Where Lasting Change Begins

Believe me when I say this: if you want your life to take a different turn 6 months or 1 year from now, there is one sure place to start - your mind. Your problem is not the government, or the economy, or the job market or anything outside force. Your biggest foe is you. …

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Focus on What Matters

Most people spend major time on minor things, and spend minor time on major things. They do this repeatedly and over time wonder why their lives are the way it is. Learning to focus on what really matters is essential to a life of peace and fulfilment. I must confess it took me a while …

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Book Review: Building a Side Business Without Quitting Your Day Job

Around this time last year, I was a guest speaker at an annual alumni convention where I spoke on the impact of technology on the future of work. I recall towards the end of my lecture, making a rallying cry and encouraging the participants to invest in their personal development, acquire digital skills and strive …

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Discipline: A Valuable Key to Success

Nancy (not her real name) looked at her final semester results in her 2nd year and realized that her CGPA was a meagre 1.99 out of a total of 5.0. All she could think of was her poor parents back at home, how they had struggled to raise money to send her to the university …

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Start renovating your life today with these 5 tools 🔨🔧

This week, take a hard look at where you stand in life and renovate where necessary. Get intentional about the things you want to change and take the first step today! 1. Stay strong. Exercise is crucial for a healthy heart. This week, aim to walk 10,000 steps per day, and try to hit the …

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10 Things Successful People Never Do Again

“Never go back.” What does that mean? From observations of successful people, clinical psychologist and author of Never Go Back: 10 Things You’ll Never Do Again (Howard Books, June 2014), Dr. Henry Cloud has discovered certain “awakenings” that people have—in life and in business—that once they have them, they never go back to the old way of doing things. …

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7 Brave Steps to Become Fearless

Growing up on a farm in rural Australia, I spent countless hours riding the wild brumbies (horses) that came from the rugged Snowy Mountains. Or should I say, learning how not to fall off. Along the way, I not only became the local barrel race queen, but I learned a powerful lesson for life: Growth …

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Reduce Job Search Anxiety in 6 Steps

By its very nature, job searching can be stressful. It’s natural to have some job search anxiety. You need a job, but don’t have one. You apply for jobs, but sometimes don’t hear back from employers. The situation can leave you feeling icky and unsettled. So it’s natural that when you’re under this type of duress …

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Rohn: 13 Ways to Improve Your Life

How dramatically we can change our results is largely a function of imagination. In 1960, it was a technological impossibility for man to travel into outer space. However, within 10 years, the first man stepped out onto the surface of the moon. The miraculous process of converting that dream into reality began when one voice challenged the …

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8 Morning Secrets of Highly Successful People

Success is subjective. Some believe success is raising a family while others attain it by earning a specific amount of money. Regardless of how you describe success, those who achieve it have collective traits in common, especially during the first part of the day. Here are the morning secrets successful people swear, live and conquer by.  …

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