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Happy New Year – and, Follow the 10 Step Plan

If you are ready for a quantum leap forward in your business, you can do so, today. I have posted ten ways to launch yourself forward towards your goals, whether they’re personal, professional, or both. Go through these posts, take notes and flag a few of the suggestions that grab you right away. Test them [...]

2Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Allow No Excuses – Step 10

Allow No Excuses is your last step. In the immortal words of one of the greatest philosophers of our generation: Do or do not: There is no try. –Yoda Yeah, that little green guy had it right: When it comes down to it, your excuses don’t matter. Your customers don’t care that you were going [...]

1Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Ruthlessly Remove Distractions – Step 9

Ruthlessly Remove Distractions The dog needs a walk. Your leg hurts. The dishes/grocery/laundry needs to be put away. You really should change your email signature. Is it time for a new header on your site? Maybe another color background for your Twitter profile page… If you let the voices in your head – what esteemed [...]

31Dec2011 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Keep Your Goals – and Your “Why” – Front and Center – Step 8

If you’re finding yourself mired in muck, longing to jump forward to success, it could be a matter of not having strong enough motivation, or not reminding yourself of why you want to achieve your goals. As a result, you can start slacking, skipping your workout, sleeping in instead of writing your daily five pages [...]

30Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Review Your Day on a Daily Basis – Step 7

Our lives are full of scheduled check-ups. You see the dentist every six months. You get a mammogram every year past 40. You get your car tuned up every 3000 miles or so. And you should review your day every 24 hours. Why so frequently? After all, you could do this once a week or [...]

29Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Find Patterns of Success – Step 6

Even if you’re not quite where you want to be, you still have a history of success. You’ve graduated high school, done well on a test, lost weight, had a great friendship, or otherwise set and achieved some sort of goal. By analyzing your past successes, you can find a lot of clues about how [...]

28Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Choose Your Mentors Wisely – Step 5

The most successful people in life all had one thing in common: They had someone to help them navigate their path. A mentor, a coach, a personal trainer, a teacher: Someone walked beside and ahead of them, helping them make their way. If you were attempting an African safari, your most important decision would be [...]

27Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Leave No Room for Doubt – Step 4

Our next step – Step 4, is Leave No Room for Doubt. You say, “Let’s go to the drugstore. I need a new pair of reading glasses.” Your friend says, “Are you sure? We could probably get the same thing cheaper at the mall.” You say, “I hired a new accountant.” He says, “Are you [...]

26Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Keep Moving Forward – Step 3

Life is all about choice. Will we wear the blue tie or the red tie, or no tie at all? Will we have GrapeNuts or All-Bran for breakfast? Will we take the car or walk? Yes, these are seemingly simple decisions that you may think don’t belong in a report on how to change your [...]

24Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Surround Yourself With Success – Step 2

It’s been repeated so often that it’s basically internet law at this point: Your income will average that of the five people you hang around most. Whether it’s literally true or just sort of true, it doesn’t really matter – the point is, if you want to be successful, you have to surround yourself with [...]

23Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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“Up” Your Deserve Level – Step 1

We can only achieve as high as we *think * we can. Try this little exercise: Stand up and extend your arms out on both sides of your body. Close your eyes and, turning at the waist, see how far you can twist to one side without causing yourself bodily harm. Open your eyes and [...]

2Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Are you ready to move forward? – A 10 Step Plan for Success

In my coaching business and working with clients one on one, I see a common theme where fear and self judgment are blocks to moving forward. Whether you are promoting a website, working on your social media or working towards publishing your first book, having a Success Mindset is critical to reaching your goals. That’s [...]

2Nov2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Do or do not. There is no try.

I think Star Wars was before it’s time; or, maybe just not understand fully as more than fun entertainment. Enjoy this little journey into the past! In fact, seeing this makes me realize I’m going to have to watch the Star Wars movies all over again. Listen carefully how Yoda explains “The Force” to Luke. [...]

18Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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“Writing Your Book” – Happy New Year!

“We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” ~Edith Pierce Wishing you all the Very Best Success in the New Year… ~Susan

1Jan2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Elizabeth Gilbert discusses creativity and the ‘genius’ factor

Staying both inspired and continuing to believe in yourself are two ongoing skills that all authors, entrepreneurs and creative people need to embrace in order to overcome self-doubt – especially when the going gets rough (which we all experience at one time or another). I wrote “The Land of I Can” to assist with that [...]

7Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Will Smith embraces the message of “I Can”

Take 10 minutes right now and watch Will’s insights on the power of believing, the power of “I Can”, the power of focus and how he moves past fears. I particularly loved his approach of building a wall one brick at a time. Confucius said: “He who says he can and he who says he [...]

23Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Focus on your strengths and look what can happen!

A client sent me this video because he knows I’m an animal lover. However, this wonderful dog and his human parents demonstrate: Acceptance Love Focus on your strengths Take a couple of minutes to watch a video that so perfectly shows what is possible when theses principles are applied to anyone’s life!

18Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Zen Habits: 8 Ways Doing Less Can Transform Your Work & Life

Zen Habits is one of my favorite blogs to follow, and I love their subtitle:  Simple Productivity. Their recent post titled “8 Way Doing Less Can Transform Your Work & Life” mirrors my philosophy of ‘focusing on what matters to get the results you desire”. More is not always better. One New Year’s resolution that [...]

21Sep2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Just for Fun

I had someone send this to me on Saturday after doing some Twitter work, and I laughed till I cried. “Shake that Tail Feather!”

14Sep2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Why do people succeed?

One of my colleagues recently asked, “What would you say your #1 reason for success is?” Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow … Look at the bottom of the video for what my [...]

9Sep2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Use FriendFeed to Keep Your Social Networking Organized

Once you get rolling with a whole bunch of social networking sites, you’ll quickly realize it becomes a noisy environment. Not only is there your own chatter to organize, but you now have the chatter of dozens, hundreds or possibly thousands of online friends to sort through. Before you start closing accounts on your social [...]

21Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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My Compete – Reports on Twitter and Microsoft

May Data is Live: Twitter’s Growth Shows Signs of Fatigue May’s data is here and it’s hot! It was a big month and the data shows some tell-tale signs that Twitter’s days of monster growth are waning, Microsoft’s $100 million marketing budget for Bing may be paying off, and the sour economy is not negatively [...]

12Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Refocus for Busy People

I’ve had a spotty Internet connection today which at first was very frustrating with so much to accomplish online. When I decided to go outside, take a walk, and see the situation as an opportunity to take a break – this blog post formed in my mind. Like most people, you may find it difficult [...]

28May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Focus – The Powerful Lens for Results

There are stars that have been in existence since the beginning of time, that we have been able to see only recently through a new and more powerful lens. If you could use a more powerful lens through which to see your life, would you use it? One of the more important points I have [...]

23May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Staying organized in a Web 2.0 World

PC World says “Remember the Milk reinvents the to-do list”… Huh?  Remember the Milk? Yep – stroll on over to www.rememberthemilk.com to see how you can manage your everyday tasks, receive reminders via email, SMS and instant messenger services; and add tasks by firing off an email (or even by your phone). This service integrates [...]

18May2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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