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In one of James Allen's lesser known books, Byways of Blessedness, he devotes the entire first chapter to beginnings. He writes, "Most beginnings are small, and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality they are the most important things in life."
Without a beginning you could have the greatest idea and the greatest plan in the world and you would still fail. Whereas a modest idea and an incomplete plan often produces success when accompanied by even an "insignificant" beginning.
"Beginning" is just another way to describe the most powerful six-letter word in the vocabulary of achievers: A-C-T-I-O-N. Hugely successful people, the kind who go from mediocre to millions almost overnight, know that the major key to their success was taking MASSIVE ACTION. When Jeff Bezos decided to start Amazon.com, he left his job on the East Coast and headed to Washington State. He had his wife drive him and their belongings across the country so that he could stay on the phone constantly, convincing potential investors and vendors why Amazon would be a success.
Even the smallest of actions, the ones James Allen called trivial and insignificant, can lead to great success. Sir Isaac Newton's principle that a "body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion," definitely applies to the action principle. Once you've taken the first step (even a baby step), the next steps seem easier to take.
What is preventing you from taking your first step?
Find out how to overcome your stumbling blocks
- Build unshakable levels of self-esteem and self-confidence
- Set and achieve goals in every area of life
- Discover the success secrets of self-made millionaires
Here's to baby steps
Fran Watson
P.S. Here's that link again
Monday, February 9, 2009
How To Achieve A Goal
by Brian Tracy
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Read on for more of what Brian has to say.....
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The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important, and nothing that works faster than for you to cast off your own limitations than for you to begin dreaming and fantasizing about the wonderful things that you can become, have, and do.
As a wise man once said, “You must dream big dreams, for only big dreams have the power to move the minds of men." When you begin to dream big dreams, your levels of self-esteem and self-confidence will go up immediately. You will feel more powerful about yourself and your ability to deal with what happens to you. The reason so many people accomplish so little is because they never allow themselves to lean back and imagine the kind of life that is possible for them.
A powerful principle that you can use to dream big dreams and live without limits is contained in what Elihu Goldratt calls the “Theory of Constraints." This is one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern thinking. What Goldratt has found is that in every process, in accomplishing any goal, there is a bottleneck or choke cord that serves as a constraint on the process. This constraint then sets the speed at which you achieve any particular goal.
What Goldratt found is that if you concentrate all of your creative energies and attention on alleviating the constraint, you can speed up the process faster than by doing any other single thing.
How to achieve a goal
Let me give you an example. Let us say that you want to double your income. What is the critical constraint or the limiting factor that holds you back? Well, you know that your income is a direct reward for the quality and quantity of the services you render to your world. Whatever field you are in, if you want to double your income, you simply have to double the quality and quantity of what you do for that income. Or you have to change activities and occupations so that what you are doing is worth twice as much. But you must always ask yourself, “What is the critical constraint that holds me back or sets the speed on how fast I double my income?"
A friend of mine is one of the highest-paid commission professionals in the United States. One of his goals was to double his income over the next three to five years.
He applied the 80/20 rule to his client base. He found that 20 percent of his clients contributed 80 percent of his profits, and that the amount of time spent on a high-profit client was pretty much the same amount of time spent on a low-profit client. In other words, he was dividing his time equally over the number of tasks that he does while only 20 percent of those items contributes 80 percent of his results.
So he drew a line on his list of clients under those who represented the top 20 percent and then called in other professionals in his industry and very carefully, politely, and strategically handed off the 80 percent of his clients that only represented 20 percent of his business. He then put together a profile of his top clients and began looking in the marketplace exclusively for the type of client who fit the profile; in other words, one who could become a major profit contributor to his organization, and whom he in turn could serve with the level of excellence that his clients were accustomed to. And instead of doubling his income in three to five years, he doubled it in the first year!
So what is holding you back? Is it your level of education or skill? Is it your current occupation or job? Is it your current environment or level of health? Is it the situations that you are in today? What is setting the speed for you achieving your goal?
Remember, whatever you have learned, you can unlearn. Whatever situation you have gotten yourself into, you can probably get yourself out of. If your real goal is to dream big dreams and to live without limits, you can set this as your standard and compare everything that you do against it.
The three keys to living without limits have always been the same. They are clarity, competence, and concentration.
Clarity means that you are absolutely clear about who you are, what you want, and where you're going. You write down your goals and you make plans to accomplish them. You set very careful priorities and you do something every day to move you toward your goals. And the more progress you make toward accomplishing things that are important to you, the greater self-confidence and self-belief you have, and the more convinced you become that there are no limits on what you can achieve.
Competence means that you begin to become very, very good in the key result areas of your chosen field. You apply the 80/20 rule to everything you do and you focus on becoming outstanding in the 20 percent of tasks that contribute to 80 percent of your results. You dedicate yourself to continuous learning. You never stop growing. You realize that excellence is a moving target. And you commit yourself to doing something every day that enables you to become better and better at doing the most important things in your field.
Concentration is having the self-discipline to force yourself to concentrate single-mindedly on one thing, the most important thing, and stay with it until it's complete.
The two key words for success have always been focus and concentration. Focus is knowing exactly what you want to be, have, and do. Concentration is persevering, without diversion or distraction, in a straight line toward accomplishing the things that can make a real difference in your life.
When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence. As you focus on doing what you love to do and becoming excellent in those few areas that can make a real difference in your life, you begin to think in terms of possibilities rather than impossibilities, and you move ever closer toward the realization of your full potential.
Brian Tracy is one of America's leading authorities on the development of the human potential and how to achieve a goal. He is the best selling author of 23 books and has trained 2 million people in 23 countries. Brian Tracy is featured in the Goals 2008 Professional Edition Personal Goal Setting Program.
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Good luck in achieving your goals!!
Fran Watson
P.S. For more information, click here
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The two key words for success have always been focus and concentration. Focus is knowing exactly what you want to be, have, and do. Concentration is persevering, without diversion or distraction, in a straight line toward accomplishing the things that can make a real difference in your life.
Read on for more of what Brian has to say.....
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The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important, and nothing that works faster than for you to cast off your own limitations than for you to begin dreaming and fantasizing about the wonderful things that you can become, have, and do.
As a wise man once said, “You must dream big dreams, for only big dreams have the power to move the minds of men." When you begin to dream big dreams, your levels of self-esteem and self-confidence will go up immediately. You will feel more powerful about yourself and your ability to deal with what happens to you. The reason so many people accomplish so little is because they never allow themselves to lean back and imagine the kind of life that is possible for them.
A powerful principle that you can use to dream big dreams and live without limits is contained in what Elihu Goldratt calls the “Theory of Constraints." This is one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern thinking. What Goldratt has found is that in every process, in accomplishing any goal, there is a bottleneck or choke cord that serves as a constraint on the process. This constraint then sets the speed at which you achieve any particular goal.
What Goldratt found is that if you concentrate all of your creative energies and attention on alleviating the constraint, you can speed up the process faster than by doing any other single thing.
How to achieve a goal
Let me give you an example. Let us say that you want to double your income. What is the critical constraint or the limiting factor that holds you back? Well, you know that your income is a direct reward for the quality and quantity of the services you render to your world. Whatever field you are in, if you want to double your income, you simply have to double the quality and quantity of what you do for that income. Or you have to change activities and occupations so that what you are doing is worth twice as much. But you must always ask yourself, “What is the critical constraint that holds me back or sets the speed on how fast I double my income?"
A friend of mine is one of the highest-paid commission professionals in the United States. One of his goals was to double his income over the next three to five years.
He applied the 80/20 rule to his client base. He found that 20 percent of his clients contributed 80 percent of his profits, and that the amount of time spent on a high-profit client was pretty much the same amount of time spent on a low-profit client. In other words, he was dividing his time equally over the number of tasks that he does while only 20 percent of those items contributes 80 percent of his results.
So he drew a line on his list of clients under those who represented the top 20 percent and then called in other professionals in his industry and very carefully, politely, and strategically handed off the 80 percent of his clients that only represented 20 percent of his business. He then put together a profile of his top clients and began looking in the marketplace exclusively for the type of client who fit the profile; in other words, one who could become a major profit contributor to his organization, and whom he in turn could serve with the level of excellence that his clients were accustomed to. And instead of doubling his income in three to five years, he doubled it in the first year!
So what is holding you back? Is it your level of education or skill? Is it your current occupation or job? Is it your current environment or level of health? Is it the situations that you are in today? What is setting the speed for you achieving your goal?
Remember, whatever you have learned, you can unlearn. Whatever situation you have gotten yourself into, you can probably get yourself out of. If your real goal is to dream big dreams and to live without limits, you can set this as your standard and compare everything that you do against it.
The three keys to living without limits have always been the same. They are clarity, competence, and concentration.
Clarity means that you are absolutely clear about who you are, what you want, and where you're going. You write down your goals and you make plans to accomplish them. You set very careful priorities and you do something every day to move you toward your goals. And the more progress you make toward accomplishing things that are important to you, the greater self-confidence and self-belief you have, and the more convinced you become that there are no limits on what you can achieve.
Competence means that you begin to become very, very good in the key result areas of your chosen field. You apply the 80/20 rule to everything you do and you focus on becoming outstanding in the 20 percent of tasks that contribute to 80 percent of your results. You dedicate yourself to continuous learning. You never stop growing. You realize that excellence is a moving target. And you commit yourself to doing something every day that enables you to become better and better at doing the most important things in your field.
Concentration is having the self-discipline to force yourself to concentrate single-mindedly on one thing, the most important thing, and stay with it until it's complete.
The two key words for success have always been focus and concentration. Focus is knowing exactly what you want to be, have, and do. Concentration is persevering, without diversion or distraction, in a straight line toward accomplishing the things that can make a real difference in your life.
When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence. As you focus on doing what you love to do and becoming excellent in those few areas that can make a real difference in your life, you begin to think in terms of possibilities rather than impossibilities, and you move ever closer toward the realization of your full potential.
Brian Tracy is one of America's leading authorities on the development of the human potential and how to achieve a goal. He is the best selling author of 23 books and has trained 2 million people in 23 countries. Brian Tracy is featured in the Goals 2008 Professional Edition Personal Goal Setting Program.
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Good luck in achieving your goals!!
Fran Watson
P.S. For more information, click here
Friday, February 6, 2009
Be a Somebody
Some people say "Someday, when I am somebody, I will do something." But, I say "Today I'm going to do something so that I will be somebody".
Today is YOUR day!!
Fran
Today is YOUR day!!
Fran
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Ultimate Success Program
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Looking for Ultimate Success? Click here
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I'd like to let you know about something I've been up
to over the last year, and it's open to only a few more
people who are positive and success-minded.
Here's what others who are already in the program
have to say:
The neatest thing is that I am starting to think differently.
I am seeing and recognizing the failure attitudes and actions
that up to now I was engaging in unconsciously. I guess I
unknowingly trained myself to turn a blind eye to these
attitudes and actions so I didn't have to take responsibility
for my own success.
The thing that has really made the difference for me with the
USP is that instead of reading a book and skipping the
exercises, I am actually writing out the answers to the
questions and taking the time to think about how to put what
I am learning into action.
Thanks Mark. This is really starting to pay off.
- - -
I am more self confident, more successful, with a can do
attitude an I do not let the negativity of others bring me
down. I start everyday with positive reinforcement and focus
on the good things in my life. I have developed more of an
attitude of gratitude and am less selfish and more giving.
I have become more focused and more self motivated to
complete all tasks that need to be accomplished in my work.
- - -
I don't procrastinate as much and I am less fearful of
failing. I am moving forward and less fearful of trying new
things.
- - -
I have always lived with the sense that I wasn't there on
the day the manual of how things work was handed out to
those around me. I have now discovered that part of this
lies in several holes in my thinking which neither my
parents nor my schools were able to teach to me. My current
experiences thus far did not help me to understand either.
By becoming aware of these holes through the USP program,
I am more able to:
* see opportunity and assess whether it fits with my big
reason why.
* be more relaxed around people, as I am more in control
of my own thoughts.
* work more organized meaning I get more done with the
same hours as everyone else.
* become more focused & concentrated mentally, allowing me
to better workshop ideas and concepts inside my head
before capturing them on paper.
* I've become strangely more excited about life in general.
* I have become more choosy with how I spend my time.
- - -
You can read all about the program and read even more
comments from others who are already involved here:
Looking forward to having you join us!
To your Ultimate Success!!!
Fran Watson
Looking for Ultimate Success? Click here
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I'd like to let you know about something I've been up
to over the last year, and it's open to only a few more
people who are positive and success-minded.
Here's what others who are already in the program
have to say:
The neatest thing is that I am starting to think differently.
I am seeing and recognizing the failure attitudes and actions
that up to now I was engaging in unconsciously. I guess I
unknowingly trained myself to turn a blind eye to these
attitudes and actions so I didn't have to take responsibility
for my own success.
The thing that has really made the difference for me with the
USP is that instead of reading a book and skipping the
exercises, I am actually writing out the answers to the
questions and taking the time to think about how to put what
I am learning into action.
Thanks Mark. This is really starting to pay off.
- - -
I am more self confident, more successful, with a can do
attitude an I do not let the negativity of others bring me
down. I start everyday with positive reinforcement and focus
on the good things in my life. I have developed more of an
attitude of gratitude and am less selfish and more giving.
I have become more focused and more self motivated to
complete all tasks that need to be accomplished in my work.
- - -
I don't procrastinate as much and I am less fearful of
failing. I am moving forward and less fearful of trying new
things.
- - -
I have always lived with the sense that I wasn't there on
the day the manual of how things work was handed out to
those around me. I have now discovered that part of this
lies in several holes in my thinking which neither my
parents nor my schools were able to teach to me. My current
experiences thus far did not help me to understand either.
By becoming aware of these holes through the USP program,
I am more able to:
* see opportunity and assess whether it fits with my big
reason why.
* be more relaxed around people, as I am more in control
of my own thoughts.
* work more organized meaning I get more done with the
same hours as everyone else.
* become more focused & concentrated mentally, allowing me
to better workshop ideas and concepts inside my head
before capturing them on paper.
* I've become strangely more excited about life in general.
* I have become more choosy with how I spend my time.
- - -
You can read all about the program and read even more
comments from others who are already involved here:
Looking forward to having you join us!
To your Ultimate Success!!!
Fran Watson
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Perceptions
Fiery redhead
Vacuous blonde
Brittle brunette
Too often we let our perceptions
of what we think people are
interfere with their reality.
We are influenced by the movie industry
who portray women in such roles
and we believe them to be true,
so much so that we sometimes
cannot believe in,
An intelligent blonde
A soft brunette,
A calm readhead.
How many other opportunities do we miss?
How many times do we dismiss people
because of their outer appearance.
Fearing them,
Distrusting them,
Demeaning them,
without giving them a chance
to show who they really are,
the person inside the outer shell.
The dreamer
The poet
The artist
The singer
The writer
The caring soul.
Perhaps it’s time to open our eyes
and hearts
and minds
and really look at those around us.
To reach out to them,
to gain new ideas
to learn about others,
and share something of ourselves,
instead of dismissing them so lightly.
Let’s start today with an open mind
and a smile for a stranger
who might someday
become a friend
to you or someone else
Because of that smile.
Have a wonderful year!!
Fran Watson
Vacuous blonde
Brittle brunette
Too often we let our perceptions
of what we think people are
interfere with their reality.
We are influenced by the movie industry
who portray women in such roles
and we believe them to be true,
so much so that we sometimes
cannot believe in,
An intelligent blonde
A soft brunette,
A calm readhead.
How many other opportunities do we miss?
How many times do we dismiss people
because of their outer appearance.
Fearing them,
Distrusting them,
Demeaning them,
without giving them a chance
to show who they really are,
the person inside the outer shell.
The dreamer
The poet
The artist
The singer
The writer
The caring soul.
Perhaps it’s time to open our eyes
and hearts
and minds
and really look at those around us.
To reach out to them,
to gain new ideas
to learn about others,
and share something of ourselves,
instead of dismissing them so lightly.
Let’s start today with an open mind
and a smile for a stranger
who might someday
become a friend
to you or someone else
Because of that smile.
Have a wonderful year!!
Fran Watson
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Ultimate Success Can Be Yours
http://www.ultimate-success-program.com/amember/go.php?r=138&i=l0
A long time ago and far far away....
There was an old, wealthy, and very wise man who made it his life's work to discover the secrets of the most successful people that ever lived.
His journeys took him places most people would never go.
His journeys introduced him to successful people others would never meet.
His journeys helped him to discover and master the great success secrets he learned along the way into his own life.
But most important, his journeys allowed him the privilege of documenting these 50 great success secrets so he could teach them to others so they too could build their lives upon them.
Now it's your turn to navigate through the foggy mist, to set your course with full sails to your highest potential, and to experience the...
Ultimate Success Program
You will be led by Mark Hendricks....see below what he has to say...
Why not join me in taking the steps to your Ultimate Success.
Fran Watson
A long time ago and far far away....
There was an old, wealthy, and very wise man who made it his life's work to discover the secrets of the most successful people that ever lived.
His journeys took him places most people would never go.
His journeys introduced him to successful people others would never meet.
His journeys helped him to discover and master the great success secrets he learned along the way into his own life.
But most important, his journeys allowed him the privilege of documenting these 50 great success secrets so he could teach them to others so they too could build their lives upon them.
Now it's your turn to navigate through the foggy mist, to set your course with full sails to your highest potential, and to experience the...
Ultimate Success Program
You will be led by Mark Hendricks....see below what he has to say...
Hi, my name is Mark Hendricks, you've probably heard of me.
Nearly 30 years ago, I began my journey to discover the secrets of successful people, and how I could model them and become successful too.
The lessons I learned had a tremendous affect on my life and my outcomes, it was a quest that literally changed my life. And over the past few years, I've created a proven success track program on the lessons that I learned along the way.
And the great news is, it's ready and available for you now too.
So I'd like to invite you to join us for a life-changing, one-year journey with me as your coach and mentor, and your mastermind of lots of other positive and success-minded people around the world. You will master the 50 greatest success secrets of all time, and implement each one of them to create a life for you and your family that most people only dream about.
Why not join me in taking the steps to your Ultimate Success.
Fran Watson
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
What Do You Want To Attract?
In understanding the Law of Attraction, we come to realize that we attract into our lives whatever we give our Attention, Energy and Focus to.
Whether wanted or unwanted.
That with synchronicity, we attract from the outside what we resonate with, on the inside, bringing into our life what we momentarily strongly focus upon.
In other words, that by having an optimistic attitude and focusing on success, one attracts these, while having a cynical depressed attitude attracts negative experiences.
During my introduction to the Law of Attraction, I needed to make a shift to the positive; I’d surely had enough negative experience to last a lifetime. Before to long my life carried on staying the same, bills, debt, more bills, more debt, you get the picture. What was happening?
Understanding the Law of Attraction principles was not a problem, I focused on the positive, and all I was getting was the same old deal.
So watching The Secret DVD for the umpteenth, I started to get the message, I needed faith, I needed to believe and be grateful and this elusive Law of Attraction would kick in.
Great, I had the answer, say thank you to everyone and all would be OK!
The postman got a thank you for not bringing a bill, the trolley boy at the supermarket got one for leaving a trolley out for me, so did the checkout girl because there was no queue.
I thanked the ATM machine, the bank manager, the kid on the bike, my computer, the cooker, heck I must be the most grateful person on the planet, this Law of Attraction ain’t going turn me down.
After a few days of this everything started to go wrong, you guessed it, the postman brought a bill, the trolley boy left no trolley, the checkout girl left a queue, even the ATM stopped giving me money.
What’s going wrong?
Back on went the film The Secret,
What was I missing?
Then those words rang out at me again, in understanding the Law of Attraction process you needed Faith and Belief.
But how could I Believe? This stuff hadn’t worked up to now, so how could I believe? Tell me how it works and then I’ll Believe,
Don’t worry about How The Law of Attraction works, the film The Secret tells us. “You don’t need to know, you don’t know how electricity works, but you still use it”
But that’s not fair! With electricity, I don’t need faith, I plug the kettle in and get a steaming cup of coffee, whether I believe it or not.
So the question is, if I focus on the fact that I have little money, bad health, or a poor relationship, how and why does the Law of Attraction respond by giving me more of what I’m focusing on?
And if I shift my focus to the positive how do my desires come true?
And this is the great secret of the secret, in understanding The Law of Attraction and knowing how it works, you’ll start to trust it.
Trust it and you’ll start to believe it. Believe it, and it will start to respond and only then can you start to refine, mold, and create your desired reality.
Find out more:
Whether wanted or unwanted.
That with synchronicity, we attract from the outside what we resonate with, on the inside, bringing into our life what we momentarily strongly focus upon.
In other words, that by having an optimistic attitude and focusing on success, one attracts these, while having a cynical depressed attitude attracts negative experiences.
During my introduction to the Law of Attraction, I needed to make a shift to the positive; I’d surely had enough negative experience to last a lifetime. Before to long my life carried on staying the same, bills, debt, more bills, more debt, you get the picture. What was happening?
Understanding the Law of Attraction principles was not a problem, I focused on the positive, and all I was getting was the same old deal.
So watching The Secret DVD for the umpteenth, I started to get the message, I needed faith, I needed to believe and be grateful and this elusive Law of Attraction would kick in.
Great, I had the answer, say thank you to everyone and all would be OK!
The postman got a thank you for not bringing a bill, the trolley boy at the supermarket got one for leaving a trolley out for me, so did the checkout girl because there was no queue.
I thanked the ATM machine, the bank manager, the kid on the bike, my computer, the cooker, heck I must be the most grateful person on the planet, this Law of Attraction ain’t going turn me down.
After a few days of this everything started to go wrong, you guessed it, the postman brought a bill, the trolley boy left no trolley, the checkout girl left a queue, even the ATM stopped giving me money.
What’s going wrong?
Back on went the film The Secret,
What was I missing?
Then those words rang out at me again, in understanding the Law of Attraction process you needed Faith and Belief.
But how could I Believe? This stuff hadn’t worked up to now, so how could I believe? Tell me how it works and then I’ll Believe,
Don’t worry about How The Law of Attraction works, the film The Secret tells us. “You don’t need to know, you don’t know how electricity works, but you still use it”
But that’s not fair! With electricity, I don’t need faith, I plug the kettle in and get a steaming cup of coffee, whether I believe it or not.
So the question is, if I focus on the fact that I have little money, bad health, or a poor relationship, how and why does the Law of Attraction respond by giving me more of what I’m focusing on?
And if I shift my focus to the positive how do my desires come true?
And this is the great secret of the secret, in understanding The Law of Attraction and knowing how it works, you’ll start to trust it.
Trust it and you’ll start to believe it. Believe it, and it will start to respond and only then can you start to refine, mold, and create your desired reality.
Find out more:
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