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The One Thing You Have Control Over

Aug 272011

What is the one thing in this world we have absolute control over? My friend Doug Burden answers this vital question in his article below. Own this, and you will own your life!

And that’s what we all really want, isn’t it? To own your own life? To think your own thoughts and have your own opinions? Not in a selfish, control freak sort of way, but so that you are comfortable and secure in your own mind, knowing who you really are… who God designed you to be?

I think Doug has nailed it, in his article below. Continue reading »

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Overcoming My Fear of Commitment

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Aug 262011

I could make a long list of “IF’s” that hold me back, or have done in the past. IF I had money… IF I were not so fat… IF I had the personality of some people… to name a few. But the one that stands out most to me right now is this one:

IF nothing happens to stop me.

Those are Victim Words. Of course things happen that are beyond my control… it’s called LIFE. But nothing has the power to stop me from achieving my goals except my own thoughts. Those words reveal what I now see as my biggest challenge.

Fear of Commitment.

I know I am afraid to make a commitment to anything these days. I don’t know if I take on too much, or if I’m lazy, or what is behind all the partially finished tasks and projects littering the trail of my life. Continue reading »

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Mentoring For Free – Is It Really Free?

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Aug 232011

Is Mentoring For Free really FREE? Or is there a catch? I get that question a lot. There are so many scams out there, and people have been deeply hurt. They don’t believe anything is really free.

So, is Mentoring For Free really FREE?

Michael Dlouhy, Founder of Mentoring For Free, and Author of Success in 10 Steps, was asked the same question recently.

Here is his response… Continue reading »

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The Law of the Jungle

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Aug 182011

Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter is one of THE BEST network marketing trainers out there. He does not mince words, because he doesn’t need to. He knows just what to say every time!

If only our prospects understood “Jungle Law.”

What is the “Law of the Jungle?”

*** He who hesitates is … lunch. ***

Yes, it is a jungle out there. Everyone is just trying to survive.

But what happens if your prospect says, “I want to think it over, I can’t make up my mind, no use just jumping into things, I have to talk it over with my dog …”

Well, your prospect becomes lunch!

Your prospect is eaten alive by his employer who gradually takes his life away. Your prospect jealously looks on as others who went into action immediately succeed. Continue reading »

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Some Thoughts on Growth

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Aug 132011

Isn’t it odd how two people can look at the same thing and come to opposite conclusions? Or how we as individuals can look at the same thing at different times, and see it as black or white?

A friend recently commented that personal growth and change “takes a long time”, and “is a long, slow process”. Seems innocent enough, right? But think about it. When we say things like that, it’s usually an expression of frustration and dis-empowerment, no matter how positive we think we’re being.

I’ve been thinking about it a lot, because I am guilty of doing that all the time. I know the answers are there in front of me and I only need to act on them. By itself, that is not a comforting thought, because I know how often I fail. It frustrates and annoys me to no end that I am not progressing faster. Continue reading »

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Sixth Sense – How Does He DO That?

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Aug 092011

On this week’s leadership call, Michael Dlouhy was talking about vehicle accidents and T-boning and not listening to the sixth sense while driving, and instead of staying with the valuable lesson in what he was saying, I found my thoughts crossing the line into thinking “if only” my son James had done something different that fateful night, we might still have him with us.

I caught myself almost instantaneously. “Stop it! NO going there!” And at that moment, Michael said, “And then your baby turns 12 years old and you wonder where the years went!” Continue reading »

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A Strange Thing Happened…

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Aug 032011

The Brain: A Broadcasting and Receiving Station for Thought

A strange thing happened last Sunday evening. And yet, in light of the subject of this chapter, perhaps it was not so strange after all.

Ian and I went to our favourite bridge to watch the river. It’s back down almost to normal now, so we only stayed a few minutes before driving to another favourite spot a mile up the road. We stayed in the car this time because it had started raining hard. We were in an abandoned farmyard. The only signs that anyone had ever lived there was the crumbling wooden house and several rusty farm machines.

The river winds in a loop not far from the old house. We enjoy the spot for its solitude, and because of the huge number of bank swallows nesting there. The yard stops abruptly at the top of a steep bank where the grass appears to be solid, but in fact overhangs the bank, ready to fall away under the weight of a dog. With all the heavy winds and rains we’ve had lately, Continue reading »

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