We are now in the beginning of 2008, and it is a great time to get this year right from the beginning. For that, there are three simple steps you should do: 1. Set a goal of the year 2.…
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. William Saroyan Failure is certain on the way to success. There is no way we can succeed without experiencing failure here and there. But failure could have either one…
Personal branding is essential if you want to succeed in life. Why? Because you need to win people’s attention to succeed and personal branding is the way to get it. Authors need to win the attention of potential readers to…
We have only limited resources, be it our time, money, or attention. So to get the most out of them, it’s important to invest your resources in only the most profitable places. The 80/20 principle can be very useful here.…
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby We often spend so much time to think about how to succeed that we forget to think about how to fail.…
Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. Bil Keane Is there any better time to start living your life to the max than today? I don’t think so. Today is…
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get…
Use your attention wisely. It will make or break your life. Attention management is one of the most important skills you should master in your life. Manage your attention well and it will give you tremendous success. Manage it badly…
I’m now reading an interesting book entitled Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern. There are a lot of useful tips there about how to declutter our life and better organize it. I especially like the fact that it…
Often it is not the things that we don’t do that hinder our productivity, but rather the things that we do. There are productivity pitfalls in which we might be trapped without realizing it. Recognize and avoid them before they…