Almost every company, organization or sport team utilize smart goal setting to achieve their targets and objectives.

Prior to every rugby season I will sit down with the other coaches and all the players, and set goals of what we’d like to achieve individually and collectively during our pre-season, through to mid-season and also obviously end of season.

• Setting Goals Is A Must
• Goal setting is vital to success
• A streamlined approach to goals is more likely to guarantee achievement.

It is in man’s very nature to achieve. Setting a goal for yourself is one of the best ways to realize your strength and potential. This can be applied both personally and professionally.

In today’s highly industrialized and modernized world, nearly every single entity you encounter has a set goal. Each of these individual or group thrives and operates in attaining one goal after the other.

Growth is relative to a man’s vision or desire of how far or high he can go. The ultimate achievement in man’s life remains to be the grasp of contentment.

Often, it is the elusiveness of contentment, with however much or little you have, that fuels the need to get more, or achieve more.

A lot of studied and evaluated structures that have been formed in the pursuit of attaining goals have been used.

S.M.A.R.T. Goals

One, that has been highlighted more than most is the use of smart goal setting.

The letters to smart or S.M.A.R.T. stand for the five definitions that make up this strategy to achieve goals.

 S- SPECIFIC

This means that if you make a goal, it should be one that’s easily understood by you and others. It should be clear and zeroed in.

It’s quite easy to reply ‘I plan to lose weight’, when one is asked of a new year’s resolution.

Saying ‘my goal is to lose 10 pounds by the end of the year, is more vivid.

The feasibility of a goal starts with how specific the goal is. This paves the way for a clearer way toward the goal.

M- MEASURABLE

This connotes that a goal needs to be quantifiable.

A goal that can be rated gives it visibility and monitoring of progress.

If a goal can’t be measured, it’s most likely to be unrealizable. Saying’ I want to improve as a runner’, is vague and general, saying ‘I’ll try running ten more kilometres in my next run’ is a lot more manageable as a goal.

Having an actual mark to aim for, makes smart goal setting a lot better.

A-ATTAINABLE

This relates to having the facility to achieve a goal. This may include a certain skill set, knowledge, attitude, or even equipment that will help you reach your goal.

Increasing muscle mass, or getting in a certain body type, will always employ the right gym equipment for the body part that needs work.

A department goal, should also be aligned with the core values and vision of the company as a whole to be deemed attainable.

R- REALISTIC

Decide on a far-fetched goal, and you’ve successfully set yourself up for failure. This is where realistic comes in as another important characteristic of a smart goal set.

The achievement of a goal is also dependent on how actual, real and valid it is. To say that you’ll quit on all the unhealthy stuff you’ve been eating now, when you’ve been on that habit for most of your life is too bold for reality.

Saying that you’ll start substituting snacks for fruits, each time you crave is more believable.

T- TIME-BOUND

Lastly, timely is the characteristic that puts the time-frame in a goal.

Taking note of the start and the end date, by which the goal should be realized, enables you to check on how far or close you are to your goal.

Smart goal setting, is a very effective and reliable means to achieve more and reach your objectives in life, through taking one good step at a time.

To succeed at anything in life you must know what you want and take continuous action toward achieving it. Setting goals is extremely powerful as it provides you with a map of where you want to go. Start realizing all your life’s dreams and desires through effective and proven smart goal setting.

Article Source:  Smart Goal Setting – A Full-Proof Way To Achieving More

I had planned to go to Panera Bread to get a bagel, to check email, and to work on some plans for next year. My son woke up coughing, wanted breakfast, and I was concerned. After I made him breakfast, I made him and allowed him to watch television for a while. While watching television, I noticed that the time had “gotten away” from me and that there was a no way that I would be able to get us out and go to Panera Bread without there being lot of people there so, I did not go. I chose to wait until tomorrow.

That story happens to many people everyday, with different results. Some people have reasons and excuses while others are unreasonable with themselves and others. How is it that some people succeed when others are left behind figuring it out?

Those people who are left behind lack the ability to move past their own fears and excuses. In every situation there are choices that can be made to further what you are up to in any area of Life. When you are focused and have a plan there are no excuses or reasons that will keep you from achieving what you have set out to achieve. A person who has no focus or plan is prone to excusing themselves and others for what has or has not happened. No focus and plan equals excuses and reasons.

If you are reading this article you are looking for ways to build an Unreasonable Life. Any person living an Unreasonable Life finds ways to make things happen regardless of the circumstances. The excuses that they would have used not to complete something no longer work and they have fear yet act in the face of it. The most successful people in your company, neighborhood, City, State, Country, and in the World are unreasonable with themselves and others. That is how they have become successful. Here are 5 keys for you to begin building a Life of being Unreasonable.

Recognize when Fear is present: Without recognition the fear continues to keep you complacent and paralyzed. Recognition is the first action to take in building success.

Distinguish what you are afraid of: When fear is present it is a response to something we are resisting. Are you resisting being embarrassed, made fun of, looking like you are not smart, or something else?

Affirm Yourself: Create a statement that represents who you see yourself being in the situation or what you want from it. “I am prepared, smart, and confident”, “They are accepting, honest, and loving”.

Act in the Face of the Fear: Now that you have created an affirming statement for yourself, proceed to take action. Soldiers learn to have fear and act anyhow. Take that same mindset and apply it to whatever task you are facing. You can have fear and still accomplish your goal. The miracle is that once you accomplish it you have grown past that fear and are building confidence in your abilities.

Expand Your Thoughts: Expanded thought is a result of taking the actions consistent with what you want to have happen. When you take the action in the face of fear you expand your thoughts about yourself and your abilities, others and how they perceive you, and what is possible in your Life. Expansion is growth.

Begin applying these keys and see your life become extraordinary in all areas. It takes being consistent with a touch of patience. Nothing happens overnight, however, create the habits and success will come.

Sidney Y. Gaskins is the founder and President of Enterprising Life, LLC., located in Atlanta, Georgia. Enterprising Life, LLC. is a professional coaching and consulting enterprise that helps individuals, families, and businesses create fulfillment in life and the workplace, while achieving prosperity and productivity.

Article Source:  Successful Life Strategies – 5 Keys to Build an Extraordinary Life

By Gwen Thibeaux

If you ask the average person what they want to change about themselves or their lifestyle, they can no doubt give you a long list of things that jump out in their mind. But what happens next? What do people do with that list of things they want to change or modify? Do they continue to carry that list around in their heads, weighing them down, keeping them stuck in a rut where nothing is happening or changing?

A self-assessment of our life and who we are is certainly necessary for personal growth and development, but the process doesn’t stop there. Once we have identified the areas in our life that need improvement, we have to become not only very intentional about seeking change, but we must have a plan on how we will obtain that change or achieve that goal.

I have created the DIVINE Principles of Personal Growth. These elements reflect what I believe to be the core of achieving success in your life and will help you become unstuck in your life. The six principles of personal growth are derived from the word ‘Divine,’ which I have created into an acronym.

Principle #1: Determination – One of the surest ways to become unstuck in your life is to be determined to achieve the things you desire. If you’re hungry for success, hungry for change, that determination will help fuel your motivation to see the results you desire. If you want something bad enough, you will stop at nothing to achieve that goal.

Principle #2: Inspiration – Why do you want what you want? What is inspiring you to seek the growth you desire? If you are seeking something because someone has told you to do so, then you might want to re-evaluate that to determine if that is truly what you want. If it is not what you want, you need to decide where your own inspiration comes from and move in that direction for your real inspiration.

Principle #3: Vision – You must have vision. If you have no vision, how will you know what you are trying to accomplish in your life? Vision gives you a picture or blueprint of what you are striving for, your intended destination. Vision keeps you focused and on task by providing you some sense of direction.

Principle #4: Initiative – As much as we would like things to just happen or fall from the sky, the reality is that life doesn’t work that way. No amount of determination, inspiration or vision is going to produce any results in your life UNLESS you take some initiative in your life. If that means asking for help, doing some research or whatever it is that you need to do in order to move forward, you have to take action. Even if it is only one small step or action, it’s a start.

Principle #5: Network – Every successful person did not obtain success on their own. They networked and connected with other successful people and people who could assist them in their endeavors. If you don’t tell people what you are doing or what you are trying to accomplish in your life, you might not discover the human resources available to you. Network! Create strategic partnerships. Create a support system for yourself. Don’t be afraid to ask for assistance.

Principle #6: Edify – This principle is by far one of the most important principles of personal growth. You must learn how to edify yourself by reaffirming your value and importance, by ridding yourself of your negative and limiting beliefs. While it is certainly great to have others edify you, there may be a time when that is not happening. When that occurs, rather than give up or lose sight, you must be able to strengthen and affirm yourself.

Personal growth is a continuous journey in life, filled with endless self-discoveries and experiences. Never hesitate or be afraid to change what is not working in your life. If you establish core principles in your life that will keep you on the right track of your life, you will not allow yourself to become stuck!

Gwen Thibeaux is a motivational teacher, speaker, author and entrepreneur. Gwen is also an internet radio show host, Divine Talk Radio Show on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/DivineTalk, and founder of Speakers Network. For more information on the author, visit http://www.gwenthibeaux.com.

Article Source:  6 Principles of Personal Growth – How to Become Unstuck in Your Life

Perhaps the most important commonality clients of trained personal coaches have in common        is that they achieve their clearly defined life goals sooner by moving through challenges more quickly.

Many coaching clients enjoy new levels of happiness, improved communication skills, renewed mental and physical vitality, enhanced creativity, more effective time management and personal productivity, heightened emotional stability, improved income, and deeper intimacy in relationships.

They also learn to minimize or eliminate stress, excessive self-consciousness and ego, fear of the unknown, victimization, the drive for revenge, emotional blocks, and the under estimation of one’s own abilities.

The benefits you will enjoy from engaging a personal coach will be strongly influenced by the directions you choose for making changes in your life along with your degree of motivation to make the changes.

The abilities of your coach to inspire you to act upon and achieve your aspired successes also are an important factor. Ideally your relationship with your chosen coach becomes a partnership of deep sharing, trust, support, and mutual growth wherein there is purpose in you taking advantage of all that your coach has to offer so that you learn to choose the best possible solutions for making your life into what you want it to be.

I’m a firm believer in the concept of “Collective Consciousness” for all of mankind. I believe that at our core Soul level we all are subconsciously connected energetically and spiritually. Manifestations of this universal connectedness include our common abilities to feel emotions, to perceive of birth and death, to use our relatively advanced intellect to create a chosen future, to communicate telepathically, and our common drive to do what makes each of us happy in our unique ways.

This connectedness allows each of us to tap into a vast pool of knowledge and experience that we can apply any moment when we choose to “connect”. Yes, it sounds a lot like logging onto the Internet, and there are many similarities. Think for a moment about the huge amount of information, ideas, creations, communications, and inspirations you are able to find each day when you are connected to the Internet to browse websites and use email. Now consider all of the content you would not be aware of in your day-to-day life (and were therefore underutilizing or missing completely) if you chose not to go “on-line”. I’ll bet that you can easily see how becoming connected has greatly expanded your life by facilitating your communications, knowledge, awareness, and productivity.

For me, coaching is the deeply personal way of you logging on to our collective consciousness network with the explicit goal of you furthering your personal growth. As a client, initially you are taping into this network via a trained professional whose mission with you is to expose you to new knowledge and choices that are combined with your existing base of knowledge and choices so that you develop a vastly expanded awareness of the possible directions for your life choices.

Coaches are trained to ask purposeful essential questions that you may not think of (or may even purposefully avoid) asking yourself. Your coach should help you see that the horizon is 360 degrees all around you, not just the former narrow wedge through which you have previously seen only a small slice of life’s options. Creative coaches pursue their coaching as a life art as they work as a translator for you to learn of, and from, your personal authenticity.

Ultimately you can move out from under the paid coaching umbrella by becoming your own best “self-coach” after you have learned to master your full awareness and decision-making capabilities.

How many times have you said to your self, “If only I had known that…” or, “I knew that, but why did I overlook it?” These statements can be followed by, “What was I pretending not to know?” or, “I don’t understand why I did that”, or “That was dumb”. Half the time we’re standing there kicking ourselves in the butt for making a mistake that we now see we could have avoided had we been more open minded, or sensitive, or self-full, or compassionate, or honest.

It is my experience that people who lack commitment to a set of values (perhaps not yet acknowledged or embraced) and who have weak motivation for change (most commonly caused by some sort of emotional blockage) are the people who unknowingly sabotage their lives by making ill informed decisions. They have difficulty separating fact from fiction and they confuse “Emotional Reasoning” with constructive rational thinking, so they have a tough time learning from their mistakes. Through a lack of awareness (as a result of ineffective connectedness) they miss out on the benefits of logging-on to our already existing vast human resources and into the resourcefulness of a great personal coach.

Trained coaches specialize in helping their clients make permanent shifts in their “completeness of vision” so that you are able to make informed, purposeful, significant, long lasting changes in your careers, relationships, financial affairs, spiritual endeavors, and self-fulfillment. Typically coaches are well-organized reservoirs of diverse experiences from which you may draw “nuggets of wisdom” that you can craft into your own custom-made tools of enhanced awareness, knowledge, motivation, and ultimately personal effectiveness.

A person going it on their own may partially fill out this “tool box of self-improvement”, but they will certainly miss out on the huge amount of valuable expertise of others, and the learning curve could be a frustratingly low, long ramp to an uncertain outcome.

People who engage coaches want to accelerate the learning curve so that they become highly energized to achieve their carefully defined goals sooner rather than later. They’ve learned how to stay on target, and they’re intent upon creating fulfillment in the immediate future, not somewhere further down life’s road where their remaining years are agitated by the potholes of unrealized dreams.

At this point its reasonable for you to ask about the monetary expense you face with hiring a coach. Let’s look at it from an investment or cost/benefit ratio point of view. Suppose you pay your coach $2,500 over a period of six months for his/her time and expertise to help you plan and build a new, more desirable life style. Also suppose that you gain significant insights and energize your life with newly found enthusiasm, creativity, communication skills, adventure, and overall fulfillment.

If these values stay with you (which is your choice), you could enjoy your newly blossomed life era for another ten years, at an average cost of $250 per year. That’s $250 a year for an up-graded, contemporary life style that’s free of your old antiquated baggage and full of what you choose to manifest. Sounds pretty inexpensive to me! You could earn all of the $2,500 back very quickly with a simple career advancement that results from your new self-confidence and assertiveness! Looking further out, if you enjoy your benefits for twenty-five or even fifty more years, the cost is virtually nothing! Keep in mind that your positive life shifts can easily work for you for the rest of your life.

For $2,500 (or some other figure) are you willing to skip an opportunity to learn how to create your new era of increased life-long happiness? Are you worth the investment?

Also consider the on-going mental and physical costs of maintaining your less than fulfilling status quo. This gets back to one of the hindsight “Ah-ha!” statements I asked above: “If only I had known that… (coaching could return long lasting personal benefits to me that make the cost insignificant)”.

As a coaching client, you will invest time and energy in your coaching sessions, in your “homework”, and in your background preparations in order for you to get the maximum benefits from the program.

You will be investing in the best possible resource – yourself!

But you know what? These times are fantastically rewarding for clients because of the deep explorations and accelerated growth that takes place. “Ah-ha!” moments of revelations come up as wonderful gems of enlightenment, and you raise your awareness to new levels in your Higher Self with every exercise and coaching interaction. Remember, your explorations do not wander aimlessly – your coach is trained to work with you in all aspects of your unique life to bring forth untapped potential that you are missing out on right now.

When you select a coach, you’ll be partnering with a person who values your needs and goals (early on he/she will also help you define them). Your coach is trained to guide you through the strengthening of your personal foundation so that you can consistently make choices that empower you in your quest to achieve a wonderfully rewarding life!

“Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.”

Anonymous

Mark E. Gibson

As a certified stress relief and relaxation coach, my passion is to help people like you to feel the wondrous joy of smiling bigger in their hearts and minds. If you were my coaching partner I would stimulate you to achieve better health and happiness by improving your personal and professional relationships, self-confidence, career performance, productivity, goal setting, time management, and emotional stability. I’m available for your individual and group coaching, and at my website you can sign up for a complimentary (free) introductory coaching consultation. Let’s talk so that your personal enrichment adventure can move forward more quickly!

530-926-5968

Article Source:  The Benefits of Life Coaching – Your Accelerated Growth and Achievements

By Anette Hollander

Growing Your Business

With today’s tough economic times, everyone is looking for ways to boost their business and their income. Many people are working twice as hard while only being able to afford half as much. If you truly want to make a difference in your financial situation, business success and personal life then having a top notch personal and professional growth plan is key. Keep reading and I’ll explain.

Personal Development Skills

We all have areas in our lives that need improving upon. The first step to addressing these weak spots is to properly identify them. Take some time and create a list of things that you need to work on. Put those things which you have been avoiding at the top of the list. That’s right, it’s time to stop procrastinating and conquer those issues. You’ll feel so great after you’ve succeeded!

Five Steps for Success

Step 1: After you have listed the areas that need improving upon, choose which one to start with. It’s best to only tackle one thing at a time so as not to become overwhelmed or lose focus. Select something that you have been putting off for a long time now.

Step 2: Once you have selected your goal, make a list of ten things you can do to move you closer to that goal. These should be small tasks, bite-sized pieces, that can be easily accomplished in a day. By breaking your goal down into these smaller steps you will begin to see how attainable that goal really is.

Step 3: Create a schedule using the bite-sized-pieces-list. Commit to performing one task at a time. If you can do one each day, great. But if you feel you can only handle a few tasks a week that’s okay too. The key here is to make sure your plan is one that can be followed. In this way, you’re already setting yourself up for success.

Step 4: Keep a log or diary of which steps you have completed, how long it took and the relative success you feel you had. If you think you still need a little work on that particular step go back and schedule more time for it. This is not a failure, it is a re-assessment.

Step 5: Reward yourself when you have achieved your desired goal. Treat yourself to an expensive meal or any indulgence. My personal favorite is a trip to the nail salon but if you’re a guy I’d imagine you have very different rewards in mind. Either way, make it something special so that you will be all the more excited about tackling your next goal.

A Never-ending Process

One of the beautiful truths in life is that we are all on an extended learning experience and journey of self discovery. This process of developing a personal and professional growth plan and following through with it will have an amazing affect on your life. Now more than ever, as we all face these challenging financial hardships, personal development and continuing to educate yourself can go a long way in achieving your dreams.

While developing a personal and professional development plan is a great first step, financial education is another crucial element to reaching your goals and securing your financial future.

If you’re ready to get serious about building personal development skills and learning all you can about protecting your business and finances, visit us now to get your hands on the most compelling and controversial information to come along in decades. Act now while this classified information is still available!

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Things are rarely ever the way they seem.  Our lives tend to be complex even when they appear to be shallow and unimportant.  I did a little research on a book “The Science of Getting Rich” written by Wallace Wattles and I must admit that it left me somewhat perplexed.  Here was a person giving advice about how to get rich and he never seemed to make it in his own life.  One of the keys to market a success book is to draw attention to your own experience or resume of success.  So why is this book so popular after all these years when the author lacked a history of any great success at becoming rich?  I would like to address this question in this article, “Was Wallace Wattles Rich”.

Here are excerpts from a letter written to Mrs. Elizabeth Towne, the publisher of Nautilus magazine, by the daughter of Wallace Wattles, Florence Wattles, shortly after his death. This should give some insight:

“My dear Mrs. Towne,

Your letter of the 14th received . . . perhaps a little later I can write the romantic story of my Father’s life and make it really worthwhile. You knew, didn’t you, that he lost a good position in the Methodist Church because of his “heresy”?

He met George D. Herron at a convention of reformers in Chicago in 1896 and caught Herron’s social vision. I shall never forget the morning he came home. It was Christmas. Mother had put her last dollar into a cuff box and we had placed it beneath an evergreen branch which served for our Christmas tree and which we had illuminated with tallow candles and strung with popcorn. Finally Father came. With that beautiful smile he praised the tree, said the cuff box was just what he had been wanting – and took us all in his arms to tell us of the wonderful social message of Jesus, the message which he later embodied in “A New Christ.”

From that day until his death he worked unceasingly to realize the glorious vision of human brotherhood. For years his life was cursed by poverty and the fear of poverty. He was always scheming and planning to get for his family those things which make the abundant life possible.

In the first chapter of “How to be a Genius” he says: “Man’s greatest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves.” The supreme faith of the man never left him; never for a moment did he lose confidence in the power of the master Intelligence to right every wrong and to give to every man and woman his or her share of the good things of life.

When we came to Elwood (Indiana) three years ago, Father began a Sunday night lectureship in Indianapolis. This was our only source of income. Later he began to write for Nautilus and to word out his own philosophy. He wrote almost constantly. Then it was that he formed his mental picture. He saw himself as a successful writer, a personality of power, an advancing man, and he began to work toward the realization of this vision . . . . He lived every page of “How to be a Genius.” In the last three years he made lots of money, and had good health, except for his extreme frailty.

I have written this hurriedly, but I think it will give you an idea of the life struggle of a great man – his failure and success. His life was truly THE POWERFUL LIFE, and surely we can say, at least in Elwood, “The name of him who loved his fellow men led all the rest.”

With all good wishes, I am,

Very sincerely,

FLORENCE A. WATTLES”

Reference: http://wallacewattles.wwwhubs.com/

Let me draw attention to the two parts of Florence Wattles letter that I highlighted.  First, the heresy charge and getting kicked out of the Methodist church.  Use of the terms “Formless Substance” and “Formless Intelligence” in “The Science of Getting Rich” when obviously referencing God probably was enough to get him booted out of the Methodist church but I can’t say for sure, it may have been something else.  I will leave that discussion for another time and place, and probably someone else but I wanted to draw attention to this, you will see why later.  The second highlighted quote addresses our topic.  “In the last three years he made lots of money, and had good health, except for his extreme frailty.”  It should be noted that Wallace Wattles also wrote a book entitled, “The Science of Getting Well” yet he constantly struggled with his health.

Why did Florence mention that Wallace made a lot of money during his last years, and why did she emphasize that his health was better? It could have been that Florence, Wattles daughter, was just happy to be able to share that her father did achieve some measure of success in the areas of money and health since he wrote about success in his two books cited in this article.  Not unlike many other well known personalities where success is mostly posthumous, this seems to be the case here.  It would not be the first time a daughter embellished her father’s accomplishments; mine does it all the time.  If Wattle’s success included great riches it certainly would have been known to the publisher of many of his articles.

Here is the problem in my opinion, I think Wallace Wattles made a major mistake when he used the term “Science” in his works.  The term science is frequently used to denote “the fact”. Things are never that cut and dry and rigid in life and those who are proponents of the scientific method would be the first to admit that there are always exceptions if they value honesty.  Rhonda Byrne the force behind the bestseller, “The Secret”, who credited Wallace Wattles and “The Science of Getting Rich” as the inspiration for her book, caught a lot of flak from those who brought out this point of allowing for exceptions.  The truth of the matter is we just don’t know why certain principles work  sometimes  but not all of the time.  The criticism of the law or principle of attraction which was the content of The Secret reveals just this point.  Just talk to James Ray, one of the experts cited in The Secret, who was charged with the sweat lodge murders, if the law of attraction always works.

Many of the authors and proponents of “Self-help” ideas are guilty of the same thing that they accuse legalistic Christians of at times.  Legalistic Christians try to codify the whole experience of God and they do not give the proper emphasis to relationship with God and the possibility of not knowing everything concerning God and the Bible.  Self-help proponents codify self help principles and many times diminish that God is personal and desirous of relationship.  They also tend to not allow for the unknowing factor of life and experience. Can you see that they are essentially both doing the same type of thing?

A.A. Allen, a Pentecostal preacher, held healing crusades but he was never able to conquer alcoholism and died of cirrhosis of the liver.  Wallace Wattles died without ever becoming rich.  Both of them taught things that they never really experienced themselves.  I believe we need to allow for a God who is beyond finding out totally in this life.  We would do well to allow for a little grace when dealing with one another.

So how do we account for the popularity of Wallace Wattles, even after all of these years?  I think the key is in the title of his book, “The Science of Getting Rich”.  Most people are interested in “getting rich” or at least richer.  The internet is peppered profusely with articles, courses, and eBooks’ promising riches for a price.  Would Wattle’s book be as popular if it was only “the possibility of getting rich” and not “the science”?  I don’t think so – I mean it is the “science”.  Couple these two things, “getting rich”, and “science” and you have an almost fool-proof way of garnering attention.  This, I think, is the secret to the success of Wallace Wattles.

Some of the ideas in the book are quite good ones in my opinion therefore you will find a link to a free download of a pdf copy at the end of this article.  The idea of fulfilling our potential instead of competing against others is one example brought out by Wattles.  Another is the recognition of the spiritual root of things and how spirit precedes matter.  The Bible reveals this at the very beginning and addresses this key at numerous other places.  Life is about more than what you can see physically and even science is confirming this fact as technology grows.    In conclusion, was Wallace Wattles rich?  The answer appears to be no but this does not mean that he can’t teach us something of value in our attempts to live a truly successful life.

 Free Science of Getting Rich Ebook

Malcolm Gladwell describes thin-slicing as the main topic of his bestselling book “Blink”.  Thin-slicing is an interesting concept and the term is most frequently used in philosophical and psychological areas.  What is thin-slicing?  Well basically it is the capacity of people to unconsciously identify patterns in experience based on very brief times when it occurred.  In other words, brief slices of experience unconsciously reveal a pattern of behavior to the observer.

Why is this important when we discuss life growth strategies?  One of the concepts covered here is the idea of intuitive knowing and thin-slicing would seem to indicate that some of what we call intuition is based upon experience – even if we do not realize it.

Although it is a valuable concept thin-slicing does not fully explain intuition.  Many Christians dismiss the concept of intuition as something relegated to psychics and unredeemed man.  I personally think this is a simplistic response born more of fear than the leading of the Lord.  Proverbs 14:12 in the Bible states: There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.  Closer examination will reveal that this is talking about reasoning and the rational aspects of the mind and not intuition.

Intuition is a capacity that God has given to mankind for a purpose related to His plan for us.  This verse from Job 38:36, “Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart”? is translated, “Who gives intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind”? in the New Living Translation.  This latter translation seems to more fully reveal the gist of what is being said.

Someone once asked, “how do you know God is real?” and my response was something like, “I don’t know I just know”.  In my opinion faith is intuitive.  If you will open yourself to the possibility you will find that God is real.

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