“Accepting responsibility for your life means understanding that YOU are responsible for creating the life you want to live. If you don’t do it, who else will? This is a tremendously empowering realization, or at least it was for me. When I realized I was responsible for myself, I stopped making excuses and I stopped Read More

“Much has been written on making a great first impression. But there are three points that I believe all of us need to be aware of and practice to make a great first impression. Read More

“If you set the bar at “amazing,” it’s awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn’t going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you’ve created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Read More

You have to have some learning and education just to survive, let alone succeed. There are many ways to learn and to become educated. You can learn from your own mistakes. You can learn from the mistakes or others. That is usually less expensive and time consuming. You can learn from what you read. You Read More

The tried and true is beyond reproach. It’s been tried, and of course, it’s true. True because it worked. In times of change, though, most of the tried is in fact, false. False because what used to work, doesn’t, at least not any longer. Sure, it might be what you’ve always done. But that doesn’t Read More

By Bob Proctor Watching any professional perform is one of the most satisfying experiences in life. It makes no difference what the professional is doing; they fascinate you with their skill and precision. Read More

You have the brains in your head. You have the feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direction you choose. From Dr. Suess book “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” Read More

“When weeds come up in your garden, it does no good to say, ‘There are no weeds, there are no weeds, there are no weeds…’ It doesn’t help to pretend they’re not there. It doesn’t matter how much you focus on the beautiful plants that are growing. The weeds aren’t going to disappear until you Read More

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” – Norman Vincent Peale Read More

In the previous week’s post we started to talk about assets you can build as opposed to assets you can buy. It is the assets that you build that allow you to utilize the assets you buy. Three assets you can build are: Your brand. Permission Expertise Read More