Personal Development

Top 7 Tips For a Thought Workout

Messy thoughts lead to poor results. You want well ordered, useful and clear thoughts to help you with your tasks at work. Here are 7 tips to give your thoughts a great workout and get them fit for the work you want to do.

1. Consider the thoughts you have as suggestions rather than instructions. The path of least resistance is just to follow what your thoughts tell you to do. You will get better results if you look at your thoughts as suggestions and actively decide whether you want to accept the suggestion or not.
2. Use someone else's thoughts to take on some of your load. Other people have different thoughts to you as they experience the world in a different way to you. Make use of their thoughts and add them to yours and you will seem smarter and sharper to all around you.
3. Learn to watch your thoughts. Focussing on breathing through your nose and keeping all your attention on the air coming in and going out. Keep focussed on the point of contact. As thoughts come in to view just watch them come and let them go. You will become much better at knowing which ones to get attached to and which to just let go.
4. Rev up your thoughts. Easier than you would think and more powerful than you would believe. It is as easy as asking yourself 'what else?' in any situation you are in. Your mind left to its own devices will fix on its answer but asking 'what else?' sets a new challenge and will rev up your thoughts.
5. Think the opposite thought. After crafting the best solution you have now work out what it would take for your solution to fail. Create a perfect argument that is reasonable and workable and explains how your best idea would fail. This will give you fascinating new insights and solutions and prepare you for a much wider range of possibilities than you first thought of.
6. Catch your thoughts with a pen. When your mind is whirling with confusion and conflicting themes take out your pen and summarise what is going on. Just write down what you are thinking and keep writing until you run dry. Look at what you are writing and you will start to make more sense of what you want. Confusion and conflict will be resolved.
7. Get help from a friend. Ask them to ask you what you are thinking at unexpected moments and then tell you what they heard. This will always take your thoughts somewhere else and give you new ideas. It will also lead to some great conversations with your friend if you are honest in telling them what you are thinking at the moment they ask.

A thought is just a thought made up of nothing by you and yet is everything there is. Get the best out of them and only use the best ones for you.

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Effective Planning - The Power of Mind and the Law of Attraction

All worthwhile goals are achieved through effective planning. The power of mind will seem invalid if you you do not plan effective action to accomplish your goal. Since like attract like, no action will attract no achievement. Therefore to achieve anything worthwhile plan effectively and take effective action towards it.

Have a Definite Desire

Deciding a clear and definite desire to be achieved is beginning of good planning process. Clarified desire makes it easy to focus your thoughts for precise action. When you are focused you send strong vibrations into universe to bring to you through intuition clear plans and ideas for action.

Purpose

Have a strong purpose for wanting your desire. When you have a firm reason for accomplishing your desire your drive for action grows. You become motivated to take action all the time until your objective is achieved. Any challenges that come your way become easy to overcome.

Identify Challenges

Clearly identify all the challenges, obstacles, distractions and constraints you may face as go about getting your goal. This helps in planning all the required resources in case of those challenges occur during your project.

Identify skill and knowledge

Identify any skill and knowledge necessary to achieve your goal. Be clear whether you have all the expertise necessary or if you need to learn something new. You may also find that you need hire other people to help.

Identify the people

Identify the people you need to cooperate with to achieve you goal. You may need the help of you friends, family, workers, colleagues, suppliers or customers. Be clear what you will give back to those people in return for their assistance.

Prioritise

Once you have identified all the resources and activities for your goal, prioritise them according to their importance for your project. Go about doing the most important task first until it is complete then move on to next one until everything is done.

Following this easy planning method with disciplined action. You will see that the power of mind and the law of attraction works as an exact science because you will achieve exactly what you want.

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Personal Development is NOT an Option

That's right, personal development is not an option. It is a priority and most people don't understand that. People really don't understand the importance of developing self first, then working on their business second.

They think if they get involved with a great business with a great product and some great people, they will have great success. That's not the case.

Abraham Lincoln said "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax." Abraham Lincoln knew that in order to do an effective job at chopping down the tree, he had to prepare properly. In this example YOU are the ax and you must be sharpened (developed) in order to do the job effectively and efficiently. You should work on personal development before attempting to complete any task.

Jim Rohn said to "Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job." People have the misconception that the education or training they received yesterday is good for today. You must consistently be willing to grow and learn in order to be successful

You must make personal development a priority.

If you look at how a car operates, you know the engine is very important and the heartbeat of the car. If the engine is not taken care of, you will have problems. If the engine is not tuned up or serviced regularly, then it will not run efficiently. But once the engine is strong and clicking on all cylinders, then everything else works.

YOU are the engine in your business. You must get filled up with fuel, serviced, and tuned up regularly.

You must make yourself valuable. If you're not valuable you don't make much money. Why would someone pay top dollar for a low budget product? It's not going to happen. Make yourself valuable by developing yourself.

You have to develop you before success can happen. Are you willing to do what it takes to be successful? If so find some good books to read. Listening to some motivational CD's while in your car or riding the bus. Watch some training DVD's instead of those dumb television shows that come on all the time. Attend a workshop or training related to personal development or your business.

It doesn't matter what you do as long as you're doing something to make yourself better. And make sure you're doing it everyday. Personal development is a continual process. It is a journey. You never arrive at a destination.

So in order to get that business going the way you want it to, you must consistently be engage in personal development. You must master the art of working on self EVERYDAY.

Go out and make an investment in yourself today and purchase some personal development products.

To YOUR Success,

Rodney

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Excel Formulas - 7 Basic Elements Revealed

If you are relatively new to writing Excel formulas, pay attention to these concepts.

Ignoring them will lead you to unnecessary headaches...

1) Every Excel formula starts with the = sign

The = sign is automatically entered when you insert an Excel function.

A formula without the equal sign is considered a cell content.

Let's see an example...

Given the fact that the cell A1 contains the number 10 and the cell A2 contains the number 20; the formula: =A1+A2 will retrieve 30, while the formula A1+A2 will be pure content. It will be shown as A1+A2 in the given cell.

At the same time, the function =SUM(A1:A15) will retrieve the results, while this one SUM(A1:A15) not.

The = sign must be entered by hand when you write the formula directly on a cell.

Important reminder: a formula entered on a cell that is formatted as text will not be evaluated even if it has the = sign.

2) An Excel formula may contain numbers (constants) or references to cells

The formula: =A1+20 contains a reference and a number.

A1 has the value of the content of the cell A1, while the number 20 is always 20.

The advantage of having references instead of constants is that you can change a whole spreadsheets by changing the input cells.

Otherwise, you should edit each instance of the formula in the sheet.

3) The Excel formula may contain plain Math, other functions or a combination of them

You can write a formula this way: =(A1+A2+A3+A4)/4+10 with plain Math or this way using a function and Math: =AVERAGE(A1:A4)+10.

4) Arguments are separated by commas and should be entered according to a specific order (syntax)

The arguments of a function are separated by commas.

The order in which they are entered are unambiguous and correspond to the given function syntax. For example: the formula =SUMIF(A1:A10,">20",B1:B10) corresponds to this syntax: =SUMIF( range, criteria, sum_range )

5) The result of an Excel formula is retrieved in the same cell on which was written

After you hit enter, the formula is calculated and the result is shown in the same cell.

Important reminder: Excel won't calculate the formula result when it lacks inputs. On the other hand, you will get a result if all the arguments and logic are correctly entered.

6) You cannot see an Excel formula in a cell just its results.

You can see the contents in the formula bar, by pressing F2 or by showing formulas instead of results (CTRL + ` )

A formula shows by default its result in the cell where it is contained.

This may lead you to confusion with the inputs. An input and a formula result are not distinguishable at first sight.

7) Excel computes formulas in a well known order

If you combine several operators in a single formula, Excel performs the operations in the order shown in the following sequence.

1. - Negation (as in -1)


2. % Percent


3. ^ Exponentiation


4. * and / Multiplication and division


5. + and - Addition and subtraction


6. & Connects two strings of text (concatenation)


7. = < > <= >= <> Comparison

If a formula contains operators with the same precedence. For example: if a formula contains both a multiplication and division operator; Excel evaluates the operators from left to right.

To change the order of evaluation, enclose in parentheses the part of the formula to be calculated first.

The formula multiplies 2 by 3 and then adds 5 to the result.

=5+2*3=11

In contrast, if you use parentheses to change the syntax, Excel adds 5 and 2 together and then multiplies the result by 3 to produce 21.

=(5+2)*3=21

Conclusion

These Excel formula nuggets will help you to get started on the fascinating world of Excel spreadsheets.

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Power of the Words We Use

Ever find yourself slipping into a negative routine with the things you say? Let me give you an example or two; while talking with your supervisor about your annual sales targets he asks, "Why are you falling short of your sales goal?" This question puts you in a naturally defensive state of mind. Immediately your mind searches for answers, and because your mind naturally accepted the question defensively; your responses will be defensive and come off as excuses. Portraying you in a defensive posture and possibly making your lower than desired sales numbers look even worse than previously thought. The words we use are more powerful than we can imagine. There is power in words that we use. Most people greet each other with words that have no power or energy. Think of the last time you heard someone else (or even yourself) respond to a greeting of "How are you?" with "Oh, I'm ok, or so-so," "Hanging in there," "I'm surviving," and my favorite, "Not to bad." Sadly, the response we receive to these type of answers, is much the same, "Me too," or "Hang in there," "It can only get better."

Our mind is a curious and ever evolving part of our body, and the most important part of our inner thoughts, because it has a dynamic effect on our external actions. While there have been countless thousands of research studies conducted on our brains, the human brain remains one of life's biggest mysteries. Interestingly, nearly every study conducted on cognitive brain functions agree that each individual has the power to alter ones internal wiring, which allows us to then program our actions. Consequently, the words we CHOOSE have a direct and profound impact on our actions. Regardless if they are spoken or just thoughts, the power of words has a measurable effect on our performance. Renowned cognitive researcher Dr. Maxwell Maltz conducted an out of the ordinary study at UCLA. Dr. Maltz assembled the #1 ranked UCLA men's basketball team during their fall training and equally divided the team, he did this study three times and mixed the teams each time, the results were the same. Dr. Maltz had half of the team in the gym shooting 100's of free throws and the other half sitting in a darkened room visualizing themselves shooting free throws and making each shoot. After several days of practice, Maltz staged a contest between the two teams. The players who had visualized themselves making free throws did much better than those who had actually practiced making free throws. Such mental training sends neuromuscular signals that can lead to a stronger, more effective performance during the actual event. Control your input by not only visualizing your goals, but also imagining exactly how your body feels when you achieve your goal. The mind does not know the difference between physical and mental practice. Visualization is the process that allows you to see your desired results in your mind. Once you can see it in your mind, you'll be closer to achieving it in your life.

You are what you think, so control your input! "We become what we think about."- Earl Nightingale

Our words and thoughts tell the truth. Ask yourself, "Do my words reflect a commitment to being joyful, helping others, creating win-wins, keeping things in perspective, seizing the moment, continuously learning and embracing change" Whether the result becomes apparent sooner of later, we cannot speak words of failure and defeat and expect a life of success and victory. Start today by planting seeds of success by thinking and visualizing your next steps to overcome the obstacles of life or sales targets. I suggest these three instruments for orchestrating your thoughts and words;

1. Talk yourself up!
2. Speak with strength.
3. Ask the right questions.

Did you know that you talk more to yourself than anyone else in the world? In the face of challenging situations (and we all have our fair share), the words you choose for that conversation with yourself will directly impact how long you will find yourself in those situations. Use your words to change your situation, not to describe it. The next time you have a conversation with your supervisor; anticipate what he will ask, you know your business better than anyone. And visualize the conversation in positive terms. Build positive mental connections, personal strength and commitment by using these strength builders;

• I can
• I will
• Commit
• Expect the best
• I will make time
• I am confident
• I do believe
• Positively
• I know
• All things are possible

"Do or do not, There is no try"- Yoda

Before your next big presentation, take the time to visualize the success you want to achieve. See the details in your mind, hear the words, and channel your energy to create success. See yourself making every free throw by asking the right questions;

• What's the best way for me to be successful at this?
• How can I make the most of this situation?
• What options do I need to consider for a win-win?

The power of the answers you receive is directly proportionate to the power of the questions you ask. Consider how the questions you ask, both at work and at home, elicit certain responses. Ask yourself, "How can I ask questions to get the best from myself and others?"

Words are powerful, they can turbo-charge an event or take the wind from your sail. Choose wisely, and always think positively. The next time you're asked, "How are you?" Respond with powerful, strength giving words such as; "Great!" or "Terrific!" It will be hard to do without a smile on your face and you'll likely receive a smile from the questioner and leave them wondering to themselves, "I want to be more like him." The power of your actions is preceded by the power of your thoughts and words. Choose to speak with strength and watch the power of your words bring out the best in yourself and others!

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Is Self-Improvement Necessary?

We often live life as a journey to an ending, from here to there. There is a place in the future we have to get to. A place of achievements and improvements. Do we need to make the journey or are we already at the destination?

We can be so taken with the goals we feel we need to achieve and ambitions we strive for that we can miss the great perfection of the way things are right now.

Always on the move towards a goal, never just resting in the way things are. We can get so busy trying to change things for the better that we cannot see that if we just relax into the presence of the thing that we need to change, be it an emotion, a sensation or a thought, there is no need to improve it. It is just fine the way it is and can be appreciated and celebrated for being exactly the way it is. If we approach something we feel needs to be changed with a non judgmental and non critical mind we will see improvement is unnecessary. If we can be willing to stop controlling and manipulating, we can live now instead of then. If we take the 'self' for example. We can strive for self improvement with an ultimate goal. Thinking the end result will bring more happiness or contentment with ourselves. Save all the struggle and effort by not judging your self. You will find you are already at your destination. It's now or never!

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Tips on Being Assertive - 5 Awesome Ways to Develop an Assertive Personality

There is no age limit to assertiveness. If you want to know some effective tips on being assertive, then this article is for you.

Being assertive comes with a lot of perks. You become the center of attention. Your ideas are often heard. And most of the time, you get what you want.

Unfortunately, assertiveness doesn't come naturally to everybody. A lot of people actually grow up withdrawn, insecure and unmotivated. However, there are tips on being assertive that can give your personality a jump start.

1) Try New Things.

Sometimes, you just have to take a giant leap. No second thoughts. No hesitation. Don't give yourself time to be antsy about it. Try new things that you never thought you'd ever do.

Go biking, hiking or even bungee jumping. Not only does it give you something to talk about, it also shows how much more you can do when you make a decision to do it.

2) Make New Friends.

One of the top tips on being assertive involves broadening your social circle. Making new friends will definitely boost your assertive level.

Of course, going up to a total stranger can be very intimidating (and dangerous) so why don't you start by meeting up with friends of friends? Socializing with a different set of peers can help you gauge just where you are in the assertiveness scale.

3) Learn Something New.

Learning something new gives you the confidence to go after your goals and ambitions. It doesn't have to be something major. You can either take a cooking class from the community center or learn a new language via the Internet.

4) Dress to Impress.

One of the unique tips on being assertive is by dressing the part. Wearing mousy clothes will do nothing for your demeanor. Make the effort to dress a little better the next time you go out. Even if you don't feel assertive yet, you can at least fake it until you make it.

5) Choose Your Role Model.

Having a role model can help you become assertive. After all, you're looking at someone who already knows what it feels like to go through what you're going through. Seeing how successful that person is right now will do wonders for your psyche.

These are just a few helpful tips on being assertive. Whether you follow them or not depends on how ready you are to undergo change. The thought of putting yourself out there can be a little daunting, of course, but keep in mind that bravery is not the absence of fear. It is facing life head on despite the fear.

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Practice Being Consistent

"A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance." ~ Benjamin Disraeli

"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently." ~ Anthony Robbins

Being consistent is critical to on going and long-term success. It is easy to be a one-hit wonder, but manifesting prosperity means being consistent.

The word "consistent" means "harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts" meaning the same throughout in structure or composition. Therefore, not doing something once one way and another way the next, or being haphazard about the regularity of doing something - but doing something in a systematic way on a regular basis.

If it is long-term success you want, then doing something once won't help achieve it. Think about health and fitness. If you want to either lose weight or tone your body, you don't just go to the gym once or do a workout routine one time and expect to have the body of your dreams. You have to make a habit of going to the gym or doing the workout to achieve your desired intention.

Think about this: It took consistent action to get you into the routine or rut you are in today. Where you are today - be it weight, body image, finances, or relationships - was not an overnight occurrence. It took consistent action of doing the things that ended up not serving you in the long run. The old adage, "Practice makes perfect" is a half truth if you are practicing the wrong thing; then practice only makes permanent. That is why Jiddu Krishnamurti said, "a consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove." This is true if what you are consistently doing is not serving you and will never create the life your truly desire.

Granted it won't take you years of consistent action to turn things around like it did to create your present routine or rut; you did that more or less unconsciously. But if you are consciously applying your manifesting acumen to now create what you do want, it will show up for you in much less time.

Being consistent also means maintaining a level of focus and concentration on what you do want instead of focusing on what you don't want. Again, this is living unconsciously. It is extremely important to be consciously aware of what you consistently focus your attention on: what you consistently talk about - to others, to yourself, and to the God of your understanding - and what you let in from the media. All this had a tremendous impact on manifesting prosperity. The Law of Vibration and Attraction states you will draw to you things with the same resonating energy.

It is time to start living life more consciously and be more consistent with the actions it will take to create an abundant life and truly manifest prosperity.

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Is Your Sense of Self Worth Costing You Money?

What if you gave someone a birthday present and they handed it back to you saying, "You shouldn't have! I can't accept this from you." It might be slightly insulting to you, as if you went too far and made that person feel indignant. All dignity aside, there is something wrong with this picture.

Why do some people have a hard time just saying thank you with a warm smile when someone offers generosity?

I always used to be the kid who would push a lawn mower back and forth across the neighborhood cutting yards to make a little extra money. And when somebody offered me more than what I thought was fair, I couldn't accept it. I would say, "You can't pay me that much." As if to say I wasn't worth receiving that money. And that's exactly what I was saying in unspoken terms.

If I was forced to take the money then I felt even worse. I felt like I was ripping my neighbor off, or even stealing from them. I felt my own sense of dignity in not taking more than I felt I was worth. I couldn't have been more wrong, and I couldn't have picked a better way to limit my schema of abundance for the future. At some point I realized that had to change.

I'm not the only one with this problem. It can be a difficult thing to take someone's hard earned money. Many people are living with a stigma about accepting abundance. So now in a more "grown-up" setting we might have a landscaping service and need to charge customers thousands of dollars instead. How will this stigma accept our actual wealth?

The same principles apply whether your a 12-year-old cutting neighborhood yards, or a landscaping mogul offering a pricier service. You will be pushing money and abundance away from you in ways you may not realize if you have a low sense of self worth. You might never ask for what customers are willing to pay you, and you might never accept what people are willing to pay you.

In order to change this perception, you have to realize that you deserve the abundance that exists around you just as much as anybody else. Why not? Why wouldn't you deserve that extra money somebody is willing to pay you. If someone else sees a higher worth in you, then why can't you see it also? And in the same sense, why don't you deserve a higher salary? If you are giving your best, then you deserve the best just as much as anybody else. Don't be fooled by your own "dignity." There is a large difference between stealing and being able to accept life's gifts of abundance.

These same principles apply to every facet of abundance. Money is just one of many expressions of abundance. And money is not too much different from time, love, patience, etc. It's easier to accept when people offer extra time, love, or patience. But why does money have such an awkward stigma when it comes to acceptance? If you look through money, you will realize it is just another form of abundance we should welcome into our lives instead of chasing away. Change your perception of money and see how it changes your wealth.

Nobody in their right mind wants to pay you more than they think you are worth, and they don't! So when you perceive someone else is paying you more than your worth, it's your view of your own self worth that's skewed. The best thing you can do is accept what's being offered to you, and say thank you with a warm smile. A lowered perception of self worth will cause you to accept a lower paying salary then you are worth, you will only seek jobs you think you are worth, you will only ask for a lower price, etc. Don't limit your wealth through your sense of self worth.

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Every Personal Development Plan Must Have These 3 Elements

Having a personal development plan is key to getting the results you want and being successful in anything you do in life. The 3 elements I am going to share with you are crucial if you want success. So read carefully.

MINDSET:

First of all this might be the most important one of all in your personal development plan so read carefully. Developing the right mindset is so important because this will determine how your day goes and how much effort you put into whatever you are trying to accomplish or whatever goal you are trying to achieve.

You must really know what your goals are and exactly how they are going to be attained. Without you knowing this you will fail in anything you do. So I want you to write down your major goals on a piece of paper and how you will attain them. Then read them out loud on a daily basis. This will keep your mind on the creative side with so much enthusiasm that your focus on whatever you are trying to achieve will sky rocket!

ACTION:

Personal development is learning that you procrastinating will never get you to where you want. So you must learn to take massive action on whatever you want to achieve in life daily and never make up excuses or blame others. Just take action everyday with a positive attitude and eventually things have to go your way!

The only way this will happen though is if you get off your couch and take action everyday! Lazy people never become rich and lazy people never live the lifestyle they want because they allow the television or whatever hobby they might have control their lives! Do not let that be you! Take massive action with a positive attitude on a daily basis that will take you to where you want to be or go in life. I love the next part.

PERSISTENCE:

This one is key as well! Never quit no matter what! Persistence is a big part of personal development and must be put into your plan in order to achieve big results. Without persistence you will find yourself just quitting after every struggle and obstacle that comes your way. This will not allow you to grow and develop yourself as a leader in your industry because you have already quit!

So remember just persist and be responsible for everything that happens to you in life and then just fix whatever has happened and move on and keep persisting until you have gotten what you wanted and achieved your goals! One last thing.

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