In July of this year, there was an Inc. magazine article called ‘Bill Gates Says the Path to Lifelong Success and Happiness Comes Down to 4 Simple Choices’. I want to write about this because it ties in so well …
Shortly after the Summer Olympics finished this year, I had the opportunity to interview a Canadian Olympian who finished in last place in the Women’s Marathon. Yes, she finished 73rd which was last place, considering that 15 other runners …
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Can we learn from history if success is achievable on your own? Many people don’t realize that the discovery of DNA, relied heavily on the work of other scientists. Many people believe that American biologist James Watson and English physicist …
Isn’t failure the best opportunity to get a valuable lesson from? As Bill Gates has said; “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” What is the biggest failure you’ve ever had? …
Or do you believe that luck is the key to your success? I would say that you need to be a skillful and a reliable worker to be lucky. That is because luck shows up when you apply yourself. What …
By that I mean do you live for the belongings you have in your life? In our consumer-driven society we can be side-tracked by all of the things we buy. Yes, it is a hard statement for some people to …
Yes, is Facebook worth your time? In a Danish study I read that it stated that those who took a week-long Facebook break felt better than those who didn’t. The people who took the break had more focus and were …
Is success even possible? Back some time ago my friend Linda Ferguson of NLP Canada recently posed this question ‘Is there a comfortable, proven way to build success?’ The area of her posting that truly got my attention was this …
Is that even possible? I believe that inside each and every one of us is this craving to become more than we are today. Sadly many of us have got tired from trying or have given up altogether. What could …
Is success important to you? How do you judge your own success? I ask that because of what Winston Churchill once said; “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Yes, …