Archives for the 'motivation' Category
Make a Choice to Live Your Life [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in Motivation
Life is About Choices and the Decisions We Make
Life is a road. It may be long or short; smooth or rocky; crooked or straight, but you’re on a journey. Occasionally, you reach a crossroad. With a choice to make and no guarantee where the road leads, which road do you choose?
There are no [...]
Forget About Strategic Planning [The Daily Saint]
How many people do you know that spend more time planning than doing? Status reports, benchmarks and meetings can get in the way of old-fashioned doing.
I’m not really advocating that we abandon effective strategic planning, but sometimes a next-action step is all that is needed. Case in point- I gave a talk last night [...]
9 Ways to Keep Your Attitude at Its Peak [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in Motivation
Attitude is a mind-set, and a successful attitude is all in your head. To a large extent, it’s determined by your thoughts. If these thoughts are positive and directed to the future, they’ll help you achieve your objectives.
If, on the other hand, they are negative and mired in the past, they’ll sap your [...]
How to be Ridiculously Impressive [The Daily Saint]
Yesterday the National Basketball Association announced its All NBA teams. For those of you who don’t follow pro basketball, this news comes to us as a way to highlight the top 15 basketball players on the planet.
Here’s how it works: first teamers are the absolute best, second teamers are slightly less amazing and [...]
Crossing Your Arms Can Help Make You Persistent [Ian's Messy Desk]
A study from the University of Rochester, published in the European Journal of Social Psychology – The effect of arm crossing on persistence and performance, challenges the idea that body language is merely a reflection of psychological state. The study suggests a body movement also can trigger a psychological state.
University students randomly assigned to sit with their [...]
10 Rules to Ensure You Don’t Reach Your Goals [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in Motivation
Be vague about what you want to accomplish. Don’t be specific about what you want to achieve.
Keep your goals to yourself. Don’t tell anyone about your dreams.
Spend time with people who are not reaching their goals. Stay away from anyone who has clear goals and a plan to reach them.
Avoid writing down your [...]
Start Right to Make it Right [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in Motivation
The responsibility for planning and living a successful life falls on you. The burden of shaping your life, is on your shoulders. The sooner you realize this, the better. The question to ask yourself is, “what can I do right now to get my life moving in the direction I want?â€
If you believe [...]
10 Life Lessons From a Child [Ian's Messy Desk]
Edward Mills posted the Top 10 life lessons he’s learned from his daughter. I really like what he’s shared, not so much because I’ve analyzed the lessons and found them useful, but because I live the behaviours and found them helpful. It’s easy to support ideas you already agree with than to open your mind [...]
Le monde secret des virtuoses de la drague - ressources et bibliographie [C'éclair!]
Le livre The Game : les secrets d’un virtuose de la drague est truffé d’allusions à des livres et sites de référence sur la séduction. Je clôture donc cette petite incursion dans le monde de la drague en vous listant toutes ces ressources.
Mais d’abord 2 petites vidéos…
Pour ceux qui ne prennent pas au sérieux Mystery, [...]
3 Simple Steps to Success [Ian's Messy Desk]
Posted in Motivation
As simplistic as it sounds, success is not a complex process. Regardless of how you define success (it’s not only about money) there are three key factors that drive your success.
Have goals. Goals are essential to success. No one ever stumbles into success, without having a clear-cut goal. Develop a clear picture of [...]