Become An Expert In Your Field “The uncommon man is merely the common man thinking and dreaming of success and in more fruitful areas.” By Melvin Powers Like the army recruiting poster, one of your goals is to, “Be All You Can Be.” The market only pays excellent rewards for excellent performance. It pays average...

Remove the Roadblocks “The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process getting to the top.” By Joyce Brothers How many times do you think that people try to achieve their new goals before they give up? The average is less than one time. Most...

Start at the Beginning “Your problem is to bridge the gap between where you are now and the goals you intend to reach.” By Earl Nightingale Imagine that you were going to take a long trip across the country. The first thing you would do would be to choose your destination and then get a...

Analyze Your Beliefs “The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.” By Richard M. DeVos Perhaps the most important of all mental laws is the Law of Belief. This law says that,...

Decide Upon Your Major Definite Purpose “There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” By Napoleon Hill Since you become what you think about most of the time, a major definite purpose gives you...

Determine Your True Goals “Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.” By William Moulton Marsden My favorite word in goal setting, and in success in general, is the word “Clarity.” There is a direct relationship between the level of clarity you have about who...

Clarify Your Values “One universe made up of all that is: and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.” Marcus Aurelius One of the most important characteristics of leaders, and top people in every area of life, is that...

Create Your Own Future “You will become large as your controlling desire; or as great as your dominant aspiration.” By James Allen In more than 3300 studies of leaders conducted over the years, there is a special quality that stands out, one quality that all great leaders have in common. It is the quality of...

Take charge of your life “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.” By Alexander Graham Bell When I was 21, I was broke and living in a small one-room apartment, in the middle of a very cold winter,...