below are 15 assessment questions for you and your organization to address as honestly as possible. Each question either directly or indirectly impacts employee morale and motivation. The more questions that you can respond with a definitive "YES," the more integration there is in your organization.

1. Do you have an organizational-wide philosophy and corresponding strategies that addresses employee motivation?

2. Have you ever conducted a comprehensive assessment of current organizational practices, programs and management techniques that impact employee motivation to determine their effectiveness?

3. Do you specifically attempt to hire employees who have a proven record of self-motivation?

4. Do your performance reviews measure the individual characteristics needed to sustain a work environment of high morale and motivation?

5. Is ongoing feedback available on all levels and in all directions throughout the organization?

6. Is there consistency in how managers manage within the organization?

7. Are employee and departmental performance expectations clearly defined and mutually shared to enhance accountability?

8. Do employees have access to the resources they need to adequately meet the demands of their jobs?

9. Do employees have input into their work processes?

10. Does the CEO practice the behaviors that he/she expects to see amongst the workforce?

11. Can employees explain the organization's vision and mission and relate it to what they do on a daily basis?

12. Are technical and soft skills training made available to employees on an ongoing basis?

13. Are employees rewarded and acknowledged for performing above-and-beyond what is expected of them?

14. Are the benefits within the organization representative of what's important to the employees?

15. Would employees say that your organization was a fun place to work?

Consider the following scale in rating your organization:
12 - 15 YES responses: Very Good
9 - 11 YES responses: Good
6 - 8 YES responses: Poor
1 - 5 YES responses: Yikes!

Each of the questions above represents areas that need to be integrated together in order for your organization to have a consistent message around employee morale and motivation.

Greg Giesen is a writer, speaker, and management consultant. He is a professor at the University of Denver and is the author of numerous books, including his latest management book, Ask Dr. Mac. Greg also facilitates the award-winning program, Leading From Within. Go to http://www.GregGiesenAssociates.com for additional information.

So what exactly are your motivations?

2011-09-30T04:31:00.000-07:00

What makes you get really excited and motivates you? Finding out the answers to these questions will help you with your self-improvement and personal success. By understanding your own personal motivations, you will be able to unlock, comprehend, and guide your future much more easily.

Most of us want a better way of life. Although each of us may define what truly constitutes a better way of life differently, we all want to see things improve for ourselves and our loved ones. Chances are you are looking for ways to improve your life. But remember... the only person who can truly make a change in your life is you.

This simply means that you will need to move from your current train of thought to a different one. Such a journey may involve a few stops along the way. It will definitely require that you make changes while moving ahead, even on days when it seems like it would be easier to revert back to your comfort zone.

Change is vital for Motivations to move forward...

Chances are there is no one going to be holding your hand as you take your journey, prodding you along. No one is going to dangle food in front of you, tricking you into marching forward. If you want to move from point A to point B, you are the only one that can make it happen. In order to keep moving along the path, you need to find the right motivation.

Motivations are important. If you attach yourself to shallow inspiration and weak motivations, you will quickly find yourself ducking out of the overall process. However, if you are able to segregate what really matters most to you, it is possible to achieve your goals.

Identify and Master your Motivations...

The question then becomes what actually motivates you? For some people, it is very easy to recognize what motivates them. They are easily able to list them off. For these people, they are in touch with their true calling and have a full understanding of what keep them going each day and they work towards their goals. However, some of us are not so lucky. In the chaos of every day life, with work, grocery shopping, home responsibilities, getting the car repaired, paying bills and doctor visits, it is easy to lose track of our core motivations. For most of us, we have to really search for our motivators.

The first step is to remember what motivates one person, doesn't necessarily motivate everyone else. True motivations are very personal. Motivations are formed from our life experiences, background, education and true understanding of the world. There is not a set of motivations that work for everyone out there (aside from the basic physiological needs of course). If you are looking at someone else for your motivations, you are looking in the wrong place.

Live with Your True Motivations...

In order to find your true motivations, you need a bit of introspection. Begin by looking at your past successes and what kept you going during those projects. Look at the goals you have always held to the most strongly. In order to have full understanding of what core principals have inspired you, evaluate your goals. Your motivations are you own and no one else will be able to come up with a list of motivators for you. You will have to dig through your past and discover them.

Re-Discover your Motivational History...

The good news in all of this is that digging through you past to discover your true motivators is well worth the effort. Once you have narrowed down the motivators that "make you tick", you can begin to move forward to reach your maximum potential. While others are struggling because of ready made solutions and plans that don't match and only result in frustration, you will be able to move along with your plans and goals. You will easily be able to supercharge your self-improvement efforts, by aligning your plan of attack with a solid understanding of your motivations.

What are your motivations? If you do not have a true answer to that question, then it is time to develop one.

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Motivation is the fuel not the destination

2011-09-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

Motivation, motivation what is motivation! Many people think they know what motivation is, but do they? A little research will show you that the dictionary definition of motivation is "the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behaviour". Ask people to define motivation, very few will give such a concise response. This is because at some level, motivation is intrinsically involved with every aspect of our lives. We have to have a certain level of motivation to achieve anything from the simplest tasks such as getting out of bed or going shopping, through to life goals such as having a successful career. Unfortunately, most people see motivation, as part of the destination rather than the fuel that is needed to get us to reach our chosen destination.

Not understanding what motivation is usually leads to disappointment in life either on a spiritual or materialistic level. One of the most common areas where the lack of a clear definition of what motivation is occurs in the area of goal setting. We all know and understand the concept of setting goals and working towards them to achieve what we want in life, but if you speak to any number of people about setting and achieving goals, they will tell you that their goals motivate them to achieve what they really want out of life. This fundamental confusion over what motivation is often leads to people not achieving their goals and full potential, in fact it often leads to greater de-motivation, as after each setback the belief in the goal becomes less strong leading to a perceived lower level of motivation to achieve the goal. It becomes a vicious circle. It is a situation that many of us have faced and the difficulties that this kind of position brings. It takes a long time for us to realise that goals and motivation are not the same and we should not treat them as such.

When you set your goals you're laying out the route and the destination you want to get to. When we are setting goals we are telling ourselves what do we want in life and how are we going to get there. What steps do we need to take? A list of goals will always allow us to move forward and give us a purpose in life, but they are not motivation in themselves.

Motivation is the fuel that inspires us to reach are goals and desires and allows us to keep getting up and moving towards our goals whenever we have a setback. Getting motivated and staying motivated gives us the energy we need to reach our goals in the shortest time possible. Motivation is required to meet our goals and goals are required to give purpose to our motivation. The two work hand in hand. If you get the motivation right you can achieve anything. So think seriously about how to get motivated and stay motivated so you can achieve whatever you desire.

Ray Adler is the owner of http://www.thesalescloser.co.uk. Ray has built up over 20 years experience in the sales arena and now delivers insights and advice on motivation and sales topics through The Sales Closer.

Boost Your Motivation Levels

2011-09-28T06:33:00.000-07:00

I Am not Motivated Because I Can't

A friend of mine told me once that he could never quit smoking because cigarettes were in his blood (he didn't mean nicotine, just that he was deeply dependant on cigarettes and could not imagine living without them). If that's the same way you feel, ask yourself one question: "What is the one thing that I want most in my life?". Now imagine meeting a wizard that could make your wish come true only if you quit smoking. Would you be able to quit then? Of course you would!

The conclusion is; you weren't able to quit because you were not motivated and not the other way round, namely not being motivated because you can't quit. Don't fool yourself and develop a false belief about your abilities; you have the ability to succeed at anything even if it seems beyond your reach if you only have the motivation to go after it with all you've got.

Understand Your Style of Motivation

A billionaire may have become rich because he didn't want to be poor. Another billionaire could have become rich because he wanted to buy a bigger house or so that he could enjoy a more affluent life style.

What's all that about? Some people become motivated because they want to get closer to something (the "towards" motivation style) while others become motivated because they want to move away from something (the "away" motivation style). The first man wanted to avoid poverty and so he was motivated to become rich, while the second man was motivated because he wanted to live more comfortably.

If you want to motivate yourself, you should first determine your motivation style. Is it running away from what you don't want, or is it moving towards what you want. Note that you could have a different motivation style in different areas of life. For example, you may be motivated to follow a healthy life style because you want to live longer and at the same time you may be exercising because of not wanting to become skinny.

The Problem with the "Away from" Motivation Style

Let's assume that you are motivated to exercise because you don't want to become too skinny. In this case you won't be that motivated unless you start to lose a lot weight or until you receive a critical comment about your physical appearance.

The result will be staying at the status quo; you won't try to improve yourself, instead you will just try to prevent yourself from losing ground. As you may have already guessed, this strategy will not result in any advancements after a certain point is reached, but it will help you not lose what you've already achieved.

On the other hand, if you exercise because you want to bulk up, your greed will take over and you will find yourself wanting to get bigger and bigger muscles even if you were already in great shape. In this case, greed is not that undesirable. Smiling

Changing Your Motivation Style

Now that we've agreed that the "towards motivation style" is better than the "away from motivation style", how can we change our motivation style?

Suppose your goal was to avoid poverty (to become rich). In this case, instead of looking at how much you spend per month, or instead of focusing on your monthly bills, just draw a picture of your dream house and your dream car and hang a copy of the picture in each room in your house.

Motivation and Goal Setting

If you don't have any goals, then don't bother reading about motivation. Motivation is needed only for those who really want something out of life. If you have no goals, you should first visit the goal setting section then come back to the motivation section when you are done with determining what you want to achieve.

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Motivation - Effective Strategies for That You Can Start Using Today

2011-09-27T06:25:00.000-07:00

Mind Secrets Exposed!

Motivation is a word used to refer to the reason or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human behavior as studied in psychology and neurophysiology. Intrinsic motivation is when people engage in an activity, such as a hobby, with a internal desire, without obvious external incentives. Extrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from outside an individual, such as a reward or a good grade. Extrinsic motivation is often effective. If you want to make positive, lasting change in your life, it helps to spend some time thinking about motivation.

Students

Students perform with higher motivation when their creativity is engaged. Students find as satisfying as reasoning through a problem and discovering the underlying principle on their own. Students are individuals, so a variety of approaches may be needed to motivate different students. Because students are not always internally motivated, they sometimes need situated motivation, which is found in environmental conditions that the teacher creates. Fortunately, many of the strategies that "empower" and "engage" students also lead to increased motivation.

Job

Motivated employees always look for better ways to do a job. Performance is considered to be a function of ability and motivation, thus: Job performance equals ability/motivation). The key words are the ones which say thanks and well done for doing a great job, especially where the words recognize each person's own special ability, quality, contribution and effort. No one knows the job better than the person performing it.

Personal

Personal growth adds value to the individual, enhancing self-esteem and self-worth. Self-actualized people are characterized by: 1) being problem-focused; 2) incorporating an ongoing freshness of appreciation of life; 3) a concern about personal growth; and 4) the ability to have peak experiences.

Experiencing the positive feelings is vital for the conscious and sub-conscious visualization of success and achievement, essential for broadening people's horizons, raising their sights, setting new personal standards and goals, and increasing motivation. The theory is that behavior motivated by an internal desire is more likely to be long-term and more likely to be integrated into your personality than is behavior that is motivated by some external reward. People are best motivated when they are working toward personally meaningful goals whose attainment requires activity at a continuously optimal (intermediate) level of difficulty.

Goal

Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. Goal-setting theory is based on the notion that individuals sometimes have a drive to reach a clearly defined end state. The goal should be objectively defined and intelligible for the individual. Set well defined goals and reward yourself for reaching them. Start with small goals that lead to larger goals.

Conclusion

Motivation to achieve is a function of the individual's desire for success, the expectancy of success, and the incentives provided. Sure, it's possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference.

The elements of motivation starts with the desire to be free, to be free from dependency on others, freedom to live the lifestyle we dream of, and freedom to explore our ideas. Every day seek inspiration, and it will help sustain motivation over the long term.

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HOW TO ATTAIN GREATNESS THROUGH SELF-MOTIVATION

2011-09-26T21:35:00.000-07:00

HOW TO ATTAIN GREATNESS THROUGH SELF-MOTIVATION

1. UNDERSTANDING GREATNESS
Greatness is more than success; whereas success is limited to a particular area, at a particular time of one's life, greatness is a wholesome phenomenon. Greatness is a combination of several successes in a person's life that brings him public recognition and personal fulfillment. It is an immeasurable state of achievement in life.

A great warrior is one who has fought and won several battles and wars. In life there are several battles, some are spiritual, while some are physical.
These battles go on in different areas such as finances, family, friends, health, business, education, leadership and even religion etc. When success is attained in all or majority of these areas, then the person who attains such successes can be branded as a great personality.

You are not truly great until other people become successful through your direct or indirect input. To be great in life, you need to be committed to ensuring that you raise several successful people in your LIFE'S NETWORK.
Your greatness is only confirmed by the testimonials from this network of successful people. The bottom line is; you can never be great without impacting positively on other people.

2. WHAT IS SELF-MOTIVATION
Motivation is an inducement with a motive that causes motion or action. There is a motive behind every action and this motive produces a force that enhances the performance or outcome of that action.
A man who is motivated or induced with a motive will naturally perform better than a man without any form of motivation. The absence of motivation produces nonchalance and/or laziness.
Failure is a result of inaction and inaction is a result of lack of motivation, failure also is antagonistic to motivation. It can kill motivation when given the chance.
A great man is one who has learnt how to handle his failures and fears.

Self-motivation therefore is the act of staying focused on your motive and translating its power into a productive action with positive result.
It is an internal push within a person that causes him to take action in line with his motive. Self-motivation makes you active. It is the activation of a person's life caused by the motives in his heart.
I boldly prescribe Self-motivation as the antidote for laziness and failure.

3. ATTAINING GREATNESS
To be great in life, you need to be a proactive person and the motive behind all you do on a daily bases should be hinged on attaining greatness.
When your state of mind is centered around greatness, it will make you to be two things:
A. An active person
B. A peoples person

You need to work and you need to be people conscious if you must be great. You do not necessarily have to do hard work but you need to work hard and better still, you need to work smart. Your aim should be to make as much people as you can successful in life.
This consciousness will keep you self-motivated at all times because you will always have what to do and you will always meet people who need your help.
So, stay motivated with good motives and your greatness in life with time will become obvious.
P.S. In order to remain self-motivated and become great, you need to read books, hang around great people and hear things that are in line with your motive: in this case - GREATNESS

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Motivation For You, Me And Everyone Else!

2011-09-25T11:59:00.000-07:00

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So, how can you find motivation in the little things in life? Here are some thoughts and some tips to help!

Finding Motivation in the Little Things

Are you one of those people that have a difficult time finding the motivation to get things done? One of the biggest misconceptions in life is that motivation will simply fall into your lap and everything will be great! C'mon - surely you know this is not what actually happens in the real world. Success is all about action! Take action now!

Some people wait for something "big" to happen and they fool themselves into thinking they will suddenly have this rush of motivation that they need to complete a task or to get through a really tough time. So, of course, when this just doesn't happen, people become dejected and just completely give up on whatever they were looking for motivation for in the first place!

This is just not the way to go! Instead of waiting for motivation to magically appear, why not try creating your own motivation? Why? because you can... and it's easier than you might think!

Finding Little Things to Motivate You

The first thing to do is to ensure you have an environment that is conducive to healthy motivation.

What does this mean? Well, it simple terms, it means you need a clutter-free workspace, a computer monitor at a comfortable height and a comfortable chair at your desk. Ergonomics plays a big part in positive energy. If you are not comfortable,these things can zap you of your energy and motivation in a big hurry.

How can you expect yourself to be motivated if you have a sore neck or a sore back all day long? You'll be too busy worrying about carpal tunnel or back spasms and you'll need to get off task every 5 minutes to adjust your positioning!

Have you actually asked yourself this?: "How much better would I feel and would my attitude change if I worked in a place that I actually liked to spend time in?" I know the answer! Think about it - so do you!

The moment you sort out your work environment and make it comfortable for yourself and content with your needs, you'll instantly take action, find the motivation to get started and follow through.

So, how do you identify your motivational factors?

Everyone has different and unique motivational factors. That means what works for your co-workers or friends may not work for you. What you need to do is determine the unique things that excite and motivate you. I reward myself with my favorite snack (chocolate!....lol) after completing an important task! Now here's a bonus! Give yourself a bonus! After you have spent all this time achieving whatever it is - give yourself a pat on the back (and a chocolate bar...lol!) and reward yourself for a job well done!

I find more motivation by sprinkling mini-rewards throughout my day for each little task I tick off my daily to-do list. When you keep your motivational factors simple, you'll keep the pressure off and get more done in less time - what a bonus!

How to Find Motivation on the Computer

Even your computer can be a source of motivational energy. Find a great personal development site and bookmark it! Look at this sites motivational quotes stories or other when you need that extra boost and just might just find the inspiration and motivation you need to soldier on!

Find a free inspiring wallpaper for your computer and download it. There are plenty of motivational images and quotes, so there's no shortage of motivation right on your desktop. You can refresh your desktop wallpaper every day, week, or month if you want.

Using the power of motivating imagery is free and requires little time. This method is a prime example of finding motivation in the little things. So go get started and have a productive day!

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How To Stay Motivated

2011-09-24T06:50:00.000-07:00

I receive many emails from people that basically ask the same question: How can I keep myself motivated long term? The biggest reason people quit their business projects is because they are not MOTIVATED!
This seems to be quite a common dilemma for many people so I want to address it because it can be done! Here are my top six tips for staying motivated:

1. Get motivated every day.

Zig Ziglar was once confronted about being a "motivational-speaker." The guy said to him, "You guys come and get people hyped up and then you leave and the motivation goes away. It doesn't last, and then you have to get motivated again." Zig reminded the gentleman that baths are the same way but we think it is a good idea to take a bath every day! It is true that motivation doesn't last. We have to renew it each and every day. That is okay. It doesn't make motivation a bad thing. We simply have to realize that if we want to stay motivated over the long term, it is something we will have to apply to ourselves each and every day.

2. Have a vision for your life.

The root word of motivation is "motive." The definition of motive is, "A reason to act." This is the cognitive or rational side of motivation. It is your vision. You have to have a vision that is big enough to motivate you. If you are making $40,000/£20,000 a year, it isn't going to motivate you to set your goal at $44,000/£22,000 a year. You just won't get motivated for that because the reward isn't enough.
Maybe $400,000/£200,000 a year would work for you. Set out a vision and a strategy for getting there. Have a plan and work the plan.

3. Fuel your passion.

Much of motivation is emotional. I don't know quite how it works but I do know THAT it works. Emotion is a powerful force in getting us going. Passion is an emotion, so fuel your passion. "Well, I like to work on logic," you may say. Great, now work on your passion. Set yourself on a course to have a consuming desire for your goal, whatever it is. Do whatever you can to feel the emotion and use it to your advantage!

4. Work hard enough to get results.

You can build on your motivation by getting results. The harder you work, the more results you will get and the more results you get, the more you will be motivated to get more. These things all build on one another. If you want to lose weight, then lose the first few pounds. When the belt moves to the next notch you will get fired up to get it to the notch beyond that!

5. Put good materials into your mind.

I can't say this enough - listen to CD's/mp3's. I always listen to CDs/mp3's regularly. I buy CDs/mp3's from motivational speakers/manifestation mentors and I learn and grow. Their successes motivate me to get my own successes! Read good books. Read books that teach you new ideas and skills. Read books that tell the stories of successful people. Buy them, read them, and get motivated! Make sure that you read the three ebooks that you will receive after you sign up to my list. Master key system, Speed wealth, Think and grow rich! (READ THEM) Uplifting music is fantastic also. I know guys who have run the 26 miles of the London Marathon having 'Eye of The Tiger' from the Rocky movies on repeat on their iPods! For me personally nothing get me going more than dance music. What's your thing? The bottom line is that good music gets you going and MOTIVATES YOU!

6. Ride the momentum when it comes.

Sometimes you will just be clicking and sometimes you won't. That is okay. It is the cycle of life. When you aren't clicking, plug away. When you are clicking, pour it on because momentum will help you get larger gains in a shorter period of time with less energy. That is the Momentum Equation! When you are feeling good about how your work is going, ride the momentum and get as much out of it as you can!

These are simple principles, that when you put them to work regularly, will change your life by keeping you motivated all the time! Get going! I hope this will help you reassess your current situation and motivate you to start your own home based business today. Remember: Quitters NEVER Win & Winners Never Quit!

Christian Wilkes is a home based business owner and internet marketer dedicated to helping others succeed online. To learn more about me go here: WhoIsChristianWilkes?To read more articles you can go here: My Blog

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Keeping Your Workforce Motivated During a Recession

2011-09-23T13:22:00.000-07:00

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Employee motivation is linked to both employee productivity and job performance. While some would argue that fear of redundancy is one of today's most powerful motivators in the workplace, organizations will always need the most talented individuals to succeed. Whilst keeping them motivated during a recession can be tough - as budgets are frozen and bonuses are slashed - there are alternatives to cold, hard cash to help keep your workforce onside in these difficult economic climes. Psychologists have been studying motivation for decades; from Spranger's identification of individual attitudes in the 1920's to Maslow's hierarchy of needs in the 1950's, through to Hogan's taxonomy of motives, values and interests in the 1990's and beyond. They have reviewed and categorized the values, interest and preferences that motivate us to behave in the ways we do. As business psychologists at Pearn Kandola we understand what motivates people in organizations, so here are our top tips for managers motivating on a budget:-

1. Know your workforce - I'm not sharing any trade secrets when I say that your workforce is made up of individuals - living, breathing people, who all have their own personalities, thoughts and motivations. Rule number one is that Managers should identify individual motivators in their team (aside from money) and target their actions accordingly.

2. Recognition - this has been identified by eminent psychologists such as Henry Murray as a key motivator. The most obvious way to do this is through positive feedback. Although it may be forgotten, particularly in times of pressure and stress, a simple pat on the back can give people a real boost. However, avoid overusing this or being too general - "you're doing a great job" has much less impact than "thank you for the additional work you put in to the report, the board were really impressed with the new ideas it contained".

Otherwise, try including a mention in the company newsletter or acknowledgement in a public meeting. But remember, while some people will revel in the public praise, others will cringe and want the world to swallow them up - so refer back to Rule Number One - know your staff!

3. Power - defined by psychologists as the need for control, challenge and getting ahead, some people are motivated by power. While there may be a recruitment and promotion freeze on, are there any opportunities to motivate your staff by offering them increased responsibility or a high status project that will allow them to raise their profile?

4. Hedonism - other staff may be motivated by opportunities for excitement, pleasure and variety, even at work! The entertaining budget may have been cut to nothing but having a project catch up meeting in an art gallery café, a review in the park on a sunny day, or bringing in freshly baked croissants for a breakfast meeting won't break the bank. Alternatively, to reward hard work without increasing outgoings are you able to offer an additional day's holiday or an enrichment day? Some people may even pick these above a salary increase if given the choice.

5. Altruism - some of your staff may be motivated by a concern for social justice and improving society. For them, if a pay freeze means that their hard work cannot be rewarded with a rise - could a 'community day' be offered instead? This reward would allow someone to take time to help others in their community - it could even build relationships with potential clients! If workloads have dropped significantly, are there opportunities to offer unpaid leave for charity or voluntary work?

6. Affiliation - company and social interaction can also be a powerful motivator for individuals, so don't forget to allow time for this. Where heads are down and people are working hard, there may be less opportunity for water cooler catch ups. However, there may be options for lunchtime 'get togethers'. For example, bring your own lunch for a picnic in the park or, alternatively, after work social activities. These don't necessarily need to be sponsored and paid for by the company. Again, these won't be for everyone (see Rule number one) and should be varied to make sure everyone who wants to be can be included - so make sure it's not always five-a-side football or trips to the pub.

7. Security - at a physical level security is one of the more basic items in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. However, many people are also motivated at a psychological level by a concern for security and minimising risk, otherwise known in the workplace as job security. Those who are strongly motivated by security are likely to find the current climate particularly difficult. Managers can help these people to identify what is within their control to help increase both the performance of the organisation and, therefore, their job security. This could be done by identifying the links between the role and the performance of the organisation. This can also be achieved through feedback - being clear on what constitutes good performance and how performance can be improved. This can help to motivate by giving a greater sense of control.

8. Business performance - some people are motivated by targets and achieving their goals. Current targets might seem unattainable or unrealistic in this financial climate, and have the potential to demotivate these individuals. As a manager, review these targets: there may be no scope to change them but can you put in place additional, more achievable targets for them to work towards? For example, in addition to sales targets, could you also set business development activities targets? Alternatively, are there ways to breakdown targets to make them seem more manageable?

Overall though, the key to motivating people is to treat them as individuals -a 'thank you' bottle of champagne for someone who doesn't drink is about as motivating as a Liverpool scarf for an Everton fan. One of the current challenges for businesses is finding creative and imaginative ways to motivate their staff for minimal outlay. Although some of our tips above aren't necessarily 'free' - an extra day's holiday has a price attached and should be considered as part of the wider context if it is offered an ongoing benefit -they should provide a useful basis for the ways, beyond bonuses and pay rises, managers can motivate staff in these challenging times.

Louise is a Business Psychologist at Pearn Kandola. For more information please visit their Business Psychology website.

Self Improvement and Motivation

2011-09-22T14:17:00.000-07:00

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Self Improvement and motivation are usually in a yin and yang relationship. They can at times be locked in a combat for supremacy, but other times self improvement and motivation are traveling buddies, arm-in-arm, each carrying the other.

Self improvement is the goal and motivation is the means to get there. Sometimes the horse gallops, other times he's kicking and bucking you off his chaffed saddle. To say that one depends upon the other is an understatement, as it may be said we only ever do that which we've been motivated to at any given moment.

Even given a situation in which one finds him or herself under heavy duress, people can find themselves committing either acts of heroism or villainy, seemingly against the odds.

First, let's consider the objects of this dynamic relationship. The obvious problem is that it is we who are the objects of such a discussion. It is our self improvement and motivation that is under question, and therein is our biggest problem. We are ever-changing and helplessly dependent beings. We begin life derived from our parents. Our existence and mood depends upon things mostly out of our control. We may pack an umbrella and predict the next storm but are powerless to stop or start the deluge. As our frustration at the daunting reality of being a frail human tempts us to lose focus of our goal (self improvement or otherwise), our mood becomes an ocean liner's anchor on a kayak and drags us down.

What to do in this bleak situation? Are we doomed to failure at every turn? How do we succeed in motivating ourselves to improve ourselves?

Knowing our limits is really the first step to freedom from perpetual depression and frustration, actually. It has been my observation and personal experience that solving any problem begins with its identification. Problem: we are unable to change everything we would like to change. Why is that so important? Simple: it frees us from the tyranny of trying to move Granite Mountains by banging our heads harder into them. Our solutions to our obstacles in life then become more realistic. Instead of moving the granite monolith mocking our progress by pulverizing our skulls upon their immovable faces, we can simply climb. We can go around the long way. We can hitch a ride upon any number of vehicles designed to overcome such obstacles. We have options! This realization further frees us from the tyrant of frustration. We aren't as helpless as we'd first thought.

We are only doomed to failure and misery if we attempt the same thing a thousand times, complaining all the way that our attempts are getting us nowhere. Naturally that would be the case, granite doesn't mind if you pound your flesh upon its face. You will lose every time, and perhaps complain that it hurts. Whatever you do, once you've identified such a blockade to progress, find another path around or over the obstacle. Exploring options, even grim options we may not have bothered to consider heretofore, will go a long way towards motivating us to continue. The quest for self improvement at this juncture is stymied: delayed, but not lost. There is hope.

Continuing the journey of self improvement will require a dogged determination to reach the goal, even if it feels as if our engine of motivation has quit along the way. By the way, motivation isn't merely "feeling like going on," rather that is merely emotion or mood. Mood is a very important character in the play, but often a doppelganger for motivation. Motivation is that dogged and central drive within us that is connected somehow to adrenaline and other hormones in our body. We fight or flee when we're most motivated to do so. Motivation is sometimes helped and other times hindered by mood. Running the marathon of self improvement means our motivation must not be confused with our mood. Only when our mood becomes the wind driving our motivational sails can we allow mood to play a key role. Other times, mood can become a champion fighter in the opposite corner of the ring. We must fight against it or ignore it when our motivation to continue is subdued by a negative mood or attitude.

Practically speaking, it's rather elementary to discover ways to motivate ourselves. Just about every motivator we know was introduced to us in grade school or in our mother's lap. We are motivated by love, motivated by the prize of time and quality of life...and we're all motivated a little differently. To one, money is a huge motivator. To another, simply eating a square meal propels him forward. My advice to you is this: when you set out on this course of self improvement and motivation becomes an issue, think of where you've been and where you're going. Set your face like flint against going back to who and what you're "improving from," the old you, and remind yourself why you thought self improvement and motivation were really all that important in the first place.

To get you motivated, set up milestones, little goals for yourself along the way, and celebrate like mad when you've reached those mini goals. Defer things such as a date night, and use it rather as a carrot to motivate you to complete a milestone. That term "milestone," by the way, can be a simple baby step. It should be an attainable goal, such as getting up half an hour early each day or cutting back on the third serving. If the milestone is a change in habit, then celebrate when you've gone a week consistently making progress in that change.

Whatever happens, there is no turning back. Keeping yourself motivated by keeping yourself focused on the prize and not the problems along the way will be the wind at your back. Remember that the biggest motivator is hope. Cling to hope. If you can't find any, ask someone to help give you some. There's plenty to go around, and you'll find that even the smallest morsel of hope becomes a feast when you've been famished for it. Enjoy the trip, self improvement and motivation will soon become more reward and less work as you accomplish your goals along the way.

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Hypnosis Motivation and Mind Motivations

2011-09-21T08:24:00.000-07:00

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Have you ever noticed that some people manage to be motivated ALL the time? They just seem to have some secret technique that helps them keep it all together. Whatever new thing life throws at them, they just take it in stride and go with the flow. Often, things we never think we'll achieve are actually quite attainable. Hypnosis motivation and other " target="blank">mind motivations are two of the things we'll be talking about to help you on your way.

THAT Person
Whether it be sitting for exams, cleaning the backyard, wanted to work harder, the zest to earn more money or the way they have fantastic relationships with everyone they come into contact with, watching OTHER people be motivated simply isn't enough to motivate most people in turn. What's stopping you? Is it that the other person better looking? Or that they come from a better family? Maybe they have a better job, a better car, better financial security or perhaps they are just plain luckier than you? Be honest, how many times have you been green with envy over a colleague getting a higher pay rise, or your best mate buying a big house. What would you say if I told you all these "negative" thoughts are, in fact, POSITIVE?

See the Signals
It may not seem like it, but these jealous, negative or self-depreciating thoughts are actually really good because they are signals for you to watch out for. What do they signal? That something needs to change. If you are quietly watching everyone else accomplish what you want to accomplish yourself, it's a signal to get your head in the game, because you are MORE than capable. You know it, but there's something holding you back. You might not think it's your motivation to commit to the certain goal you have in mind, but if there's something else there - it's your motivation to face what's stopping you that is really getting in the way. Now we're going to discuss a few techniques, like hypnosis and mind motivations, to help you do something about it.

Hypnosis Motivation
Hypnosis motivation is becoming an increasingly popular way for people to keep themselves on track when it comes to getting what they want. A good example of this in practice is as weight loss motivation. You might think that the idea of looking slimmer is enough weight loss motivation but more often than not, it simply isn't. Some people turn to friends to help keep them on track through group gym sessions, some people turn to healthy eating programs and others turn to a " target="blank">motivation hypnotherapist. The idea of a motivation hypnotherapist is that he or she helps you to strengthen your conviction to achieve a particular goal. For example, you might want to loose weight and become healthier. When it comes to weight loss motivation there are many directions from which a motivation hypnotherapist may approach. Do you have any eating problems? Are you an emotional eater? Do you have a tendency to binge? Are you simply unable to resist certain foods? A motivation hypnotherapist can help you identify why you have these problems and once you know what they are, you can plan a strategy for confronting the problems. It's funny how some of the challenges life throws at us seem unsurmountable when we really just have to teach ourselves the proper way of facing them. A motivation hypnotherapist can also help to reinforce your conviction to loose weight on a subconscious level.

Neuro Linguistic Programming
If you have an emotional problem like hurt, stress, anxiety, fear, guilt or sadness, your mind motivation solution is the Neuro Linguistic Program. What is this? It's an amazingly powerful model of human experiences and communication that arose from the studies of three "master psychotherapists" - basically, researchers identified the communication patterns which supposedly made Fritz Perls, Virginia Satir and Milton Erickson more successful than their peers. Using NLP as a technique individuals like you or me can learn strategies to develop our behaviour. Some points of NLP are knowing what outcome you want and being flexible in your behaviour, generating different kinds of behaviour to see what response you get and having enough sensory experience to recognise when you get the result you want. This model is a kind of mind motivator which can make many of the difficulties in life disappear. Using it, you can put spins on the events in your life so that pain becomes pleasure and with this, we can change our lives for the better. Finding out more about NLP and other mind motivations, and using them in your day-to-day life is the most successful way to change your life from procrastination to a positive energized life of motivation. How you feel about yourself in the present moment is the very source of all your behaviour. Your behaviour creates your life. So what are you waiting for?

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How to Stay Motivated and Reach Your Goals

2011-09-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

Motivation-we're all chasing it, but few of us understand it, or why we lose it in the first place.

What Is Meant By Motivation?

Motivation is the natural desire to reach a goal, combined with the passion and energy to work toward achieving that goal. Individuals who are motivated have a desire to take on new ventures and fulfil the requirements necessary to complete the task.

Motivation is a characteristic that we all require in order to achieve anything in our lives. Without motivation, we would all simply give up at the slightest inclination of adversity. Motivation is the instigator that inspires and encourages us to be our best. Someone who is motivated will do anything it takes to be successful in achieving their goals.

Motivation can change your life by inspiring you to get everything you want out of life, no matter what other people try to tell you. It is possible for someone who is stricken by poverty to become motivated and turn everything around into a life of abundance.

Motivation gives us the passion that we need to begin exploring our options in life as well as the courage to see these dreams through to reality. If you are unhappy with your current situation, it is most likely due to the fact that your current situation does not motivate you. You must take it upon yourself to determine what it is that you truly want out of life.

Think about the type of lifestyle that you want to lead and the kind of career you want. Once you know what makes you happy and change your life centre, you will be excited to jump out of bed each and every morning.

Why We Lose Our Motivation

Three primary factors lead to the loss of our motivation, they are:

1. Lack of direction. You will not be motivated to achieve your goals if you do not know what those goals are.

2. Lack of confidence. Believing you will fail is the best way to ensure it.

3. Lack of focus. Not knowing what it is that you want will lead to wondering if you even want anything at all.

Tips on How to Stay Motivated

When you lack motivation, you also lack ambition, enthusiasm and zest. Motivation makes you feel as if you are full of life and ready to do anything you have to in order to reach the goals that you have set out for yourself. Once you find your motivation, you will be happier, you will have more energy and you will be able to see the positive results clearly in your mind.

You need to enhance the motivation within you and awaken your inner power to push yourself in the direction of fulfilling your dreams, no matter how great or small they may be.

Here are a few tips to help you find your motivation and hold on to it:

· Set goals. If you set goals for yourself, finding the motivation to reach those goals will come easier.

· Finish everything you start. Make a promise to yourself that no matter what happens, you must always make it to the finish line.

· Mingle with like minds. Positive attitudes seem to be contagious. Surround yourself with like minded people who possess the motivation that you seek.

· Do not put off for tomorrow what you can get done today. If you procrastinate, you will become lazy and lose all motivation to succeed.

· Never give up. Patience and persistence to keep going and stay strong no matter what comes along will give you the motivation you need to succeed.

Constantly remind yourself that you can succeed. Visualize your goals and how happy you will be once you have everything you want.

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Self Help to Motivation - Boost Your Own Morale

2011-09-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

Motivation is something that may drive a person towards success, and it is crucial to possess an inner motivation to view life in an optimistic way. As every person is different from another, self help to motivation also varies based on the priorities, as something that is motivating to you, may not catch the interest of the other. Motivation is not easy, as identifying it in you and the requirement you want in life sometimes is tough to figure out. However, putting the facts ahead and taking charge of the reins is the right attitude to boost motivation.

A very important thing to motivation is to ensure a healthy self worth dose and to figure out personal motivators by asking them to work for you. Believing in your own self and abilities, without creating any artificial limitations, and thereby enhancing your potentials is the right path to self help to motivation. For a motivated person the determination should be stronger, and hence being detoured owing to discouragement or minor challenges coming along the way is less likely.

Self help to motivation stems a good feeling and increases the self esteem. These are some of the critical components that is inside every person, and the significant point is to take time to peep inside as well as to unleash your potentials. For a happy as well as successful life, motivation is a must to accomplish success in life. This is accomplished by knowing the desires in life such as what and how you want things in life and this leads to motivation. Similarly, being enveloped with positive people who really care and love you is very essential to acquire success. If you have a negative environment, it is certain to affect the performance and will loosen the grip of motivation.

Setting goals make people more positive and motivated to work towards it and the moment one views success of accomplishing things in life as per the desire; they stay motivated to do more things. Self help to motivation has its main foundation in self believing, and having a low self-esteem affects the life negatively. Taking the lead and challenging it with full motivation is possible only when a person is prepared to accept self help. Similarly, to stay motivated read positive books as it assists in growing in leaps and bonds.

There are times when people feel things are out of control, hopeless and the motivation spirit seems to be disappearing. This is the time for keeping in mind how to react properly and forcefully, which shall lead to the right path to motivation. Identify the positive concepts and pinpoint the questions to yourself and start answering them, and thereby you will realize that this is an authentic way to self help to motivation, even in bad situations. On realizing the slight glimmering hope, start digging underneath and identify the source of worry and face it boldly with safety and self-respect.

Motivation is to face any hindrance and to be in action, even if it is small, is the surest way to hold your head strong and to move in the desired direction. Such motivation will never let you fall and this all depends on your attitude. Staying always motivated is tough, but with self help support retaining the motivation should be strong.

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What Happens When Motivation Fails

2011-09-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

When we put forth a constant effort to be positive and behave in a positive manner, yet the day comes to an end and you are lacking that motivation. What causes this type of motivational failure? How can we beat it?

There are probably two very different types of individuals that ask this question:

1) The Individual Being Motivated: Employee, Student, Daughter, Son, etc. These are the types of individuals that normally receive motivation from a motivator, or are guided along the self motivation path. Yet they have trouble finding motivation.

2) The Individual Motivator: Manager, Teacher, Mother, Father, etc. These are the types of individuals who inspire motivation, help guide motivation, and require self motivation. Yet they too find it hard to stay motivated.

Understanding the problem and finding a solution may vary upon individuals. The first group has lost confidence and need a bit of a nudge now and again. They are finding themselves and need to be guided along the pathway of motivation. It is important to note that this group tends to need motivation defined by someone else before they see it within themselves. They have to learn to set attainable goals. They must create a version of success within their own minds and follow their own path. They may need help along the way, but they'll make it.

The second group has to have an understanding of individualism and understand the fact that everyone is different. Nothing is set in stone, and what motivates one individual may not work for another. They have to be willing to help change the attitudes of others. Attitudes cause behavioural problems when they are out of synch with the individual. These are tell tale signs that more guidance is needed, and that the individual has yet to be motivated properly. When this group gets down they must reflect inward and look for the changes and adjustments they can make within their own lives.

Let's look at some of the things that motivate people. Some people are motivated by an example. A teacher gives guidance and motivates students by showing a positive attitude. The students pick up on this and exemplify that attitude. Some people are motivated by money. A manager and employee; the manager sets a bonus for productivity and the employee works toward that. A criminal and a police officer; the criminals actions are normally motivated by the fear of being caught and the thrill of getting away with something illegal. Fear can be a very powerful motivator. There are as many different types of motivators as there are people, and each individual is motivated by something unique to them. Some will be the same as others and others will be totally independent.

The idea is that with the right attitude and proper motivation, anyone can pick themselves back up. Some people may need help, others just need time. Overall it just depends on the individual and what motivates them.

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The Secret to Lifelong Gym, Workout and Exercise Motivation

2011-09-17T04:57:00.000-07:00

Are you one of those people who occasionally watches 'motivational videos' on youtube? Perhaps you're someone who needs to listen to their favorite 'motivational music' when working out. Or maybe you have to see yourself in the mirror to get motivated to do a workout? (or do something similar to 'find motivation')

Would you believe me if I told you that I (and many others) don't need to use these 'motivational tips' to be motivated? You see, the secret to lifelong motivation for your gym routine, for lifelong motivation for your workout, or lifelong motivation to do exercise is not outside of you, it's inside, and it wants to get out.

All you need to do is unleash it.

My goal is to show you how, so you never have to suffer from a lack of motivation again or the unreliable ups and downs that come from using 'motivation tips', 'motivation tricks', motivational videos' or any sort of motivational tactic that's outside of you. Why do you need this change to your motivational routine?

Let me answer that with a question; Would you rather be in control, or leave your sense of control to fate? I sure know which I would prefer. I know that when I take control of my ability to motivate myself I feel better, have better workouts, enjoy life more, feel more in control, feel happier AND get more of what I want. To help you with this I have developed a program that takes you from out of control of your ability to motivate yourself, to in control, feeling good and able to motivate yourself anytime you want to. I did this because I want to help you, and thousands like you, free yourself from the ravages of motivational ups and downs. And because of the feedback I have received from everyone that's tried this program I know it works, and it will work for you to.

How do you 'train motivation'?

The first thing you probably want to do is think of motivation as a skill, when you do this you will eventually realise that motivation is something that you can train, improve, strengthen with exercises and get totally under your control. Just like any skill, motivation is open to improvement. You just need to be shown the right way to practice.

Have you heard that saying, 'practice makes perfect'? Well it's only partly true, really it should say, 'perfect practice makes perfect'. So what you need is a system that shows you how to practice in a way that's perfect for you. This complete system of motivation training takes you from complete beginner to super advanced, shows you how to know what to do, makes you feel in control and gives you the dedication you have been missing. In addition to that, this motivation training course is fully supported by a personal backup email service that ensures you always have someone to talk to, to ask questions and find help from.

Just think for a moment what it would be like for you to feel good about planning, doing and enjoying your exercise or gym routine. Take a moment to ponder all the benefits to you from becoming totally in control of your level of motivation, able to change it whenever you need to. How would you feel if you were able to do this?

And, finally, think about what it would sound or look like for you to understand that you never have to worry again about doing what you need to do, because you find it easy, enjoyable and pleasurable. Really take your time to get into these benefits, really live them, take them on board and make them your own. How good does it feel?

This could be your first step to taking control of your feelings of motivation, and in a way it already is; the process of learning how to take control of your motivation is all about how your brain is programmed, and all you need to do now is continue that process.

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Find Out More About The Motivation Of Improving Your Mind Powers

2011-09-16T21:31:00.000-07:00

Motivating yourself and using your own mind powers is a necessary aspect of achieving any goal that you can think of. While most of us might think that motivating ourself must come solely from inside of us or from our own mind powers, external forces of motivation are also very valuable in helping to keep us motivated.

While external motivational factors might be simple to find it is also true that they show the least amount of true motivational force. Once the external factor is removed you are left with nothing but your own thoughts and self to deal with. While motivation by using your own mind powers might be more difficult to come by, once you learn the secrets of using this form of motivation you can call upon it at any time.

By using your mind powers in a consistent and methodical way you can achieve your goals and gain the results that you might be looking for more easily. Digging deep into one's self and using one's own mind powers is the more logical place for most people to search for motivation but external forms of motivation should not be overlooked. These are the methods of motivation that we wish to talk about now.

Four Most Common Forms Of Extrinsic Motivating Factors:

Recognition From People We Work With

The power of our peers can be a powerful motivational force that you should be seeking out as you work towards your goals. Team building and mastermind groups can help you to really put legs under your thoughts, goals and dreams. The power of a good team and the cohesive nature of team work and team dynamic can boost you and motivate you beyond what you might be able to manage alone as thoughts and ideas are exchanged and built upon. Keep an eye out for acceptance and motivation from your peers and coworkers.

Acceptance By A Mentor

Gaining the acceptance or recognition from a respected mentor can be the ultimate in motivation. Having a mentor should be a must when you set out to achieve any goal but gaining the praise of one that you have chosen as a mentor can catapult your motivation to new heights and help to push you further than you ever imagined in achieving your goals.

Recognition From Family

Gaining the acceptance, understanding and admiration from friends and family can also be a strong motivational force. After all, who knows you better than your friends and your family and who will be more honest with you than those that love you. Garnering the power of recognition from friends and family who believe in you can be one of the most powerful motivational forces that can surround you at a moments notice.

Now that we have explored a few of the external forms of motivation that you can use on a regular basis to push you towards success in achieving your goals, it should be said that these are not the only external forms of motivation. These are simple the most common and most easily utilized forms of external motivation. While you might wish to do it all on your own and utilize your own mind powers you really can benefit from using external forms of motivation. In achieving any goal that you can think of it simple becomes necessary to seek out others to help keep you motivated.

Next, your brain is the most powerful super computer in the world and it capable of performing beyond what we might ever imagine. Inside of each of us is a force that can create and achieve the most impossible goals. Although we might not quite understand it yet completely we do know that there are untapped riches within us that can be accessed by using our own <a href="http://www.awakenmindpower.com">mind powers</a>.

Next, your brain is the most powerful super computer in the world and it capable of performing beyond what we might ever imagine. Although we might not quite understand it yet completely we do know that there are untapped riches within us that can be accessed by using our own mind powers.