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Worried you won't meet your goal? According to research, you'll be more likely to succeed if you make specific plans to implement it.
Little research exists in the area of self-talk, although internal dialogue often influences the way people motivate and shape their own behavior.
Timeboxing is a simple time management technique you can use to take control of your time.
Life would be grand if we only did what our fleeting hearts wanted to do, each moment of the day. Unfortunately, the laundry, taxes and difficult conversations would never get done.
Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.
If you have ever wanted to know how to turn a content site into a virtual gold mine, you'd be smart to ask an expert how he or she managed it.
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Procrastination is in all of us, and one of the best ways to procrastinate is to do all the busy-work that makes us feel like we’re doing stuff -- while not doing the stuff we know we should be doing.
Fifty years ago, an old country doctor drove to town, hitched his horse, quietly slipped into a drug store by the back door. His mission was destined to bring to the South the most far-flung benefit since the Civil War.
Do you look fondly at the past, enjoy yourself in the present, and strive for future goals? If you hold these time perspectives simultaneously - and don't go overboard on any one of them - you're likely to be a happy person.
There’s a big difference between completing a project and perfecting a project. Perfectionism frequently works against the drive for completion. A final work product doesn’t have to be perfect to produce strong results. However, the project must be essentially complete.
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.
Starting a business is a lot of work. Anyone who tells you it's not is either lying or has never actually started one themselves.
It's hard to keep yourself going when you don’t feel the same excitement as you did in the beginning.
Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! The tragedy lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of people who fail, as compared to the few who succeed.
When the task at hand requires some imagination, taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting.
Can money buy happiness? Is ignorance truly bliss? Are happy people shallow and unaware of the problems of the world? Can a person be too happy?
We all know that if you’re truly passionate about something, productivity becomes largely irrelevant.
Too often we get stuck in inaction -- the quagmire of doubt and perfectionism and distractions and planning that stops us from moving forward.
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A survey by the Pew Foundation which found that 71 percent of Americans view small business more favorably than any other institutions, including religious organizations.
The people around you dictate your success. They can also forecast our failure.
Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business
We all procrastinate. I put off writing this article by doing a bunch of smaller tasks, for example. They were less important and I knew it, but they were quick tasks and so easier than writing an article on a tough topic.
A big part of self-discipline comes from social pressure. This is how people in the military can become very disciplined, particularly in special forces. They don’t want to hold their team back, so they have to do their best.
Many of us are good at starting things — it’s the finishing that we need help with.
Whether you are swimming in the Olympics or saving for a vacation, being able to see progress toward your goal will help you reach it.