Archives for the 'success' Category

7 Lessons from Kitchen Nightmares [The 4-Hour Workweek Journal]

I really enjoy the television show Kitchen Nightmares. The show features acclaimed chef Gordon Ramsay:
In each episode, Ramsay visits a failing restaurant and acts as a troubleshooter to help improve the establishment in just one week. Ramsay revisits the restaurant a few months later to see how business has fared in his absence.

Source: Wikipedia.
I have [...]

16 June 2008 | balls, confrontation, gordon ramsay, kitchen nightmares, productivity nightmares, simple marketing, success | No Comments

eDragonu.ro on Top 50 Productivity Blogs of the Year [eDragonu - the choice of a personal path]

Well, it looks like I will have a wonderful spring: today I was notified about being listed on Top 50 Productivity Blogs of the Year on Evan Carmichael’s website. The top, divided in several sections, like “Getting Things Done”, or “Life Hacks” puts me near icon bloggers like zen habits or Steve Pavlina. I’am also [...]

12 June 2008 | GTD, Personal Development, Productivity, blogging, blogs, success, top | No Comments

Develop The Internal Willpower To Succeed [How to be an Original]

Goal setting is not a mind game. It is a process of developing the internal willpower to accomplish what you have set out to do.
~ Joan Benoit Samuelson (Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist)

Setting goals is one of the ways successful people use to get themselves moving. They use it, among other techniques, to stretch themselves [...]

3 June 2008 | Goal Setting, success | No Comments

Think Positively to Be Productive [FruitfulTime Blog]

You’re probably bombarded by messages like “Don’t do this” or “Don’t do that” on a daily basis by media or by some other source.  While that sort of thinking might work to help you keep rules and regulations in mind, it’s not a very healthy outlook to keep for the other factors of your life.
The [...]

22 May 2008 | Goal Setting, increase productivity, live better, mind, motivation, personal skills, success | No Comments

Are your goals really YOUR goals? [How to be an Original]

‘Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
~ Lyrics from “Rockstar” by Nickelback

Fifteen cars? Is that what you want too? Chances are that the thought of something similar has crossed your mind at some time in your life. How couldn’t it have, we’re pummeled with the marketed picture [...]

20 May 2008 | Authenticity, Goal Setting, success | No Comments

Injured By Ignorance [How to be an Original]

Wednesday. 5:12am
It’s dark in the bedroom.
The faint light emitted by the display of a cell phone illuminates the inside of a small closet. A guy is fumbling around in a drawer with socks, apparently not finding what he needs.
He’s acting quietly, only two steps away from a bed. One side of the bed is still [...]

9 May 2008 | Goal Setting, success | No Comments

How to Start Believing in Yourself and Trusting Yourself [FruitfulTime Blog]

Need a mantra to help you believe in yourself? Try mine. “I can do it, I can do it, I can do it!” It’s too simple, you tell me. But saying it and actually doing it are two different things. The first one is easy, the latter a totally different [...]

22 April 2008 | Inspiration, live better, success | No Comments

Tips on How to Start Thinking Positively [FruitfulTime Blog]

Can you call yourself an optimistic person?  Are you a positive thinker?  Do you believe that you can shape your own future and command your happiness?  You don’t have to be at the mercies of fate.  Your success in life and your happiness starts with having a positive mindset.  When you think positively, you become [...]

18 April 2008 | Goal Setting, balanced life, live better, motivation, personal skills, success | No Comments

How to Work Less and Accomplish More [FruitfulTime Blog]

You will notice with most successful people that the one thing they have in common is that they are very passionate with what they do.  While the meaning of success is relative, it still does include the fact that people who consider themselves successful, regardless of material wealth, have a strong love for their chosen [...]

7 April 2008 | Stress, balanced life, live better, motivation, success | No Comments

The secret ingredient of success [How to be an Original]

Disclaimer:
There’s a large group of people out there, that firmly believes that there is a secret to success. If you are a hardcore believer of this theory, you will regard this article as an attempt to dodge the question or a blunt evasion of letting you in on the secret. You’re probably right too. The [...]

26 March 2008 | success | No Comments