There are many things in life that are hindering us form a direct route to success and one of the is the lack of control some of us have in relation to our mind and our bodies. This can be seen in the disturbing number of people who have been addicted to dangerous things in the past few decades and we are not talking about known hallucinogens and drugs.

We are talking about things like smoking, over eating and over indulgence in a particular substance. The thing is, the natural and raw form of the ingredient does not have the power to actually induce such a state of dependence where we would then call it addiction.

Addiction comes from the very fact that the mind tells the body that it needs this very substance to continue with its daily operations, which means it has integrated the action of lets say smoking into the daily needs and necessities of the body. This trend is disturbing, because it seems that the mind is operating quite independent of the body, and has the ability to tell us what to do.

We should be in total control and we should be able to throw away any addictions and lead ourselves to a successful life whenever we want to. Now let us take smoking as an example to this. We do not need to smoke.

It does not serve any biological or physiological purpose within our bodies, but still we have a craving of sorts whenever we do not smoke. It becomes so bad that when smokers do try to quit, they have bad withdrawal symptoms which often leads them to smoke again and fail in their original resolution to quit the bad habit in the first place.

The addiction is deeply rooted in the brain and this can be seen in other mental frailties what we have. One other example is of course the fact that some of us get really scared and nervous just before a presentation or a speech, no matter how many times we do it and how many times we are exposed to situations that are similar to this.

This is because the fear is in the mind and the fear is so potent that it is able to invoke physical problems like an upset stomach or even cold sweat in someone who is about to embark on a speech. How can we achieve total life success when our health is at risk or when we are unable to control ourselves at all.

Would we be in the same place if we had more courage and had the ability to seize opportunities without fear? Well the ability to take away the fear and any other addictions that might present themselves as obstacles to our own success is here.

Proven mind control techniques like brainwave entrainment are available online for average consumers to tap into the power of the mind to remove the very addictions that are housed in them. So master mind control techniques, and achieve life success today with brainwave entrainment.

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The brain is capable of many forms of success, in super states where we are performing far beyond our normal capacities. Think, learn and act, these are the intangible talents that can receive a boost. Heal, grow, meditate and relax, these are some of the physical attributes that can be magnified with brain wave entrainment. The explanation is quite simple; the brain has billions of neurons existing within its intricate framework, acting as messengers to and from the various important parts of the brain. The messages are quite important, and they continue the body’s normal functions and routines as the day goes by.

Without these neurons, we would not be able to function normally; and this would mean that our brain would be an inert object, quite uselessly sitting as a dead crown within our anointed temple. When these neurons do communicate with one another, they release a burst of electromagnetic pulses, which travel along the nerve endings and into the information superhighway of the cerebral cortex. Science has discovered that these neurons also fire universal patterns with the brain and cause it to exist in different frequency states. Discovered a few years ago by sensitive electromagnetic equipment, scientists also discovered that these frequencies differed according to what state the body was in; sleep, rest, alert, walking etc. With a bit more research, it was managed to be discovered that there a few distinct frequency ranges, namely the lower Alpha ranges all the way to SMR and Theta ranges.

Each of these ranges represented not only the state that the mind is in, but it also saw the brain existing in several super states. Lower frequency ranges were often associated with states of relaxation, of meditation, super learning, accelerated healing and a release of growth hormones. Higher states were often associated with functions like mental focus, overall concentration, levels of energy, states of elation, high adrenalin levels etc.

As you can see the application levels for this in the personal development industry can be enormous, and it became huge when it was discovered that sculptured sounds introduced to the ears in varying frequency allowed us to evoke the same frequency response in the cortical of the brain. This means that we can call up on any sort of super state that we wanted, whenever we wanted. This is the celebration of the potential of the human raced being realised in the one thing that sets us apart in the animal kingdom – technology.

Inducing the different types of brain waves for success is now all the more possible for consumers around the world, and because of the form of technology it is in – the CD, all one needs to do is to find a quiet corner and put on a pair of earphones. The power to enhance yourself is now in the hands of many, and you can be one yourself. Brainwave entrainment technology, also known as frequency evoking software and music, is available all over the internet, just make sure you get it from a trusted provider.

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How much does fear of failure really restrict you in your personal growth and the process of leadership development? Certainly any aspiring leader understands that an important part of their personal leadership development is learning to effectively deal with failure. Does fear of failure stop you from doing some of the things that you know will make you a greater leader? What if you could finally overcome the fear of failure for good? If you are ready to learn the secret to this, and how it can set your leadership development on the fast track to success, then keep reading.

First of all, the antidote for fear is always greater understanding of what that fear represents. Most of the time, when we look the thing that we fear dead in the face, it becomes less of a threat to us. That said, fear of failure is based on ignorance as to what failure really represents. You see, failure is just as crucial to your personal leadership development as success is. This is because there simply is no chance of success without failure occurring as well. Failure is the price that you pay to eventually achieve success.

All of the people in history who have accomplished great things, as well as those today have one thing in common: they all have a tremendous amount of failures under their belts. They succeeded not because they were better than anyone else at what they did. They succeeded because they made more attempts. When those attempts failed, they used that failure to correct course and they kept going. These failures contributed to their personal leadership development and helped them to learn what worked and what didn’t.

For example: the great baseball player Ty Cobb stole more bases than anyone else during his time. He also got called out for failing to steal bases more than anyone. Which one is he remembered for? What about the ten thousand attempts at creating the light bulb by Thomas Edison? You know, the actor and screenplay writer Sylvester Stallone said: “I have learned that success comes from the ability to effectively manage failure.” How can you learn to effectively manage failure if you keep running from it?

You see, even if you are able to succeed in getting what you are after you will not experience the leadership development which is needed to build the character for you to sustain that success. Things which come easy to people often go just as easy. However, when you are willing to pay the price of success you attach more value to it. You work harder to keep it and you appreciate it more. Not only that, you know what it takes to duplicate the process correctly, over and over and over.

If you want to reap the rewards of true leadership development and enjoy your success, there is nothing to fear from paying the price. That price is failure, action, failure, action and finally success.

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From the first day your child enters this world and hears the sound of your voice, they begin their foundation for understanding the language and becoming a reader.

From that first moment on, each time you speak to your child and respond to the sounds that they make, you are their teacher helping them to improve their understanding of the language that surrounds them in their new world.

Reading is the foundation from which all other education is built upon, and the spoken language is preparation of the surface on which this foundation will be laid.

With language as the surface for the foundation, and infants being such natural sponges soaking in everything around them, every opportunity you have to communicate with your child should be taken advantage of.

Talk, listen, and respond to your child. Sing and read to and with your child and you’ll be mapping a course of success.

A child’s early experience is, of course, language. They take in and very soon begin to imitate that which they see and hear. Soon to follow will be the recognition of the individual characters that make up the language. From there the individual characters morph into words, words then become sentences and onward. And as reading continues to develop, so does the child’s vocabulary as they encounter, recognize, and master even more new words. Then there is writing that soon develops and builds as it all ties back to reading.

With all of this going on, it’s easy to understand that becoming a reader is a step by step process for children. Not all learn at the same pace and some children will need more practice and attention than others.

However, by the age of about 7 most children are on their way. During this time frame, even the children experiencing difficulties can overcome them and become a very successful reader when given the proper attention. Your active participation in this early development of your child’s reading skills is vitally important.

It will be a time not only filled with wonderful moments of bonding and celebrating successes, but it is a foundation you are building that your child will benefit from for their entire lifetime.

Although this timeline is greatly condensed in the form of this article, you should easily see the importance and the direct correlation reading has to the long term success that your child experiences.

When your child is but a baby, read aloud to them regularly throughout each day. Cuddle up with them and read them a story in the afternoon. And by all means don’t forget about the tried and true bedtime story.

Make reading to your child a quiet, comfortable, and loving time for them; one that they look forward to and enjoy. If they are restless, energetic, and in play mode, save the reading time for when they unwind and ready to snuggle up.

Generally speaking, try to spend at least a half hour a day reading with your child. Keeping their natural attention span in mind, early on your reading time will be shorter and more often.

Needless to say, with young children, a set schedule is tough to follow as each day is such a new adventure for kids this age.

Don’t worry if your reading times don’t consistently come together at the same times each day. The key is to look for those quiet opportunities for reading and bonding time. Your child will begin to associate reading with something that is fun and enjoyable and not something that is an interruption to the rest of their day.

Doing this will keep reading fun for both of you, develop good reading habits with your child, and lay the foundation for a lifetime of successes.

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Professional development plan should be part of every person’s business or personal action plan in the quest to reach that next success step. With the current year quickly coming to an end, now is the time for reflection to answer these questions:

• What goals did I achieved?
• What goals do I have yet to realize?
• Where did I expand my energy?
• Where did I waste my energy?
• How much further evolved am I 365 days later?

To answer the last question, I looked back at 2006 and counted the hours that I had personally invested in my own self-development. The answer was over 300 professional development hours or less than one hour per day. This well invested time has helped me to evolve from a good performance improvement consultant, executive and corporate coach to a better one who realizes that I need to continually evolve if I am truly committed to delivering the best solutions to my clients. And what is even more important, my state of evolving has resulted in my own personal growth and awareness.

As I contemplated this last year as well as previous years, I can truly say that my own self-directed professional development has been a continuum of evolving. I have been fortunate to interact with a variety of individuals who have willingly shared their experiences and allowed me to share mine. These interactions range from one on coaching sessions to tele-conferencing mastermind groups to attending formal conferences. And, one of the additional benefits is the development of new strategic alliances from coast to coast.

Currently, I am revisiting my 2007 strategic business plan and personal action plan. Professional development goals in 2007 will include over at least 365 hours or at least one hour per day.

• 100 hours for professional development conferences
• 1.5 hours per week for a mastermind marketing group
• 1 hour per week speaking to a coach or mentor
• 5 hours per week minimum for reading

The outcome from these written goals is:

• I can state with complete confidence that my clients will double and multiply their results.
• My growth will help other individuals beyond my clients.
• I will be a better person.

What continually surprises me is the lack of planned professional and personal development by most individuals who tell me that they want that next level of success. However, these same people tell me that “They don’t have time” or that “Their plates are full.” Yet, research suggests that most people waste at least 1 hour per day.

Just imagine if you could reinvest that one-hour per day toward your own evolving? What new heights of development could you reach? Well, a New Year is just around the corner and you still have time to develop your professional development plan.

P.S., if you don’t have a strategic plan for your business or an action plan for yourself, then you are on somebody else’s usually your competitor’s for that next client or that next position.

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Learning to read doesn’t just happen. It has to be taught through systematic, organized instruction. Reading is a skill which is built upon through stages and is an ongoing process.

If a stage of reading development has not been learned, students will flounder in their reading ability, which also affects their writing skills. It is imperative that teachers make certain students fully understand each stage of the reading/writing process before they move on to the next level.

Jean Chall, world renowned reading expert and psychologist for fifty years, and past professor emeritus at Harvard University cites her five stages of reading development below:

Stage 0:

Pre-reading Stage:

Unsystematic accumulation of understandings about reading between pre-school and kindergarten.

Stage 1:

Initial Reading or Decoding Stage (grades 1-2; Ages 6-7 )

Student’s central task is learning arbitrary letters and associating them with corresponding parts of spoken words. Learner acquires knowledge about reading. Phonics.

Stage 2:

Confirmation, Fluency, Ungluing from Print, Automaticity Stage (grades 2-3; Ages 7-8)

Consolidation of what was learned in Stage 1. Requires reading many easy and familiar books for developmental reading. Gradual increase in functional and recreational reading. Common use of the basal readers. Functional reading important – content area texts – here’s where we fail in our attempts to prepare our students. Range of possible recreational reading increases.

Stage 3:

Reading for Learning the New Stage: A First Step (Grades 4-8; ages 9-13)

Readers need to bring prior knowledge to their reading. Children acquire facts.

Stage 4:

Multiple Viewpoints Stage: (High School; Ages 14-18)

Should include instruction in reading/study skills, and reading strategies for success.

Stage 5:

Construction & Reconstruction Stage: College ; Ages 18 & up)

Adult literacy should stress acquisition of skills useful to the participants and the ability to apply those skills.

These are the stair steps of reading development. They are built upon and climbed, as students grow in their literacy development. Sometimes students get stuck in one of the stages. It’s my job as a literacy specialist to “unstick” them so they can move on to the next phase and beyond, empowering them to become enthuiastic readers and writers.

Copyright © 2006 by Pamela Beers. All rights reserved.

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“The rules won’t let me” Is the thirteenth of my series of the eighteen excuses people most commonly use, consciously or unconsciously that can slow down or eliminate their chance of becoming successful. Mind Set is a very substantial part of success development. Through various strategies like this and Personal Development can be made a lot easier.

There are areas of your life, and I am not referring to laws or legalities but social rules that can intimidate us not to cross lines because they are the rules we grew up with that either our parents or our piers instituted for us. Things that we perceive to be real only are they?

For instance, you can’t move out of state and leave your family or I have to do it that way I always have. Sometimes we need to march to the beat of our own drummer and do it our way. That is our form of originality.

With continued mind set training will aid in your success development. There are is a lot of mind chatter that can be in your mind holding you back from success. So continue to learn and grow.

We know you are all capable of this. You had to step outside of societies box to enter the realm of free enterprise to start with. Don’t let this mind virus limit your originality and perhaps keep you from your true path. Listen to your heart and follow its rules, that is usually our best guide.

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For the longest time, I always thought that success in life meant financial success. I mean, most of us would love to live in a huge home located on a sunny beach and not have to worry about finding enough money to just to pay the bills each month. I soon realized though that fame and fortune does not dissolve away the problems associated with a troubled life. With suicides and drug problems associated with some high-profile people, I had to rethink my former notion of what success exactly is. This fact was further brought to light by a client of mine who was a self-made millionaire at a very young age and had a tremendous amount of success in business, but as I soon found out, his personal life was littered with drugs, adultery, and alcohol.

So I began to think, “Well, maybe money has nothing to do with success.” This idea lead me to an old gentleman named Carlos, who in his 60s, was a happy and friendly person, but also very poor by most standards. Carlos had a large family and was the proud grandfather of six beautiful grandchildren. Carlos unfortunately passed away a year after I had met him and although he lead a happy life, I could not help but feel a sense of loss for his family who now struggled to make ends meet. Although Carlos led a happy life, the absence of money in his life brought a level of stress and pain to his final legacy and for his family. I determined that the feeling of happiness alone, just like money, was not enough to qualify as being successful in life.

So what is success then if it is neither feeling happy, nor wealth alone? I had to discover for myself that success involves not only completing the things that you plan on doing in life, but also planning on completing the things in life that are important to your values as a person. These values are made up of:

• Physical health

• Professional growth and development

• Spiritual growth

• Financial security

• Happiness

• Personal development

• Relationship maintainance

• Love and romance

I have found that success does not require vast wealth, nor does it require you to have a fitness model body. Success in life, means that you have achieved your own optimal balance between all of the above-stated components. In this model of success, one cannot focus on just making money because it would cause the other components to significantly drop. This model of success means that the person does not focus solely on money, but instead shares a more bountiful marriage, or establishes better relationships and leaves this world a happy person.

So as a Personal Development Coach, I recommend that you should assess where you are at currently with respect to the above-stated components of your legacy. It’s natural that some might be higher or lower than others. It becomes your task to identify which ones are significantly higher and lower than others and focus on bringing those values which are low up to a higher level. That is the path towards success in life.

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I see a lot of people online ask this question, “Can anyone make money online”? The answer is yes, but in order to become successful there are a few things that you need in order to see the results that you want. The fact that 97% of all online marketers spend more money then they make is daunting I know, but shift your perspective for a moment. That only leave 3% that you actually have to compete with, 97% are already out of the way. So can anybody make money online? Sure they can and in this article I will explain what is needed to make a significant income from home.

The absolute first thing that has to be mastered before you can make a dime is your mindset. This is something that is rarely talked about but extremely important, and it’s the reason people ask “can anyone make money online”. I want you to understand that there will be times where you will just want to give up, so you have to set your mindset to be prepared for this. If you don’t you will find yourself with that 97% who quit within their first 90 days or spend more money then they make. Reading personal development books and surrounding yourself with like minded people is a great way to shift your mind set.

Finding the right system is the next key here. In order for you to see true success online you have to find the right system that will be able to leverage yourself and knowledge effectively. That’s why the Internet is such an amazing medium. You must have a system in place that does most of the work for you like, sorting through leads, selling, follow up, training new team members, etc. Having a system like this will immediately eliminate the question ” Can anyone make money online” and you will also be able to achieve results at a much greater level.

Finally the last thing that it takes to make a significant income from home is all out massive action and severe consistency. Without these things you will fail. I know it sounds harsh but it is the truth. You have to jump in with both feet so to speak, never look back and be vicious sort of like a pit bull. Nobody is going to be there telling you what to do so it is up to you to hold yourself accountable and come up with a daily action plan. Marketing is hard work and that’s why the numbers are they way that they are in this industry, and they aren’t budging either. So commit to excellence and run your business like a multi-million dollar industry by taking massive action.

So for the people asking “Can anyone make money online?” I tell you it’s really up to you. Apart from having a great system the only element that really matters is you. Remember that the system is just the vehicle, you are the one driving and it is on you where your final destination is. Apply this in your life today. I sincerely hope that you received value in today’s article and remember, massive action gets massive results!

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