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BANANAS AND WEBSITES: Keeping website visitors focused

Is your website getting the results you desire? Is it increasing your business or merely draining your bank account? Can your customers go to your home page and know exactly what you want them to do? Or are they confused with a myriad of options and animations? **The Big Red Fez** A couple years ago, New York Times bestselling author, Seth Godin, wrote a slim volume on website design called The. . .

GETTING R.E.A.L. ABOUT ASKING FOR MONEY

Asking people for money is one of the most exciting things in the world. Most of us aren’t fortunate enough to earn a living working on something we love. What we do as fundraisers is help show people ways they can take their hard earned money and invest it into something they value. I like to think of the fundraiser as holding an electrical cord (the donor’s interests) and facing a wall of out. . .

Success in Golf and meditation. The same skills?

When we say to people that you need the same skills to be a successful golfer as you do meditator it usually raises a huge laugh. Golf and meditation are miles apart. Some often suggest that in hitting the perfect Golf shot you need to be in a focussed meditative state, but that’s as far as it gets. What do you think? I know. You think we’re crazy. But let’s look at the evidence. Let’s just loo. . .

The Network Marketing High Income Formula

Want to be a mega-earner in network marketing? You’ll need these three qualities: Leadership, Innovation, and Commitment. Network Marketing rewards its leaders handsomely. The leaders are the ones who are willing to hold conference calls, offer their homes for meetings, or become corporate trainers. Leaders help and teach others how to be successful (regardless if they are downline, crosslin. . .

What has happiness got to do with business?

Have you ever been really happy? Have you ever tasted the fruit of pure happiness? Have you ever completed a task with that feeling of YES! I gave it my all. I’m really happy and proud with what I’ve done. Have you ever had that inner glow and outer radiation? But was it happiness? You see, most of us have replaced happiness with pleasure. Pleasure is those times when you feel terrific like a. . .

Probe Before You Sell

Probe Before You Sell When selling a product to a customer, it is very important to find out as much as you can about your customer and their needs before you proceed with your sale. This is commonly referred to as “needs based selling.” The most effective way to find out about your customers needs, is to ask probing, open-ended questions. An open-ended question does not allow your customer to . . .

Why Aren't You Using Freebies to Get More Customers?

Don't you just love a freebie? I know I do. I've been in two situations recently as a customer, when I received an unexpected freebie. After ordering my usual bagel and coffee at the Bagel Bar, the girl behind counter offered me a free bottle of mineral water. I was about to ask for a glass of water anyway, so this came as a welcome surprise. A few days later found me buying a steak at the meat. . .

Buying Mortgage Leads, Three Things to Consider

Buying Mortgage Leads, Three Things to Consider The time comes for all mortgage brokers and loan officers to consider spending some of their hard earned money by testing the waters of mortgage leads. After all, leads are the name of the game. If the time is right for you, it is important to do you research, remember, you are testing the waters, not diving right in. Investigate as many lead comp. . .

Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

Whenever we have a bad experience or we own up to having a weakness people immediately jump on the band wagon and tell us to work with our weaknesses. “Focus on them until you have overcome them and then you can move on”. But we only have a limited period on this earth. And what is more, I don’t know how long that will be. So why oh why should I spend so much time focussing on my weaknesses? Wh. . .

The Most Underused and Powerful Method of Lead Generation

Are you worried about whom you’ll sell today so you can feed your family tomorrow? Are you jealous of the top producers who are getting phone calls from new prospects every day? Wouldn’t you love to come to the office and find your mail box full of messages from potential clients? I’m going to show you the easiest, quickest and most effective lead generation method to grow your business, using . . .

Out of Sight; Out of Mind; Out of Business

Out of Sight; Out of Mind; Out of Business …4 reasons to look at contacting your customers on a monthly basis. This article addresses those who don’t have a monthly contact process with your customer base. Call this contact process a newsletter or whatever you want. You need monthly contact with your customers. Your current and future success depends on the ability to . . .

Sell Yourself, As Well As Your Product

Sell Yourself, As Well As Your Product When selling a product to a consumer, one of the things we tend to overlook, is that it is as equally important to sell ourselves. A consumer wants to know that the person behind the product believes in what they are saying, and they want to be convinced that the person making the presentation would use this product themselves. Not to long ago, I went to g. . .

Why, when you set goals, do you fail to reach them?

Why is it when you set goals for yourself most of them are not realised? How is it that intelligent people, who take time out to refocus and decide what they want to do with the rest of their life, don’t follow through? How is that friendly outgoing people who makes friends easily and are really good fun to be with find it difficult to keep to their own goals? How is it that people who hold dow. . .

Lead Companies, 8 Features to Consider

Lead Companies, 8 Features to Consider/By J.Conners So now the time has come to invest in Lead companies, but how do you know which one is the right one for you? When I was a new loan officer, finding a lead company was not easy, I can remember logging onto Yahoo, typing in the key word “mortgage leads” and being bombarded with links leading me in the direction of lead companies all claiming to. . .

Ask for the Business

Ask for the Business Many times in the process of making a sales presentation to a potential client, we will break down our product piece by piece, explaining all of the features and benefits it has to offer, then we expect our customer to have immediate buy in, and purchase our product based on the presentation they just heard. Unfortunately, it does not work that way. Simply explaining your p. . .

Danger In The Comfort Zone

Danger in the Comfort Zone/By J.Conners I don’t know who said it or where I heard it, but I’m sure it was brought to my attention by a sales trainer somewhere, at some time during my journey through the maze of countless sales trainings and seminars that I have attended over the years, but it does make perfect sense. There is danger in the comfort zone! Ahh yes! The comfort zone, we all know it. . .

Leaving the Perfect Message

When selling your product face to face with a customer, they have no choice but to hear you out completely. Ask yourself this question, If they were listening to you describe your product on their personal voice mail, would they hear you out, or would they delete you? Never leave someone a message just to leave them a message. Your goal should be to get them to call you back. In the twenty fir. . .

Beyond Stock Market Basics ..... Learning proven stock market secrets

Stock trading remains a very competitive field and the stock market doesn't care if you are an experienced stock trader or an aspiring one. The rules and the trading opportunities are the same for all of us, so either youre going to make money when you pick a stock and make a trade, or you are going to lose some of it in favor of the more seasoned traders. As an online stock trader your homewo. . .

Putting Benefits Before Features

Putting Benefits Before Features Having spent so many years in retail, I always enjoy being on the listening end of a sales persons presentation. As I listen patiently and attentively, I privately critique the sales person as they make their pitch. I look for certain things, the basics, are they making eye contact with me, do they have a healthy knowledge of their product, do they ask me open-e. . .

11 Powerful Methods of Sales Lead Generation

Are you searching for new and innovative ways of sales lead generation? Are you lacking in sources of good quality leads? Are you tired and bored using the same methods for generating sales leads? If you answered No to these questions you’re either satisfied with the income you’re earning – or you’re not interested in earning a 6-figure income in sales. Please stop reading this article. If you . . .

Buying a Satellite Navigation (Satnav) system for your car

Buying a Satellite Navigation (Satnav) system for your car. Once they were only for the rich and were only fitted in the very high end cars but today SatNav systems are available to all. You can either opt for the in-car fitted systems that are still quite expensive or you can go for the handheld or protable units. This article is about the latter. What is SatNav? SatNav is a system that compri. . .

How I Generated More Revenues Without Having a Sale!

How I Generated More Revenue Without Having a Sale! You want more revenue and you want it fast. The marketing experts tell you to “create a compelling offer.” You immediately think “Sale.” You wonder how big the sale should be. How much can I afford to give away before the sale starts costing me money? How will I word the sale materials so customers don’t take advantage of me? The w. . .

I Just Did It!

I succeeded. I achieved my goal. I am successful. I set myself a target and did it. I wanted to do it and I have. I am really pleased with myself. I am so happy I want to tell everyone about my success. I did really well. I performed the best I have ever done. I performed to the best of my ability today. I feel great and am so proud of myself. I did it. Others said it was impossible. Others sai. . .

Postcards--A Quick Way to More Sales

Postcards—A Quick Way to More Sales …5 reasons to look at this marketing strategy. Need To Give Your Business a Quick Lift? Need a quick way to get more sales? Want a simple way of keeping in contact with your customers? Need a new lead generation tool? Take another look at postcard marketing. A few years back, people predicted the internet and e-mailing would rule the marketin. . .

Day Trading Course .... Learn to trade on the stock market

The trading system you employ to approach the stock market can make a big difference in your results. Day trading is a very competitive field and in order to succeed you need to FOCUS on a set of simple trading strategies that you can implement without hesitation, especially if you are starting out as day trader. Complicated technical systems and information overload can make you slow and con. . .

Spend More Time Selling

Spend More Time Selling/By J.Conners On average a sales person spends less than two hours per day selling their products. This statistic never seized to amaze me, even though I had often found myself being an active participant of its findings. Lets face it, if we spend so little time in our day selling, why are we in sales to begin with? There is no such thing as an easy day in the mortgage in. . .

Firewords: A Dangerous necessity in your life?

There are many stories of people injuring themselves, and others, with Firewords in the old wild days of entrepreneurship and it is usually passed off as the price that had to be paid in order to win. However, as time passes, there is a tendency to confuse reality with myth about how people rose to be so successful. The myth tends to appear as reality and that can be dangerous especially as we. . .

Don’t Waste My Time!

Many participants in my programs ask how to deal with people who appear to be seeking information and nothing more. In many environments these individual’s are called time wasters. Time wasters come in every shape and form but they usually possess a few consistent characteristics – they ask a continuing stream of questions, take up loads of our time, and seldom end up buying anything. What is p. . .

How to Train your Brain to keep you healthy and happy.

When you are unhappy what do you do? Do you go out for a meal? Go to the cinema? The theatre, perhaps? Do you go shopping? Perhaps you like a drink to overcome your unhappiness. Or do you get a buzz from jogging or going to the gym? Whatever it is scientist are in the process of proving that internal change is the only thing that can give you health and happiness. Everything else is an illusion. . .

How To Get Clients To Take Immediate Action

Are you tired of excuses? Looking for a persuasion technique to get people to take immediate action? Are prospects saying things to you like: "I'll think it over and get back to you?" "I need to talk it over with my wife." "Call me next week and we'll set up an appointment." Then create a sense of urgency and get your clients to want what you have now! The first step in getting people to take i. . .

How to Know if You Are in the Right Career

by Kathleen Gage Ever wonder if you are in the right career? If you are like most people you have. Did you know that 80% of people are currently misemployed? They are either underemployed, not happy with their current position or not fairly compensated for their skill and/or function set. If so many people are misemployed, why do they stay in their current situation? Why do they not take the n. . .

How to overcome your “Obstacles”.

……I realised that I really created my own obstacles in life, and if I just got out of the way of myself and let my mind not hold me back, I could do things I never thought I could.” (Hilary Swank, as reported in the Sunday Times) Hilary Swank puts her breathtaking performance in Million Dollar Baby down to the way Clint Eastwood was able to get her to relax and stop her interfering with her. . .

Bite Your Tongue

Most people don’t realize how powerful a negotiating tool silence is. I discovered exactly how effective as I recently observed someone discussing a deal with a prospective customer this past week. The customer started describing his situation and after a few moments he paused – briefly. It was an opportune time for the sales person to make a comment or talk about her product and service. Howe. . .

The Power of Confidence

My experience has taught me that people want to buy from sales people who are confident in their abilities. Taking control of the circumstances and situations around you will develop your self-confidence. When you consider the amount of rejection that many sales people encounter, the fact that many salespeople lack self-confidence is not surprising. Top performing people in any industry typical. . .

Marketing is More Than a Token Process

¡§Necessity is the mother of invention!¡¨ The first time I heard this was nearly twenty years ago when I was introduced to Tony Robbins¡¦ material. I was listening to, and applying, information from his thirty day series. I have to admit, the first time I heard this it didn¡¦t quite register. However, nearly two decades later, it makes all the sense in the world. In fact, a majority of the thin. . .

Create Your Vision of Success

Most marketing strategies are about being in motion. Have a plan, be proactive, and take the necessary action steps. Although being proactive is a necessary aspect of marketing, an often overlooked and yet equally important part is your company’s internal perception. Many companies put a lot of effort into all the external aspects of what they do, yet completely overlook what is happening due . . .

How to avoid being labelled as Average.

When your life is over how will you be graded? Will you get an A or a B or will you get a C Average? Will your time on this earth be rated as average? None of us want to be average. We all want to be successful. We all, deep down, have the desire to achieve something in our lives. So why oh why are you satisfied with being Ms or Mr average? What is it that makes you content being average? What. . .

Warning: A Weak Guarantee Maybe Costing You Money!

Warning: A Weak Guarantee May be Costing You Money …5 reasons why a bold guarantee will get more sales. You’re afraid to use a guarantee! No one else in your industry uses them. You’ll lose money. You just don’t want to make the customer mad and go through the hassle of returning money to an angry customer. These fears are common. If you want your business to be more profitable, you . . .

Show Me the Money!!

Show me the money!!! Are you ready to raise money for your startup? Leslie Mitts, Managing Practice Leader at the Wharton SBDC and Lead Advisor for the Wharton Venture Initiation Program, tells us that most entrepreneurs coming through her programs are focused on raising capital, even though there are higher priorities in many of their businesses. Since fresh dollars help drive the business eng. . .

The Power of Beliefs

Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a woman who reinforced my understanding of the power of beliefs. A woman who is probably one of the most powerful individuals I will ever encounter. I met Chris in 1986 while taking the Dale Carnegie course in Santa Rosa, California. Although not in class the first week of a twelve-week training; Chris showed up during the second week. Class was well un. . .

Regret or Passion? Which Will Be Yours?

I once attended a retreat on how to live with passion and fulfill one’s life’s work. The facilitator posed the question, “If money was not an issue, yet you had to work full-time, what would you do?” Answering this question was a turning point for me. Now - years later - I am doing much of what came up in my answer. How would you answer this question? Ask yourself, “What am I good at? What do . . .

There's a Thief on Your Campus

What would happen if your laptop computer were stolen? What would this cost you in time, money and frustration let alone loss of your confidential information such as you social security number, bank accounts, or passwords? Don’t think it can’t happen to you. It happens on campuses everyone day in and day out. By the time you finish this article someone will have had some type of equipment stol. . .

Standing Above The Crowd

In today’s highly competitive business environment it is critical to find ways to separate yourself from the other companies who sell the same – or similar – product and/or service. Here are several strategies that can help you accomplish this: Help your clients achieve their goals. Virtually every business person has specific goals they are striving to achieve. These can include everything fro. . .

Are You Ready to Own and Operate a Business?

How often has someone thought of starting a business based solely on the fact they think it will be easier than working for someone else. Fact is, owning and operating a business can be one of the most grueling experiences you will have. Granted, there are many advantages, but unless someone has actually run a business there is much to consider before you make that decision. The following info. . .

Converting Sales Training To Sales Success!

Dear (FNAME) The goal of all sales training is not just to teach solid selling principles and techniques, but to actually help participants increase the number of new accounts (products and/or services) they sell and improve their multiple sales ratios. Unfortunately, many sales and service industry professionals gain an intellectual awareness of the methods of selling from the sales training t. . .

The Gold is in the Opt-in List

When I consult with small and home based business owners, more times than not one of the greatest concerns they have is how to increase reach to a targeted market while keeping costs down. Hands down, effectively using the power of the Internet is the cornerstone to achieving this outcome. More times than not, companies are not using their Internet presence as effectively as they can. I often . . .

I am really worried about the future.

I am really worried about the future. I am 54 years of age, my daughter, who I have brought up on my own since she was two, is about to start university, my mother isn’t getting any younger, my pension fund is not going to produce what I expected and I feel the future is going to be a really lonely place. These were the thoughts of a friend of ours who came to stay with us recently. The thought. . .

Have You Prepared for Success in Sales?

My wife and I watched the movie Ray a couple of weeks ago when it came out on DVD. In the movie Jaime Foxx plays the legendary singer Ray Charles. I was amazed at how Jaime had captured the essence of Ray Charles. Many times throughout the movie I wondered if it was Jaime Foxx or Ray Charles I was seeing on my TV. When I did research on Jaime Foxx's preparation for the movie I understood why he. . .

Spruce Your Environment, Spruce Your Spirit

By Patricia Twitchell After a long winter, this is the time of year to spruce up your environment with a good Spring Cleaning. It’s amazing what doing this can do for one’s state of mind. Not only does a good spring cleaning seem to lift our spirits, it has actually been proven to preserve our home and office environment. Additionally, people tend to be more productive after a good cleaning. . . .

Change Thorns into Flowers

If you had to write an annual appraisal on yourself how would you describe yourself? • Are you a mental sprinter who sees things quickly and easily? Do you react to things in a flash? Are you capable of making quick decisions? • Do you find yourself watching others and saying to yourself, I could do that so much quicker? • Do you find yourself taking on more work because you felt it was easier . . .

I want to create……

What would you like to create? A peaceful life, a successful life, a good life, a sculpture, a piece of art, a book? What is it that you would like to create? Whatever you want you can achieve it. All you have to do is follow your natural compass. Remove the rubbish that takes you off course and let the natural you come through. It is not the case of adding new behaviours to create what you wan. . .

The Six Most Annoying Characteristics of People in Business

If you are in sales or customer service and your job centers around "dealing with people" you'll find this article interesting. It's not surprising that when the world doesn't work right we can blame people for it. I tend to be an observer of human nature and since I write and speak on this topic I thought I would give you the 3 most annoying characteristics of people. Naturally you don't have . . .

How to Make Your Yellow Page Ad Double Your Phone Calls!

How to make your yellow page ad double your phone calls! Here’s my take on the yellow page ads. If you use one, make it a powerful marketing tool for your business. No, Virginia, I don’t work for the yellow page company! Do you underestimate the marketing power of your yellow page ad? In this article I show you how to make an ad to double the phone calls to your business. Why use the yell. . .

Reap Incredible Profit with This Simple Strategy

Why is it some people are incredibly successful at utilizing the power of the Internet in their marketing while others can’t seem to figure out the winning formula? How often do entrepreneurs and salespeople look for that next magic formula to build their business and increasing revenues, never quite making any of it work? Many people make it much more difficult to succeed than it need be while. . .

Only the Weak Ones Quit

Only the weak ones quit. Is that true? There is a story of a CEO of a multi-national company who decided to withdraw a product from the market when it had consistently failed for nine months and eaten up millions of pounds in advertising, promotions etc. Was he weak? He could have maintained the myth of success and stayed in the market and gradually withdrawn, costing him and his company many m. . .

Using Your Intuition to Help Self Improvement

Following our instincts and using our intuition can be one of the most valuable of tools for self improvement and success. Everyone has hunches, ideas, insights or flashes of inspiration that we can’t explain and have no idea where they come from. We may be stuck or bogged down with something that we just can’t work out how to deal with. We may have weighed up all the facts and still don’t know. . .

Dealing with Problems, Finding Solutions and Self Improvement

Problems, obstacles, disappointments, or whatever we like to call them, are a fact of life. Things simply do not always happen the way we want them to, or go according to plan. Everyone has to face and deal with problems throughout their lives. Being able to handle problems more effectively will make a great difference to our lives. Many people become so tied up thinking and worrying about the. . .

Self Improvement and the Power of ‘Why’

The first step to self Improvement and achieving any goal is to decide exactly what we want. If we are not totally clear about what we actually want it is impossible to make plans and take action to achieve it. It is also vital to know why we want whatever it is we want, because it’s our ‘why’s’ that determine the strength of our desire, and our ultimate success in achieving our goals. For ex. . .

Self Improvement and Financial Security for the Future

Any successful person, or any anyone interested in self improvement and making a better life for themselves must be prepared to take responsibility for every aspect of their lives and their future. To many people, financial planning may well be one of the most uninspiring of all subjects. However, it’s a fact of life that it’s one thing we must address to ensure a secure future for ourselves a. . .

Self Improvement and Prioritising

The ability to be able to set priorities and deal with our most important tasks first is and essential skills for self improvement and achieving results. We are all busy and there are many demands on our time and it is very easy to be distracted by other people and events. We may feel we have so many things to do that we don’t know even where to start. Usually the best place to start is to mak. . .

Self Improvement and Overcoming Frustration

We all suffer from frustration, and being able to effectively deal with frustration is very important for self improvement. It can be a decisive factor between success and failure. Frustration can have highly damaging impact on our frame of mind. It can turn a positive person into a negative person. It can inhibit our progress and, in the most extreme cases can completely immobilise us. We can. . .

How To Get Face To Face Over The Phone

One disadvantage of selling by telephone is the lack of face to face contact. Mastering this phone skill will give you an advantage over most sales people. When you are sitting with a prospect it's much easier to read their body language. You can see the look on their face when they're confused about something you said. You can see the delight when you hit a hot button for them. You can read th. . .

Why High Self Esteem and Self Improvement are Inseparable

Self Esteem is how we feel about ourselves, how much we like and respect ourselves. It has been said that if we don’t like ourselves it is impossible to really like, much less to love, anyone else. Liking and respecting ourselves is very different from vanity or narcissism, which at their most extreme, can become total self-absorption, selfishness and the inability to consider anyone else’s . . .

Interactive Marketing--Your Key to Success in 2005

Joe, You asked me the secret to marketing success in 2005. Here’s my reply. If you are relying on traditional market thinking and advertising for your business, you are going to be in trouble in 2005. The markets have moved beyond traditional thinking. I am not sure when this occurred or why. Perhaps it’s the speed of today’s market place, the variety of customer options and business comp. . .

3 Strategies to Market Your Business Even When There’s No Money

Many small and home based businesses know they need to market and yet, have little or no money to do so. Sadly, many use this as a reason not to market. Even on a limited budget you can promote and gain visibility for you and your business. The following three strategies have proven extremely effective for countless businesses as they can for you. 1. Press Releases – Very effective and they of. . .

Make Lots of Money with No Work

Recently I received an email message that went something like this, “I want to do exactly what you are doing in my business.” Come to find out what this person wanted to “do” was make lots of money using the Internet without having to work at it. I almost fell out of my chair. I wasn’t sure if it was from the fact that I was now in my tenth hour of working that day and I was tired or being tak. . .

What makes a champion?

Imagine for a moment that you are a champion. You are the best in your town . No, you are the best in your country. How does that make you feel? Good yeah? You are a champion. What are you the champion of? What is your major strength? Are you a good leader? A good strategist. A great tactician. A team builder perhaps. A great listener. Perhaps you have the ability to develop and grow the skills. . .

Warning! The Person Doing Your Marketing May Not Even Know How to Market Themselves!

Warning! The Person Doing Your Marketing May Not Even Know How to Market Themselves! By Kathleen Gage As a business advisor I work with clients helping them gain visibility within their market. Without sounding too arrogant or bold I can safely say I have earned the right to do this. The primary reason is because the very strategies I teach my clients are the same tactics that have afforded me . . .

Are You Letting Sales Slip Away?

Recently, I spent an afternoon with some friends at a go-cart track. We had the time of our life each pretending to be world class race car drivers. Although we were older than most of the people there we felt young and alive. We committed to doing this again and soon! I found over the next few days I shared stories of my experience with countless people. I told story after story of what a grea. . .

Do you have the courage?

Do you have the courage to do what you believe in? Do you have the courage to complete the task even though the whole world thinks you are crazy? Do you have the courage to continue with your dreams when they appear to be impossible dreams? Or do you just cave in and find good excuses as to why they were impossible? The question is: Do you have the courage to follow your heart? It seems to us t. . .

Using Technology to Get and Keep Your Foot in the Door

In years past it was easier to get your foot in the door of a prospective client than it is today. Competition has increased, your prospect has more demands on their time and a simple visit to the Internet can offer many prospects the same choice you are offering for less money. So what can you do? Not only do you have to do front-end marketing and promotions to gain new customers, you absolut. . .

Success Leaves Clues

Success Leaves Clues By Patricia Twitchell How often have you thought of running your own business because you assumed it would be easy? Or if you currently have your own business, you thought, “There’s got to be an easier way to do what I do.” Fact is, often there is not an “easy way” to achieve business success. It takes time, commitment and most importantly realizing that success leaves . . .

Self Improvement and the Importance of Flexibility

People who want to achieve success in their lives and are committed to Self Improvement know the value of setting goals and making workable plans for their realisation. These are essential steps to success. If you need any guidance with goal setting techniques or planning, there are many invaluable tools available from Self Improvement Experts that can really help. Perseverance and determinatio. . .

Grow your business by adding sticking power to your resolutions

Growing Your Business by Adding More Sticking Power to Your Resolutions If you are like me, a new year brings dreams of a fresh start for your small business. Hopes abound for the new year. But, in the back of your mind, you may remember your past resolutions. Resolutions that were swallowed up in the bus-i-ness of daily life. By February, you have already moved on, with January’s resol. . .

Why Questions are so Important for Self Improvement and Success

Asking questions is one of the most basic ways that we all learn and grow. The questions we ask other people, and even more importantly, the questions we ask ourselves, can have a dramatic impact on our self improvement, success and happiness. There are times when we find ourselves in difficult or uncomfortable situations, or even in a position where we feel completely overwhelmed. It can be ve. . .

The Importance of Listening Skills for Self Improvement

Effective listening is almost certainly the most important communication skill, and essential to anyone serious about Self Improvement and Success. Some people envy those who have the ‘gift of the gab’ and always seem to be the centre of attention. However, this does not mean that good talkers are good communicators; in fact they are often just the opposite. When engaged in conversation, it is. . .

Discipline is Essential for Self Improvement

Most of us are regularly exposed to information offering get rich quick schemes and ways to make our fortune for little or even no effort. This is probably even more the case for students of Self Improvement than for most other people. There may even be some people who have become rich as a result of such offers! However, if you study the lives of successful and wealthy people you will be un. . .

Taking Action is Essential for Self Improvement and Success

We can have the best list of goals and plans for their achievement, but if we don't take action nothing will happen! Much has been written about writing down goals and regularly reviewing and updating them as a major party of self improvement and success. Likewise, it is considered that a plan for the achievement of any goal, and breaking major goals into manageable steps are essential. If you . . .

Self Improvement and Living in the Present Moment

Having clear goals and desires for our future, and planning for their fulfilment are vital steps if we are serious about self improvement and achievement. Delayed gratification is something that is practiced by many successful people, even if they aren’t aware of it. In simple terms, delayed gratification means making sacrifices now in order to achieve greater rewards in the future. Most suc. . .

Self Improvement and Why We Must Face and Overcome our Fears

One of the biggest reasons that many people struggle with self improvement and achieving happiness and success is because they have difficulty overcoming their fears. Fears can take on many forms, and almost every one has fears of some sort. Many Fears may seem irrational to almost everyone but the person involved, and the most unlikely of people can be all but paralysed by the most improbable. . .