Success doesn’t happen overnight. Oftentimes, it seems that way because most successful people seem to explode onto the scene. They seem to manifest out of thin air. Warren Buffet was a relatively unknown person even into his late 40’s. And then in the mid- 1980’s he was everywhere. T.V., magazines, national newspapers, in books by other authors. All of a sudden, everyone knew who Warren Buffet was. But Warren only received recognition after decades of pursuing success. His overnight success took a lot of time. [Read more…]

Fed up with forgetting names? It’s downright embarrassing when we forget names of people we know we shouldn’t. It makes us feel stupid, especially when they remember our name. Well don’t feel so bad. In my five-year study of the habits of successful people, I found that they are just like the rest of us. They forget names too. But what makes them different is that successful people use a unique strategy, I uncovered in my research, which allows them to remember anyone’s name, no matter how infrequent they both come into contact with each other. This little tool makes it appear as if those successful people are simply smarter than the average bear. [Read more…]

Abraham Lincoln was considered one of the most electric speakers of his day and many of his speeches have gone down in history as among the best of any president. Lincoln, wrote almost all of his own speeches even as president, an incredible accomplishment considering he was embroiled in a Civil War that occupied most of his waking hours. One of the reasons Lincoln was such a prolific speaker has to do with a habit he formed long before he became president. [Read more…]

Getting rich is about getting lucky. Wealthy people are wealthy because they are lucky. They are lucky because they do certain little things every day to create the opportunity for luck to occur in their lives. [Read more…]

After all of my extensive research into the causes of wealth and success there is one thing that stands out above everything else. Passion. The wealthiest of all of the successful individuals I have studied have this more than anything else. Passion trumps education. Passion trumps work ethic. Passion trumps intelligence. Passion trumps working capital. Passion trumps skills and years of technical proficiency. Passion trumps any advantage those who lack passion might have in life. Those few who find passion in something simply blow the doors off those who lack passion. It is not even a competition. Passion is like a light switch. When it is turned on it triggers a domino effect of other success characteristics. It is the catalyst for all success. It creates persistence, focus, fosters learning, instills a work ethic even in the laziest of individuals. Passion overcomes every obstacle, every mistake, every failure. Nothing can stand in the way of a person with passion. These people never quit and so they never fail.

Passion occurs when you find your main purpose in life. Having a main purpose is the key. It is the magic, secret ingredient to success because it makes passion possible. I’ve talked at length many times about finding your main purpose in life so I won’t repeat myself here. But understand this – when you find your main purpose in life you know it. It’s not something you ponder. It hits you over the head like a hammer. You never wonder if you found your main purpose in life. If you are unsure if you are pursuing your main purpose in life, rest assured you aren’t. When you are following your main purpose in life there are no doubts. It renders everything else in your life secondary. You become a slave to your main purpose. The passion it creates becomes all consuming. When you find it, you will know it.

Many of the successful people in my study fondly reminisced about their journey in pursuit of achieving their big goals, major purpose or life dream, rather than in the actual realization of the goals, purpose or dream. [Read more…]

Neurons (brain cells) compete for something called cortical space inside our brains. Think of cortical space as brain real estate. Just like there is strong demand for waterfront property, there is a strong demand for this brain real estate. In order to learn a new skill, fact or introduce a new habit, we must create a new neural pathway inside our brain. Creating a new neural pathway, however, is not that easy to do. [Read more…]

Parents all want the best for their children. They want them to grow up to be happy and successful in life. But it doesn’t just happen. Kids, left to their own devices, will seek the path of least resistance. They’ll shirk their homework for pretty much anything. It’s up to Parents to teach their children how to be happy and successful in life. [Read more…]

The Law of Attraction has gained so much attention since the release of the movie The Secret. It really got it’s birth from the famous book, Think and Grow Rich, by author Napoleon Hill. While the Law of Attraction has helped millions focus on changing their beliefs, it has overshadowed the true law of success: [Read more…]

The goal of weight loss is to lose fat. This is accomplished primarily by keeping your daily caloric intake below your own individual daily caloric threshold. Your daily caloric threshold is [Read more…]