Are You Destined to Become a Billionaire? Find Out What it Takes!

Are you destined to become A billionaire? Find out what it took to create 657 self-made billionaires. On Wednesday, April 1, 2009, Forbes.com revealed some interesting and even startling information about the education, skills, attributes, attitudes and experience that are representative of people who have become billionaires.

o Did they get a Harvard MBA or a Yale doctorate? Probably not.

o Were they born into a wealthy family? Possibly.

o Did they complete their college education? Possibly not.

o Were their parents intelligent? Probably.

o Did they have a high aptitude for English or Math? Math

The Forbes study sample was 657 self-made billionaires. The researchers analyzed such factors as their parents' professions, where they were educated, what happened in their early career efforts, and other life experiences that may have led to their ability to create such wealth.

Not surprising, a significant number of billionaires' parents were good at math and had careers as engineers, accountants and small business owners. An interesting discovery was that more billionaires were born in the fall, majority in September, and very few were born in the most popular birth month, December.

About 20% of the 292 self-made American billionaires listed in the most recent "World's Billionaires" have either never started or not completed their college education. This lack of a college degree is prevalent among such well known technology entrepreneurs as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, and Theodore Waitt. On the other hand, more than 55% of those who became billionaires through business in finance, were more likely to have a graduate degree and if they got their MBA it was probably from Harvard, Columbia or University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.

Looking back at their early career stages, many of the billionaires had severe setbacks and losses creating a fear of failure. "Failure is a necessary condition for success, though not a sufficient one," is a statement told to Forbes in 1007 by Pharmaceutical billionaire R.J. Kirk.

Are you destined to become a billionaire? Test your potential by answering the following questions:

o Are you able to crunch numbers easily?

o Were your parents good at math?

o Are you a technology expert who dropped out of college?

o Do you have an MBA from Harvard, Columbia or Wharton Business School?

o Have you already failed in one or more business ventures?

The next step is finding the golden opportunity and following it to its fruition - never giving up, taking risks, believing in yourself and your dreams, and perhaps some good old fashioned prayer.

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Jim Rohn: How To Become A BILLIONAIRE (SERIOUSLY)

10 Steps to Become a Billionaire

Being a billionaire can be a pleasant dream, but it remains a dream always for many, never achievable and impossible to attain. However, there are certain prominent points that may help a person in attaining his ambition of becoming immensely wealthy in the long run. An individual must follow below given points with a set mind, and proper planning to attain their ambition of becoming an extremely rich man with a high net worth.

1. "Think Big Grow Big": Such thinking is one of the best ways to achieve your goal to become a billionaire. If you think about peanuts, you will get the same, but if think high and make a plan to achieve it with a determined will and dedication you may attain your dream. Also, if you start behaving like these rich people and start attending their meetings and conferences to reach out to them, your mindset will also change in that direction and you will be compelled to think as a billionaire. It is also a small way in accomplishing your ambition of wealth in life.


2. Be sure of yourself, and keep your morale always high: You should pursue your dream goal with a set mind because moving away from your chosen path, and without a strong will power and control on what you are doing, you can never attain what you wanted in your life.


3. Pick your advisors: All billionaires have advisors to advise them. You can also take the help of advisors, seek their valued opinion, and pursue your path because their ideas and opinions can be a significant assistance in achieving what you desire.


4. Grab the opportunity when it comes: If you see any opportunity coming your way, grab it because the right action at the right time can make a lot of difference. On the contrary, if you miss out the opportunity, you will never know when the next one will come or will not come at all.


5. Invent: Try to invent a unique or useful product, get a patent for it, and market it aggressively. Hurdles may come in your way, but if you pursue your path vigorously without deterring from obstacles and competitions, you may reach your goal. Bill Gates also revolutionized the personal computer industry with his invention of programming language software and Microsoft windows, and these inventions helped Gates to attain great heights and become a billionaire. Although he came across stiff competitions, discouragements, and complications, he stubbornly followed his goal and the rest is history.


6. Be innovative and create ideas: Different people have different ways to promote their business. Some follow the common traditional ways, but many follow advanced methods. You can also find a way that is more receptive among the public and implement it. All billionaires have devised their own innovative ideas that were more popular among the masses and beat competitions. If you are unable to create any idea, find out ideas of others, and market it in an innovative and efficient way.


7. Keep on learning: Never think you have learned all, but you must continue learning and widening your knowledge to be successful.


8. Avoid short-term gains: Always set a long-term goal, make a solid plan and try to achieve it because the short-term gain can limit your business, as well as earnings. Short-term gains may also deter you from your chosen path.


9. Age is no bar: Age is immaterial for becoming a billionaire. If you think one can become a billionaire at a ripe old age or after middle age, you are wrong because according to the Forbes List of April 4, 2013, there are 29 billionaires who are below 40. Dustin Moskovitz, Mark Zuckerberg and Albert von Thurn und Taxis are few examples who became billionaires when they were still below 40.


10. Be at the right place at the right time: If the market or people want something, grab the opportunity, make it, and give it to them. If there is a new invention in the market and people are ready to seize it, you must also cash in on people's whim, and fulfil it by offering a similar better product to them. In the process, your product will also find a ready market and your sales will multiply. Therefore, you must follow the direction of the wind, and be ready to grab the opportunities.

The path to become a Billionaire might be exceedingly tough, but with a set target, creative ideas, strong will power, strategic planning, and aggressive marketing, you can also achieve the impossible goal of becoming a billionaire.

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How to Be a Billionaire - Without Working Too Hard

If you are Serious about becoming a Millionaire or even a Billionaire...Getting into Your Own Business is the Best thing you can do for your financial future You can earn a good income for life if you apply yourself to building your business - and provided your business model has scalability - such as GlobalDomainInternationals or the DomainExchange. Both of these businesses are based on the market for Internet Services - the demand for which will remain unabated for some considerable time.

Very few people seriously dream of becoming a Billionaire. Yet everyone dreams of being a millionaire. Quite a few have made their million dollars working in highly paid jobs - medicine, computers, investment banking or as directors of profitable companies.

However there is no one that I know of who has ever made a Billion Dollars working for someone else. Most millionaires attained the dream running their own business. And apart from inheritance most Billionaires got their money by having their own business.

However there are not too many Millionaires who have made it to the Billionaire status. Why?

Clearly you can not become a Millionaire Overnight working for someone else? That is why there are so many people now working in their own business - a lot of whom have established their own online internet based business. Despite their success few contemplate becoming Billionaires - and so they do not reach out to try to achieve that.

If the truth be told - it is far harder to become a millionaire than it is to go up the ladder from there to being a Billionaire. The difference between getting to be a Millionaire or a Billionaire is.. Simply Working SMARTER! So why is it that so many millionaires stop short of the next level?

1. Everyone realizes that it is impossible to ever become a Billionaire simply by working for an employer. If the millionaires got to their position working for a boss then they know there is no way they can get to be a Billionaire while remaining an employee.

2. The Entrepreneurs who made their Million in most instances did it through a lot of hard work and some good fortune (luck). Most either seem exhausted with the effort to make it to the million dollar plateau - while others seem content to have achieved their primary goal and sit back to enjoy what they strived for. Neither type possesses the drive nor determination to want to go on to becoming a Billionaire.

As it is a lot easier to go from being a Millionaire in business to a Billionaire than it is to make your first Million Dollars the key really is just getting that first Million. The Billionaire Mindset Group are not interested in making small dollars. Each has the vision of achieving their first objective of becoming a millionaire in order to progress to become a Billionaire.

Most people do not understand the process whereby that can be achieved. However our Investment Bankers have it designed already. If you do not intend to strive to become a millionaire there is little point dreaming of being a billionaire.

If you intend to strive to be a Billionaire then first you must get serious about becoming a millionaire. There is little point learning how to go from the millionaire stage to billionaire until you are somewhere down the track. Get on board the right business vehicle to becoming a millionaire today - and then you can progress to attain the ultimate financial goal.

3. The initial step of becoming a millionaire is a prerequisite to going higher - have you enrolled yet for a Free test drive?

For a start - FORGET about working for a Boss. Instead alter your mindset and YOU become the boss. With the development of the Internet and the imperative for businesses to now have an online presence the doors have opened for people just like you to make a good income working from home (or office) with their own online business.

Many thousands of people have made several millions of dollars successfully marketing products and services online. Anyone can do that - provided they understand the processes and get involved in marketing either their own or others offerings. You can do exactly the same thing and make a very good income - with not too much hard work.

Some of the advantages of having your own Online Business are:

1. More time available - to make money and to spend with family and friends (as you have eliminated the journey to and from work each day - which could be a few hours a day = 10 hours a week = 5000 hours a year)

2. Make More Money - with all of the following:

a) Multiple Streams of Income;
b) Thousands of other peoples products and services to sell which pay high commissions - and being able to utilize their professional marketing websites (no need to have your own websites at all)
c) Your Own 24 hours a day 7 days a week Online Store - which sells for you continually, while you sleep etc.

3. A showcase for your own products and services - PLUS an army of eager marketers wanting to sell for you on a commission only basis

4. Automated marketing and administration systems that make operating your business uncomplicated

5. Earning More but paying LESS TAX;

Business operators have a distinct advantage over wage and salary earners, as there are many tax deductions allowed for expenses incurred - which can permit you to write off some of your everyday expenses which the average worker can not. If you invest the money you save in taxes you can have a secret store of wealth for your retirement.

6. Einstein reportedly said the most powerful thing in the universe was COMPOUND INTEREST. We will show you how to utilize the principle of compounding to create wealth - and certainly how to Build an Income for Life! - when applied to our business building strategies.

7. Choose the right business so you can not only make it to the Millionaire plateau but so you can also leap frog to becoming a Billionaire. It is essential that you get on to a high growth scalable business such as Internet Services - rather than the penny ante things such as AdSense and Clickbank Affiliate products or the like (which can give you income but no chance to make really big money or to build a billion dollar business).

The World is convinced that the Internet is here to stay and that one of the best businesses anyone could have is a business which supplies the prerequisites for business on the Internet. Start to Build YOUR OWN Online Business - Today (Do not procrastinate!) Make sure it has the essential ingredients - therefore ensure;

* It has a constant stream of Income

* it is scalable,

* the growth is rapid - and

* assured of continuing.

Building up your internet business to generate six figure income can get you to the Millionaires plateau. Making that level requires effort.

Most people quit before giving themselves the chance to be really successful. Others just rest comfortably in their rut - satisfied with what they have achieved - and not believing they can become exceedingly rich.

If you can make it to the first level you certainly can go higher. It is the mindset of people which prevents them from getting to the Billionaire peak - when in fact it is far more easy to achieve.

The reason for their lack of faith is simply what they have perceived is correct! It is impossible to just ramp up the sales so that revenues increase from a million dollars to a billion - at least certainly in the medium term.

People generally do not comprehend what persons like the creators of MySpace and Facebook etc. achieved. Remember the young university student who made billions?

The secret is this:

a) Instead of trying to discover the Son of MySpace etc you can become a Millionaire and then Move on to Becoming a Billionaire simply by repeating the process several times of Building a business which generates consistent revenues with growth opportunities.
b) Businesses can be sold for multiples of their revenues as well as for their potential.
c) Once you have a viable business of sufficient size it can be sold. It can be sold in either a Trade Sale - that is to a private purchaser, or by Listing on the Stock Exchange.

(There are Investment Banking techniques such as aggregation which can be employed to enable a stock market listing. This would possibly involve putting together several smaller scale businesses to gross up total revenues to a size suiting the Stock Market. One of the beauties of a Stock Market listing can be the opportunity to still retain a share in the business and thereby participate in the further financial fortunes of your business afterwards.)

The proceeds of business sales can be quite large - always several times their annual revenues. Stock Market listings generally fetch far more than Trade Sales - although not always the case.

d) Once you have sold a few businesses you will have capital - to be used as leverage for buying and / or developing more businesses or simply just to expand businesses you have. Reinvesting the proceeds of each sale compounds your capital - and can enable you to reach the Billionaire Pinnacle.

9) Think about how your sales have progressed to date or may progress as you get more serious - obviously it is inconceivable that they will ever reach the Billion Dollar level. But can they get to the Million Dollar level?

Believe it or not they can and easily if you apply yourself to your business - and that your business model has scalability.

Nathan Rothschilde - a semi-retired ex-investment banker is Economics Editor for ForeignExchangeJournal.com and founder of DomainsBillionaire.com.

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Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W Clement Stone

If it is though you've landed in a place where you'd rather not be, it's no coincidence. People have the tendency to blame others or the things that have happened in their lives for their failures. Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone helps you to understand that although you may have been dealt a bad hand, it's not too late change your attitude and the way you choose to see things.

People who change their attitudes are consciously making the choice to do so. Once they learn the skills needed to readjust their attitude, they can better cope with bad things when they come their way. Someone with an overwhelming sense of sunny optimism doesn't see the glass as half empty, but rather, half full. They don't wake up each day dreading the fact that they have to get up and go to work. Instead, they look forward to interaction with their fellow employee's or co-workers, and all the things that the day has in store.

Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone will teach you how to expect good things to happen. On occasion, most every negative-thinker is surprised by a positive event. Negative thinkers are viewed as pessimists. Every time they have something to say, it's usually about something bad. Their friends dread their phone calls because they know that they will just want to discuss another "problem" in their lives. People who are positive rarely ever have to deal with bad outcomes. It may seem strange, but your expectations often shape your final outcome.

People often worry themselves into bad events. Have you ever noticed that the things you think about the most are bad? The tendency to think negatively can spill over into every part of your life. Negative thinkers tend to have health problems, bad relationships, bad attitudes, and bad luck. They never have any money, and if they do, they don't appreciate it because they are too busy focusing on the negative aspects of their lives. They also have an excess of anxiety and may also find themselves suffering from problems with anger, depression, and even high blood pressure, migraines, and weight gain.

Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone is a program that many have used to transform their lives. You can easily begin transforming your life one day at a time. You can start by one positive thought and focusing on it. Instead of dwelling on all the negatives, think of the positives. Don't be afraid to be happy. When you see someone, smile at them and tell them hello. Let the people in your life know that you love them.

Confronting the negative thoughts and feelings you have is essential. You must recognize where your negative thoughts are coming from. When you find yourself faced with a bad thought, stop dead in your tracks and turn it around into something that makes more sense. Most of the time, a person's pessimistic thinking has nothing to do with the way things actually are. What happens instead is that you end up wasting time worrying when you could be subconsciously altering your present and future into something better. Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone shows you how to do just that.

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7 Keys to a Positive Personality | Brian Tracy

How to Develop Positive Mental Attitude: The 5-Rules for Happiness Blueprint

No doubt that learning how to develop a positive mental attitude isn't something that happens overnight.

In truth, the power of habits is key to your success (or failure) - depending on what you focus on until habits form.

... Having said that, it's mandatory to make sure that the habits you form are "power habits" to enrich your life - financially, emotionally and spiritually.

And, it's never too late to change. In fact, I've been a victim to bad habits throughout the first half of my life.

For example, the other day I was asked if I could complete a particular task. I knew I'd done it before and could probably figure it out, but my psyche resorted to the "old habitual way" of responding... "I could try, but I'm usually not very good at that stuff".

This was a long time embedded BAD habit of mine, with the philosophy that I could make a bigger impression on folks if I gave the illusion that I didn't know what I was doing...

... In fact, if you can believe it, I used to even tell prospective bosses the stuff I could NOT do...

... NOT a good idea!

Unfortunately, I'd kept that philosophy for years, NEVER KNOWING how it was keeping me back from knowing how to develop positive mental attitude, and hence, keeping from achieving success.

"The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half." - Feodor Dostoevski: Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher

Realizing the bad habits I'd created in the first half of my life has made me now DETERMINED to learn how to develop positive mental attitude in the later half.

Tony Robbins teaches that developing "power habits" through incantations can really help you achieve success through positive mental attitude. Why develop power habits? Because you want MORE out of life... NOT what you've always gotten.

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." - Tony Robbins

Tony began shaping his own destiny when he happened to pick up a little booklet, "The Seven Day Mental Diet", wherein he discovered the secrets to positive mental attitudes.

The idea, however so simple, is profound, and a bit challenging.

But if you can do it - it will change your life forever.

Having said that, I would like to note the following 5 rules for "how to develop positive mental attitude"...

1. Commit to never saying anything negative for seven days.

Of course, that's impossible to not slip on this one! You stub you toe and you say a
four-letter word. Happens all the time. But the idea here is to simply BE AWARE of what you're saying, and then quickly say "I didn't mean that", or "cancel" - out loud if you can.

2. Commit to an attitude of curiosity rather than judgment.

Too many of us tend to judge others to make us feel better about ourselves. Oddly enough, that really only makes you feel better for a very short time. If you can look at the jerk to just cut you off in differ light, "I wonder what's going on in his life to make him that angry"... you begin feeling TRULY GOOD about yourself on the long-term.

3. Commit to find something good about someone and get in the habit of giving complements.

This turns the focus away from YOU and onto someone who you like - and as a result, you feel GRATITUDE. The feeling of gratitude is the most powerful feeling in the Universe to stimulate positive mental attitudes.

4. Decide "not to be perfect".

Overachievers who really strive for perfection have a problem with this one. But think about it. If you're too caught up in appearing perfect to the rest of the world, then you'll never even try. No one gets it right the first time - no matter what "it" is. When you're OK with simply being yourself and not caring what others think - that's when you become a real inspiration to the rest of the world.

5. Have faith.

The power of intention has miraculous strength. Once you BELIEVE, you can ACHIEVE!

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
... Napoleon Hill, Author, "Think and Grow Rich"

I'm finding that the EASIEST WAY to change my old bad habits into new "power habits" has to do with listening to powerful audio recordings every day.

This is not only the easiest, but also the MOST EFFECTIVE way for how to develop positive mental attitude!

That old adage "it's not what you know it's who you know" is true - but not because the people you know give you a leg up in business. It's because, when you hang around with people who possess real "power habits", then this raises your own interpersonal standards and you start possessing the same habits yourself.

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Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude - Why You Need An Abundance Mentality To Be Successful

You know that a positive mental attitude is essential for success, however you should also know that there are many other factors that affect your success. One that often gets forgotten is having an abundance mentality.

When you have a positive mental attitude, you believe that there's a solution to every problem, where there's a will there's a way. However you may still be thinking small, you may still be suffering from negative energy.

For example, you may have a positive mental attitude but still believe that there's only so much to go around. So when you see someone else being successful in your field, you think that they've got your "slice of the pie" and you become resentful and jealous. This an example of a scarcity mentality - which is the opposite of an abundance mentality!

With a scarcity mentality you can end up trapped in mediocrity, not achieving your true potential and locked in poverty.

An abundance mentality is more than success through a positive mental attitude

With an abundance mentality you believe that there is enough to go round for everyone and that there is more than enough of everything you need to accomplish your goals. You believe that your success does not mean failure for others, on the contrary, the more successful you are, the more others are affected in a positive way.

With an abundance mentality you can go into every relationship with a win/win attitude and you can make the most of every situation. You believe that people want to help you rather than hinder you. Of course not everyone has an abundance mentality, but the stronger your abundance mentality, the less significant other's scarcity mentality becomes.

Remember: abundance starts in your mind. You first believe there is an abundance in the world and then you will start to enjoy an abundance in your life. The more abundance you enjoy, the more you will find that your mental attitude becomes more positive and the more you will be successful.

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Positive Mental Attitude!

Positive Mental Attitude - Exploding the Myth

What's the difference between positive thinking and positive mental attitude? Because, as far as I can figure out, positive mental attitude is just a fancier name for a way of thinking that is becoming increasingly discredited. Your attitude is created by your subconscious mind - the part that stores your belief systems - your beliefs about how the world works and your place in it. You cannot force or superimpose an attitude on your subconscious mind unless you unlock your subconscious potential and rearrange your fundamental beliefs - and I don't know too many people who can do this as a matter of course.

The point I'm making is that positive mental attitude is a charade where we con ourselves into thinking happy thoughts on the basis that, no matter what life throws at us, we'll be OK - all will be well. This PMA gives us a resilience that can overcome the worst that life can throw at us. But it is my belief that human resilience is one of our biggest failings - it means that we'll "grin and bear it" and put up with almost anything before saying to ourselves "enough is enough, I've got to take action". A quick eye cast over history will show just how far dictators, warmongers, ordinary politicians and global conglomerates have been let go by the ordinary populace being too resilient. But it's OK, positive mental attitude will see us through!

Attitude comes from behaviour and behaviour is, generally speaking, reactive. Reactive behaviour does not come about as a result of reacting to the situation in which we find ourselves, our reactive behaviour (which often compounds an already bad situation) is dictated by what psychologists call our "stored knowledge" - the stuff that was stuffed into your subconscious mind during your formative years when, taken together, forms your belief system. You cannot force attitude on yourself by conscious decision - the subconscious mind will always win any battle with the conscious mind, hands down - every time. You cannot decide to be positive and then, as a result of that decision, you suddenly are positive.

I often hear people say "Well, I'm naturally a positive person or an optimist" - cool, I say, but that's the point I'm making - it comes naturally to you because it comes out, automatically, from your subconscious mind. Whereas positive thinking and/or positive mental attitude are things we think we are - not what we actually are. I recently received an email from someone who told me that there's a world of difference between positive thinking and positive mental attitude - that the Captain of the Titanic was a positive thinker but that it did him no good(!) - but that positive mental attitude will always see you through. I would suggest that it was the Captain of the Titanic's positive mental attitude that led to him firing up all the engines to set a new record for crossing the Atlantic - not positive thinking. You might say, what difference does it make which it was - and that's my point, we're playing with semantics. Either way, this positive conscious mind stuff is more trouble than it's worth.

Instead, you've got to rearrange your subconscious (we're not talking about rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic!) so that you don't try to force yourself to see a silver lining no matter how dark the cloud but that you see what's happening for what it is. This is completely different from "positive whatever" - it enables you do something that the normal person will almost never do in their entire life - act, take real action, instead of real action, armed with all the available facts as to what is actually happening right here, right now. If something bad is happening that you can do absolutely nothing about, then it is what it is. But that kind of scenario generally only arises if you're caught in the middle of a natural catastrophe. Almost everything else in life is the coincidence of a set of circumstances that provide us with the golden opportunity to act to better ourselves. This is language that is completely incomprehensible to the normal person who never, ever sees things for what they are, but perceives things for what they think they are - or in the case of positive thinking, for what they might like them to be.

Forget your positive thinking, forget your positive mental attitude - they could lead you up a dark alley and mug you and you'd be fine by that! The only state of mind worth being in is a clear and present state of mind. Clear - not congested by our "stored knowledge" that is decades out of date. Clear - of useless self-defeating thought. Clear - of useless self-delusionary thought (positive thinking). Clear - to simply see things for what they are. Present - in the here and now, unfettered by our subconscious formative years programming. Present - fully sensitized, using our five senses, to just this present moment. Present - which will give us presence, the one sure hallmark of successful people, of leaders, of people of action.

The most important thing we can do in our adult lives is to cultivate our ability to be clear and present - then not only will we not put up with what we don't have to put up with, we will see the opportunities lurking in the detail of what is actually happening, that the positive thinker will never spot.

Copyright (c) 2010 Willie Horton

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Positive Mental Attitude - Do You Know the True Power of a Positive Mental Attitude?

In her novel, Pollyanna, Eleanor H. Porter wrote

"There is something about everything that you can be glad about if you keep hunting long enough to find it."

Life certainly has its challenges, but it's a lot more satisfying when you choose to face the ups and downs with a smile. Continue reading to learn how to keep your chin up, and why doing so matters in life.

Two sales people were sent to an island to sell shoes. Upon arriving, the first disappointedly sent a telegram back to the office. "Will return home tomorrow," the sales person wrote "no one here wears shoes." The second confronted with the same scenario, joyfully telegraphed back "please send me 10,000 shoes everyone here needs them!" Both sales people contemplated the same situation through completely different eyes. Clearly, the second was able to look on the bright side of things. He possesses the trait that, combined with hard work, always leads to growth and success.

A positive mental attitude. But what is attitude anyway? Simply put, it's the way you communicate your mood to others. In a deeper sense, it's the way you see the world or in fact the way you choose to see the world. Because fortunately, having a positive attitude is a choice. Of course no one can have a perfectly positive mental attitude all the time as things go wrong.

Sometimes your daily appointments get canceled, rejection comes your way, and daily problems arise. Negative thoughts start to alter your perspective, and if you continually let the negative all-around takeover, you'll find yourself developing a chronically negative attitude, which weakens the spirit, produces energy and saps enthusiasm for both yourself and those around you.

Here's something to keep in mind, just as a cold or flu virus can be spread to others, so can Attitude. Studies have shown, that mood is actually contagious. In one study, individuals in work teams began passing their moods to others within two hours. What's even more fascinating about this phenomenon known as emotional contagion is that leaders moods hold particular sway over their team members. So what does this mean to you as a leader or aspiring leader in your organization? You have tremendous power to influence the performance of your team. One of the most effective ways to successfully lead your organization is to be simply positive.

In short, think of yourself as your organizations CHO- Chief Happiness Officer. You can draw on inspiration from other leaders you know whose positivity influences their organizations for the better. Take a look at what researchers have discovered about the power of leader's moods. Leaders are more likely to transmit their moods to team members, and vice versa. Those who interact with belated enthusiastic or excited leaders are more positive than those who interact with distressed, hostile or nervous leaders. Groups with positive leaders exhibit better coordination than groups with negative leaders. When leaders' moods are positive, their team's optimism, goal commitment, creativity, and efficiency and overall performance is better.

One study of Taiwan's retail insurance industry found that positive moods in leaders resulted in an increase in individual and team commissions.

Tips for Staying Positive Throughout Your Life

There are things you can do to cultivate a positive mental attitude despite the challenges that will surely arise. Here are some practical suggestions to help you and your team members look on the bright side of life, and find the strength to get up each time you fall.

1. Be Grateful. Gratitude is a virtue that helps you focus on the good things in life, and see the bigger picture. When you concentrate on what matters most, your perspective widens from the tree in front of you until you see the whole forest. Even through rough times, there are many things you can be thankful for. Make it a daily habit to identify specific things you're grateful for doing. This will help you cultivate a positive attitude as you train your mind to focus on the good things in life.


2. Make Humor Part of Your Daily Life. Laughter and a good sense of humor are key elements of a positive attitude. They reduce stress and anxiety. They strengthen relationships, and they elevate mood and hope. When you feel low, turn to comic strips of funny sitcom, online jokes. Whatever makes you laugh. look on the lighter side of things in your daily activities. Humor will help you keep the more optimistic view of life.


3. Inspiring Books. Always keep a positive inspiring book on hand when you're feeling down. Turn to a motivational passage, and give yourself a quick boost. Good books can inspire, encourage, and teach you. Also, reading requires you to stay still and focusing on something uplifting will help you maintain a positive mental attitude.


4. Exercise. Besides providing undeniable benefits to your physical health, exercise can also make a difference for mental health. Researchers have found that exercise combats stress and depression and improving mood and attitude. Also don't overlook the connection between yourself looking good and feeling good. Imagine a positive attitude when you feel and look well physically you gain confidence, and see things with more optimistic eyes.


5. Give Service. There's something magical about helping others in need. It causes you to forget your own problems and your motive becomes their wellness. Right around the next time you're stuck in a "all about me" mindset, put this principle to the test. You'll find there's great euphoria in doing something to bless the life of another without any thought or expectation of a reward.

The power of a positive mental attitude each day brings new challenges that demand the best of you, and the way you choose to base that will determine much of your growth. Success and happiness, cultivating the gift of a positive attitude, will change your perspective and help you see your goals more clearly. You'll surely make life more enjoyable. Do it for yourself and those around you. Remember it's your choice to choose to look on the bright side!

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5 Steps To Developing A Positive Mental Attitude

I have been busy lately at work for the past week. I was faced with critical problems... that lead me to think and I was trying to have a positive mental attitude to find the solution to the problem.

And hey, you WILL be surprised how your gray matter (your brain) in your head will CHURN out countless of POSSIBLE solutions as you work on the problem. I tried them one by one... quite a lot DID NOT work, and finally, one worked... phew (what a relieve). So, after about a week of "struggling" (sorry... "overcoming"). Just think about it, that is what we were made for, by the Creator... our minds would not give up until a solution is found!

So, if you are facing a similar "road block" in your business or life, do not give up... It WILL help if you Have a Positive Mental Attitude.

Yes, I almost gave up... but looking back, all my fears (of failure) and negativity when I was solving the problem was in fact robbing me of my energy and how futile they all are... come to think of it. Would a more positive attitude helped me focus my energy and helped me face every difficult situation for the better?

So, how do we adopt and develop a positive mental attitude even when we are faced with a negative situation? When you are down and discouraged, how do you pick yourself up, or when you think you are facing an ultimate "brick wall" and you feel you are out of a solution or...when you are hit with negative responses from people causing your excitement and enthusiasm to slowly fade?

So, since I am more relaxed now, let us talk about how we can develop a positive mental attitude in life.

Definition: A positive mental attitude is believing, accepting, hoping and working toward a good result in every situation. A positive mental attitude is constructive, while a negative mental attitude is destructive. It means spending creative energies on finding ways that things can be done rather than exhausting emotional and mental powers dwelling on the ways things cannot be done. It means turning a problem into a solution. It means developing what I call THOUGHT DISPLACEMENT.

Let me explain... When you have a negative thought in your mind and it is nagging and pulling you down. What is really happening is that you are focusing on the thing you do not want to happen and in doing so you are, you are in fact focusing on the catastrophe and not the solution! Thought displacement changes all of that; but it requires discipline and imagination.

So, let me share with you 5 steps to developing a positive mental attitude:

1. Imagine, visualize and keep thinking of things that you would like or prefer to happen for your problem.
Imagine your problem is SOLVED. Use your imagination... you can do it. For example... if you are fearful that your project or presentation will fail, just remove those thoughts. Imagine and visualize your million dollar marketing presentation went excellently... and you CLOSED that deal!! Imagine earning $500 per day online... and your mind will think only of solutions to difficult problems. When the negative thought returns, challenge it and replace it with a solution.

2. Pursue wisdom. Have a habit of always learning.
Seek wisdom... pursue it. If it means reaching out for help from a wiser person or friend, just ASK for help. Read to find if others have also faced similar problems. We can learn from others. Read life stories of people who have overcome incredible difficulties. When a negative mental attitude dwells in your mind, go read a book about real life stories of people overcome. In so doing, you relate positively that they not only survived but they went on to WIN!

3. Affirm out loud daily with a positive attitude.
Say aloud to yourself "I will solve my problem today" or "I will earn $500/day in my online business". You could write down your affirmations in a notebook which tells you clearly what you are going to do. If you are facing a "low self-esteem" problem, affirm who you are and what relationships, responsibilities you have for my life goals. With this daily check, you will keep being positive and highly motivated. Alternatively, record an audio recording of yourself, or find a recording that will help you to affirm your goals, responsibilities and self esteem daily.

4. Have a great attitude! Act and behave motivated even if you do not feel like it.
Quite often we let our subconscious mind dictate our attitudes and take us off the right track. Have you heard that "Your attitude determines your altitude in life". Keep a right attitude. The key for high achievers and highly motivated individuals is their attitude. Although it may seems difficult, remember to keep a right attitude... doing what is right; acting and behaving motivated even in difficult situations. Eventually, our minds and spirits will respond positively.

5. Do something so that your mental or physical resources can be stretched.
When you are dwelling on negative thoughts, do something so that your mental or physical resources can be stretched. Go for a swim or jog. Learn to play a musical instrument, or cook up a storm in the kitchen preparing dinner for the whole family! Learn a new sport like golf or scuba diving, or riding a horse!! Learn to blog... if you do not have a blog... why not!! You will find your mind and body refreshed by the experiences.

Look for the positive in every situation. If you do, you will definitely see the light (the solution) and find opportunities for growth, learning and experience. Remember to use affirmations like:

* I can do it

* I will succeed

* It's an opportunity

* I will find out

* It will work

* It will help me grow

Until next time, remember the 5 steps to developing a positive mental attitude.

Have a positive week ahead!!

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The Power of Habit

Aristotle once said, "we are what we repeatedly do" and this shows the power of habit. If we are repeatedly doing things that lead to greater success, then we will be successful but if we are repeatedly doing things that hinder our success then we will not get what we want in life.

Create a Habits List

Before creating a to do list think about creating a 'habits list', this is a list of the habits you want to create and a tracker to help you track those habits. Let's say for example that it is your goal to lose weight. In order to lose weight you need to exercise regularly and so onto your habit tracker you would put exercise and then each day that you exercise you would tick off that item on your habit tracker and know that you have taken a step closer to your goal. If you just had to exercise once though it wouldn't be much help so you need to make a habit of exercising at least three times a week.

How Long Does It Take to Form a Habit?

Some people say 21 days, others say you should aim for three times that amount. Personally, I think it is better to aim for three times that amount because if you give yourself a break too early then you may find that the habit is easily broken and it is too easy to fall back into bad habits. By challenging yourself to practice this habit for longer you are ensuring that it becomes a part of your life and you are less likely to give it up as it becomes part of you.

Breaking Bad Habits

In addition to creating good habits, if you want to really achieve success then you also need to break bad habits that are hindering you from becoming all you can be. Let's go back to the weight loss example and say you have a habit of getting take-aways for dinner every night. If you want to lose weight then exercising in itself is not going to be enough, you need to learn to develop healthier eating habits and that means breaking the bad habit of getting take-aways all the time. Learn how to do meal preparation and plan healthy foods that will promote weight loss.

"We are what we repeatedly do" and so we need to create habits that are going to help us achieve success. It is not enough to simply do something once and hope it will bring you success, you need to do it repeatedly. Create habits that will help you become the person you want to be.

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Why You Must Get Rid Of False Expectations

A fulfilled life is a result of successive complete and fulfilled days. If you are going to have a fruitful day, it is important that you have the day properly outlined and planned out. Of the many things you need in the right place are expectations: expectations for a positive fruition for plans and objectives. These are expectations we impose on ourselves and are sometimes imposed on us by other people.

Expectations have had a great bearing on how much I have accomplished, they have been the core of my belief and trust that things will happen as desired. Because I have been able to live each day successfully and have accomplished each day according to expectation, life has been a bundle of joy.

However, it has been of utmost importance to define and distinguish between realistic and unrealistic expectations. These can also be termed as true and false expectations. It is worth mentioning that, although truthful expectations help yield positive results, false expectations are a constraint to fulfillment of any endeavor.

While brooding over positive expectations is fundamental, it is of equal importance that false expectations are gotten rid of if achievement is going to be attained. My experience and research has identified an inexhaustible number of false expectations, this helped me get rid of all such hopes. Here now are some common false expectations and why it was important that I get rid of them.

The expectation that everyone should like me.

The expectation that the world must be fair.

The expectation that all my days are supposed to be sunny, that is, a storm will never come.

The expectation of never being anxious or depressed.

The expectation of always being in the driving seat- always in control and always knowing what is going to happen next.

The expectation that people will be perfect.

False expectations made me take up a level of control that I really did not have in given circumstances. This led to considerable failures and disappointments along the way. This denied me the chance to learn from others because, in my mind, I was on top of things and yet was not. I did not let those who knew better control things. Nonetheless, those days are gone and I know better now. I now know only to control the things I can and to let other players act their roles.

Disappointments literally make the heart sick. False expectations when fully mature breed disappointments which in turn sicken the heart. Such emotions are never good for anything, worse still for success and fruition of goals. There is a predisposition in man to repeatedly feel disappointed when their hopes are not met.

False hopes are heavy loads to shoulder. It does not really matter if they are really personal or about others, they are simply heavy to carry. You may want to tone down those expectations because they place unrealistic demands on ourselves, colleagues, etc. A tendency to act as if others "should" just live and give in to our expectations is a common feature of false hopes. They "Should" just know what my desires are is bad for business.

Further, false expectations cause the hopeful individual to have some preconceived blueprint of how things should be without really considering others. People develop an "if- then" syndrome which dictates how things should be done. This is actually a very common erroneous assumption.

To hold on to false expectations is to obstruct the knack to pursue what matters most in life. For example, those who expect NEVER to make a mistake won't actually take any form of a risk in life. And since they will not take risks, it is impossible to step out and pursue the things they care for.

Unfortunately, some expectations are not feasible. They are simply not practical. Often, they might appear like reasonable and viable expectations but are in fact not. From a distance, they may even give the impression of being fair, realistic and reasonable but in reality, such prospects cannot truly be met. Worse still, such expectations only create additional problems, far worse than they solve. For instance, the expectation that young children should always be tip-top in terms of their behavior is far-fetched. A colleague of mine shared his experience, "I had set all the appropriate limits and rules, and for some time they were all fairly-behaved children. But in my efforts and quest to further enforce this expectation, I experienced disappointments, and only roused conflict with the kids besides other problems.

False expectations are always grounds for loss because they set you and other people up for disappointment. Reality is that, there is no life without expectations, however, I choose to hold on to realistic and measurable expectations.

What is true is that I cannot please everyone nor can I make everyone like me. It can't just happen, I will be naïve in trying to make it happen.

To even start wishing I could control all the aspects of my world in order to ensure things function consistently in the most harmonious way is like fighting the wind. The world cannot be all fair and I can only control so much. The rest is about accepting and moving on.

Well, false expectations almost made a stiff naked person out of me, I was becoming rigid to the opinions and inputs of others. I could leave no room for change for situations or let other have a go at matters.

All in all, to get rid of false expectations, it is imperative to arrest all unrealistic hopes, thoughtfully and with seriousness. It will be key to reflect on the potential effect of the expectation and practice consideration for others as they are built. Being flexible and allowing for external impact is the way to go for getting rid of false expectations.

False expectations are a menace and are unhealthy, they should be gotten rid of no matter how hard it may be. It is possible to create a whole set of beliefs, motivations, etc. that will assist you and others.

Until next time,

Your friend,
Felipe

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Revealed! 6 Steps to Getting What You Want

Do you wonder how some people get what they want out of life while others do not? You must have experienced that some of your successful friends are not as talented as you are! There is a long list of reasons for your life not being everything you want it to be. If you understand the common mistakes behind this, you can certainly increase the possibility of getting what you want.

CHANGE YOU LIFE BY SIMPLY AVOIDING THE MOST COMMON PITFALLS LISTED BELOW;

1. No clarity about what you want: You being unhappy about your current situation only means that you don't want what you have. It, however, hardly means that you know what you want.

• Solution: Have clarity i.e. DECIDE what you want. Start by creating a list of what you want so that you can then structure your life around attaining those things.

2. You are Not prioritizing your wants: Once you list out your 'wants', ask yourself whether you really want - say a hefty bank balance or an athlete's physique? Or would you rather watch TV shows with a drink & some awesome tasty chips by your side every night?

• Solution: We need to understand the real issue here. It is not what you WANT but what you are willing to GIVE UP FOR YOUR WANT charts your course. E.g. a hefty bank balance requires dedicated smart work spread over a few years before the results start bringing you multiple streams of income whereas getting an athlete's physique would mean you have to hit the gym consistently & work with your trainer. In either case, you would need to give up on certain things such as giving up some free time & giving up certain foods. Ask yourself how much you are willing to give up to get what you want. Answer to this question will tell how much it means to you.

3. Lack of focus from you: Our life today is full of Digital Distractions. It is easier to get forgetful now than ever before. We can get immersed in our virtual social networks for hours together losing focus of important tasks & even forgetting some of our daily chores.

• Solution: Make it a habit of reminding yourself of your wants at least twice daily. Read & visualize your goals while you lie in your bed once each in the morning & at night. Let your affirmation about your wants remain fresh in your mind by reminding yourself of them daily. This will assure you of focus on your wants.

4. You are not ready for the laborious hard work: Almost every prestigious accomplishment is achieved with more than 90% laborious hard-work. For example, sport's Greats like Usain Bolt or Micheal Phelps have seldom missed their practice sessions right after a competition. They have practiced their most fruitful skills thousands of times relentlessly during training. An analogy of iceberg is aptly suited here wherein their successful careers can be equated with the visible - minuscule - portion of an iceberg whereas their relentless practice sessions can be equated with the hidden - many folds larger than the visible - portion of the iceberg. This can be best understood by the fact that while Usain Bolt has actually run less than 115 Seconds for his Olympic Medals, he has invested 15 years of his life to achieve the success in those 115 seconds.

• Solution: Accept the fact that much of your goal cannot be attained without sustained actions which won't be fun or exciting & even be mundane. These repetitive actions, however, will certainly benefit you & help you inch closer to your wants.

5. You don't focus on the processes: Having an obsession of acquiring an athlete's physique is not necessarily a solution to get one. The key is in familiarizing with & adopting habits that will help you reach your goal. While an obsession is an intense wish about a certain achievement, the achievement itself requires action which is planned carefully & executed meticulously.

• Solution: First of all create a watch list of habits that will guarantee you successful achievement of your goals. Let it be in as much detail as possible so that you don't miss on any opportunity. Share it with your Coach alongwith your goals to ensure you are on the right track. Refine & finalize the list of actionable habits. Thereafter, your real challenge is to incorporate those finalized actionable habits into your day-to-day life. Start with baby steps & continue making progressive changes along the way until the habits become ingrained in your everyday life.

6. You want super-fast results: Rome wasn't built overnight. It takes time to achieve success at anything. Once your path is charted out, you might find that better results will start showing only after you have crossed the midway distance. This can be compared to rolling a big boulder down the hill. It can take huge amount of energy initially to get it moving from its place, but it gathers momentum quickly with minimal efforts once it is on its course.

• Solution: Trust your own action plan more than your emotions. Remember always that your carefully planned action needs meticulous execution. If you are progressing on your charted course each day, you will eventually get to your destination - your want. Persist with your plan without giving in to your frustration. Have patience & faith in your action plan & it will show positive results.

HAPPY PURSUIT OF YOUR WANTS!

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