EVERYBODY DIES, BUT NOT EVERYBODY LIVES

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It Only Takes 6 Steps to Change Your Life

Hope is the foundational principle for all change. People change because they have hope, and if people do not have hope, they will not change. You are responsible for the changes that you make in your life. The good news? You can change your life if you really want to. You can improve it, make it better. And it all starts with changing the way you think. So are you ready? I am going to walk you through a six-step plan for achieving positive change.

Here’s how you give yourself a little hope:
 

Step 1: When you change your thinking, you change your beliefs.

Change begins with the mind. Beliefs are nothing more than a byproduct of what you have thought about long enough, something that you have bought into—always remember that. What you believe, what you think, is just a collection of continual thoughts that have formed themselves into a conviction. When you break down the process of thinking into a manageable number of steps, you reduce the perceived risk associated with change.

Step 2: When you change your beliefs, you change your expectations.

Belief is the knowledge that we can do something. It is the inner feeling that what we undertake, we can accomplish. For the most part, all of us have the ability to look at something and know whether we can do it. So in belief there is power… our eyes are opened, our opportunities become plain, our visions become realities. Our beliefs control everything we do. If we believe we can or we believe we cannot, we are correct.

Step 3: When you change your expectations, you change your attitude.

Your expectations are going to determine your attitude. Most people get used to average; they get used to second best. Nelson Boswell said, “The first and most important step toward success is the expectation that we can succeed.”

Step 4: When you change your attitude, you change your behavior.

When our attitude begins to change, when we become involved with something, our behavior begins to change. The reason that we have to make personal changes is that we cannot take our people on a trip that we have not made.

Step 5: When you change your behavior, you change your performance.

Most people would rather live with old problems than new solutions. We would rather be comfortable than correct; we would rather stay in a routine than make changes. Even when we know that the changes are going to be better for us, we often don’t make them because we feel uncomfortable or awkward about making that kind of a change. Until we get courage and get used to living with something that is not comfortable, we cannot get any better.

Step 6: When you change your performance, you change your life.

It is easier to turn failure into success than an excuse into a possibility. A person can fail, turn around and understand their failure to make it a success. But I want to tell you, a person who makes excuses for everything will never truly succeed. Don’t you know some people who just have an excuse for everything? Why they could not, should not, did not, would not, have not, will not. I promise you, when you excuse what you are doing and excuse where you are, and you allow the exceptions, you fail to reach your potential. It is impossible to turn excuses into possibilities.

Source: http://www.success.com/article/john-c-maxwell-it-only-takes-6-steps-to-change-your-life

Give what you want to receive the most. This is one of the most valuable lessons that I can give you. If you want more support, show more support to others. If you want more respect, show more respect to others. If you want more love, just show more love. Then everything will come back to you like a river. THE PROCESS OF GIVING TRIGGERS THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING!

How To Become A Better Morning Person

Who does not know the river: "He stood up with his left foot."? The way you wake up / but will be largely marked the course of the entire day. And therefore, that every day will be the most successful, it is crucial to learn how to stand up "to the right leg" :)

Happiness starts with a smile

That smile and a positive attitude have a very high influence on the development of your career is not necessary to waste words. Because laughter is contagious, I'm sure that this video will draw a smile on your face and make a brighter today and the start of the weekend J

WE DON'T SEE THE WORLD AS IT IS, BUT JUST THE WAY WE ARE.

If you are full of fear and doubts you are projecting your internal state to the external circumstances.

To really understand what I'm talking about, try to imagine glasses with colorful glass. Everyone of us has such colored glasses and through these glasses we perceive everything. This is nothing other than a filter through which we strain all our knowledge and experiences. These glasses are made of all beliefs, rules and ways of being and living, which was thought to us by our parents, teachers, friends, and from all other influences, which formed us from birth onwards. They sre fused from all the conversations you've ever had with all the people you've ever met and from all previous experiences. Out of all this came a story (which we sold to ourselves) about how the world works.

Remember that we don't see the world as it is, but just the way we are. So, if your glasses with colorful glass are a mess, will also your life be a mess. If in your glasses there's a belief that says: "You can not become rich in a fair way", then your actions will naturally coincide with that belief and you'll never be rich through honest work.

Remember that YOUR THOUGHTS CREATE YOUR REALITY.

Difficult times give you the chance to grow.

The highest mountains form the best climbers. And troubled times create the best leaders.

The most uncomfortable situations are those tests, where the best businessmen come out. Keep in mind that heavy tests never last long, but strong people always do. Difficult conditions are nothing more than a chance to become a hero. Times of trials, both in business and in life are excellent opportunities to transform disaster into success.

3 ways to be happier right now

One of the ways that will help you achieve success in life is your attitude. Be a happy, positive and smiling person. Give people arround you a smile, a positive word or show them that you care for them. Love yourself and all other people. Be extremely compassionate. Become outstanding-friendly. Make any person who crosses your path better, happier and more committed than it was before. Then just watch what others will do for your career.

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich is the "bible" of personal development. This masterpiece has become one of the biggest bestseller ever since it has been sold in more than 70 million copies worldwide! In this book you will find doctrines, principles and wisdom, which will show you, that your MIND and WAY OF THINKING are the most important factors of your (un)SUCCESS.

This is »A MUST READ« if you want success and financial freedom in your life!

One of the life rules...

You are the avarage of 5 persons you hung out with the most. So choose carefully your friends. If you would like to be financially successful the recipe is very simple – find 5 persons who are already financially successful and spend as much time as possible with them.

How to change your results?

Your words affect your own mood. Undoubtedly! Words, which are uttered, create your state. If you call a situation "a CATASTROPHY" this triggers a specific emotional response in you, which is quite different than if you would describe the situation as "INTERESTING" or as "a BASE FOR IMPROVEMENT." The language you use, has an impact on how you will react to a failure - whether it is in an optimistic or in an indifferently way.

You should know, that your words are nothing else than your thoughts, which you've expressed. With words you proclaim your beliefs. Your beliefs direct your behavior, your behavior creates all your results! So change your thoughts and your results will change!

The Rules for Being Amazing

If you truly want to become a winner in business, become a person whose walking, talking, living, breathing radiates positive energy, excellence and kindness to every person you meet. Why? Because people do business with people who they like. People do business with people who they can trust. People do business with people who make them feel that they are special. Treat everybody as very important persons and you will see how others will treat you.

20 negotiation tips for getting the salary you want

Negotiating your salary can be awkward and challenging — and actually getting the pay you want often seems impossible. But it isn't.

"A job interview can be stressful, especially when it comes time to talk about money," says etiquette expert and "Poised for Success" author Jacqueline Whitmore. "However, you can get what you want and deserve — most job seekers just aren't sure when and how to ask for it."

To master the delicate dance that is a salary negotiation, you need to be able to push without offending the hiring manager or undercutting yourself. 

Here's how the pros do it:

Research the market.

To successfully negotiate your salary, negotiation expert Kim Keating writes in "Lean In For Graduates," you'll need to gather information to figure out what you're really worth. "The time you invest can pay off in a big way. And I mean that literally," she writes.

To protect yourself against accepting too little or asking for far too much, you can turn to sites like Glassdoor and Salary.com to determine the average compensation range for someone with your level of experience and skills and in your industry or company (or a comparable one, in terms of number of employees, revenue size, and location).

"At the end of the day, a candidate has a number in mind as to what they think they're worth," says Eddie R. Koller III, managing director and partner at Howard-Sloan-Koller Group, a technology and media recruiting firm. "But a company has limits to what they can spend." 

 

Set your goals in advance.

Once you know what you're worth, decide how much you would like to make and what's the lowest offer you'd be willing to accept.

Ivanka Trump, CEO of Ivanka Trump Collection, says knowing what you want to achieve before heading into a negotiation is "the golden rule" for negotiating — but most people ignore it.

"Without a plan, you allow the opposing party to define your goals instead of the other way around," she writes on Motto.

 

Don't talk money until the interview process is over.

If you can delay discussing pay until there's an offer on the table, you should.

"Once they've decided that they have to have you, only then are you in the position to negotiate," says Dan Martineau, president of Martineau Recruiting Technology, a firm specializing in IT executive positions.

If your interviewer tries to talk about salary early on, Martineau tells Business Insider that the best thing to do is to tell the interviewer you would like to defer a conversation about compensation until after the company has had a chance to evaluate whether you're the right fit for them.

 

Open with something personal.

As previously reported on Business Insider, in an experiment where Kellogg and Stanford students negotiated by email, those who shared unrelated personal details over the course of the negotiation — hobbies, hometowns, etc. — ended up getting significantly better results than those who kept things to name, email, and the dry monetary details.

Opening up a bit sends a signal that you're trustworthy, according to Grant, and it makes it more likely that they'll reciprocate. 

 

Don't ever disclose your current salary.

Revealing your salary history has the potential to negatively affect your income for your entire career.

"I would never, ever disclose my current salary or salary history to a prospective employer, even if it means ending the interview process," writes recruiter and "Ask the Headhunter" author, Nick Corcodilos. "That is my advice to job hunters."

If an interviewer asks what your current salary is, Corcodilos suggests politely but firmly declining to disclose your salary history by saying something along the lines of, "I'd be glad to help you assess what I'd be worth to your business by showing you what I can do for you, but my salary is personal and confidential, just as the salaries of your own employees are."

Liz Ryan, founder and CEO of consulting firm The Human Workplace, recommends in a post on LinkedIn answering the question indirectly by giving your target salary range instead.

"How are you ever going to increase your earnings if every time you change jobs, you get a tiny raise over what they paid you at the last place?" she asks.

 

Be prepared to prove your value ...

Don't be afraid to toot your own horn a little. 

"Be prepared to prove your value to the employer," says Whitmore. "Have all of your facts and figures in order. Come prepared with a list of your qualifications, accomplishments (personal and professional), how you saved your last company money or increased your company's bottom line, and why you are the one best suited for the job." 

 

... but only provide a couple reasons for your request.

"When preparing to make a first offer, people often overcorrect," writes Wharton professor Adam Grant. "They're so concerned about justifying their positions that they marshal as many reasons as possible."

Grant points to research that found skilled negotiators averaged fewer than two reasons per argument, compared with three reasons per argument from the non-experts.

He explains that more reasons can dilute an argument, especially if some are weaker than others. And presenting too many reasons can convey a lack of confidence, "making clear that we're uncertain of the legitimacy of our offer. An effective first offer is best supported by one or two compelling reasons," Grant says.

 

Be excited, but not desperate.

You should reiterate your excitement and stay positive, but don't be so excited that you seem desperate. You have no idea how many other candidates the hiring manager is interviewing so play it cool, says Martineau. 

"Desperate is problematic. Eager is not. I want people who are eager and excited," he says. "It's only aGOOD INVESTMENT on my end if it's a good investment on your end." 

However, Koller says that showing the employer that you're excited about working for the company does make them more inclined to give you want you want.

 

Make the first offer.

As conventional wisdom goes, you should wait for the other party to make the initial offer in order to get more information to act on. 

In reality, Grant says it's much better to make the first offer because you get to set the "anchor," the figure that affects the trajectory of the negotiation. As previously reported on Business Insider, people who make very high first offers end up with a much better result. 

The first offer pulls the other person in its direction, and it's difficult to adjust the other way. 

 

Emphasize what the company gains by hiring you.

Recent research suggests that, when negotiating, emphasizing what you're giving the other person as opposed to what they're losing makes the other person more likely to concede.

Make sure you highlight what skills and experience you're offering the company and your potential boss first, and use that to justify what you're asking for.

 

Give a salary range rather than a target.

Offering a pay range instead of an exact number opens up room for discussion and shows the employer that you're flexible. A range also "gives you a cushion," says Martineau, in case your asking salary is too high. 

"Most companies will meet you in your range, even if it's the bottom third of that range," he says. "Basically, if they want you, they don't want to send the wrong message by not meeting you in that range."

Presenting a range gives people information about what you're actually asking for, and it makes you seem polite and reasonable — which means you're less likely to get hit with a hard-line counteroffer.

 

Use odd, extremely precise numbers.

Using a weird, precise number makes sense during a negotiation. For example, instead of asking for $70,000, you're better off asking for $68,500. 

Malia Mason, lead researcher in a study published in The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, tells Business Insider that using a precise number instead of rounded numbers will give you a solid anchor. It also gives off the appearance that you've done your research. Even when giving a range, you should use precise numbers. 

 

Pay attention to your body language.

"The way in which you carry yourself, even when seated at a desk, matters," Trump writes. She notes that most of our communication is nonverbal and that messages are often conveyed through our facial expressions, gestures, posture, and audible elements, like sighs.

Her suggestions: Don't fidget. Don't pick your nails or tap your foot. Don't sit on the edge of your seat because it could make you look overeager. Don't hunch over and drum your nails because it could communicate aggression or frustration. Don't cross your arms protectively because it could make you appear meek and intimidated.

"Regardless of how fast your heart may be beating, sit upright, make eye contact, and focus on breathing evenly," Trump writes.

 

Mirror the other person's behavior.

When people are getting along, they mimic one another — mirroring each other's accents, speech patterns, facial expressions, and body language.

A Stanford-Northwestern-INSEAD study found that people who were coached to mimic their negotiation partner's behavior not only negotiated a better deal, but expanded the pie for both people.

"Negotiators who mimicked the mannerisms of their opponents both secured better individual outcomes, and their dyads as a whole also performed better when mimicking occurred compared to when it did not," the authors wrote.

 

Listen more than you speak.

"When people are uncomfortable, and many people are when they have to negotiate, they start rambling as a way to fill the vacuum of silence," Trump writes.

"Some of the strongest negotiators I know just sit back and listen. The less they engage, the more likely the other person is to slip up and offer information they otherwise would have kept guarded," she says.

 

Always counteroffer, but don't do it more than once.

Once you receive their offer, you are expected to make a counteroffer. No employer wants a pushover. However, Koller says that you should not go back to the negotiation table more than once because then "it becomes annoying to the hiring manager."

"Once it gets really drawn out, it gets frustrating for both sides," and you don't want to start a new job off on the wrong foot, he says.

 

Consider your alternatives.

If the employer can't meet your requested salary, be prepared to negotiate for benefits, like additional vacation days or the ability to telecommute one day per week, Whitmore suggests. 

"Salary isn't everything, and I think you should be open minded," she says.

"If you don't get the amount you want, reply with, 'May I have a job performance review in six or nine months?' This will give you a window of time to prove yourself and then re-negotiate for a salary increase," Whitmore suggests. 

 

Practice patience.

Give yourself time to think about their offer, Whitmore says. "Try not to give a definite answer right away. Ask the employer, 'May I get back to you at the end of the week?'" Separation creates anticipation. This extra time will allow you to review your options with your family or other potential employers, she explains.

 

Keep a positive attitude.

"If you don't get the salary you think you deserve, don't share the news with everyone you know," says Whitmore. "News travels fast and your comments might come back to haunt you." And never bad-mouth an employer on social networks, she adds. 

"Don't take it personally. The timing may not be right or the economy may be partly to blame. Consider this: The hiring manager may even call you again in the future if a position in your price range opens up."

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/tips-for-negotiating-the-salary-you-want-2016-2?utm_content=buffer9dfda&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

If you want to become a top skier it is stupid to stay on the beginners' slopes. There you will not progress, you will remain mediocre. If you want to become a top skier, you have to move on the most difficult and demanding slopes. And of course they will fill you with tons of discomfort. But this is a part of the growth process. If you do not feel uncomfortable, then you do not grow. On the most difficult tracks you learn the most.

This also applies in the business world. Resistance to change, absorbing and giving up to fear, staying in your comfort zone…this will only lead to a failure in your career.

Winners never quit! Quitters never win!

This is an absolute thruth, so keep going on, don't give up and believe in yourself, in your success! Have faith.

9 things you can do in your 20s to be a millionaire by 30

Becoming a millionaire by 30 is possible.

Plenty of regular people have done it, such as Grant Cardone, who went from broke and in debt at 21 to self-made millionaire by 30; Daniel Ally, who became a millionaire in less than five years at 24; and Tucker Hughes, who generated a million dollars in commissions in one of the most competitive industries out there — real estate — by age 22.

To help you reach the seven-figure mark, we rounded up nine lessons from Cardone, Ally, and Hughes, who shared their advice on Entrepreneur.com. We can't guarantee millionaire status, but doing these things won't hurt your odds:

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/things-you-can-do-in-your-20s-to-be-a-millionaire-by-30-2016-2?utm_content=buffer791ef&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Remember, what you focus on, expands!

I hope I don't fall; I do not want to work weekends; My boss is incompetent; I will not do this because I don't know how; My neighbor is evil; Our mayor is stealing; Our government is awful; I have no money ... CHANGE YOUR FOCUS! Stop thinking of what you do not want and prefer to focus on what you want!

How meditation changes the brain and body?

The benefits of mindfulness meditation, increasingly popular in recent years, are supposed to be many: reduced stress and risk for various diseases, improved well-being, a rewired brain. But the experimental bases to support these claims have been few. Supporters of the practice have relied on very small samples of unrepresentative subjects, like isolated Buddhist monks who spend hours meditating every day, or on studies that generally were not randomized and did not include placebo­ control groups.

This month, however, a study published in Biological Psychiatry brings scientific thoroughness to mindfulness meditation and for the first time shows that, unlike a placebo, it can change the brains of ordinary people and potentially improve their health.

To meditate mindfully demands ‘‘an open and receptive, nonjudgmental awareness of your present-moment experience,’’ says J. David Creswell, who led the study and is an associate professor of psychology and the director of the Health and Human Performance Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University. One difficulty of investigating meditation has been the placebo problem. In rigorous studies, some participants receive treatment while others get a placebo: They believe they are getting the same treatment when they are not. But people can usually tell if they are meditating. Dr. Creswell, working with scientists from a number of other universities, managed to fake mindfulness.

First they recruited 35 unemployed men and women who were seeking work and experiencing considerable stress. Blood was drawn and brain scans were given. Half the subjects were then taught formal mindfulness meditation at a residential retreat center; the rest completed a kind of sham mindfulness meditation that was focused on relaxation and distracting oneself from worries and stress.

‘‘We had everyone do stretching exercises, for instance,’’ Dr. Creswell says. The mindfulness group paid close attention to bodily sensations, including unpleasant ones. The relaxation group was encouraged to chatter and ignore their bodies, while their leader cracked jokes.

At the end of three days, the participants all told the researchers that they felt refreshed and better able to withstand the stress of unemployment. Yet follow-up brain scans showed differences in only those who underwent mindfulness meditation. There was more activity, or communication, among the portions of their brains that process stress-related reactions and other areas related to focus and calm. Four months later, those who had practiced mindfulness showed much lower levels in their blood of a marker of unhealthy inflammation than the relaxation group, even though few were still meditating.

Dr. Creswell and his colleagues believe that the changes in the brain contributed to the subsequent reduction in inflammation, although precisely how remains unknown. Also unclear is whether you need to spend three uninterrupted days of contemplation to reap the benefits. When it comes to how much mindfulness is needed to improve health, Dr. Creswell says, ‘‘we still have no idea about the ideal dose.”

Source: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/contemplation-therapy/?WT.mc_id=2016-FEBRIARY-FB-INYT-MC9-AUD_DEV-0201-0229&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=IntlAudDev&_r=3

Take risks, you either win or you learn!

Has anyone spotted the opportunity to achieve great results without having to risk something? Let me tell you something, there's no such opportunity. Because in order to be successful you have to have enormous desire, you have to work hard, you have to be persistent and also you have to take risky decisions. The one who is not willing to risk anything (time, money, energy, his job, reputation...), he can not expect to win. 

Gratitude can be a game changer!

Do you want more out of your life? Be grateful for everything you've already got, and immediately stop complaining! By changing your vibration you will attract the right persons and events in your life that will direct you to the right path. Are you maybe interested in what could be the right path for you?