The Art of Exceptional Living

This article was taken from the book of   Chris Widener "Instead of spending your time thinking about how bad things are, think about how good they will be!" Everyone knows that a positive attitude is key to a successful life. But what happens when things go wrong? What happens when circumstances deal us a blow? We have a tendency to let our attitudes take the dive along with our state of affairs. Life deals us setbacks, both minor and major, but if we are going to be successful, we need to know how to deal with them and keep our attitudes intact! We need practical tools to help us understand how we can go about keeping our attitude up when the circumstances are down. Here are some thoughts to help us do so: Take some time out. I'm sure you are aware of what happens. You are going about your day and everything seems to be going well, when out of nowhere disaster strikes. All of your best-laid plans begin to tumble. Sometimes circumstances surprise us an

Fascination is one step  beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people  want to learn how it works. Learn how to turn  frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than  you will by being frustrated by it. I'm on my way to the  airport to catch a plane that leaves in 45 minutes. The traffic is not moving  one inch. I am now fascinated—not frustrated, but fascinated. But I must admit:  it doesn't work every time. Develop a childlike  fascination with life and people. "Daily Wisdom" is a weekly sampling of original quotes on a specific topic taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn..

Lifestyle Let others lead small  lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others  cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone  else's hands, but not you. Lifestyle is the art of  discovering ways to live uniquely. Some people have learned  to earn well, but they haven't learned to live well. Earn as much money as you  possibly can and as quickly as you can. The sooner you get money out of the way,  the sooner you will be able to get to the rest of your problems in style.  "Vitamins for the Mind" is a weekly sampling of original quotes on a specific topic taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn. The burgundy hardbound book with gold-foil lettering is a collection of more than 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim's personal journals, seminars and books and spanning more than 40 years.

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Each of us has two  distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice  we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To  have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves  less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices  that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of  wondrous anticipation. And the second choice? To  do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we  possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as  we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly  can. All of us have the choice. To do or not to do. To be  or not to be. To be all or to be less or to be nothing at all. Like the tree, it would be  a worthy challenge for us all to stretch upward and outward to the full measure  of our capabilities. Why not do all that we can, ever

What is your most valuable asset? According to Dr. Theodore Leavitt, Dean of the Harvard Business School, the most valuable asset that a company has is its reputation. Dr. Leavitt defines reputation as “How you are known to your customers”. In marketing and business, we refer to this as your “positioning” or “brand.” Your reputation is determined by the way that your customers and prospective customers talk about your company in the marketplace. When we work with business owners and executives, we ask the question, “How would it be helpful or useful for people to talk about your company?” In other words, if you could be a fly on the wall and listen to one of your customers talk to one of your prospective customers about your company, what would you want them to say? Would you want people to talk about your company by saying that you have high quality products and services, excellent customer service, before and after the sale, that you are a high integrity company and that y

Everyone has individual goals but only about 3% have a well-balanced goals program.  An individual goal could be something as simple as getting to work on time or losing ten pounds.  It could be a negative goal like getting the next fix or the next drink.  A goals program is an entirely different matter.  There are four basic reasons people do not have a goals program.  Number one is an unrealistic or imagined fear which causes one to believe that his/her efforts will produce failure, so it is “safer” not to try. Consider this: You could generate genuine fear in a bank teller by covering your face with a handkerchief, putting your hand in your coat pocket, pointing your finger toward the teller and saying, “This is a hold-up.”  The fear would be based on the teller’s imagination but the fear would be real.  It is this fear, based on false assumptions, which prevents most people from setting realistic but worthwhile goals.  Combine that with the fact that many people do not unders