Those Silly Songs On The Radio

I’m sure it has happened to you many times. You hear a song on the radio,and you say to yourself, “What a ridiculous song.” Later that day, you hear the same song again.The following day, you hear that song a few more times.As the song climbs the charts, you can’t get away from it. You hear it several times each day for a week.

Then something incredible happens. You’re sitting at home and all of a sudden,you start to hum or sing that silly song! If, at that very moment, I were to ask you what you think of the song, you’d tell me, “It’s horrible.” Then why on earth are you singing it? The reality is, whatever you hear over and over will be at the forefront of your consciousness.As you also know, once that song becomes less popular...and isn’t played as frequently on the radio... you’ll tend to think about it (and sing it to yourself!) much less often. There’s an important lesson here.The mind tends to dwell upon whatever is repeated over and over. Unfortunately,the mind doesn’t discriminate between messages that are good for us and those that are harmful.

If we hear something often enough, we will tend to believe it... and act upon it.Just as a song repeated many times will get us thinking about that song, so too will repeated thoughts about success get us thinking about success!So if we’ll make sure to fill our mind with positive messages, we’re going to be more positive and move forward boldly to achieve our goals.

The more positive reinforce-ment the better.And where can we get this positive  reinforcement? Well,one way is to read motivational books. in addition, we can listen to motivational audio programs and spend lots of time with positive people.

Decide What You Stand For by Brain Tracy

Decide What You Stand For

What are your values? What do you stand for? What are the organizing principles of your life? What are your core beliefs? What virtues do you aspire to, and hold in high regard when you see them demonstrated by others? What will you not stand for? What would you sacrifice for, suffer for, and even die for? These are extremely important questions that are only asked by about three percent of the population, and that small minority tends to be the movers and shakers in every society. What are your values? What do you stand for? What are the organizing principles of your life? What are your core beliefs? What virtues do you aspire to, and hold in high regard when you see them demonstrated by others? What will you not stand for? What would you sacrifice for, suffer for, and even die for? These are extremely important questions that are only asked by about three percent of the population, and that small minority tends to be the movers and shakers in every society.

Write Out Your Key Values
When I first began this values clarification exercise some years ago, I wrote out a list of 163 qualities that I aspired to. I think I eventually came up with every virtue, value or positive descriptive adjective that referred to personality and character in the dictionary. And I agreed with all of them. I felt that they were all important and I wanted to incorporate every single one of them into my character.

Focus on Very Few Core Beliefs.
But then reality sets in. I realized that it is very hard to learn even one new quality, or to change even one thing about myself, let alone dozens of things. So I scaled down my ambitions and began narrowing the values down to a small number that I could manage and work with. Once I had settled on about five core beliefs, I was then able to get to work on myself and start making some progress in character development.

Select Your Five Key Values
You should do the same. You should write down the five values that you feel are the most important for you to live by. Once you have those five values, you then organize them in order of priority. Which is the most important value in your hierarchy of values? Which would be second? Which would be third, and so on?

Learn To Make Better Decisions
Every choice or decision you make is based on your values. Whenever you decide between alternatives, you invariably choose the alternative that you value the most. Because you can only do one thing at a time, everything you do is a demonstration of what you consider to be the most important at that moment. Therefore, organizing your values in an order of priority is the starting point of personal strategic planning. It is only when you are clear about what you value, and in what order, that you are capable of planning and organizing the other activities of your life.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do immediately to put these ideas into action:

First, clarify your core beliefs and your unifying principles. Write them down and compare your life today with the values that are really important to you. How are you doing?

Second, organize your values in order of their importance to you. Which of your values is most important? Which is second? And so on. Do your current choices reflect this order of values?

The Ebook:Attitude is Everything by Jeff Keller

This is a “success manual” that gives readers a step by step plan for taking control of their lives and unleashing their incredible potential.

This book is conveniently divided into three Parts, and each Part contains a series of lessons. So, if you ever need reinforcement in a particular area, it will be easy for you to turn to that lesson and re-read it.

In Part 1, Success Begins in the Mind, we’ll be focusing on the power of attitude and belief to shape your destiny.You’ll learn how your success initially depends on the way that you THINK.

In Part 2, Watch Your Words, we’ll concentrate on the way that you SPEAK… how your attitude is reflected in your words… and how positive language can help to propel you toward your goals.

In Part 3, Heaven Helps Those Who Act, we’ll cover the final leg of our journey. Even if you think positively… and speak positively… you won’t achieve your dreams until you ACT. You can’t sit back and just expect success to pay you a visit. In this section, you’ll learn the action steps that will turn your dreams into reality.

When you THINK, SPEAK and ACT in ways that support your success, you’re firing on all cylinders… and on the way to achieving phenomenal results in your life.

The book consists of 12 Lessons:

Your Attitude is Your Window to the World

You’re A Human Magnet; Picture Your Way to Success

Make a Commitment and You’ll Move Mountains

Turn Your Problems into Opportunities

Your Words Blaze A Trail; How Are You?

Stop Complaining

Associate with Positive People; Confront Your Fears and Grow

Get Out There and Fail

Networking That Gets Results.

The book shows how author Jeff Keller used these principles to make a career transition from lawyer to motivational speaker — and shows readers how they, too, can make positive changes in every area of their lives.

Download link:

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One Hour Makes All the Difference by BrainTracy

You've gone as far as you can with what you now know. Any progress you make from this moment onward will require that you learn and practice something new.

Commit to Lifelong Learning
One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development. They look upon themselves as self-made people, as "works in progress." They never become complacent or satisfied. They are always striving toward ever greater heights of knowledge and understanding.

Get to the Top in Five Years
Earl Nightingale said many years ago that one hour per day of study in your chosen field was all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.

Read Everything You Can
Read all you can about your field. Subscribe to the executive book clubs and book summaries. Build your own library of important books in your field. Never be cheap about your education.In fact, if you make a decision today to invest 3% of your annual income back into yourself, back into your own personal and professional development, you will probably never have to worry about money again.

Go Through 50 Books Per Year
If you read one hour per day in your field, that will translate into about one book per week. One book per week translates into about 50 books per year. 50 books per year will translate into about 500 books over the next ten years.

Join the Top 1% of Money Earners
If you read only one book per month, that will put you into the top 1% of income earners in our society. But if you read one book per week, 50 books per year, that will make you one of the best educated, smartest, most capable and highest paid people in your field. Regular reading will transform your life completely.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do immediately to put these ideas into practice.

First, ask the successful people around you for their best book recommendations. Whatever advice they give you, immediately go out and buy those books, take them home and begin reading for one hour every morning before you start work.

Second, when you read, underline and take notes when you find important ideas that you can use. Implement them immediately. Take action of some kind on good ideas. You will be amazed at the change in your career