Russell H. Conwell was a famous author and speaker, and the founder of Temple University. You may have read or heard of his inspirational book Acres of Diamonds about the right way to set and achieve a goal that uses your individual talents and abilities, and capitalizes on being right where you are. You can […]
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Just for fun, I Googled the word “success” – and got this response: About 1,180,000,000 results Even without seeing that there are over a billion references to success available on the internet, we already know that it’s hugely important in our own lives to feel successful. Yet so many people walk around (or trudge)
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I was in the grocery store line and heard a little girl behind me pipe up, telling her mom, “When I grow up, I’m going to teach running because I’m really fast, and I’m going to teach singing because I like it.” The mom replied that she thought those were great ideas and that her
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Countless writers, inventors, and explorers have had to face this dilemma: do I push ahead with what I see in my mind’s eye, or do I let the scoffers win? I’ll be the first to admit it can be a challenge when you have a big idea, and you know that family, friends and
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Did you ever stop to think what a devastating thing it is to have an inferiority complex? It means the person fails before they even get started. The mindset of thinking that others can do things that you can’t is filled with beliefs about yourself that are hardly flattering, and less than useful. In
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Please take a moment to read the title again, and now repeat it out loud, “This is my life—and I love it!” Did you smile? Or did you instantly think of all the ways your life sucks? If your thoughts went to a laundry list of things you are upset or discouraged about, understand that
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Whenever we walk out the door, we have an intention of heading somewhere, even if it is only a vague idea of taking a walk in the neighborhood. We always have an intention, but most of the time it is barely thought off, and we run on automatic pilot day in and day out. That’s
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If you’re familiar with my books and the blog at my central website, you’ll know I often talk about learning to release our old ways of thinking so we can embrace the power of the mental laws that govern our results. Let’s take a look at what happens when we come up with a
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This project to return His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet sprang from an idea I had one morning in January 2016, seemingly out of the blue. As soon as I got the idea, I knew it was a fantastic one—a “B-HAG”…a Big Hairy Audacious Goal. What do you do with an idea that
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In the brilliant (and funny) book “The Dalai Lama’s Cat” by David Michie, the cat, “HHC” (“His Holiness’s Cat,” a name she favors over several nicknames given to her) learns a lesson about taking action in your own life, about being accountable, about being responsible. And the key words that help her are:“I alone can
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