Ten Keys to Excellence: How to Be Outstanding

outstanding thumb Ten Keys to Excellence: How to Be OutstandingDo you want to be outstanding?

You’ve probably heard someone say before that if you want to set yourself apart that you have to do everything with excellence.

Of course, this is easier said than done.  Excellence is a high standard.  It takes a lot of work.  You can’t go about pursuing it half-heartedly.

But here’s the deal.  Everything in life has a price.  If you want to be

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Despicable Me: 3 Reasons Being a Villain Doesn’t Pay

despicableme Despicable Me: 3 Reasons Being a Villain Doesn’t Pay

Are you a villain?

Maybe we all have a little villain inside of us.  To one degree or another, we all want attention, power and respect and aren’t these the very things that villains strive so hard to get?

I’m not talking about the criminals you see on the evening news.  I’m talking about movie villains.  You know the ones that you see in animated flicks like Despicable Me

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Accepting Personal Responsibility For Our Fulfillment In Life

rainbow scene Accepting Personal Responsibility For Our Fulfillment In Life Is your life everything you want it to be?  Many of us are not experiencing the fulfillment in life that we desire. 

Who’s to blame for this?  The reality is we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Continuing to point the finger at your parents, spouse, boss, the government, this economy, your kids or anything outside yourself is a cop out.  It is choosing to remain right where you …

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You Can Literally Think Your Way To Success And A Good Life

thinking thumb You Can Literally Think Your Way To Success And A Good Life I don’t like to make outlandish claims, but there is so much powerful truth in James Allen’s book, As a Man Thinketh, that it really can radically change your life.  Allen offers deep and practical advice that has stood the test of time.  As a Man Thinketh was originally published in 1902, but the principals are just as true today as they were then.  I love this little book …

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Are You Really Free Or Are You A Slave?

Living life to the fullest is an incredible balancing act.  It is like walking a high-wire at the circus.  It takes a lot of practice to get things just right.  If you lean too much one way or another then you’ll lose your balance.  The trick is to find that equilibrium between the hard work that produces achievement and slowing down enough to appreciate the present.  When we locate this …

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Reality Check: Are You Doing What It Takes To Get Ahead in Life?

You must make the right choices and take appropriate action to get ahead in life.  All too often, we don’t do what we should and then we wonder why success is not coming our way.  Regardless, of how you define success, you have to behave in the proper manner to achieve it.  Are you experiencing the level of success you desire?  You cannot keep doing the same things in life

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Gaining Perspective Helps to Achieve Excellence in Life

We all need the proper perspective to achieve excellence in our lives.  We need to look at the big picture.  This is often difficult because we seldom take the time to step back from our daily activities to reflect and observe our life as a whole.  Our days are filled with busyness.   We get in a position where we can’t see the forest for the trees.  Our lives become cluttered …

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