On this page the following entries were made in the “June, 2008” time-frame.
Archive for “June, 2008”
Let success come to you?
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll be happy when I get a promotion, earn more money, lose weight, have children, find a partner, move house?”
………the list goes on.
Do you tend to start your sentences with “When…..”? or “If…..”? People who find themselves doing this are striving to project their happiness into the future, the side effect […]
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Can we have it all?
The founder of the Mind Gym www.themindgym.com , Octavius Black claims that striving for success is a recipe for disaster. He argues, that as humans it is impossible for us to have it all, and instead in life we need to decide what our priorities are and what trade offs we are willing to make.
An […]
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Do we need to redefine success?
Success means a variety of things to different people. Dr Ilona Boniwell a psychologist at the University of East London states there are three key components to achieving success and happiness; pleasure, engagement and meaning. If people score low in one or more of these three areas they feel they are leading unsuccessful lives. He […]
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10 Ways to Attract Success
Listen to your inner voice, your gut feeling/instincts. Is there a niggling voice inside your head that keeps trying to tell you something? Or, perhaps it’s just an unsettling feeling that you can’t shake, that keeps popping up. Even though you do your best to ignore it, it keeps rearing it’s head.
That voice or feeling is trying to […]
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Who’s Success?
Many of us live our life’s that are shaped by other people. We measure success by comparing ourselves to other people. It is difficult to be true to oneself when we are surrounded by friends, family, teachers, employers who all have an opinion and belief as to the best way we should live our lifes. There is nothing […]
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Personal Ambitions Exercise/ Task
Sometimes we come up with different answers if we frame the question differently. You will need some paper and a pen. I want you to answer the following questions………..
My ambitions for my professional life and career are:
My ambitions for my personal life are:
Ask yourself, what values and beliefs are associated with my responses?
Jot down your ideas […]
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Poem - Success
Though everything is dark and drear,
I shall succeed.
Though failure’s voice speaks in my ear,
I shall succeed.
I do not fear misfortune’s blow,
I tower with strength above each for,
I stand erect because I know,
I shall succeed.
Night swoops down with darkest wings,
But I shall succeed.
I see the stars that darkness brings,
But I shall succeed.
No […]
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Activity - A successful, authentic you
Take a moment to think about this quote……”There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
I think this is a great quote. It hits the nail on the head in my opinion. To live your life in your own way, being true to yourself and who you […]
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Women Defining success
Some of the definitions of success that we use were probably adopted originally to please other people - or are those we have inherited from other people, our friends, family and the media. This is not necessarily a bad thing: it is only natural that this should occur and these influences are clearly influences that […]
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What is success?
” To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. “ Anatole France
What does success look/feel and sound like to you?” Take a moment to ask yourself this question, don’t think too deeply, just write the first thoughts down that enter your head.
I think you can learn a great deal from this one […]
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