Bad Habits
Success and Troubled Times (Part 2)
As I think about this subject, I always go back in my mind to the time when I was most troubled by things that I had created to happen. And I often remember obsessing about the problem to the point it was affecting me in other aspects of my life. I remember… Being at work […]
Success and Times of Trouble
When people think of living a successful life, sometimes a picture of going from day to day smoothly with little or no trouble at all. But the stark reality is that life no matter how successful or filled with failure it is, comes with many troubles. You ability to learn from and overcome these troubles […]
Success and The Half Dozen Things…
There is one man who whenever I hear him speak, I drop everything and start writing. I have flown to Florida and back home in one day just to be in his presence for a three hour seminar. His way of describing success principles is so straight forward and simplistic that it almost seems too simple. I look at […]
Living Successfully and Complaining
When you are attempting to live a successful life, when is the proper time to complain? The short answer… NEVER! When you start to get into a complaining state of mind, you are giving power to something outside of yourself. When something is disagreeable with you, it is something inside of you that is causing […]
Success and Your Life… By Design!
Successful living is certainly a challenging thing. I mean everyone around you wants you to be doing things for to advance their agenda. Right? Well, I think that is what successful living is all about. It requires: #1 – You need to get a crystal clear picture in your mind of what you desire. This […]
You need to Live a Successful Life… NOW!
If you have any desire to live your life successfully, you need to start right NOW! Not tomorrow, not next year, not even an hour from now. Right Now! You might be saying to yourself, “John, what’s the rush? I’ve got plenty of time.” Well tell that to Bernie Mac. He passed away today at […]
Success and Becoming a Product of Your Own Conclusion
My mentor, Jim Rohn, says in his key note speeches that, “you need to become a product of your own conclusion.” He gives the example of one book on health says that you need to do this to become healthy, while another book says that if you do what that first book tells you to […]
Success and What to do about the waiting…
You have your goals and objectives set and you are concentrating your efforts to make them happen. But you just can’t wait. You want it to happen now!!!!! Well this is not uncommon. But this can also be a fatal trap if you do not watch out. If you feel that things are not happening […]
Success and Being Honest with Yourself
When you are making your way down the path to success, the worst thing that you can do is try to gloss over some of your shortcomings in the major things that you are responsible for. Those things include: 1. Your use of time – If you procrastinate, you are giving up valuable time that you […]
Success and The Things You Need to Pay Attention too
As we make our way down the path to success, we are often faced with roadblocks that cause us to question ourselves and our abilities to get things done. I don’t know about you but this has happened to me many, many times… I have lost hope on several occasions. But there is one truth that I […]