THE GOLDEN HOUR - By Brian Tracy

You become what you think about most of the time. And the most important part of each day is what you think about at the beginning of that day.

Start Your Day Right Take 30 minutes each morning to sit quietly and to reflect on your goals. You'll find when you read the biographies and autobiographies of successful men and women that almost everyone of them began their upward trajectory to success when they begin getting up early in the morning and spending time with themselves.

Feed Your Mind With Positive Ideas This Is Called The Golden Hour. The first hour sets the tone for the day. The things that you do in the first hour prepare your mind and set you up for the entire day. During the first thirty to sixty minutes, take time to think and review your plans for the future.

Use Your Quiet Time Effectively Here are four things that you can do during that quiet time in the morning.

Number one is to review your plans for accomplishing your goals and change your plans if necessary.

Number two is think of better ways to accomplish your goals. As an exercise, assume that the way you're going about it is totally wrong and imagine going about it totally differently. What would you do different from what you're doing right now?

Number three, reflect on the valuable lessons that you have learned and are learning as you move toward your goals.

Practice Daily Visualization

Number four, calmly visualize your goal as a reality. Close your eyes, relax, smile, and see your goal as though it were already a reality. Rewrite your major goals everyday in the present tense. Rewrite them as though they already existed. Write "I earn X dollars." "I have a net worth of X." "I weigh a certain number of pounds." This exercise of writing and rewriting your goals everyday is one of the most powerful you will ever learn.

Fasten Your Seatbelt

Your life will start to take off at such a speed that you'll have to put on your seatbelt. Remember, the starting point for achieving financial success is the development of an attitude of unshakable confidence in yourself and in your ability to reach your goals. Everything we've talked about is a way of building up and developing your belief system until you finally reach the point where you are absolutely convinced that nothing can stop you from achieving what you set out to achieve.

Make Something Happen and Take Action Today!

BECOME A POSSIBILITARIAN

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there." ~ Norman Vincent Peale

If you could bottle the positivity of Dr. Peale or Robert Schuller, the Number 1 Possibilitarian in the world, you would see life in an entirely different light. Possibility thinking is better than impossibility thinking for one simple reason: When you think something is impossible, you tend to STOP.

Thus, a lack of ACTION becomes the self-fulfilling prophecy of FAILURE. This is not PHILOSOPHY. It's PHYSICS: A body at rest tends to remain at rest. But when you believe something is POSSIBLE, you will pursue it with PASSION and zeal... taking ACTION in spite of fear, uncertainty and doubt. Which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of SUCCESS!

Because a body in motion tends to remain in motion. It is your ATTITUDE that keeps your BODY in MOTION! No question, consistently maintaining a positive, potential-driven attitude (while difficult for many) is a major element of long-term success.

Without it, you are defeated before you even get started. With it, you will persist with passion and enthusiasm until you succeed or find a better way. Fail to take actions when required, your attitude sinks—causing a flood of negatives to drive your performance... moving you AWAY from success.

The message is simple. In the ebb and flow of life, the positives and negatives driving your attitude determine if you will find success or experience failed expectations over time.

Is your ATTITUDE sabotaging your Success?

Do you have the self-confidence and inner-drive to put your performance into over-drive?
A positive, powerful and uplifting attitude not only makes it easier to achieve your goals—it makes it fun!

Please take some time today to think about your Number One PERSONAL Goal. This is a goal just for YOU... only YOU!

While SMART, this goal will not come EASY. Look at this goal in light of the next 2 years attempting to GRIND you down. What are you going to do to maintain POSITIVITY and FORWARD motion?

My Number One Personal Goal...
Specific:
Measurable:
Achievable
Realistic:
Tangible:

The Bottom Line...
Without a POSITIVE and PROACTIVE ATTITUDE, you are just spinning your wheels, confusing effort with results.

Tune IN to your ATTITUDE. Turn it ON. Turn it UP!
As you go through the rest of the month, take a hard look around your life. Don't filter your observations through the "good enough" lens. Expect more! Imagine what your life will be like when you are actually living what's most important to you.

COMMIT TO PASSIONATELY LIVING WHAT YOU VALUE.

Look at your Number 1 Personal Goal through the lens of positivity and possibility thinking. Assume anything is possible. Because, given enough Time and Energy, it is. -- E.R. Haas, CEO

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QUOTE - George Bernard Shaw

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. -- George Bernard Shaw, Playwright

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin, the son of a civil servant. His education was irregular, due to his dislike of any organized training. After working in an estate agent's office for a while he moved to London as a young man (1876), where he established himself as a leading music and theatre critic in the eighties and nineties and became a prominent member of the Fabian Society, for which he composed many pamphlets. He began his literary career as a novelist; as a fervent advocate of the new theatre of Ibsen (The Quintessence of Ibsenism, 1891) he decided to write plays in order to illustrate his criticism of the English stage. His earliest dramas were called appropriately Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898). Among these, Widower's Houses and Mrs. Warren's Profession savagely attack social hypocrisy, while in plays such as Arms and the Man and The Man of Destiny the criticism is less fierce. Shaw's radical rationalism, his utter disregard of conventions, his keen dialectic interest and verbal wit often turn the stage into a forum of ideas, and nowhere more openly than in the famous discourses on the Life Force, «Don Juan in Hell», the third act of the dramatization of woman's love chase of man, Man and Superman (1903).

THE POWER OF THE GOAL.

AIM HIGH AND REACH FOR THE STARS.

"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things -- to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals." ~ Sir Edmund Hillary First to climb Mt. Everest

The Power of The Goal.
Part One by E. R. Haas, CEO ThinkTQ, Inc.

Are you unwittingly screwing up your own success? If you're like the average bear, there's no question. Just look at the stats below.

Less than 24% have the power to turn their dreams into tangible milestones and objectives. This means that 76% of the population permit their dreams and goals to die a slow, agonizing death from a lack of attention. What a total waste of time and life.

Over the years, The Power of The Goal has been one of the biggest contributing factors driving my career and personal success. Once you too understand The Power of The Goal, it will change your life.
The importance of turning your hopes, dreams and wishes into a series of crystal-clear, do-or-die goals cannot be overstated.

It affects every decision you make and action you take -- and ultimately -- how many opportunities come your way instead of going to the "other" guy.

This Skill Alone... Differentiates the winners from the whiners. Ever heard anyone complaining about achieving their goals? No, I haven't either!

If you struggle with career or money issues -- you need look no further. If you score less than 6-7 in this area of your performance, the next few years are going to be rather unpleasant. Perfect this skill now.

Drives your company's competitive advantage... especially if your organization has a number of "stretch goals" it must achieve to insure economic viability and/or survivability.

In today's global economy, a company is measured by how well it achieves its stated objectives. If people within are "goal-centric" -- and are able to communicate what needs to be done to achieve the goal -- there is tremendous forward movement. If not, there's lots of running in place, burning up valuable time, money and resources.

Adds a good 40% -- or more -- to your paycheck. People who understand how to consistently meet or exceed growing expectations are the "keepers" in this survival of the fastest global economy. They earn more because they are worth more. There is a direct correllation between earning power and the power to set realistic goals.

The message?

Improve your ability to set goals -- or learn to settle for what life hands you.

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QUOTES - Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) Champion of Positive Thinking

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself - so always think positively.

The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

QUOTES by Helen Keller

Helen Keller, age 8, with her tutor Anne Sullivan while vacationing on Cape Cod, July 1888 (photo discovered in 2008)

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of Anne Sullivan who was her teacher and companion until Sullivan's death in 1936. As a pupil Helen Keller made rapid progress and was graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with honors. She lectured all over America and in Europe and Asia, raising funds for the training of the blind and promoting other social causes. Her books include The Story of My Life (1903), The World I Live In (1908), Helen Keller's Journal, 1936–1937 (1938), Let Us Have Faith (1940), and The Open Door (1957).

REFRESH YOUR ATTITUDE

Monotonous routines can drain the vitality out of your work. You can refresh your attitude by simply changing some of your routines.

Here are ways you can change your routine:

Dare To Dream. While you wait for a meeting or a flight, write down where you envision yourself being in five years from now and which goals you will have achieved. Determine what you can do now to meet those goals.

Make Small Changes. Eat at a different restaurant, or take a different route to the office. Look for other ways to vary the little things in your routine.

Read Something New. See the world from a different view point. If you read business publications all the time, pick up a travel, science or sports magazine.

Explore New Interest. Start a new hobby that you’ve always wanted to try. Visit a library, or go to a museum.

Recharge Your Relationships. Go to lunch with a friend you haven’t seen in a while. Call old business contacts, and find out what’s going on in their realms of business.

Pursue New Experiences. Take a class at a local college. Volunteer your time in some type of social work.

Do Something Active. Leave the office during your lunch hour or morning break, and walk, jog, or play a favorite sport. Begin an exercise program with a friend or coworker, and hold each other accountable. Sign up to run in a city marathon, and begin training for it, for example.

Revamp Your Work Area. Paint your walls a different color, or hang new pictures on them. Rearrange your office furniture. Improve the air you breathe by adding plants to your office.

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GLASS HALF FULL

Research shows that optimists enjoy more health, prosperity and happiness than pessimists.
So make the most of Optimism Month in March.

What's All This Talk About Principle-Centered Being?

Happiness and success are mutually inclusive when your success rests on universal, ethical principles. Always make sure your goals are set for the right reasons. Nothing succeeds like principle-centered success.

Today's TQ Challenge: Keep Goals Aligned with Core Personal Values.

Be DETERMINED! There are no shortcuts to success. When you're not driven by universal values, what is driving you?

Be PURPOSEFUL! Are the goals you're working on also beneficial to others in your life?

Be PASSIONATE! Of what will you be most proud, after today's efforts are complete? Your most powerful and inspiring goals are those that are directly aligned with what you value most. Goals that are aligned with your life's mission are those that bring an ideal personal vision closer to reality. Mission based goals will deliver the greatest sense of pride and satisfaction once accomplished. You can only do so much in the time you have. Therefore, as you establish your goals, put them to the test: How connected are they to what you value most? If they're not -- change them or choose more "value-able" goals.

"Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality."
~ Ralph Marston

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Motivational and Inspirational Quotes by "Paul J. Meyer"

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths instead of your weaknesses, on your powers instead of your problems.

Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.
Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.

Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!

Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.

QUOTES By Abraham Lincoln

WITHOUT DIVINE ASSISTANCES I CANNOT SUCCEED; WITH IT I CANNOT FAIL.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States (1861–1865). Born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in backwoods Hardin co., Ky. (now Larue co.), he grew up on newly broken pioneer farms of the frontier.