In today’s culture parents are increasingly challenged in mentoring their children with fundamental rules of etiquette. Economic struggles have replaced the once common casual family dining experience with fast food restaurants, giving parents less of an opportunity to teach dining etiquette to their children. Even worse, cell phones, iPads, Facebook and Instagram have replaced conversation in households and neighborhoods, eliminating another opportunity for parents to teach communication etiquette to their kids. It has become harder than ever for parents to pass along to their children fundamental rules of etiquette. When kids enter the real world and begin their job search they will face a tremendous etiquette learning curve that could result in being passed over for a job for some minor faux pas they never learned at home. Not to worry. I’m here to help. There are 5 key areas of etiquette every parent should teach their kids while they’re still young: [Read more…]
Archives for December 2014
5 Strategies That Guarantee Success
In my five year study of the daily habits of the rich(Rich Habits Study – Background on Methodology http://richhabits.net/rich-habits-study-background-on-methodology/), I discovered five different paths that guarantee success, irrespective of your life’s circumstances. Let me share them with you: [Read more…]
Script Your New, Ideal Life Today
Imagine your ideal life ten years from now. Write a 500 word future letter to yourself today. In this letter cover two things:
Part One – Describe your amazing, ideal life as it will be ten years into the future.
Part Two – Describe your ten year journey towards your new, ideal life.
Spare no details. This letter is the blueprint of your new, wonderful life.
Who Are the Middle-class?
According to the Tax Foundation’s analysis of the most recently released IRS data, 99% of American households make less than $388,000 a year and 95% make less than $167,000 per year. To be considered in the middle-class, in terms of income, you would need to make $35,000 a year.
Success Requires a Positive Mental Outlook
In my five-year study of the daily habits of the rich and poor I discovered one of the secrets to success: Positivity. Wealthy people have the Rich Habit of a Positive Mental Outlook (PMO). They are upbeat, optimistic, grateful and happy.
Below are some of the positivity statistics I uncovered in my study of the wealthy: [Read more…]
Accelerate Your Learning
Each day new research into the brain is unearthing revelations about how our brains function. One such area involves learning. The brain is most effective in absorbing new information, or adopting new skills, in those areas we are most passionate about. The more we focus on things that interest us, the easier it is to learn. Pursuing things you are most passionate about accelerates your learning. It’s like putting your brain on steroids, literally. Passion releases a flood of neurotransmitters into the brain that make learning easier and faster. So find something you are passionate about and you will accelerate your learning.
Finding Your Main Purpose in 6 Months
In 2009, one of my “students” implored me to write a book that shared my habits research. He was one of ten individuals who participated in a number of my hour-long learning sessions. This session was titled: “How the Rich Achieve 100% of Their Goals”. I shared with the group the epiphany, from my research, that most people failed to achieve their goals because they were not actually setting goals, but instead making wishes. I also shared the two fundamental components of a goal: [Read more…]
4 Steps to Permanent Habit Change ….. and a New Life
Habits = unconscious behavior. Forty percent or more of our daily activities = habits (2006 Duke study). Habits save the brain from work. They require far less brain processing power and utilize far less glucose (brain fuel). Habits exist to make the brain function more efficiently. So habits are intended to be beneficial. Unfortunately, most of us have bad habits. The definition of a bad habit is one that: [Read more…]
This One Single Human Trait is Why So Few Succeed in Life
Human beings have a herd mindset that is simply overpowering. It’s what made the Nazi regime possible. It’s what drives teens to engage in bad behavior. People simply want to blend in. They want to follow the herd. [Read more…]
Don’t Set Financial Goals
Financial goals are not goals. They are wishes or dreams. Imbedded in your financial wish or dream, however, are your real goals. If your financial wish is to make an additional $50,000 a year ask yourself what actions, knowledge and skills you will need in order to realize your wish. What do you need to do in order for your wish to come true?
Example: I wish to make an additional $50,000 a year in my coaching business. What are the goals? What action do you need to take in order for that wish to come true? Let’s say you need an additional 25 clients. What do you need to do to get those clients? Speaking engagements? Seminars? Direct mail? Networking? Contribute to the media? Write a book? Write articles? Increase referrals?
It may be making 5 calls a day to pursue speaking engagements. It may be joining a network group that meets once a week. It may be sending out 5 mailers a day to businesses. It may be devoting time every day to writing a book. It may be pitching the media 5 times a day for media interviews.
You need to define the action steps first that will allow you to increase your income $50,000 a year. Then break those action steps down into weekly or daily activities. Those activities are your goals, not the $50,000. Activities are goals, not money.
