The Millionaire Secrets

Learn When To Put Down And When To Pick Up

2012-05-14T10:43:29Z

Lately, I came across an interesting article shared in the Facebook. It gives a very good lesson about life and success…

Once, a professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, ‘How much do you think this glass weighs?’ ’1 pound!’ ….’2 pounds!’ …..’3 pounds!’ ……the students answered.

‘I really don’t know unless I weigh it,’ said the professor, ‘but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?’ ‘Nothing’ the students said.

‘OK what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?’ the professor asked. ‘Your arm would begin to ache’ said one of the students.

‘You’re right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?’ ‘Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis; have to go to hospital for sure’ ventured another student. All the students laughed.

‘Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?’ Asked the professor. ‘No,’ replied the students.’ ‘Then what caused the arm ache; the muscle stress?

Instead, what should I do?’ The students were puzzled. ‘Put the glass down’ said one of the students. ‘Exactly!’ said the professor. ‘Life’s problems are something like this. Hold them for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK. Think of them for a long time; they begin to ache. Hold them even longer; they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.’

It is important to think of the challenges in your life, but even more important to ‘put them down’ at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh, strong, can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

Yes, you must learn to put down all your past, your problems, your fears and your worries. These negative emotions are not going to help you move further in your life.

If you want to be successful, this is one of the most important lessons you must learn. Let go of your past. Regardless of how bad the situation it is right now, you must learn to let go of all the negative emotions that will drag you and pull you down.

What you can do is to learn from your past. If you do not do well in your studies and you failed most of your subjects, you cannot change the fact of it. All you can do is to let go and focus on your future.

Just like the glass of water you hold with your hand. If you dwell in negativity, it will only make the situation worse.

On the contrary, what you must do is to get out of the negativity and move into productivity.

Every Day Is A New Life To A Wise Man

So are you living your best for today? Seriously, you cannot change what had happened and you cannot guarantee that your future will be a great one. There is no use to dwell in the past and merely thinking about your future is not going to help you create the future that you want.

So what should you be doing now?

Focus on today. Do you know that there is a wise saying goes like this, “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it is called the present”? Therefore, stop being too concerned about your past or thinking too much about what is going to happen in the future. What you can do right now is to focus on the present. This is what will guarantee your future.

Thus, put down your past and let go of all your fears and worries right now. Take the necessary action right away and start building the future that you want.

If you want to pass your exams with flying colors, do the revision and study now. If you want to build an online business, learn from the guru, make a to-do list and take those actions right away. If you want to invest in property, make up your mind and call the real estate agent to arrange an appointment to view the property now. Stop wasting time and start doing.

It is your action that will bring you the results that you want. Merely thinking about what you want is not going to help. Let’s make this clear, I’m not saying that thinking and planning for your future are not important. In fact, planning for your future is very important. You have to understand that it is only when you start taking action; you will begin to create the outcomes that you want.

Success is in the doing, not in the planning or dreaming. Each little step that you take today will count and contribute to your ultimate success in the future.

Having said all that, live today to the fullest. Somehow, you cannot live in neither the past nor the future, so just focus on today and make full use of your time. If you are going to do it, make sure you do it right now, no regret.

5 Golden Principles To Live An Extraordinary Life

2012-04-30T15:18:59Z

Have you ever thought about what kind of extraordinary life you want to have in the future? Wait, or do you think that living a great life is even possible for you? Do not worry, everyone has the same opportunity to live the successful life they desire, if they follow through and acknowledge these 5 golden life principles…

1. Life is hard

Yes, admit it, life is hard. Some people may say that if we think that life is hard, it will be hard for us. This is true, but somehow you do not want to live an ordinary life. What you want is something different, something special that makes you happy, wealthy, satisfied, healthy and more. In other words, you want to live a successful life, which is not something easy to achieve.

And you are going to create all the amazing results out from nothing. I believe that we all start from the same point. We are not rich and this is why we are pursuing for wealth. Therefore, life is going to be hard, but if you are willing to work on it, you can create amazing results in your life and make it extraordinary.

It is just like what Bill Gates says, ‘life is not easy and it is unfair’. You cannot choose which country you want to be born in and you cannot choose what family you want to be in as well. What you can do if you are the less fortunate one is to tough it out. Although that life can be hard and unfair, we all are presented with the same opportunity to succeed in life.

You can live the kind of life you want and be successful no matter who you are, even if you are uneducated or handicapped. If you are poor today, it is great news because most rich people were once poor in their lives and that is what makes them to achieve more in their lives. If you are uneducated or a college dropout, it does not really matter because there are a lot of successful people out there who are the same with you. If you are handicapped, you can still use your potential to make a difference in life, just like Nick Vujicic.

So accept that life is not easy and you have to sweat to climb before you reach to the top. The most important lesson for you to learn here is that everyone of us are presented with the same opportunity to be successful in life.

2. You cannot control everything

The second life principle is that you simply cannot control everything. Yes, some things happen in our lives without our control. Just like an accident, you simply cannot control it. I believe that nobody here wishes to be in an accident, but somehow it will just happen.

Like natural disaster, nobody can control it, but it will happen anyway. Narrow the scope down to a smaller area in your daily life, you cannot control what your boss, your colleagues and your friends think about you as well. However, what you can do is to control your own thoughts and emotion.

Here is the key lesson, you cannot control the wind, but you can definitely control your sail to reach your destination. To put it in another perspective, we cannot control what happen most of the time, but we can surely control our thoughts and our emotion.

When a car overtakes you while driving, what will you think and how do you feel? Some people will get angry and try to overtake that car. Some people will just feel nothing because to them, it is just simply traffic. What do you feel when your boss scold you because you are not doing your work well enough? It depends, you can get angry and quit. Or you can learn from the experience and think of it as that your boss really cares about you and your work and he really wants you to improve.

In fact, this golden life principle is going to be the key factor that will determine your success in life. You cannot control most of the event out there and because of this; you have to learn to control your thought and your emotion. Whenever you understand about this, you can then create the extraordinary results you want in life because no matter what happen to you, you will always look for a brighter side that can help you move forward in life.

3. Everything happens for a reason

The third golden life principle is that everything in life happens for a reason. There must be a cause to every effect, just like what has been explained by the Law of Cause and Effect. You will reap what you sow, period.

If you are hard working right now and you take consistent action toward your goals, you will eventually achieve what you want in the future. It is not by accident. You can plan for it and you can create the results that you want.

If you fail your examination, there must be a reason behind it as well. It can be that you are not hard working enough to study the subject, or it can be many other reasons. The point is that it happens for a reason. In case if something bad such as an accident happen to you, guess what, there is a reason for it as well.

I am not saying that you deserve it when something bad happen, it is just that everything happens for a reason. If an accident happens, it must have something that has triggered it. It could be careless driving and so on. The main point is for you to understand that living a successful life is not by luck or chance, it is purely by design because there is a reason for it to happen.

4. You can learn anything you want

Another awesome life principle is that you can learn anything you want in life. There are tons of information available to you in the internet. Remember, we are living in an information age, there are all sort of information available to us with a click of a mouse.

So make good use of this. What you can do with all this information is that you can learn to become who you want to be. You can learn through books, articles, workshops, audio learning and many more these days. You can learn how to cook better, how to be a better parent, how to plant a bonsai, how to fish, how to play golf, how to make money from the internet and many more. The possibility is unlimited.

This information is available to most people out there. Thus, use this information wisely to help you getting what you want in your life. Make it habit to always learn and improve your knowledge and skill.

5. You can be lucky as well

Do you think that successful people are lucky? Do you think that you need luck to be successful? Like what you have learned above, success is by design, not by luck or chance. As long as you work hard and smart to move toward your goal and your dream, you will eventually reach there.

So what if you think that you are unlucky? Well, you can increase your luck by working harder and never give up on what you want. For example, Soichiro Honda is someone who increases his luck through hard work and never gives up. He eventually created the Honda Corporation and earned handsome rewards. You can read about his biography and you will understand why and how he increased his luck.

Now, use these 5 principles to help you in your journey to success.

How To Live Your Best Year In 2012

2012-04-30T15:20:02Z

Do you want to know how to make the year 2012 your best year? If you do, this article is for you. Continue to read on because you are going to discover some of the most powerful guidelines that can help you throughout the year.

So are you ready to start your journey and make this year the best year ever? Here are some of the guidelines that you can follow…

Define your success and know exactly what you want to achieve by the end of 2012

Remember, it is never too late to set your goals and targets for this year. Although today is not the first day of the year, you are always not too late to set any goal for it. And in fact, there is no right time to set your goals. You do not have to wait until 31st of December every year to set your goals. You can start any time and you can do it any time you want.

So if you are still unclear about what you want, this will be the perfect time for you. Start thinking about what you want to accomplish by the end of this year. Knowing exactly what you want is a very important step because if you know what you want, you can then create a plan to achieve it. If you do not know what you want, how can you come up with a plan and how can you know when you are there?

Another important point about creating the vision for your life is that you must dare to dream big and make your goals as exciting as possible. Small goals will never give you the energy that you want throughout your journey in this year. And if it is something easy to achieve, you do not even need to set it as a goal because you might able to achieve it without knowing it.

Thus, dare to dream big now. Seriously take the time and think about what you want to accomplish in this year, 2012.

Break down your targets and create an action plan

Obviously, once you have set your targets for the year, what you need to do is to break your targets down into smaller achievable action steps. In other words, you need to come up with a plan how what to do in order to achieve your goals.

Many people are not doing this and this is what makes them fail to accomplish what they want. The moment you breakdown your goals into smaller actionable steps, you are actually creating the blueprint that you just need to follow through each and every day to achieve your big goals by the end of the year.

And remember to include fun and play into your plan as well. When you include fun and play into your schedule and your plan, you will feel livelier and more excited to follow through your plan. Life is not all work, work and work. You must make your life exciting and so that you will have more energy and motivation to chase for your dreams.

Do not overdo and stress yourself too often. Sometimes you must take a rest whenever you feel like you are overdoing it. Do you know that most of the greatest inventors such as Thomas Edison, take a short rest and nap during the day? This is simply because they know that they need to have the energy and a fresh mind working on their dreams. Success is not a destination, it is a journey, and hence, you must always take a rest from time to time to replenish your energy.

Strictly follow your schedule and take consistent action

Having rest is something good, but you have to make sure that you follow through your schedule and take consistent action as well.

Do you know that setting goals will be useless if you are not doing anything about them? And do you know that the only way to achieve what you want is by taking consistent action? If you are not doing anything about your goals and you are not following through, you will never produce the results that you want in your life.

It is only when you take action; you will move one step forward toward your goals and your dreams. It is not going to be something easy because to live a successful life requires consistent action every day. Do not procrastinate and do not put off your work. You will make it into a habit if you procrastinate too often. Cultivate the habit of a winner by taking consistent action throughout the day and follow through your plan.

Just do this for 30 days and you will make it into a habit. And when taking action becomes your habit, nothing can ever stop you from producing the amazing results you want in your life.

Review your results and find out what works and what do not work

Besides taking action, you must keep track of the outcomes you are getting. After a few days, or weeks or months, depending on what kind of goals you set, you should be able to see the results from your action. If you are not getting the kind of result that you want, may be you would want to change your strategy of doing it.

The key here is to keep track and to improve on your strategy so that you will get to where you want in a faster and easier manner. You do not have to abandon your dreams if after trying for a few months, but you are still not getting any result. If this is the case, you may want to run a post-mortem on your strategies and try to improve them.

You have to learn to refuse to quit and learn the strategies from the best person to bring yourself to the next level.

Enjoy the year and make it your best year ever

Finally, enjoy the year because you are going to live your best year ever. Just imagine that if you can accomplish all your targets, your goals and your dreams for this year, how will this affect your life and your future? Is it going to be more exciting and more promising? You know the answer.

Therefore, put in 100% commitment and play this game of life to the fullest. Time will surely past each and every day. The question is whether you will still be the same by the end of this year? Or will you be living in your dream life and having greater success in the end?

7 Powerful Techniques For Creating A Successful Life That You Want

2012-04-30T15:20:57Z

Do you want to live a successful life? Do you want to achieve all your dreams and accomplish all your dreams? If you do, continue to read on because you are going to discover some of the most powerful techniques that you can use to help you in your journey to success.

These techniques that you are going to find out below are easy to implement and they are very powerful. If you apply them into your daily life, you will see how they are going to change the results that you are getting in life.

So here are the 7 powerful techniques for creating the successful life that you want…

1. Celebrate all wins

Yes, celebrate all wins no matter it is a big win or a smaller one. For example, whenever you have put the commitment to write take the necessary action, celebrate it. You want to make it a habit so that you will train yourself to take action.

Whenever you take a step to move toward your goals, celebrate it. It can be as simple as making a cold call. As long as you did it and move forward a step, tell yourself that you are doing great. If you are an internet marketer and you have typed the articles for the day, you can celebrate it by taking a rest, playing computer games for awhile and so on.

Of course, you do not have to go for big celebration such as taking a long vacation in Hawaii. Well, you can have your long vacation in Hawaii if you accomplished your major life goals. The key is to start with small celebration for small achievement.

Make it a habit and you will condition your mind to do it and to take more action, thus, getting you to where you want to be in life.

2. Dress and groom like a boss or like the successful person that you want to be

If you want to be a boss, dress and groom like a boss. You know how you feel when you dress differently. Do you know why people create uniforms? It is for this same purpose. When you want to go for an important appointment or to meet with a client to negotiate a million-dollar deal, wear your most expensive suites and groom like a professional who is going to close the deal.

It gives you confidence when you dress properly according to the event. In other words, you have to fake it until you make it. You first fake it physically, which is a simple and easy way to become successful. Once you did this, you will automatically feel like an important person and hence, it gives you the positive internal state that you need.

This is a very easy to implement technique. All you have to do is to dress like who you want to be and you will see the difference. No kidding, try it and you will know.

3. Get serious and make a public commitment

Are you serious with your dreams and your goals? Did you share them with your family and friends? Most people do not dare to tell others their dreams and their goals because they are afraid that others might laugh at them or they worry what if they did not achieve what they have said?

On the contrary, if you want to be successful, you must treat success seriously and put in 100% commitment. You can do this by making a public commitment. Tell others and share with others what you intend to achieve in your life. Share with your parents, your spouse and your best friends about the future you want to have.

Whenever you did this, you will feel the commitment and you will eventually do something that will move you forward. So ask yourself right now, are you really serious about living the future that you dream about? If you are not serious, forget about it and never talk about it anymore. Go ahead and focus on other things that you are serious about.

However, if you are serious about your dreams, your goals and your future, put in the commitment and make sure you take action each day. Success is not going to be easy, but it will be fun with all the exciting challenges that you are going to face. Therefore, put in 100% commitment and be serious about it, you will feel extremely fulfill when you are there.

4. Make it fun and play it all out

Is chasing your dream something fun? If your answer is a no, it is either you are not playing it full out or you are chasing the wrong thing. Success is not so much about the results, it is about the journey of going through all the ups and downs that eventually get you to your destination.

And since it is a journey, you must make it fun, or else you will get bored and give up very soon. The best part is when you are doing something you love, you will never feel tired and you will have the energy to do it because you feel that it is so much fun. This is why extraordinary people are able to do more, take more action, feel more motivated and accomplish much more than average people. It is simply because they love what they do and it is fun for them.

You have to be the same. If you want to accomplish outstanding success in life, do something that you love to do and have fun doing it. If you feel that you are doing what you love but you are not having fun, try to put in more attention into what you want and what you do. Try to play it full out and give your best. When you give your best and do it full out, you will feel the joy and the fun of doing it.

Have you ever played any sport and you played it with your very best, in the end you feel extremely fulfilled and satisfied? This same principle applies here. Use it in your journey to achieving your dreams.

5. Get close to the nature and refresh your mind

Feeling stressed? Maybe it is time for you to get closed to the nature and time for you to refresh your mind. Sometimes in your journey, you will feel the stress, pressure, and feeling like you are getting nowhere. When this happens, get yourself out of the box by doing something totally unrelated. The best thing you can do is to get closed to the nature. For instance, you can take a walk in the park, go for a jogging or simply feel the fresh air in your garden.

Just like what I have mentioned above, success is a journey and not a destination. It is a long-term kind of target. Thus, if you want to accomplish it, you must make sure you have at least pit-stop in the journey. Take a breath and refill your energy. This is especially true in today’s world where the lifestyle in the city is hustling and bustling. Or if you are working in the office whole day and facing the computer screen, this may be a great way to get relief and to replenish your energy.

Again, you have to try to apply this technique if you want to see how powerful it is going to be. Schedule a time to do this each day and you will have all the energy to run for the success marathon.

6. Network with others who want to be successful as well

Who are your friends and how are they doing? Do you believe that those people you always be with will influence your life? You better believe it will. I’m not saying that you should leave your friends and go to know those rich and successful people out there. You have to understand that you will be influenced by those you spend time with. The conversation and atmosphere will change your thought.

For example, when you have saved enough money to make an investment in the stock market, but most of your friends are not doing well in the market, some even get burned before; guess what will they tell you when you ask for their opinion? You know the answer. I do not think they are going to tell you something good about investing. And even if they do, their opinion might not be accurate because they are not investors themselves.

This is why you have to stay around with people that can help you to accomplish your dreams. Let me ask you, what are the topics that you talk about when you are with your friends? If you are with a bunch of successful people, I believe that the topics will revolve around business, investments, improvement, how to be successful and more. On the other hand, if you are with the average people, highly likely, your topics will revolve around girls, sex, and other un-resourceful topics.

You do not have to stop contacting with friends that are not helping, but you can definitely decrease the time you spend with them and invest the time to be with other extraordinary people who can transfer their positive energy and aura to you.

7. Take time to stay alone and dream about your awesome future

And the final technique that you are about to discover is to take time to stay alone once in awhile. When you are alone, you will have the time to dream about your awesome future. Success starts from your dream. And your dream is a thought that you have in your mind. It is a seed of a potential future that you desire. And you have to nurture it by dreaming about it consistently.

It is said that successful people always think about their dreams and their future. They think about how to make the sale, how to build their businesses, how to achieve their goals, etc. So what do think about most of the time? Are you thinking and dreaming about your future and your dreams?

Taking your own time to stay out of disturbance is something that you must do every day. You can use the time in the morning when you have just arise, or the time before you go to bed. These are the times when you can be alone and nobody will disturb you so that you can wildly dream about your success and your future.

Do you know that majority of the great people out there arise early in the morning when most people are still dreaming in their bed? So this is what great people do and how you can be the same. When the alarm clock rings, you have 2 choices. The first choice is to continue to dream about the success you want, and the second choice is to wake up and chase for the success and build your future. The choice is yours.

Use these 7 techniques and see the amazing results you are going to get for yourself.

The Top 3 Questions That Can Help You Improve Your Life And Move You Forward

2012-04-30T15:22:59Z

Do you know that you are asking questions in your mind all the time? You are actually evaluating everything through your mind at every moment. When you see someone is eating ice-cream, you are actually evaluating with what to respond at that moment. Some people will ask themselves whether to get an ice-cream. Some would come up with the thought thinking that it is too sweet. All kinds of evaluation can come up in your mind.

The key to success then, is to learn to control the evaluation, the thought in your mind, by asking the right question that will move you forward in your life.

By asking the right question, you are actually helping your mind to focus on the things that you want. It may not be an easy task, but if you have the determination, you can learn it. And once you have mastered it, it will become a habit and it will be one of the most powerful skills that you ever acquired in your life.

Let me show you how powerful it can be by asking the right questions. Let us start by seeing how these 3 questions below can help you in your journey to success…

1. If I’m going to rate this, what is the score and how can I improve to get a full score?

Yes, you have to ask this question in every part of your life. If you are a student, you can ask you’re lecturer this question, “if you are going to rate my work, what is the score and how can I improve to get a full score?” You can score it from 1 to 10. Where 1 is the lowest score and 10 is the maximum.

Jack Canfield teaches this technique in his book and I think it is a very powerful way to find out what is not perfect yet in what you do and how you can make it better. Being successful is all about improving your life for the better. And this question definitely can help you achieve that outcome.

Just like if you ask your superior this question, I’m very sure that he will tell you what is your score and how you can improve to get a 10. You can ask this question to anyone you want. This is the fun part of it. Try to ask this question, “if you are going to rate my __________ for this week (or today or this month), what is the score from 1 to 10, and what can I do to make it a 10?”

You can ask this question to anyone that you think can help you improve your life for the better. If you ask this to your colleague, you will learn how you can improve your work and your team work. If you ask this to your spouse or girlfriend, you will get to know how to build a better relationship with your partner. Don’t you think this is so powerful?

Basically, you are learning how you can improve every area of your life. So make good use of this question and just ask it. Do not be afraid to ask as everyone around you are kind and are willing to give you the answer that can really help you do better. The next question will be…

2. Who is the best in doing this, what he will do and how I can do the same?

This question help you to learn from the best and replicate the results from the best person in your field. You can ask this question within your mind quietly, or you can ask others as well if you want to.

When you ask the question who is the best in doing whatever you ask for, you are actually identifying the best person in that field and the best strategy, so far, for creating the best results. And the following part of the question help you identify what is the best way to do it and how you can use the strategy in your own life.

If you are in sales, try to ask this question to find out who is the best guy in your company. Usually most people know who the top sale in their firm is. It is just that whether you are going to learn and implement his strategies and techniques. Knowing who is the best in the field is just the first part of the equation. If you want to see the results, you must take the action by implementing the strategy.

This question can be used whenever you face a problem as well. Just like in business, whenever you face a setback or something that is stopping your business, try to ask this question. Even if you cannot get the right answer, it will at least get you somewhere and put you in a better position because you will get inspired by those successful people who have gone through tough times.

Whenever you feel lost and helpless, this question can guide you and give you light. Try to ask this question everyday to improve your life and get to where you want to be. The final question is…

3. Where will I be in the future if I continue doing this? Am I going to achieve my targets, my goals and my dreams? Do I want to live a mediocre life and regret afterward?

By asking this question, you are evaluating where you are right now from your goals and dreams. When you know your current location and situation, you can then improve to get closer toward where you want to be.

Just like if you ask whether you will achieve your target if you keep on doing what you do, you are actually evaluating the results you are getting and gauging whether you can hit your target. Knowing where you are right now is very important in helping you to plan your strategies and action plan.

The last part of the question is aiming to help you get motivated. When you ask whether you want to live a mediocre life and regret afterward, it helps you imagine about the future you want. Fast forward 5 years into your life, where will you be? Will you be doing the same thing? Earning the same amount of money? Still lonely and boring because you are still going to be single? Will you still worry about money and living in the life of insufficient? Will you still be in bad shape and bad health condition?

When you imagine about all those, you are creating fear through your thought. And this fear will create pain and hopefully, the pain will motivate you to work on your dreams and goals because you still have the time before the 5 years arrive.

These are how powerful questions can be. Asking the right questions can help you stay focused in where you want to improve and get better. Thus, use these 3 questions wisely and see how powerful they are in your life.

The 3 Biggest Reasons Why Most People Are Not Successful

2012-04-30T15:23:38Z

If you are not living the kind of life that you desire, you have to continue to read on because you are going to discover the 3 biggest reasons why most people are not successful.

The majority of the people out there are not living an extraordinary life. There is nothing wrong with living ordinarily. However, you have to ask yourself whether this is what you want in your life. Do you want to achieve great things and live big in life or do you just want to get by?

A lot of people thought that if they are successful and if they are rich, they will not have a peaceful life. You have to understand that being rich and successful have nothing to do with the other part of your life. You can be rich and successful, and in the same time still live a peaceful life. In fact, there are many people out there who have accomplished this.

Thus, know what you want out of your life first. And this is the first reason most people are not successful…

1. You Have To Have Dreams And Goals

Yes, you need to have dreams and goals in your life if you want to live a successful life. Without dreams and goals, you will never grow and you will never know where you are heading. Just like Walt Disney, he saw his dreams that he wanted to create an amusement park that makes people happy. And because of this dreams and his perseverance in his dreams, he successfully built his Walt Disney empire that becomes one of the most well-known business around.

If you look at all the successful people out there, they all start with a dream. They know exactly what kind of life they want to live and what kind of future they want to create. The Wright Brothers want to invent airplane and they successfully did it. Tiger Woods has a dream of becoming the youngest world champion in golf and he did it as well. How about you? What is your dream? And what do you want to accomplish in your life?

Having dreams and goals are the first step in living a great life. Your dream is your initiator that will lead you toward the kind of life that you are looking for.

Hence, make sure you have dreams and you know what you want to accomplish in the future. And remember, whenever you dream about what you want, you have to dream big and make your dreams as excited to you as possible. If your dreams are not excited to you, you will never put in commitment to achieve them.

This is why you only heard about extraordinary people who have achieved amazing results in life. You seldom heard about people who achieve only average or a little above average result in life. Your dreams are the fuel that will motivate you all the time.

2. Procrastination And Not Doing Anything About Your Dreams Are Not Going To Help

The second biggest reason is that most people are not doing anything about what they want. Yes, all of us want to be rich and successful, but not many of us are doing something to accomplish it.

Procrastination or putting things off is the number one killer of all successes. If you put things off and are not taking any action, you will never get the results that you want. For example, most people know that if they consistently take action, they will eventually move one step forward toward their dreams. Unfortunately, most of us are not willing to take the action.

The reason people procrastinate on their dreams and goals is they think that taking action is causing pain and making them uncomfortable. Just like if you are in sales, and your goal is to close more sales, you know what you have to do, to meet clients and to make cold calls, but you are not willing to do it simply because you feel uncomfortable about it.

The solution to this is to make all the actions that you are going to take as something that will bring you pleasure. There are many ways to do this; one of them is to celebrate all your wins. If you make the cold call, celebrate it. You do not have to celebrate it with Champaign or travel and holiday to Hawaii. You can start to train yourself by celebrating it small. Such as watching a movie after taking the necessary action or allow yourself to play games after you have done the work.

As long as you take action consistently and make it a habit in your life, you will have no problem creating the results you are looking for. You will eventually achieve your goals and reach your dreams in the end. No matter how huge the tree, if you take a sharp axe and swing at it, it will eventually fall.

3. Don’t Believe In Your Dreams And Give Up Too Soon

Sometimes, you may feel doubtful whether you can accomplish what you want in your life. And this is the moment that you start to lose energy and trying to give up. You have to believe in your dreams and you have to trust that you have what it takes to achieve them.

If you do not believe in your dreams, there is no point setting goals to achieve them. Whenever you do not believe that it is possible, you will close your thought and never to let your mind think about the possibility of achieving it anymore.

Your beliefs toward your dreams and goals are important. When you truly believe that you can do it, you will actually plan it right, do it with confident and eventually achieve it. If you are running a small architectural firm that has only about 5 employees, will you tender for a big project and compete with other big companies out there?

When a big project for designing a bridge is open for tender, 9 companies take the shot. Out of the 9 companies, only 1 is a small firm that has 5 employees. The rest of the companies that tendered for the project are big companies. When asked the other small firms that never take part why they did not take on the tender, the reply is that their firm is too small and they cannot manage to handle the project. In the end, the small firm that goes for the tender wins the project. This is the power of believing in yourself and thinking big.

There you have it, the 3 biggest reasons why most people are not living their dreams.

The Most Underrated Success Principle

2012-04-30T15:24:16Z

When we talk about what it takes to build a successful life, most of us will think about being proactive, being hard working, set goals, take action, believe in our dreams and goals and more. However, there is one very important success principle that most people often forget. It is taking good care of their body and their health.

It is true that you need to work harder than ordinary people if you want to build an extraordinary life, but you must not forget about living in good condition as well.

Brian Tracy, the sales guru mentioned that if you want to close a lot of sales, you must make sure you have enough sleep. Arise early and get to bed early and get at least 7 hours of quality sleep. This is because you need to have plenty of energy to go out to the field and do sales.

The problem most people face is…

Lack Of Energy Due To Less Sleep And Rest

Think about it, what time do you sleep usually? Do you have enough sleep? Will you feel lethargic and tired the next day?

If you answer yes to the above question, you are not having enough sleep and rest. Your body is telling you and giving you signal saying that you need more rest and sleep. That is why you feel tired and lethargic.

It does not mean that you cannot stay up late to work on your dreams. You just need to strive for a balance and take good care of your health. If you always feel tired and do not have enough energy to chase for your dreams, it is not a very good sign.

Do you want to have a bad health condition after achieving your goals? Or do you want to live healthy and still accomplish what you have set in your life?

Think about it. You need plenty of rest and you need energy to take action toward your dreams and goals. And thus, if you are always tired, it will be difficult for you to stay focused on your target. You cannot drive for long distance if you do not have enough rest. It is very dangerous and you may end up in an accident.

This is why even Thomas Edison, one of the world’s greatest inventors, takes short nap during the day. He knows that taking a rest can refresh his mind and replenish his energy. Guess what will happen if Thomas Edison keep rushing on his partners and assistants to accomplish and come up with ideas for his new invents? The whole team will burnout and he will never be this successful today.

Do you know that the journey to success is not a sprint but a marathon? Therefore, you have to conserve your energy and make sure you have the stamina to run until the end.

Most people fail to accomplish their dreams because in the beginning when they think about their dreams, they feel excited about it, they take heavy actions. And if those actions do not give them the results that they want, they will feel tired, burnout and they will give up. Do not let this happen to you.

If you are in a very bad health condition, you will need to work smarter and harder than the ordinary. If you always fall sick, make sure you take good care of your health so that you will have the energy to run the race.

However, do not let your bad health condition becomes your excuse. Do not say that you are not living your dreams because your body is weak and you are always in bad shape.

You have to understand that your success is your own responsibility. There are a lot of people who are less fortunate, and still able to create amazing results and build the success on their own. Remember, you are responsible for your own success.

Take Good Care Of Your Body And Health

When you feel energetic, you are able to take more action and accomplish more. This is why staying healthy is so important in your life.

Having good health is always an asset to you. Hence, make sure you eat healthily, take nutritious food, exercise regularly and always stay close to the nature to keep your mind in peace.

5 Extraordinary Tips To Live An Extraordinary Life

2012-01-11T13:54:23Z

Extraordinary means unusually great, something remarkable and it is not what normally done. If you have done something special that nobody else has done before, you are considered extraordinary. So do you want to live an extraordinary life? If you do, continue to read on…

In order for you to live an extraordinary life, you have to follow the footsteps of those extraordinary people. Learn their experience, think their thoughts, do just like they did and apply it into your own life.

And you are about to discover the 5 extraordinary tips that you can follow and make your life remarkable. Are you ready for it?

Below are the 5 extraordinary tips to live an extraordinary life…

1. Dare to change

You have to change in order for you to do it better, to produce better results and to improve. If you are earning $100,000 per year, you have to have the guts to change your current situation to improve your income to a greater height. If you do not dare to change, you will never improve.

A lot of people are not living their dreams simply because they resist change. The majority of us do not dare to change because we are afraid to venture out of our comfort zone. Staying in your comfort has nothing wrong; it is just that you will never create a different result. It is a common sense. If you continue to do what you do all the time, you will get back the same result each time.

This is why if you want to create something extraordinary, you must dare to change.

2. Do what most people hate to do

Let’s face it, most people are not living a remarkable life because they are not doing what they hate. In fact, most people are doing what is easy and what is convenient for them. Think about it, if you want to be an extraordinary salesman, you must make cold calls and go out to meet with your client. However, most sales people are not doing it.

The same goes for study. The majority of us do not like to go to school to read the text book and learn facts. But if you want to get good grades, you must make your decision to study and do revision.

It is hard to wake up at 6am in the morning to do meditation or to go for jogging. If you can do that consistently, you will be able to produce outstanding results in your life.

So think about it right now. Do what you hate and you will be the next extraordinary person.

3. Work on your goals everyday

Day and night, successful people are working toward their goals every day. They are consistently moving toward where they want in their lives each day. They know exactly what they want and they take action all the time.

So do you have a goal? Do you know what you want to achieve in your life and are you doing anything to accomplish it?

If you do not have a goal, set one right now. If you are not doing anything toward it, do something right away. It is when you focus your energy into your goals; you will be able to create an amazing life out of it.

You do not have to take big action step; you just need to take small and consistent action each day. As long as you are moving toward the right direction, you will eventually reach the destination that you want.

4. Practice thinking big all the time

Even if you know the secret to success, it does not mean that you will definitely achieve it. For example, if you give a cheese cake recipe to a few chefs, it does not mean that all of them are able to bake the perfect cake from the recipe. Some may bake the perfect ones, some may not.

So the key is in the person who bakes that cake. The same goes to success. Even if you have all the secrets, it does not mean that you can produce the exact same result.

So what makes people successful in life? The answer is the way we think. We are no different physically, but our thoughts are not the same. We think differently and therefore, we act differently. Thus, if you want to be extraordinary, you must start by adopting the thinking of extraordinary people.

One very important principle in thinking is that great people always think big. They think about all the great things that they can achieve in their lives and they think it really big. You must do the same if you want to be an extraordinary person in life.

5. Never ever give up on your dreams

What are your dreams? Do you want to live in a luxury bungalow that comes with a swimming pool? Do you want to drive sports car? Or do you wish to travel around the world and enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature?

Everyone has their own dreams and you must not give up on them. Your dreams may change along the way in life, but you must not abandon them and give up on them. Your dreams are what fuel you and motivate you.

Without dreams, you will live your life purposeless. Think about it, if you do not have a dream or goal in your life right now, why did you wake up in the morning? Well, maybe it is because you need to work. But why do you need to work? You work because of the salary and that’s it? Is there any other thing that you want in your life?

You will become a zombie and live your life aimlessly. This is why dreams are so important. So never ever give up on your dreams. You are meant to achieve big things in life, that is why you are here and are reading this article right now.

It is true that achieving your dreams may not be easy. If it is something that is easy to accomplish, why would you want to go for it in the first place? Remember, you dream big and you set your goals high. They are difficult and very challenging, that is why you set them as goals and go out to achieve them. If it is something easy to accomplish, why would you want to set them as goals?

So dream big and never give up on your dreams.

Who Have You Became Last Year?

2012-01-09T14:45:02Z

The late personal achievement legend and best-selling author Jim Rohn said, “Set a goal to become a millionaire not for the goal of being a millionaire but for what it requires of you to achieve it.”

As you set your goals for 2012, ask yourself, “Who do I have to become to achieve these goals?” I believe the answer to that question is your real reward with the goal only being the byproduct. In the past several years, as I trained for memory competitions, more than one person told me, “Don’t waste your time, you aren’t going to win.” But they didn’t see the same end result as I did. The final score wasn’t the biggest goal for me. The result, instead, was the person I became during my training leading up to the championship competitions.

As I set my goals for 2012, I’m reminded of Jim Rohn’s philosophy and ask myself, “Who do I have to become to achieve these goals?” The answer to that question excites me more than the goals!

Happy New Year to All!

Go for More This Week!

—Ron White

This is a very interesting saying that I came across just now. And it really makes me think deep about the meaning within, who have I became, what I have accomplished all these years and what had happened so far.

I believe that you will feel the same and think about your future, your past and your present after reading the saying from Ron White.

The majority of us set our goals to become a millionaire and to be financially free. There is nothing wrong in this; it is just that you have to always remember that the rewards that you get from chasing your goals are just by-products. What really matters is who you become along the way.

We often forget that it is who we are going to become in our journey of pursuing our dreams and our goals that are the real rewards. By going through the entire path, you will realize that you will eventually become a different person, regardless of whether you successfully accomplished your goals.

If your goal is to earn $100,000 last year and you accomplished it, you will become more confident and committed this year. You will definitely change, either positively or negatively.

If you failed to achieve your goal last year, do not give up and do not feel disappointed. Tell yourself to move on and you are going to make it this year. You have to tell yourself that although you did not accomplish what you want, but in the process of working on that goal, you have learned new things and become a better person compare to before.

As long as you learn something and never give up, you are not considered as a failure. Somehow you learned something and you changed, you move a little closer toward your goals and you now have more experience.

This is the most important reward that you get from taking action toward your dreams. You eventually change and become better.

What You Can Learn From Here

Think about last year, what have you accomplished and did you changed? Everything is constantly changing every day, the only thing that never changes is the theory claiming that everything is changing every day.

When you think back about last year and what you have done, do you feel proud or do you feel unsatisfied? Only you can answer this question.

If you have achieved your targets, you may feel great and satisfy. However, if you fail to accomplish what you have set, you may feel unsatisfied or disappointed and you might wish to turn back time. We all know that we cannot turn back the time, what we can do right now is to learn from our past. Learn from the previous years and decide now that we are not going to live another mediocre year this time.

Looking back on all the years can actually help you to better shape your life and plan for your future because you are creating pain that you do not wish to occur in your life. Basically, there are only 2 things that will motivate us, it is either the inspiration or the desperation.

So when you think about the pain, you are actually creating pain in your mind that you do not want to go through that kind of life anymore and you will put yourself in motivation to get away from those kinds of life. It is exactly the opposite for pleasure. When you think about becoming rich, living in luxury bungalow, driving sports car and etc, it is also another form of motivation that pull you toward your dreams.

You need to learn how to use both pain and pleasure to inspire and motivate you to achieve what you want in your life. This is why you must learn from your past. Now, this is a new year and it is a brand new beginning, so do not let another great year slip by. You can achieve a lot of what you want in just one year.

Whenever you feel unmotivated, just think about how you have lived your previous year and what have you accomplished so far. Do you want to make it better and improve your lifestyle? Do you want to bring your family overseas this year? Do you want to make $300,000 in this year? If you answer yes, then make sure you treat this year the best year ever. Work all the way out and put in 100% commitment to achieve all your dreams and your goals.

Thus, I wish you all the best in your journey to success and with Godspeed.

The 3 Easy And Simple Tips To Motivate Yourself

2011-12-15T14:13:59Z

A lot of times, it is not that you do not know what you want to accomplish in your life, it is that you do not have the energy and the motivation to do what is necessary to accomplish what you want. You know that you have to read more books and do more research; you know that you need to study the market, you know that you have to make more cold calls, but you just did not do it.

And the reason is that you do not have the drive to do it. When talking about drive and motivation, everyone will have the same problem. We are all human beings and we will feel tired and down from time to time. The key is to learn how to manage it and get through it.

Every one of us will feel like no lethargic and no energy to do what we supposed to do. First, we are not committed enough to our dreams and our goals. If we are 100% committed, we will do whatever it takes as if our lives are dependent on our success. Just like if I point a gun on your head, you will do whatever as I ask you to. When you have this kind of commitment, you will do whatever it takes regardless of whether you have the drive and motivation.

Besides that, we are human and we will feel down some times. Come on, even computers will have down time. We will fall sick and have no energy to move on. This is a very normal issue that every one of us will face in the future.

Other than that, it is because we are not passionate enough with what we supposed to do. When you are truly passionate with what you want to do, you will do it even if you feel tired. Just like playing golf. If you are passionate with it, you will wake up at 6am in the morning and get to the golf course even if it is cold out there.

These are the 3 main factors that will either provide us with the motivation and drive, or will keep us from taking action to achieve our goals. So how are we going to deal with the lack of motivation?

The 3 Easy And Simple Tips To Keep You Motivated

1. Read motivational and self-help books, or listen to the audio or watch the movie clips. This is very easy to do and easy to accomplish. It is self-explanatory and I do not have to discuss much about it here. Whenever you read a story about how a normal person who has gone through all the difficult times, but still able to make it through and create success in his life, you will feel motivated because you imagine that you are doing the same and achieving the same results.

This is why reading books, listening to audio or watching motivational clips can drive us. Those inspiring stories and words are actually describing us and make us feel like we are in their position.

So make sure you spend some time into reading these great materials everyday. You can spend 30 minutes or more to read books if you want to. After a few years, you will see the changes that this habit can bring you.

2. Take your time and talk to someone who shares the same dreams like yours and someone who is more successful than you. It is not to say that you cannot talk to those who are not as successful as you, but you have to understand that most extraordinary people who have done it, they will radiate positive energy and they are able to guide you with their own experience most of the time.

You just have to make sure you talk about things that are related to your dreams that you want to achieve. If you are going to meet up to talk about gossip, your time can be better spend somewhere else. You can try this out as simple as inviting these people to have a drink. Take a tea break and share with them your dreams and ask them to share their success stories with you.

Some people do not like to read, and if you are this type of people, this second tip will work great for you. It is about finding what works for you and make good use of it. It can be as easy as discussing or talking about how you can improve your sales with your colleagues or your sales team. You can also share your dreams with your close friends that you think will support and give you energy. However, make sure you do not share with those who will look down on your dreams and pull you down. You can choose to talk other topics with them, but not your dreams.

This second tip is very easy to implement. Most people are using it everyday, whether they are using it to inspire and motivate themselves to achieve what they want is another story. This technique is a double edged sword. So use it wisely and you will get energy from someone who is on the same boat.

3. Just do it. Yes, just do it mechanically without putting in any thought into your mind. Do not think about it and just do it like a robot. Once you get it started, you will feel the momentum coming and you will have the drive to continue to do it.

This is a very effective strategy and is guarantee working as long as you work on it. It is difficult to make cold calls, but if you can do it mechanically without thinking about it, after a few calls, you will feel that the energy comes to you and you will have the motivation to keep on calling. The same goes for every other action. You just have to initiate it and you will see the momentum bring out the energy.

These are the 3 simple tactics that you can try out anytime and at anywhere you want. You just have to try them and you will see how powerful they are.