It’s amazing how many people I talk to who tell me they want to create a new blog, write a book, start a new business, change careers, make something new.
Unlike with short-term finite goals, the unconscious will continue to positively value objects related to the long-term goals, even after a level of success has been achieved.
A study by assistant marketing professor finds people are more satisfied if they set ambitious goals, as opposed to conservative goals.
One of the biggest challenges in meeting any goal, whether it be related to productivity, waking early, changing a habit, exercising, or just becoming happier, is finding the motivation to stick with it.
Studies reveal that in the dog-eat-dog, look-out-for-Number 1, highly-competitive business world, only the aggressive, risk-taking alpha male can expect to succeed as an entrepreneur.
People have an easier time starting toward a goal than finishing it, but a shift in attention can make all the difference in reaching the finish line.
“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”
I’m sure you've heard the saying before: “Do what you love and the money will follow.” Sometimes the money does follow when you do what you love. Sometimes the magic works. But most of the time, it does not.
First, you must decide exactly what it is you want to accomplish. And secondly, you must determine what price you'll have to pay to get it, and then resolve to pay that price.
When asked during an interview how he managed to reach the top as a professional bodybuilder and Hollywood actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger replied with a single word: "Drive!"
Pride in success can prevent us from taking further action toward our goals. We should not allow our brains to convince us that a failure is a success just so that we can stop trying.
Many people who are new to entrepreneurship approach the world of business in some rather funky ways.
Research suggests that it is pro athlete's ability to manage his goals, as well as his skill, determination and motivation that makes him successful.
Fame is attention -- and with enough attention you can generate passive income. Monetizing fame is actually pretty easy.
When I wrote the first words of my blog, more than five years ago, I had no idea those few keystrokes would change my life.
We come now to the major faults of leaders who fail, because it is just as essential to know what not to do as it is to know what to do.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
It’s the lack of starting that kills most tasks and projects.
I've been stuck in a job I hate, and I felt imprisoned, trapped doing work that bored me while following orders of others and helping them achieve their goals.
"Over the course of five years, I've managed to pay off over $35,000 in debt, quit my day job, and go from having nothing saved to fully funding my retirement accounts every year. In the process, I've developed a 14-point philosophy."
Too often we get stuck in inaction -- the quagmire of doubt and perfectionism and distractions and planning that stops us from moving forward.
In the not-too-distant past, young people aspired to become lawyers and doctors. Now they yearn to achieve the celebrity of a Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey -- and these goals extend to adults as well.
If you want to make a difference in the world, the single most important thing you can do is consciously and deliberately choose to do work that you are passionate about.
Everyone is essentially self-employed -- and that even if you're an employee, you should think of yourself as the President of your own personal services corporation.
The prolific life has been characterized by abundant inventiveness and limitless creativity, and has been enshrouded in a veil of mystery - the sources of artistic inventiveness are too often viewed as out-of-reach for the average person.
If you don’t believe you’ll succeed, then some parts of you will resist your goal, and your progress will be frustratingly slow.
Let’s say you have an agenda, and every time one of you wandered off the agenda, you forced yourself to get back on it. Would the conversation be better or worse, with a set outcome?
When people consider a particular goal, they often worry about the time commitment: 'If I start a business now, it could take years to make it profitable.' Such thoughts reveal a total misunderstanding of the nature of time.
What an extremely tough thing for teens to figure out: What should you do with your future?
To truly tap into your creative nature, you only have to realize one thing...