Tag: confidence
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Born On a Blue Day
Daniel Tammet is an Autistic Savant, an extraordinary person with an amazing mind. You may have seen this kind of person portrayed by the actor Dustin Hoffman in the 1988 film Rain Man. Some people are synesthetes – one of their five senses is somehow linked to another sense in a way ordinary people don’t…
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Get stoned on healthy chemicals
You have probably heard that when you exercise your body secretes endorphins into your bloodstream. These chemicals give you the “runner’s high.” They make you feel peaceful and happy. Zig Ziglar writes that when you read motivational, inspirational material, glands in your body secret healthy chemicals that make you high. These chemicals help you become motivated, wide…
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May the Force be with you….
Why was Star Wars so wildly successful? Why did so many people love the movies and some watch them so many times that they memorized the lines? I think one of the reasons is that people were fascinated with the Force, the mysterious power that a person could tap into, enabling the person to do…
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Thomas Edison: the biggest loser
“A failure establishes only this: that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.” – Bovee “Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.” – Donald Trump “More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.” – Bill Sunday Thomas Edison probably failed more times than any other scientist/inventor of the last…
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Goals are a key to success
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. ~Les Brown Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ~Doug Larson I once read…
Ideas for success 