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positive thinking
28
Feb

Being Ready

Dr. Success Challenge:  Would you be ready to step into an opportunity to advance your life dream at any moment?  Regardless of your answer, how do you know if you are ready? It has been almost two months since I met Vaopele Tiatia, a graphic designer living in Utah, but from Hawaii.  Vao was seated...
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24
Jan

Imagine

Today begins the year of the Dragon in the Chinese tradition. This photo to the left was taken by Stew Gibbons today. Dr. Success Challenge: Look at the photo for about a minute. Then answer the following question: If I was brave, I would take action toward ____________ in 2012.Happy Year of the Dragon. Thank...
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02
Jan

364 Day Question

One day down.  364 days left in 2012 (or 354 if you are Mayan). I decided to ask myself one question each morning, each day of 2012: How would I live each day of 2012 if I really believed 12/21/12 was the end of the world? Would I worry about the past, or find joy...
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06
Sep

Looking Back to Move Ahead

In 2007 when I was working with a web design team to create my ServingSuccess site, I provided photos to be included on the home page.  I felt the photos represented different emotions that people go through as they transform and develop.  I had taken all the photos submitted.  One was of the rays of...
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09
Aug

Expectation vs. Action – Part 2

Dr. Success Challenge:  Manage your expectations of what is most likely NOT going to happen today and TAKE ACTION of those things that possibly can.  This is how it worked for one person.  I’ll share the story with you in numbers: 30 years of work and a mere $700 the balance in the bank.  Most...
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19
Jul

The Wisdom of Platitudes

You have probably heard, “Do what you love and the money will come”, “No matter what your plan is, the right people show up at the right time”, and “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.”  And you have heard me say, “Blah, blah, blah….” I am writing because I was proven wrong this...
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15
Feb

Long time no write

Have you ever noticed that sometimes life requires you to stop doing things that you actually enjoy in order to do something you do not enjoy nearly as much?  Well, that is what has happened to me.  I actually enjoy writing a blog each week, sharing the blog posts of some noted and content-rich contributors,...
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17
Jan

I have a dream…

Today, as a nation, we celebrate the life, accomplishments and contributions, of Dr. Martin Luther King.  So many of his words have become infamous that often we don’t remember the man who spoke them or why he said them. Maybe the greatest honor of all is when you words still inspire, even if you are...
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05
Dec

Visualization Test

Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 update.  Before you read the blog post below, look at the photo to the left.  It was taken yesterday as I came in on the half marathon.  Now read on…. I decided to have some fun with a technique that I used before as a sceptic and was shocked with the...
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22
Nov

Turning My Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping Stones

Dr. Success Challenge:  Look at an unpleasant part of your business life.  Maybe you are without a job because of a corporate layoff.  Maybe you lost your business because of economic conditions.  Maybe your whole industry is in flux and you have no idea where you will land.  Whatever the situation, think of it as an...
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