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The Ultimate Guide to Motivation – How to Achieve Any Goal

The Ultimate Guide to Motivation – How to Achieve Any Goal
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” - Henry Ford 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. If you can stick with a goal for long enough, you’ll almost always get there eventually. It just takes patience, and motivation. Motivation is the key, but it’s not always easy, day in and day out, to find that motivation. What follows is a guide to motivation using what I’ve learned over the last few years in a series of successful accomplishments, goals and habit changes. What Motivation Can Achieve What have I accomplished using these motivation methods? That’s not intended to sound like bragging, but to show you what can be accomplished (just to start) if you find the right motivation. How Does Motivation Work? So motivation, in its best form, is a way for you to want to do something.

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7 Lessons From 7 Great Minds Have you ever wished you could go back in time and have a conversation with one of the greatest minds in history? Well, you can’t sorry, they’re dead. Unless of course you’re clairaudient, be my guest. But for the rest of us, we can still refer to the words they left behind. Even though these great teachers have passed on, their words still live, and in them their wisdom. I’ve made a list of seven what I believe are some of the greatest teachings by the world’s greatest minds. Home Page This wiki is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. Topics that can be explored here include MemoryTechniques, MentalMath, CriticalThinking, BrainStorming, ShorthandSystems, NotebookSystems, and SmartDrugs. Other relevant topics are also welcome. SiteNews

The Entrepreneur vs. The Strategy Consultant The Entrepreneur is very different from the typical McKinsey-esque strategy consultant. Both are extremely smart, driven, persistent, creative, and determined. But I have found that there are some major differences. First, entrepreneurs tend to take more ownership of their jobs. My definition of an en

10 Really Lame Ideas and Beliefs to Let Go Of I think it’s a universal law that you have to clear space for newness to enter; let something die for something to be born; cleanse to heal; let go to receive. Just like we clear our lungs to take in new air, we need to empty our minds of dull ideas to create brighter lives. 10 Lame Ideas, Notions, Concepts, Beliefs, and Standards to Let Go of on Your Way to Fulfillment 1. Let go of the belief that you’re not worthy of your desires. You are worthy of your desires. This Will Mindfuck You: The Double-Slit Experiment The video below shows scientific proof that there is something NOT quite logical or scientific about this universe. The mere act of observation can completely change the outcome of an event! Before I get too ahead of myself, you need to watch the video below to understand: (Forgive the corny cartoon character explaining the concept — at least he knows his stuff) Recap: When a camera observed the electrons, they acted as particles.

One Man Can See You Succeed  Filters represent the tint from which we view life, the interference that distorts our audio, and the perspectives that taint our language. I’ve worked through many, and I still have many to recognize and grow through. We’ve all been doing this for a long time at varying rates and by varying degrees. 2010 July 20 « Get that job already… Having been on both sides of the hiring game, one where you’re looking for a job and the other one where your job is to hire people; I can tell you that the perspectives are drastically different. Even now after some years of being involved in recruiting in a variety of ways, I am continually surprised by the lack of knowledge on the DO’s and DON’Ts that pertain to finding a job. While some things have changed over time, others should be a matter of common sense. While no one can for sure tell you how to get the job of your dreams this article will hopefully help you be better prepared and avoid some common mistakes.

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