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Exercise To Reduce Health Stress

Monday, December 14th, 2009

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White
Exercise is paramount to optimum health. Exercising not only burns off excess calories, but it also rushes extra oxygen throughout [...]

For Personal Success You Must Know Yourself

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” — Sun-Tzu, legendary Chinese general.
Thankfully, [...]

For Personal Success Be A Guided Missile

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

“We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. “  – Maxwell Maltz M.D. author of “Psycho-Cybernetics”
Bill, what on earth did you mean by that title?  Well,  I’m glad you asked. Both a bottle rocket [...]

Personal Success Weight Loss Update

Monday, August 31st, 2009

I was recently asked how I was doing on my personal weight loss goals. The answer is “pretty darn good, thank you”! Although I’m not yet at my target weight, I have released 34 pounds since the January 1, 2009. I may actually be contributing to global warming by releasing that many calories [...]

Health and Fitness Personal Success Tips

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. ” – Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965)
There’s no better way to increase your personal success than by improving  your health. After all, health is one of the most important aspects of life. Taking care of your health is the first step on the road to [...]

Conquer Your Fears For Personal Success

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain (pseudo. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835 – 1910), American author and humorist.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by fear?
So full of fear that it prevented you from doing something you wanted or needed to do?  Unfortunately, this a common [...]

A Baker’s Dozen Personal Success Productivity Tips

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity” – Tom Peters – management consultant,  author
Our careers take up more than one third of our lives.
Here in the United States, most individuals work at least 40 hours each week. No wonder so many aspects of our [...]

The Necessity Of A Success Mindset

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Why do we say “success is a state of mind”. Many would argue that success is a natural result of proper planning, preparation and focused action. That viewpoint certainly isn’t completely wrong – but there are also many exceptions to disprove that “rule”. Have you ever seen two people attempt the same [...]

Develop Flexibility To Achieve Personal Success

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

“Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.” – Earl of Chesterfield

It’s generally true that in order to experience personal success, we need to notice what is working and what [...]

Personal Success Requires An Open Mind

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people’s lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure. – Stephen R. Covey, PhD (1932 – ) Author, [...]

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