A method to finally hit your goals in 2015

Sally Hogshead, the creator of How To Fascinate, shared with us this great technique.

"How about a fresh perspective on goal setting? One that will help you move on from past failure. One that will help you look ahead with clarity and confidence. 

Well, then, good news -- this free video series from NYT bestselling author Michael Hyatt is that fresh perspective you're looking for. 

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In fact, in Video #1, Michael shares the four strategies you need to create a solid foundation for success with your goals. Without these, you’ll find it virtually impossible to get what you want this year. 

If you've ever felt like there was something standing between you and the things you want most in life, don't miss this series. 

You can finally get clear on how setting goals can truly transform your life -- even if you've tried in the past and failed. 

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Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and A Fantastic Transition Time in 2015!

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As 2014 draws to a close, we want to wish YOU, the reader of this blog, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and 2015 may bring a lot of happiness, prosperity and the realization of everything that is a longing desire of yours! May you receive the help you need just when you need it the most, and may you give help at the moment in which it is most needed.


We look forward to 2015 to share even more tips to prepare YOU to become highly successful, to network, connect and inspire others to become the same!


Wishing you a peaceful new year,
Danny

P.S. Use this formula for The Chemistry of Success shared by Mike Lipkin and become a Personal Alchemist.

"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination." - Don Williams, Jr.

Push it that one extra degree and be 212!

What is 212° the extra degree?

At 211 degrees, water is hot.
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water, comes steam.
And steam can power a locomotive.


One extra degree...
makes all the difference.
And, the one extra degree of effort in business and in life... separates the good from the great!

The average margin of victory for the last 25 years in all major tournaments combined was less than three strokes.
The margin for victory between an Olympic Gold Medal and no medal at all is extremely small.
In the 2004 Men’s 800m race the margin of victory was .71 seconds.
At the Indy 500...The average margin for victory for the past 10 years has been 1.54 seconds.
On average the winner took home $1,278,813… the second place prize was $621,321… a difference of $657,492.

It's your life.
You are responsible for the results.
It's time to...turn up the heat.

To get what we've never had…
we must do…
what we've never done.

212° Attitude 
The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life…
is the will to try it and the faith to believe it possible.

212° Kindness 
It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life...
we can never help another without helping ourselves. (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

212° Belief
Belief fuels enthusiasm, and enthusiasm explodes into passion.
It fires our souls and lifts our spirits.

212° Focus 
Having a simple, clearly defined goal can capture the imagination and inspire passion.
It can cut through the fog like a beacon in the night.

212° Perseverance 
Perseverance is not a long race: It is many short races, one after another. (Walter Elliot)
You are now aware

You now have a target for everything you do...

Getting to KNOW YOURSELF by Linda Ferguson and Chris Keeler

Do you ever wish you were better at predicting what choices would work for you? Enjoy this e-book based on the principles of storywork, NLP and solution focus.

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Make Small Commitments. Get Big Changes.

Taking Care of You

Drink plenty of water.
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.
Eat more fruits and vegetables and eat less that is manufactured in processing plants.
Avoid eating food that is handed to you through a window.
Live the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
Play more games.
Read more books than you did in last year.
Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
Sleep for 7 hours.
Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Your Outlook

Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
Don't overdo. Keep your limits.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
Dream more while you are awake.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
Forget issues of the past. Don't remind others of their past mistakes.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
Learn a new word every day.
Smile and laugh more.
You don't have to win every argument.

Your Relationships

Call your family often.
Each day give something good to others.
Forgive everyone for everything.
Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
Try to make at least three people smile each day.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.

Your Life

The worst promise you can break is one made to yourself.
Do the right thing!
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
The best is yet to come.
When you awake alive in the morning, thank God for it.
Your Innermost Self is always happy. Follow it.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Keep these rules handy and review them from time to time. Follow them and small, almost imperceptible, changes will accumulate into something big. Your life will change.

Excerpted from "Rules of the Hunt" Get your copy at Amazon.

6 Great Ways to Boost Your Energy BY TOM SEARCY

Want to be a world-class leader? Here are a few simple lifestyle changes that can help you improve your game.

Over the years, I have spoken to more than 6,000 company CEOs and have worked with hundreds directly. One trait that all of them share is an enormous amount of energy.

Energy comes from all sorts of places--personal passion and commitment, good genes, youth, goals. Over time, though, long hours, travel, and the aging process can eat away at your energy reserves.

So how do you keep the energy level of a world-class competitor in order to lead your company?

I have no miracle answers for you. Yet there are some simple ways to adjust what you are doing now to get more energy--and sustain it over the upcoming decades.

These three tips gave me a big lift in energy (and overall performance):

• Commit to an hour of exercise a day: In the book Younger Next Year, I read about a plan calling for an hour per day of exercise, six days per week. I started this plan a year ago, and the payoff has been an extra one and a half to two hours of peak energy per day, which keeps me focused and productive.
• Set your priorities: You're a leader; you know how to get things done. So decide what your real priorities are, and then make sure you make time for those--and skip the less important stuff.
• Eat better, whenever you can: You may not always eat well, but you probably know already which eating choices you should change. The trick is to avoid the "all or none" mental trap. If you can't sustain an eating regimen for the rest of your life, then by default it is a fad diet for you. Better to make better choices that you can make forever.

Now here are a few additions to take your performance to the next level.

• Hyperhydrate: Water is a known way to combat fatigue. I drink more water--I shoot for 100 ounces a day--to sustain my energy for me. There are plenty of other good reasons to drink more water, but it was the energy lift that changed my behavior.
• Travel smarter: When you're on the road, it's worth paying a little bit more to get a good bed, a quiet room, and workout facilities. One more hour of your top intensity is probably worth more to you and your business than the incremental price difference to get a hotel that gives you what you need.
• Meditate: This may be a challenge for you, but I will tell you that the studies are irrefutable on the value of meditation--it gives you mental clarity, stress release, and improved focus. To make it easy on yourself, buy a meditation CD, and listen on the plane or in your office, following the instructions.

I'm not a doctor, so if you are going to make a radical change in your diet or exercise, please talk to one first.

My broader point is this: Your personal performance is your top priority. Make sure you have the energy you require.

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Author, speaker and consultant TOM SEARCY is the foremost expert in large account sales. With Hunt Big Sales, he's helped clients land more than $5 billion in new sales. Click to get Tom's weekly tips, or to learn more about Hunt Big Sales.
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Four Steps to a Super Attitude by Brian Tracy

Unexpected circumstances can be thrown at you, but what is the thing that counts most in these situations? What counts most is how you react to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any kind.

Here are four things you can do to assure that your attitude is the very best it can be, under all circumstances.

Focus On the Future

First, whatever challenges you face, focus on the future rather than on the past. Instead of worrying about who did what and who is to blame, focus on where you want to be and what you want to do. Get a clear mental image of your ideal successful future, and then take whatever action you can to begin moving in that direction. Get your mind, your thoughts, and your mental images on the future.

Think About the Solution

Second, whenever you're faced with a difficulty, focus on the solution rather than on the problem. Think and talk about the ideal solution to the obstacle or setback, rather than wasting time rehashing and reflecting on the problem. Solutions are inherently positive, whereas problems are inherently negative. The instant that you begin thinking in terms of solutions, you become a positive and constructive human being.

Look For the Good

Third, assume that something good is hidden within each difficulty or challenge. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, a major proponent of positive thinking, once said, "Whenever God wants to give us a gift, he wraps it up in a problem." The bigger the gift you have coming, the bigger the problem you will receive. But the wonderful thing is that if you look for the gift, you will always find it.

Seek the Valuable Lesson

Fourth, assume that whatever situation you are facing at the moment is exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful. This situation has been sent to you to help you learn something, to help you become better, to help you expand and grow.

Decide to Be Positive

A Positive Mental Attitude is indispensable to your success. You can be as positive as you want to be if you will simply think about the future, focus on the solution and look for the good. If you do what other successful people do, if you use your mind to exert mental control over the situation, you will be positive and cheerful most of the time. And you will reap the benefits enjoyed by all successful people.

Action Exercises

Here are three steps you can take immediately to put these ideas into action:

First, become solution-oriented with every difficulty you face. Make a habit of looking for the answers to your questions, the solutions to your problems.

Second, seek for the valuable lesson in every adversity. Make a list of every idea or insight you can gain from every setback or difficulty.

Third, think on paper. Take some time to write out every detail of the problem, and then take the most logical next step to solve it.

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Gauge your Star Power by Mike Lipkin

If you’ve ever asked yourself if you have what it takes to succeed, you’re about to find out. 

This tool has been designed to help you understand your personal evolution towards being a Star. 

A Star is someone who thrives on change and instability. It’s someone who grows in direct proportion to the challenges facing her or him. It’s someone who proves it can be done. It’s someone who is a model of what’s possible. 

You’re going to evaluate yourself on 45 statements relating to what determines the way you feel, the way you think, the way you interact with others and ultimately what you become. 

Rate yourself spontaneously on each statement. Don’t overthink your response. There are no right or wrong answers, just your answers. 

You’ll receive an extraordinary payout for a very small investment of your time.

Enjoy

How to Create Your Ideal Career by Keith Rosen

Are you truly happy and fulfilled in your career? Do you wake up with a sense of excitement when heading off to work? Are you making the money and the impact you want to make at work and with your customers, given your experience, skills and talents? If not, maybe it’s time to reinvent your career path and actually design your ideal career. Yes, it is possible because dreams don’t have a shelf life. - read more here

Success Begins in Your Mind by Tom Hopkins

A strong positive attitude is one of the most important traits a sales professional can have. Most people who fail in business fail because they don’t know how to keep their attitudes positive on a daily basis. They start their careers learning and practicing the basics, honing their skills, and end up making lots of money. Then, they go into a slump. They will stay in their slump until they go back to the fundamentals, until they return to doing what they get paid for — accepting failure and rejection without letting it stop them.

The key to success is handling failure.

Handling success does not come naturally to most people. It is an acquired skill. Some of your emotions tell you to sulk and avoid any situations in the future that are likely to put you in line to feel the pain of rejection again. Other emotions tell you to get more out of life for yourself and your loved ones. Concentrate on what you have to gain, and learn how to change your attitude toward rejection.
       
There are five concepts that have helped me move forward in all areas of my life. Memorize them and recall them when you’re rejected or have failed to achieve what you wanted.
       
1. I never see failure as failure, but only as a learning experience. Every sale that doesn't close is a learning experience; every challenge you face is a learning experience. Look at failure and rejection in a different light — as a learning experience.
       
2. I never see failure as failure, but only as the negative feedback I need to change course in my direction. Outside a restaurant, I once saw a gentleman who’d had too much to drink to try to unlock his car with the wrong key. No matter how many times he tried, the key didn’t work. After I’d talked to him into taking a taxi home, it occurred to me that sometimes we keep trying to make the wrong key unlock the door to success; keep using techniques that don’t work in our selling endeavors.
       
It takes some stick-to-it stamina to keep calling the hundred potential clients you have to go through to get your next sale. And, while you’re doing it, you’ll have plenty of learning experiences, plenty of chances to change course in your direction to make your technique more effective.
       
3. I never see failure as failure, but only as the opportunity to develop my sense of humor. Have you ever had a traumatic experience involving a selling opportunity? Three weeks later, you finally tell someone about it and suddenly that same event is hilarious. The longer you wait to laugh, the more that failure will hold you back. Make a determined effort to laugh sooner, and learn the trick of telling a good story on yourself.
       
4. I never see failure as failure, but only as an opportunity to practice my techniques and perfect my performance. Every time you present your service to others and they don’t make a decision to "own," at least they've given you a chance to practice. Many people don’t realize the importance of this. Appreciate the opportunity to improve.
       
5. I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play to win.Selling is a game. Life is a game. Both have their rules. Over the years, I’ve discovered that a single rule dominates every situation: Those who risk failure by working with more people, make more money; those who risk less failure, make less.
       
If you risk failure, sometimes you will fail. But every time you fail, you’re that much closer to success. Success demands its percentage of failure.
      
Work with the five attitudes toward failure and rejection. What counts isn’t how many transactions fall out, how many people hang up on you, how many things don’t work out, how many people go back on their word. What counts is how many times you pick yourself up, shrug off the failure, learn from it, and keep trying to make things come together.

There are challenges and obstacles in business, but they are all temporary if you take control of your thoughts and develop the right attitude. I believe that winners are winners because they’ve learned to fuel their success drives by overcoming failure.

Wishing you greatness in selling,

Tom Hopkins

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“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”

- Napoleon Hill