Daily Habits of Successful People: It's All About Routine

Why you get distracted and how to overcome it with music

5 Steps to Develop More Discipline

Brian Tracy's 3 favourite books

I know what I want for my Birthday

Personally I'd put Dale Carnegie's How to win Friends & influence people above Brian Tracy's book but his is informative.

Please let me know your 3 favorite books!!!

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” ― Ernest Hemingway

  To me this simply means that with a deeper understanding comes a deeper search for happiness, a deeper need for personal development to reach that state of contentment, of Happiness.

  Your foundations in contentment need to be deeper and stronger as you are more susceptible to the winds of discontent.

  Obviously the cynical view is that with a simple mind, comes simple pleasures. While not always untrue it doesn't do anything for the 'intelligent people' other than making them envy those of simpler minds or look down on the contented for having a lack of understanding.

Please share your thoughts and feelings, this is an interesting topic with many points of view. I look forward to discussing it with you.

Jim Rohn Have A Solid Plan (For Teens and Adults)

Jim Rohn - Personal Development - Living An Exceptional Life

Well worth listening to, The Late Jim Rohn What do you think ?

Why Your Purpose Is Not to Have a Destination

 Article by Janice B Gordon
In my thirties, I was on a quest to find my purpose. I read much self-development books and ask myself many questions like:

• Is this it?
• What is my purpose?
• What is the point of me being here?
• What am I here to do?

I realised in my forties that my purpose is not a destination, but it is the experience, it is the journey. It is the entire impact I have on the world, with my relationships, my experience and the impact of my actions.
When I was looking for my purpose I was looking outside of myself, then I started to look inside myself, I discovered that other people do not have the answer, the answer is within me. The answer is unique to my experience and is unique to me, no one answer is given it forms, and it evolves with my unique experiences and insights gained.
I thought that not everyone was going to be a Nelson Mandela or a Steve Jobs, but this does not mean their value is less in the world. When I watch 'Pride of Britain' I am amazed by the things people are compelled to do, even children, they do what they think is necessary, often with little thought for themselves.

• Is saving a life worth less in value than saving a business?
• Is inspiring a young person to go to university less in value than inspiring an adult to lose weight and get fit?

Both might be lifesaving; the young person could have got into drugs, the adult could have had a heart attack. You do not always see the impact of your actions, until much later, if at all. I am always amazed how small actions can have an enormous impact.
The little things you do can have a massive impact.
Purpose it not a big bang event, it is what you learn from a big bang event and then what YOU do about what you learnt from the experience. We tend to focus on the event rather than the consequence of the experience. Two people can have the same experience, but their reactions may be very different. Your reactions and your actions account for something; it is unique to you. Events in life are to cause a reaction; the reaction is the test the challenge, the lesson and the learning are your unique perspective, as is your experience and subsequent actions.
I think it is wonderful that we all have a different perspective because we all see things and react to things differently on purpose. This is your purpose: to understand the meaning through our perspective. You must use what you have gained to share and to improve, you are then compelled to do what only you can do. This is your impact!
If you are still not clear about your purpose, bear in mind it is:

• Not something you have to work hard at and gain.
• Something you have in abundance.
• Who you are now and whom your will become.
• What you already have that is uniquely yours.
• Your perspective and the effect of your actions.
• The untold impact you have now and then.

You may feel your purpose is not worthy unless it is big. If your purpose is your journey, then how can you anticipate the conclusion of your journey and the impact you will have in the world? Do not worry about the result or destination, if you were to predict it, it would probably be smaller than the true possibility that is unless you can predict the future. Your imagination is tired to your perceptions that form from your past experiences. You must be open to having new experiences beyond the limits of your current imagination. These new experiences will bring new insights and new challenges that will enable you to learn new possibilities and effect more in new ways. This is your purpose evolving to help you to reach new levels of understanding.
How can you do what you do to have maximum impact?
Your purpose is to live your life on purpose, with purpose.

1. Do the right thing always.
2. Do what feels right to you.
3. Be authentically you.
4. Act with integrity.
5. Be open to new insights, challenges and lessons.
6. Rather than ask for your purpose ask 'how can I be better?'

This is the beauty of Purpose. Live it - do not limit it!
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Will Smith - Ultimate Motivational Speeches

5 Weekend Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs

 

 1. Find a recharge ritual

Find a ritual that you can follow each weekend that leaves you feeling recharged. Whether it's an exercise regimen, music or time with your family, following a ritual can energize you for the week ahead. Successful entrepreneurs know that, like a vehicle, they can not go far on empty. 

2. Spend time in solitude 

It gives you a chance to think, sort out problems and plan where you want to be in the future. This can be an excellent opportunity to free write or journal. Experts agree that free writing during regular scheduled times can lead to answers to problems, discovering new goals and insight into your direction for the future.

3. No devices for a day

Take a Saturday or Sunday and choose to unplug. Taking a break from your devices for a day is beneficial both mentally and physically. Constantly being connected and checking email, social media and the places you visit online can drain both your energy and your creativity. Choosing to release the hyper vigilance of being constantly connected creates allows you to live life in real time, resulting in fresh perspectives and a boost in productivity.

4. Reflect

What did you do well this past week and what did you do wrong? How will you be better in the week ahead? Reflecting on the past week offers the successful entrepreneur the opportunity to determine which activities to continue and which to let go. Reflection is a valuable investment of your time that will help you set the goals that will get you to the next level of success during the upcoming week.

5. Plan your week ahead

The successful entrepreneur doesn’t wait until Monday morning to plan for the week. Sunday is the perfect day to sit down and draw a plan. After spending time reflecting on the prior week, you will have a good idea of what you need and want to accomplish. Use this time to schedule important tasks, phone calls and face-to-face meetings that align with your goals. Planning out the entire week ahead as much as reasonably possible guards against missed opportunities and costly errors.

These five weekend habits appear so simple that you may be tempted to dismiss them as non-essential. But the entrepreneur that begins to add these habits to their weekend routine will find themselves steps ahead every Monday morning.

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Be Independent of the GOOD Opinion of Others.

Something I personally struggle with!!

It takes time and determination to unlearn our bad habits,

The stronger the determination the less time it takes!!!

Stay Focused and Stay on YOUR chosen path!

The Importance of Having A Personal Development Plan

A personal development plan provides a framework that will make individuals identify the areas of their strengths and weaknesses and come up with a guide that will optimize and capitalize on their existing skills and capabilities.

Development is a progressive process in one’s life time. It should not stop as long as there is a desire for it, and the need for it. Many individuals hold the principle that only when they cease to exist can make them stop working for their self-growth. Personal development may include procurement of new skills and knowledge depending on your goals.

When you make your own personal development plan, it can provide you with a self-reflection. One of the objectives of this endeavor is the assessment of your assets including your knowledge, skills, capabilities and other qualifications. You may touch the areas of strengths, weaknesses, and new sets of strengths. This self-evaluation gives you a clear awareness about your being.

It can set your path straight in terms of career. When you know which areas you would like to develop and have taken steps to enhance your assets or increase them, you may have clearer picture of where you are heading in the next 5 to 15 years. You will know which decision is the best for you and your future.

In fact, a personal development plan is geared toward progress in your personality and career. It will enhance your self-esteem and add up to your qualifications when you vie for higher position.

Several people experience personality crises. Some thought that they are lost and uncertain of where to go. By having goals in life, you are setting your direction. You will know what to do to follow such direction.

In planning and organizing your personal development, you will use your thinking faculty in making the decisions. By the time you have completed the personal development plan and achieved some of your targets, your ability to make wise decisions will be enhanced as well. As you gain more skills and knowledge, your decision-making ability becomes quicker and sharper.

There are also people who achieve a sense of balance in life by having the development plan. They are able to balance properly their time for work and play. Others who are family-oriented have managed to devote a portion of their time to their children and partner as well as to their career. It also saved them their marriage.

After completing the development plan, most people realized that they have become more responsible and have more positive perspectives in life. Regardless of their goals, they learned to appreciate more their life and have put more value to it than before.

Having a personal development plan is a wise investment in terms of money and time. No matter which angle you will analyze it, self-growth does not have liabilities. Should there be any, they are minor compared to the benefits you will gain from it. In today’s competitive time, having a development plan is a step recommended to everyone. It allows you to gain an edge in life.

Motivational Video, especially for the early risers!

Motivating!!! 

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