Archive for January, 2011


Calmness and Leadership

Have you often met somebody or know of someone whom you could describe as a rock.  For me they are few and far between – but when you find them – you know them straight away.  Is it that they are stoic?  Is it that they are knowledgeable?  I suppose the best way for me to describe it is that they possess a sense of calm.

We live in a busy society.  Explosive, reactive, news going in all directions, things to be done, goals to be made.  And then you meet this person and suddenly there is some peace.  I liken it to shade on a hot sunny day.  Relief.

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How to Be An Expert Persuader In 20 days or Less Review

Persuasion is a very effective form of social influence. It is the process of guiding yourself or another person toward the adoption of an attitude, idea, and action by rational and symbolic means. Persuasion is the process of trying to convince someone (sometimes yourself) to do something they had no intentions of doing. For instance – sales people try to persuade customers to buy things they weren’t going to buy before and guys try to convince girls to fall in love with them even though the girls had no intentions of doing so.

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Standing Up For Yourself

Hmmm, what does this actually mean?  I often here people say they are simply standing up for themselves when in actual fact they are being critical of another or trying to convince them they are wrong.  So inevitably this ‘Standing up for self’ approach doesn’t work.

I am sure you have all heard of the phrase – you must walk a mile in anothers shoes.  Well – my Grandad – or Puppa as we called him said it to me many times as I was growing up.  I was blessed for most of the first thirteen years of my life to know this wonderful soul and to live with him and Nan on what was to be our family property.

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I Can’t Do That

How many times have you heard that from people.  Maybe it is something that you say yourself.  We all do – each of us has a different threshold for what we will tackle and what we won’t.  But for many – fear of failure is what actually drives this response.  For many successful people though – it is being able to look at that fear – dissect it and take action to overcome it that makes them different.

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Welcome To Personal Success Talk

How often have you felt down and not able to do what you really want? Here are some amazing motivational articles for you to read and enjoy that I feel will touch your heart, uplift your soul, raise your beautiful smile, and encourage you when you’ve been knocked down. Hopefully, you will find a motivational and really inspiring article that will remind you of how you felt when you first set those goals. Did you dream of becoming an artist? Finally finishing the cooking classes? Being successful at talking with a crowd of people without feeling uncomfortable? Buying a boat? You remember – don’t you? The feeling of total confidence and ability to do whatever your heart desires that you can make this life the way you envision it? It’s still there. You just need to access it!

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