Category Archives: Attitude

8 Things Exceptional Thinkers Do Every Day

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Everything that we are and everything that we are not is an end result from our current level of thinking. Every great achievement in history came from exceptional thinking. Every man or woman to ever rise to the top of their profession had exceptional thinking that played a major role in getting them to where…

Effort Is an Overlooked But Major Key to Success

If you had to rate your effort on a scale from one to 10 and how much you give of it every single day, what would your score be? If you aren’t where you want to be or seeing the results that you want to see, then chances are a lack of effort over long periods of…

Wake Up and Get Off the ‘Someday Island’

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There are plenty of differences between high achievers and everyone else, but I think there is one that really solidifies the gap between the two. That one difference is that high achievers don’t live on the “Someday Island.” They are living on the “Now Island” and are fully creating their own circumstances in life rather than…

3 Ways to Turn Negative Experiences Around

Do you feel that you struggle with the negative experiences that have occurred up to this point in your life? Maybe you got fired from your job, failed at achieving an important goal or even could be battling something in your personal life that has been difficult for you to come to grips with. Whatever that…

When Faced With Adversity, Focus on Solutions

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All too often, the first thing we do when adversity appears is focus on the negatives and all of the problems in our lives. Failure and adversity are only present in our lives to help us, not hurt us. It’s extremely important to never lose sight of this truth. To turn failure into a gift…

Don’t Wish to Be Successful. Expect to Be.

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We all hope to be successful, but most people don’t expect themselves to reach a level of extraordinary achievement. Rather, they hope and wish for that to be the case someday. Hoping and wishing will never be enough to get you to where you want to go. Going into business for yourself and hoping and…

When Failure Strikes Focus on These 3 Areas

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Being positive, especially in the face of a crisis, is no easy task. The moment something goes wrong, negativity of all sorts begins to take over our thoughts, which eventually goes on to affect many other areas of our lives if we aren’t intentional about increasing positive energy. This is something that I have struggled…

Mental Attitude Makes All the Difference

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There are many factors that determine success throughout life, however, I strongly believe that having the right mental attitude towards life, yourself and others is one of the greatest factors of all. “Obviously, there is something more than facilities and competence that makes for accomplishment,” says Erwin Schell, one of America’s most respected authorities on…

Talk To Yourself Like a Champion

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To rise above negativity, it is necessary to learn and practice talking to yourself like a champion. We all fall victim to negative self-talk from time to time, saying things about ourselves such as, “I never do anything right.  I look terrible.  I’m not smart enough.  I don’t have the right resources.” As Proverbs 23:7…